Sofia Shapatava ( ka, სოფია შაფათავა, tr, ; born 12 January 1989) is a Georgian
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
She has won two singles and 32 doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmental ...
. On 8 September 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 186. On 9 November 2015, she peaked at No. 132 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for
Georgia Fed Cup team
The Georgia Billie Jean King Cup team represents Georgia in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Georgian Tennis Federation. They competed in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II in 2007, but were promoted to Group I ...
, Shapatava has a win–loss record of 29–25.
She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the
2014 French Open
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, where she qualified before losing to 2009 champion
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...
in the first round.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 14 (2 titles, 12 runner–ups)
Doubles: 59 (32 titles, 27 runner–ups)
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1989 births
Sportspeople from Tbilisi
Living people
Female tennis players from Georgia (country)
Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in France
Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Poland