Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko (; born 2 August 1990) is a Russian tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 71, achieved on 17 November 2014. On 21 February 2011, she peaked at No. 60 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Career
2009: Major debut Diatchenko's first Grand Slam tournament was Roland Garros, where she 2009 qualified for the main draw. In the tournament, she upset world No. 75, Mathilde Johansson, before she lost to then-world No. 1, Dinara Safina.
In 2009, she lost the finals of Pattaya Open along with Yulia Beygelzimer to opponents Tamarine Tanasugarn and Yaroslava Shvedova, in straight sets, and of Tashkent Open with Ekaterina Dzehalevich to Tatiana Poutchek and Olga Govortsova, in three sets.
2010 In 2010, she lost the final of the Portugal Open with Aurélie Védy to opponents Anabel Medina Garrigues and Sorana Cîrstea.
At the French Open, she was beaten in the third round of qualifying by Misaki Doi. At the Wimbledon Championships qualifying, she lost in the second round to Monica Niculescu in two sets. Diatchenko also participated in events on the ITF Circuit: she won the tournament in Darmstadt, Germany, where she defeated eighth-seeded German player Julia Schruff in the final.
Then she lost her fourth WTA Tour doubles final with partner Tatiana Poutchek, at Copenhagen to German pair Anna-Lena Grönefeld/Julia Görges.
2011: Top 60 debut in doubles, injury and hiatus
Vitalia lost in the qualifying at Melbourne in the second round to Sania Mirza in three sets. She then entered the qualifying at the Dubai Open but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, after being 3–1 ahead in the second set.
Diatchenko qualified for the Wimbledon Championships for the first time in her career by defeating Julia Glushko, Maria Elena Camerin and Stéphanie Dubois for her first main draw in a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, she was defeated by 25th seed Daniela Hantuchová in three sets. Vitalia was also defeated in the first round of the women's doubles with compatriot Maria Kondratieva, by Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova.
Seeded first at the GB Pro-Series event in Foxhills, she defeated fifth seed Marta Sirotkina in the quarterfinals. In her semifinal match, she retired whilst trailing 2–6, 0–2 to Johanna Konta.
On July 30, Diatchenko won the biggest singles title of her career so far at the President's Cup, an 100k tournament held in Astana. She beat sixth seed Akgul Amanmuradova in the final. She also won the women's doubles title with Galina Voskoboeva. They defeated Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the final, also in two sets.
Vitalia participated in the Tatarstan Open in singles and doubles. Alexandra Panova was her doubles partner. Diatchenko was seeded fifth in the singles and first in the doubles. In the first round of the singles, she defeated Eugeniya Pashkova, in the second round Pemra Özgen, and in the quarterfinals Valentyna Ivakhnenko, all in straight sets. In the semifinals, Vitalia retired against wildcard and eventual champion, Yulia Putintseva, after suffering an ankle injury. In the doubles, after winning their first round and quarterfinal matches, Vitalia and Alexandra upset third seeds Evgeniya Rodina and Valeria Solovyeva in the semifinals. Due to suffering an injury in the semifinal match of the singles, Vitalia was unable to play the doubles final.
At the US Open, she beat Laura Siegemund in the first round of the qualifying stages, Sesil Karatantcheva also in two sets, and in the final round Marta Domachowska in three for a place in the main draw. It was the first time she qualified for the main draw of the US Open. In the first round, she was defeated by Zheng Jie.
In the Tashkent Open, she fought past Olga Govortsova in three sets before she lost to Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round. In the doubles, Vitalia and her partner Eleni Daniilidou beat Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok in the final, in straight sets. This was Vitalia's first time to win a WTA Tour doubles title in her career.
She qualified for the Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Ksenia Pervak.
Playing doubles at the Kremlin Cup, Vitalia suffered a knee injury which ruled her out from playing tennis for six months.
2014: First WTA 125 title and singles career-high After a brief appearance on the WTA Tour and a return to the ITF Circuit, she played her first notable game for years at the Kremlin Cup, where the 140-ranked Vitalia eliminated No. 14, Dominika Cibulková, in the round of 16, until being knocked down by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Diatchenko completed the year by winning her first WTA 125 singles title at Taipei.
2018: Wimbledon third round In the first round of Wimbledon, she defeated former world No. 1, Maria Sharapova (ranked 22nd at the time). Diatchenko then defeated Sofia Kenin, advancing to the third round of a major tournament for the first time but Jeļena Ostapenko defeated her in straight sets.
