Oksana Selekhmeteva

Oksana Olegovna Selekhmeteva (Russian: Оксана Олеговна Селехметьева; born 13 January 2003) is a Russian tennis player. Selekhmeteva has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 336, achieved on 19 July 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking by the WTA of 317, also achieved on 19 July 2021.

Oksana Selekhmeteva
Selekhmeteva in 2021
Full nameOksana Olegovna Selekhmeteva
Country (sports) Russia
Born (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003
Prize moneyUS$ 26,396
Singles
Career record64–28 (69.6%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 238 (18 October 2021)
Current rankingNo. 238 (18 October 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2020)
French Open JuniorSF (2021)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2019)
US Open JuniorSF (2019)
Doubles
Career record34–8 (81.0%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 206 (18 October 2021)
Current rankingNo. 206 (18 October 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open JuniorW (2021)
Wimbledon JuniorF (2019)
US Open JuniorW (2019)
Last updated on: 19 July 2021.

Selekhmeteva won two junior Grand Slam titles; the 2019 US Open and 2021 French Open, both in doubles. She also reached the final of the 2019 Wimbledon girls' doubles tournament.[1]

Junior career

As a junior, Selekhmeteva posted a 78–44 win/loss record in singles and 83–31 in doubles, and reached as high as No. 7 in the combined junior world rankings in January 2021.[2]

She won two Junior Grand Slam doubles titles (each on a different surface) with two different partners – 2019 US Open with Kamilla Bartone[3] and 2021 French Open with Alex Eala.[4] She also finished as runner-up at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Bartone.

She competed for Russia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals as an unseeded player and being the only player to win a set off eventual gold medalist Kaja Juvan.[5]

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

Australian Open: 1R (2020)

French Open: SF (2021)

Wimbledon: 2R (2019)

US Open: SF (2019)

Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:

Australian Open: –

French Open: W (2021)

Wimbledon: F (2019)

US Open: W (2019)

Professional career

2018–2019: First ITF tournaments, WTA debut

In 2018, Selekhmeteva competed in her first professional tournament at the ITF15k event in Sant Cugat, qualifying for the main draw after defeating two Top 800 oppositions despite being unranked.[6] It was her only professional tournament of the year.

Selekhmeteva played more ITF tournaments in 2019 while simultaneously competing in the junior events. She made her WTA debut at the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, but lost to World No.194 Magdalena Fręch in a tight three-setter which ended 5-7 in the final set.[7] She then backed it up with her first quarterfinal at the ITF25k level, defeating third seed Olga Ianchuk to reach the quarterfinals at the RWB Ladies Cup.

The Russian competed in her second WTA tournament at the Kremlin Cup having received another wildcard into the qualifying draw. This time, she lost to good friend Polina Kudermetova in straight sets.[8]

Selekhmeteva ended the year ranked No.781, having accumulated a 10-8 win-loss record at the professional level.[9]

2020: First ITF doubles title

Selekhmeteva had to wait until September to reach her first singles quarterfinal of the year at the ITF25k event in Marbella[10] after the tour was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her first professional title also came at the same tournament alongside Alina Charaeva.[11] She reached another 25k quarterfinal in Las Palmas, this time defeating Top 300 oppositions Daniela Seguel and Amandine Hesse.[12]

With a 17-8 win-loss record in singles, and three doubles titles (14-1 win-loss record), Selekhmeteva ended the year inside the Top 700 in both singles and doubles for the first time in her career.[9]

2021: First ITF singles title, Top 250 debut

Selekhmeteva reached her first professional singles final at the ITF15k event in Manacor, defeating good friend Alex Eala along the way.[13] She defeated Suzan Lamens in straight sets in the final.[14] In doubles, she enjoyed a 19-match winning streak which started from 2020, picking up two titles in Manacor alongside Ángela Fita Boluda.

