45 Facts About Sevastova

Anastasija Sevastova was born on 13 April 1990 and is a professional tennis player from Latvia.

Sevastova reached her career-high singles ranking of world No 11 in October 2018, after reaching her first Premier Mandatory final at the China Open.

Sevastova has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Sevastova is best known for her success at the US Open, particularly in recent years.

Anastasija Sevastova was born on 13 April 1990 in Liepaja, Latvia.

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Sevastova was raised by her mother Diana Golovanova, an English teacher.

Sevastova's grandmother was interested in channeling Sevastova's energy into sports.

Sevastova eventually followed the same path at age 14, returning regularly to Latvia to complete her schooling.

Sevastova began playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in April 2006, nearly before she turned 16.

Sevastova had a strong start to 2011, reaching round of 16 at the Australian Open, losing there to world No 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets.

Sevastova then start to struggle with form, which caused dropping in rankings and returning to play mostly at the ITF Tour in 2012.

In January 2015, Sevastova returned to professional tennis, receiving a wildcard into the $10K event in Sharm El Sheikh, where she won the title.

Sevastova continued with great results at the following ITF tournaments, before she returned to the WTA Tour at the Nuremberg Cup.

Sevastova made her return to the Grand Slam tournaments in the main draw at the 2016 Australian Open, losing to Ana Ivanovic in the second round.

Sevastova followed this with quarterfinal of the Taiwan Open, where she lost to Venus Williams.

Sevastova was defeated in the quarterfinals by Caroline Wozniacki, but gained with the new ranking of No 32, eclipsing a new high ranking of No 36 on 31 January 2011.

Sevastova reached the third round of the Australian Open, beating Nao Hibino and Kristina Kucova before losing to Garbine Muguruza.

Sevastova then made into her first Premier-5 semifinal at the Dubai Championships, losing there to Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets.

Sevastova had strong start at the clay season, reaching two quarterfinals, at the Charleston Open and Stuttgart Open.

Sevastova then reached her first Premier Mandatory semifinal at the Madrid Open, being then eliminated by Simona Halep.

Sevastova claimed her first WTA title since 2010, winning Mallorca Open, where she had reached final the previous year.

Sevastova followed this with to her second consecutive US Open quarterfinal.

Sevastova won her first three rounds easily in straight sets and defeated Maria Sharapova in the fourth round, before losing to eventual champion, Sloane Stephens, in a quarterfinal match.

Sevastova debuted at the year-end championships WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai.

Sevastova came as winner of her round-robin group, defeating Sloane Stephens and Barbora Strycova.

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Sevastova had a strong start into the 2018 season at the Brisbane International, where she lost in the semifinals to qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

Sevastova was eliminated early at the Australian Open, reaching only second round where she lost to Maria Sharapova, and losing to Simona Halep in the third round of the Qatar Open.

Sevastova then made her best results at the Miami Open and Indian Wells Open.

In Indian Wells, Sevastova defeated Monica Puig and Julia Gorges before losing to Venus Williams in fourth round, while In Miami, she defeated Alize Cornet and lost to Victoria Azarenka in the third round.

Sevastova reached the final of the Mallorca Open as the defending champion, but lost there to Tatjana Maria.

At the US Open, Sevastova defeated Donna Vekic, Claire Liu, Ekaterina Makarova and seventh seed Elina Svitolina to reach her third consecutive quarterfinal at the tournament.

Sevastova lost to Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets but after the tournament, she reached world No 12 in the rankings and then, a week later, she made her career-high ranking as world No 11.

Sevastova started her year off at the Brisbane International with a quarterfinal loss to world No 5, Naomi Osaka, in three sets.

Sevastova then went to the Australian Open and made her first second week at the event since 2011.

Sevastova beat Mona Barthel, Bianca Andreescu and Wang Qiang in first three rounds and then lost to the eventual champion, Naomi Osaka.

Sevastova then had a slump, partly due to injuries and resulted in early losses at the Qatar Open, Dubai Championships, Indian Wells Open and Miami Open.

Sevastova then faced top-5 player Petra Kvitova, but lost in three sets.

Sevastova began her grass-court season with semifinal at the Mallorca Open, failing to reached her fourth consecutive final in a row.

Sevastova won the inaugural event in Latvia, the Baltic Open in Jurmala.

Sevastova is a tactical, all-round player who uses varied shots to win points.

Sevastova possesses consistent and accurate groundstrokes, with both wings capable of producing winners.

Sevastova can generate a lot of spin on both her forehand and backhand.

Sevastova is sponsored by Yonex for her racquets and clothing.

Sevastova went into retirement in May 2013 but returned in January 2015.

Sevastova's body started feeling better by end of 2014 so decided to give it another shot.

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