2023: Passport trouble In April 2023, LOT Polish Airlines refused to board Diatchenko on a flight from Egypt to Corsica via Warsaw to play at a tournament, in line with travel restrictions for Russian passport holders introduced after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Diatchenko confirmed that she was unable to reach her destination and then returned to Moscow.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Tournament200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023Win%Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAQ2AAA1RAAAQ21RAAQ10–2 French Open2RQ3Q3AAA2R1RAQ21R1RQ1Q1A2–5 WimbledonQ2Q21RQ1AQ11RAA3R1RNH1RAA2–5 US OpenQ2Q21RAAA1R1RAQ1AAQ2Q2A0–3Win–loss1–10–00–20–00–00–01–40–20–02–10–20–20–10–00–04–15WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenAQ1Q1AAQ1AAAAAAAAA0–0Miami OpenAAAAAAAAAAQ1NHAAA0–0Madrid OpenQ1AAAAAAAAAANHAAA0–0Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAAAAQ1AAA0–0Career statisticsTournaments515101831355630Career total: 47Overall win–loss2–50–11–51–10–02–12–80–30–12–31–50–51–62–30–014–47Year-end ranking118164125596—108169553188120107124171113614$1,687,744
Doubles Tournament20102011201220152016201720182019202020212022W–L Australian OpenA 1RA 2RAAAAAAA1–2 French OpenA 1RAA 2RAA 2RAAA2–3 WimbledonA 1R 2RAAAA 1RNH 1RA1–4 US Open 2R 2RAAAA 2RAAAA3–3Win–loss1–11–41–11–11–10–01–11–20–00–10–07–12
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups) Legend WTA 500WTA 250 (1–6)Finals by surfaceHard (1–5)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss 0–1 Feb 2009 Pattaya Open, Thailand International Hard Yuliya Beygelzimer Tamarine Tanasugarn Yaroslava Shvedova 3–6, 2–6 Loss 0–2 Sep 2009 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Ekaterina Dzehalevich Tatiana Poutchek Olga Govortsova 2–6, 7–6(7–1), [8–10] Loss 0–3 May 2010 Estoril Open, Portugal International Clay Aurélie Védy Anabel Medina Garrigues Sorana Cîrstea 1–6, 5–7 Loss 0–4 Aug 2010 Kopenhagen Open, Denmark International Hard (i) Tatiana Poutchek Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld 4–6, 4–6 Win 1–4 Sep 2011 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Eleni Daniilidou Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 6–4, 6–3 Loss 1–5 Jan 2015 Hobart International, Australia International Hard Monica Niculescu Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 5–7, 3–6 Loss 1–6 Aug 2015 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard Olga Savchuk Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova 3–6, 5–7
WTA 125 finals Singles: 3 (3 titles) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Nov 2014Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Carpet (i) Chan Yung-jan 1–6, 6–2, 6–4Win 2–0 Nov 2019Taipei Challenger, Taiwan (2) Carpet (i) Tímea Babos 6–3, 6–2Win 3–0 Dec 2021Open Angers, France Hard (i) Zhang Shuai 6–0, 6–4
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Veneto Open, Italy Grass Oksana Kalashnikova Madison Brengle Claire Liu 4–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Jun 2025Ilkley Open, United Kingdom Grass Eden Silva Isabelle Haverlag Simona Waltert 1–6, 1–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 29 (22 titles, 7 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50/60,000 tournamentsW40/50 tournamentsW25/35 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (19–4)Clay (2–2)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Nov 2007ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom10,000 Hard (i) Iveta Gerlová 6–4, 6–0Win 2–0 Dec 2008Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE75,000 Hard Urszula Radwańska 7–5, 2–6, 7–5Win 3–0 Mar 2009ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Hard (i) Vesna Manasieva 2–6, 6–3, 4–1 ret.Win 4–0 Jul 2010ITF Darmstadt, Germany25,000 Clay Julia Schruff 6–4, 5–7, 6–4Loss 4–1 Aug 2010Tatarstan Open, Russia50,000 Hard Anna Lapushchenkova 1–6, 6–2, 6–7(4)Win 5–1 Jul 2011President's Cup, Kazakhstan100,000 Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 6–4, 6–1Win 6–1 Dec 2013Ankara Cup, Turkey50,000 Hard (i) Marta Sirotkina 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–4Win 7–1 Mar 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Naomi Broady 3–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss 7–2 Mar 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Naomi Broady 2–6, 0–3 ret.Loss 7–3 May 2014ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Clay Anastasiya Vasylyeva 5–7, 4–6Win 8–3 Jul 2014President's Cup, Kazakhstan (2)100,000 Hard Çağla Büyükakçay 6–4, 3–6, 6–2Win 9–3 Sep 2014ITF Moscow, Russia (2)25,000 Clay Evgeniya Rodina 6–3, 6–1Loss 9–4 Sep 2014Royal Cup, Montenegro25,000 Clay Andreea Mitu 1–6, 4–6Win 10–4 Jun 2015Surbiton Trophy, UK50,000 Grass Naomi Osaka 7–6(5), 6–0Loss 10–5 Dec 2016Ankara Cup, Turkey50,000 Hard (i) Ivana Jorović 4–6, 5–7Win 11–5 Aug 2017ITF Chiswick, UK25,000 Hard Viktória Kužmová 6–3, 6–4Win 12–5 Oct 2017ITF Istanbul, Turkey25,000 Hard (i) Jaqueline Cristian 6–3, 6–1Win 13–5 Aug 2018ITF Chiswick, UK (2)25,000 Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6–1, 7–5Win 14–5 Feb 2019Open de l'Isère, FranceW25 Hard (i) Harmony Tan 6–1, 6–4Win 15–5 Feb 2019GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UKW60 Hard (i) Yanina Wickmayer 5–7, 6–1, 6–4Win 16–5 Mar 2019Open de Seine-et-Marne, FranceW60 Hard (i) Robin Anderson 6–2, 6–3Win 17–5 Apr 2019ITF Bolton, UKW25 Hard (i) Jodie Burrage 6–2, 6–2Win 18–5 Apr 2019Lale Cup Istanbul, TurkeyW60 Hard Ankita Raina 6–4, 6–0Win 19–5 Sep 2019ITF Penza, RussiaW25+H Hard Kamilla Rakhimova 6–4, 6–1Win 20–5 Feb 2022ITF Macon, FranceW25 Hard (i) Cristiana Ferrando 6–4, 6–3Loss 20–6 Jun 2022ITF Cantanhede, PortugalW25 Carpet Francisca Jorge 5–7, 5–7Win 21–6 Jun 2022ITF Santarem, PortugalW25 Hard Isabella Kruger 6–3, 6–2Loss 21–7 May 2023ITF Tbilisi, GeorgiaW40 Hard Stacey Fung 4–6, ret.Win 22–7 Jul 2025ITF Corroios, PortugalW50 Hard Aoi Ito 6–2, 6–3
Doubles: 22 (13 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments75,000 tournamentsW50/75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW10 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (8–4)Clay (5–3)Carpet (0–2)