23 Facts About Daria Gavrilova

1.

Daria Gavrilova represented Russia until 2015, before emigrating to Australia.

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2.

Daria Gavrilova competed under her maiden name until her marriage to Luke Saville in 2021.

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3.

Daria Gavrilova progressed through the draw with wins over Lauren Davis, Caroline Price, Tang Haochen, Robin Anderson and Sloane Stephens to set up an all-Russian final with Yulia Putintseva, emerging with a two-sets victory.

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4.

Daria Gavrilova faced Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko and lost her WTA debut in straight sets.

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5.

Daria Gavrilova ended the year as the No 1 junior player, and at No 515 in the WTA rankings.

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6.

Daria Gavrilova made the second round of qualifying rounds, beating Tadeja Majeric but falling to Chan Yung-jan.

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7.

Daria Gavrilova reached the second round, where she was beaten by Carla Suarez Navarro.

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8.

Daria Gavrilova reached the final of the doubles competition at the event with her partner Irina Khromacheva, but they lost in straight sets.

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9.

Daria Gavrilova subsequently defeated Kurumi Nara in her next match before losing to Karolina Pliskova in the fourth round.

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10.

Daria Gavrilova then defeated world No 33, Belinda Bencic, in three sets in the first round, and world No 7, Ana Ivanovic.

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11.

Daria Gavrilova began her season playing at the 2016 Hopman Cup in the Australia Green team, alongside Nick Kyrgios.

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12.

Daria Gavrilova began her clay-court season at the Charleston Open with a win over Alison Riske but losing in the round of 16 to the eventual champion and good friend, Daria Kasatkina.

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13.

Daria Gavrilova lost in the first round to eighth seed Anastasija Sevastova.

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14.

Daria Gavrilova reached the second round where she was defeated by Zhang Shuai.

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15.

Daria Gavrilova was defeated in the second round by Eugenie Bouchard.

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16.

Daria Gavrilova lost in the second round to fifth seed Serena Williams.

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17.

Daria Gavrilova received a wildcard into the Adelaide International 2, but again lost in the first round to Ana Konjuh.

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18.

Daria Gavrilova defeated reigning US Open champion and top seed, Emma Raducanu, in the first round and Caroline Dolehide in the second, before losing to eventual champion Sloane Stephens in the quarterfinals.

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19.

Daria Gavrilova bested Zhang Shuai in the first round before defeating ninth seed Ons Jabeur in the second; this was Saville's first top-10 win since 2018.

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20.

Daria Gavrilova then defeated 20th seed Elise Mertens, before retiring in the fourth round against eventual finalist and sixth seed Maria Sakkari.

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21.

Daria Gavrilova reached the quarterfinals, defeating Greet Minnen, lucky loser Harmony Tan, Katerina Siniakova, and lucky loser Lucia Bronzetti.

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22.

Daria Gavrilova became the lowest ranked Miami quarterfinalist in history, ranked No 249 in the world at the time.

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23.

Daria Gavrilova lost to 22nd seed Belinda Bencic in the quarterfinals.

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