Varvara Flink

Varvara Alexandrovna Flink (Russian: Варвара Александровна Флинк; born 13 December 1996) is a Russian tennis player.[1] She achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of 122 on 15 July 2019 and a doubles ranking of 372 on 31 October 2022. Flink owns one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She won her first of her six ITF singles title on 21 May 2017. In doubles, she has won two ITF titles. The first was in Monastir, Tunisia, in 2012. She reached two singles semifinals in 2013, one in Dubrovnik and the other in Seoul.[2]

Varvara Flink
Flink at the 2022 French Open
Full nameVarvara Alexandrovna Flink
Native nameВарвара Александровна Флинк
Country (sports) Russia
Born (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996
Moscow
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$420,840
Singles
Career record216–132 (62.1%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 122 (15 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 688 (21 November 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2019, 2020)
French OpenQ1 (2019, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon2R (2019)
US OpenQ2 (2019, 2022)
Doubles
Career record29–29 (50.0%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 372 (31 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 380 (21 November 2022)
Last updated on: 21 November 2022.

Career highlights

ITF Circuit

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Flink achieved a new career-high ranking of world No. 6, following her win at the Grade-A Copa Gerdau in Brazil in March 2013. Later that year, she achieved more success, reaching the final at the Osaka Mayor's Cup and winning the Dunlop Orange Bowl. She ended the year ranked world No. 3 junior, in January 2014, she became world No. 2.[3]

WTA Tour

Flink made her WTA Tour debut at the 2012 Baku Cup, where she lost in the first round of the singles tournament to Tamarine Tanasugarn from Thailand, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6. In doubles, she partnered up with Patricia Mayr-Achleitner to reach the quarterfinals, where they lost to Eva Birnerova and Alberta Brianti, 4–6, 2–6.

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L WIn%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q2 Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A Q1 A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A A A 2R NH Q2 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open A A A A A Q2 A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 1–1 50%
WTA 1000
Miami Open Q2 A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A Q1 A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Guadalajara Open NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 355 N/A 222 623 189 128 173 472 684 $420,840

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2022 WTA 125 Concord, United States Hard United States CoCo Vandeweghe Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
Japan Moyuka Uchijima		 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Bulgaria Julia Terziyska 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková 1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Slovakia Viktória Kužmová 6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–4 Oct 2016 ITF Tampico, Mexico 50,000[lower-alpha 1] Hard Russia Sofya Zhuk 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–4 May 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Argentina María Lourdes Carlé 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–5 Apr 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Romania Andreea Amalia Roșca 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–5 Apr 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Slovenia Nina Potočnik 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–5 Apr 2018 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–5 Apr 2018 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Russia Polina Golubovskaya 6–0, 6–3
Win 5–5 Aug 2018 ITF Leipzig, Germany 25,000 Clay Austria Julia Grabher 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–5 Jan 2019 ITF Kazan, Russia 25,000 Hard Russia Anastasia Gasanova 6–2, ret.

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2012 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 10,000 Hard Netherlands Jaimy-Gayle van de Wal Netherlands Valeria Podda
Netherlands Lisanne van Riet		 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Oct 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Veronica Miroshnichenko Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
Czech Republic Martina Přádová		 6–3, 6–4

Notes
  1. The $50,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

References
  1. "WTA Profile".
  2. "ITF Profile".
  3. ITF junior profile
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