Darja Semeņistaja
Semeņistaja at the 2023 French Open | |
| Country (sports) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 September 2002 |
| Plays | Left-handed |
| Prize money | US$ 789,889 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 232–132 |
| Career titles | 2 WTA Challenger, 16 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 87 (27 October 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 87 (27 October 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2024) |
| French Open | Q2 (2024) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2023, 2025) |
| US Open | 1R (2025) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 117–84 |
| Career titles | 2 WTA Challenger, 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 119 (8 September 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 157 (27 October 2025) |
| Last updated on: 31 October 2025. | |
Darja Semeņistaja (born 16 September 2002) is a Latvian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 87 in singles, achieved on 27 October 2025, and No. 119 in doubles, reached on 8 September 2025. She has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour.[1]
Playing for Latvia Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win-loss record of 4–6.
She has also won 16 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[1]

Career
[edit]2021
[edit]In 2021, Semeņistaja won the most singles trophies on the ITF Women's World Tour, a total of seven titles. She won the first two in Serbia, winning Prokuplje's 15k events for two weeks in a row, then the third in Bratislava in mid-July,[2] the fourth in Chornomorsk, Ukraine, at the end of August,[3] and finally three in Cancún, Mexico in October.[citation needed]
2024
[edit]Alongside Veronika Erjavec, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Canberra Tennis International, overcoming Kaylah McPhee and Astra Sharma in the final.[4]
She won her first WTA 125 singles title at the Mumbai Open in February, defeating Storm Hunter in the final.[5][6] Partnering Carole Monnet, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Țiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa in the final.[7]
2025: Major and top 100 debuts
[edit]Partnering Nina Stojanović, Semeņistaja reached the doubles final at the Canberra International for the second successive year, losing to Jaimee Fourlis and Petra Hule in a deciding champions tiebreak.[8]
She qualified to make her major debut at the US Open,[9] losing to Peyton Stearns in the first round.[10]
Semeņistaja reached the top 100 at world No. 90 in the rankings on 20 October 2025, following her title run at the Les Franqueses del Vallès W100 event. She became the 26th player to reach the milestone in the 2025 season.[11]
Performance timeline
[edit]| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
[edit]| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q1 | 0–0 |
| French Open | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | Q1 | Q3 | 0–0 |
| US Open | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 0–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
WTA Challenger finals
[edit]Singles: 2 (2 titles)
[edit]| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2024 | Mumbai Open, India |
Hard | 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–2 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 2025 | Open Internacional Solgironès, Spain |
Clay | 5–7, 6–0, 6–4 |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
[edit]| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2024 | Canberra International, Australia | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2024 | Țiriac Foundation Trophy, Romania | Clay | 1–6, 6–2, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 2–1 | Jan 2025 | Canberra International, Australia | Hard | 5–7, 4–6), [5–10] | ||
| Loss | 2–2 | Apr 2025 | Open Internacional Solgironès, Spain |
Clay | 6–7(1–7), 1–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 19 (16 titles, 3 runner-ups)
[edit]
|
|
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | W15 | Clay | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2021 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | W15 | Clay | 6–0, 6–2 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 2021 | ITF Bratislava, Slovakia | W15 | Clay | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 4–0 | Aug 2021 | ITF Chornomorsk, Ukraine | W15 | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | 5–0 | Oct 2021 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | 6–3, 7–5 | |
| Win | 6–0 | Oct 2021 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | 5–7, 7–6(5), 6–0 | |
| Win | 7–0 | Oct 2021 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | 7–5, 7–5 | |
| Win | 8–0 | Feb 2022 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W25 | Hard | 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–2 | |
| Win | 9–0 | May 2022 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 | |
| Win | 10–0 | Jun 2022 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | W25 | Clay | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Win | 11–0 | Feb 2023 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | W40 | Hard | 7–5, 4–0 ret. | |
| Loss | 11–1 | Feb 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | W25 | Hard | 5–7, 6–3, 1–6 | |
| Win | 12–1 | May 2023 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 13–1 | Jul 2023 | Liepāja Open, Latvia | W60 | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 14–1 | Jul 2023 | ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Win | 15–1 | Jan 2024 | ITF Bangalore, India | W50 | Hard | 6–1, 3–0 ret. | |
| Loss | 15–2 | Sep 2024 | Šibenik Open, Croatia | W75 | Clay | 2–6, 0–6 | |
| Loss | 15–3 | Sep 2025 | Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal | W100 | Clay | 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 16–3 | Oct 2025 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | W100 | Hard | 7–5, 7–6(4) |
Doubles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner–ups)
[edit]
|
|
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 6–2, 5–7, [6–10] | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 6–2, 6–7(8), [10–5] | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 3–1 | Oct 2021 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | Feb 2022 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W25 | Hard | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–3 | Mar 2022 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. | W25 | Hard | 1–6, 6–7(5) | ||
| Win | 4–3 | Sep 2022 | ITF Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 5–3 | Dec 2022 | ITF Valencia, Spain | W15 | Clay | w/o | ||
| Loss | 5–4 | Feb 2023 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | W40 | Hard | 1–6, 6–1, [10–12] | ||
| Win | 6–4 | Feb 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. | W25 | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 7–4 | Jul 2023 | Liepāja Open, Latvia | W60 | Clay | 6–4, 2–6, [10–3] | ||
| Loss | 7–5 | Jul 2023 | ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | 2–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 7–6 | Oct 2023 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | W100 | Hard | 6–4, 5–7, [6–10] | ||
| Win | 8–6 | Jan 2024 | Bangalore Open, India | W50 | Hard | 3–6, 6–2, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 9–6 | Jan 2024 | Pune Open, India | W50 | Hard | 7–6(8), 6–3 | ||
| Win | 10–6 | Apr 2025 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | W100 | Clay | 4–6, 6–3, [11–9] | ||
| Loss | 10–7 | May 2025 | Internazionali di Brescia, Italy | W75 | Clay | 0–6, 3–6 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Federation, International Tennis. "Darja Semenistaja Overview". Itftennis.
- ^ "Semeņistaja Bratislavā izcīna sezonas trešo ITF titulu". skaties.lv.
- ^ "Semeņistaja iekļūst Kankunas ITF turnīra finālā". skaties.lv.
- ^ "Champions crowned at Workday Canberra International 2024". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Semenistaja saves championship point en route to Mumbai WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ "Darja Semenistaja Wins Singles Title At Mumbai Open Tennis Championships". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaru wins WTA 125 Bucharest with Halep on site; Teichmann wins Ljubljana". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Ito defeats Wei in Canberra to capture first career WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "US Open 2025's Grand Slam debuts: Tjen, Jimenez Kasintseva, Pareja and more". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Superlative Peyton Stearns annihilates Semenistaja in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Frech at the U.S. Open". Tennis Tonic. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Rankings Watch Paolini and Rybakina climb while Valentova continues her rise". WTA. 20 October 2025.