46 Facts About Daria Saville

Daria Saville is an Australian professional tennis player.

Daria Saville represented Russia until 2015, before she emigrated to Australia.

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

Daria Saville was an accomplished junior player, having won the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and 2010 US Open, reaching a combined career-high junior ranking of world No 1 in August 2010.

Daria Saville was chosen to represent Russia at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore.

Daria Saville 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.

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

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

Daria Saville suffered disappointment in her attempts to become the first junior player since Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win two Grand Slam titles, with first-round defeats at the Australian Open and Wimbledon events, a quarterfinal defeat to eventual champion Ons Jabeur at the French Open and a second-round defeat to American Victoria Duval in her defence of her US Open title.

Daria Saville began her season by playing in the qualifying draw in Brisbane.

At the Australian Open, Daria Saville earned a place in the qualifying draw based on her ranking for the first time.

However, following the withdrawal of Maria Kirilenko, Daria Saville returned to the draw as a lucky loser, and beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round.

Daria Saville underwent a knee reconstruction in October and finished 2013 ranked No 144.

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

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

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

In December, Daria Saville competed at the internal wildcard playoff for the 2015 Australian Open.

Daria Saville commenced the season by competing at the Brisbane International.

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

Daria Saville then played at the $100k event in Cagnes-sur-Mer as the third seed.

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

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

At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Daria Saville drew world No 1, Serena Williams, and lost in round one.

Daria Saville played in Sydney but fell in the round of 16 to eventual champion Johnna Konta.

In Indian Wells, Daria Saville fell in the third round while in Miami, she fell in the second round to Lucie Safarova.

Daria Saville 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.

Daria Saville kicked off her 2019 season at the Brisbane International.

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

At the St Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Daria Saville was defeated in the first round by Maria Sharapova.

In Eastbourne, Daria Saville lost in the final round of qualifying to Fiona Ferro.

At the Palermo Ladies Open, Daria Saville lost in the first round to eighth seed and eventual champion, Jil Teichmann.

At the US Open, Daria Saville lost in the first round to Fiona Ferro.

Daria Saville missed the Australian Open due to recovering from an achilles tendon injury and plantar fasciitis.

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

Daria Saville started 2021 season at the first edition of the Yarra Valley Classic where she lost in the second round to fifth seed Serena Williams.

Daria Saville began her season at the Adelaide International 1, defeating Caty McNally and Katie Boulter in qualifying, before losing to Iga Swiatek in the first round.

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

Daria Saville 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.

Daria Saville beat 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.

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

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

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

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

At the Washington Open, Daria Saville reached the semifinals, beating the top seed and world No 7, Jessica Pegula, en route.

At the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Daria Saville tore her achilles tendon while playing against home favourite Naomi Osaka in her opening-round match.

Daria's relationship with Australian tennis player Luke Saville influenced her decision to become an Australian citizen.