After reaching the semifinals of the French Open in the junior tournament and winning the doubles title alongside Eala,[4] she fully concentrated on her professional career and did not play anymore junior events. Her first event after was the ITF60k event in Open Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Hérault, reaching the biggest quarterfinal of her career after losing just 15 games, including qualifying. She lost to second seed Mayar Sherif in straight sets. She entered the ITF 100k Grand Est Open 88, where she successfully qualified for the main draw and earned the biggest win of her career over World No.98 Martina Trevisan, Roland Garros quarterfinalist a year ago, in the first round. Three consecutive great runs ended with a runner-up result at the ITF60k Engie Open de Biarritz, winning six consecutive matches in straight sets from qualifying to reach her biggest career final.[15] She lost to top seed Francesca Jones in the final, but won the doubles title alongside Kamilla Bartone.[16] With her great results, Selekhmeteva cracked the Top 400 for the first time in her career.

Despite having a month's break, Selekhmeteva returned to reach yet another ITF60k quarterfinal, this time at the ITF World Tennis Tour Gran Canaria where she fell to Sherif once again, though this time she won a set.[17] She also won the biggest doubles title of her career at this tournament with Elina Avanesyan.[18] She continued to achieve good results, making the singles semifinals at the ITF80k BBVA Open Internacional de Valencia, earning two Top 200 wins in the process despite needing to qualify for the main draw. Her run ended in the hands of eventual champion Trevisan.[19] Another doubles final followed, this time partnering Ángela Fita Boluda.[20]

She then reached the singles semifinals of the ITF80k Féminin Le Neubourg, losing to Anna Bondár in straight sets. By virtue of her results, Selekhmeteva received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Kremlin Cup where she stunned Arina Rodionova for her first WTA win.[21] She sealed a spot in her first WTA main draw after defeating Diana Shnaider in straight sets.[22] In the first round, she faced World No.32 Veronika Kudermetova in the biggest match of her career, but fell in an entertaining three-set battle.[23]

ITF finals
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Hard Suzan Lamens 6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jul 2021 ITF Biarritz, France 60,000 Clay Francesca Jones 4–6, 6–7(4)

Doubles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2020 ITF Marbella, Spain 25,000 Clay Alina Charaeva Miriam Bulgaru
Victoria Muntean		 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Oct 2020 ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain 15,000 Clay Alina Charaeva Alba Carrillo Marín
Júlia Payola		 5–7, 6–1, [10–5]
Win 3–0 Dec 2020 ITF Madrid, Spain 15,000 Clay (i) Ángela Fita Boluda Bárbara Gatica
Rebeca Pereira		 7–6(4), 1–6, [10–5]
Win 4–0 Jan 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Hard Ángela Fita Boluda Ylena In-Albon
Valentina Ryser		 6–1, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss 4–1 Jan 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Hard Ángela Fita Boluda Ylena In-Albon
Camilla Rosatello		 6–7(3), 7–6(9), [5–10]
Win 5–1 Mar 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Hard Ángela Fita Boluda Ylena In-Albon
Rebeka Masarova		 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 5–2 May 2021 ITF Platja D'Aro, Spain 25,000 Clay Alex Eala Oana Georgeta Simion
Justina Mikulskytė		 3–6, 5–7
Win 6–2 Jul 2021 ITF Biarritz, France 60,000 Clay Daniela Vismane Sarah Beth Grey
Magali Kempen		 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 7–2 Aug 2021 ITF Maspalomas, Spain 60,000 Clay Elina Avanesyan Arianne Hartono
Olivia Tjandramulia		 7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–3 Sep 2021 ITF Valencia, Spain 80,000 Clay Ángela Fita Boluda Ysaline Bonaventure
Ekaterine Gorgodze		 2–6, 6–2, [6–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2019 Wimbledon Grass Kamilla Bartone Savannah Broadus
Abigail Forbes		 5–7, 7–5, 2–6
Win 2019 US Open Hard Kamilla Bartone Aubane Droguet
Séléna Janicijevic		 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Win2021French OpenClay Alex Eala Maria Bondarenko
Amarissa Kiara Tóth		6–0, 7–5

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