Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (born 9 August 2005) is an Andorran

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player. She won the 2020 Australian Open girls' singles title, defeating Weronika Baszak in the final. It was her junior

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debut, and she was the youngest player in the draw. She made her

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main-draw debut at the 2021 Madrid Open as a wildcard, also as the youngest and the first-ever player from Andorra to appear in a WTA tournament main draw, where she lost in the first round to

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. She recorded her first WTA main draw win at the 2022 Korea Open. Jiménez Kasintseva has won nine singles titles on the

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, as well as one doubles title. She achieved a career-high ITF Junior ranking of No. 1, on 9 March 2020. She began training with her father and coach in 2009, and admires fellow left-handers

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and

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Personal life

Jiménez Kasintseva was born in Andorra to an Andorran father, Joan Jiménez Guerra, and a Russian mother, Yulia Kasintseva. Her father is a former tennis professional who reached a career-high

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ranking of 505. She spent three years of her childhood in

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(United States), and speaks five languages fluently:

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, French and

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Junior career

Grand Slam performance

Singles: * Australian Open: W (2020) * French Open: QF (2021) * Wimbledon: SF (2021) * US Open: QF (2021) Doubles: * Australian Open: 1R (2020) * French Open: SF (2021) * Wimbledon: 1R (2021) * US Open: SF (2021)

Performance timeline

''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

''Current after the 2023 Australian Open.''

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Singles (9–2)

Doubles (1–2)

Notes

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez Kasintseva, Victoria 2005 births Living people Andorran female tennis players Andorran people of Russian descent Andorran people of Spanish descent Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles