On court

• started playing tennis at age six
• introduced to tennis by her parents
• realised at age 12 she was good enough to become a professional, when she first started travelling
• favourite surface is hard court – especially plexicushion in Australia
• favourite shot is forehand
• favourite tournament is Australian Open
• tennis idols are Venus and Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis
• feels her game contains elements of Kim Clijsters and Simona Halep
• is a former ITF world No.1 junior
• has trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France; was part of Hingis’ training squad at the academy
• career highlights to date include winning the Youth Olympics in Singapore and the US Open juniors in 2010
• says Serena Williams is the toughest opponent she’s ever faced
• dream tennis scenario would be to beat Maria Sharapova at Rod Laver Arena
• professional goals are to play Fed Cup for Australia and to win a Grand Slam

Off court

• Family includes father Alexey, mother Natalia and younger brother Stepan
• has a pet beagle
• enjoys eating sushi and cheese
• graduated from high school in 2010
• enjoys reading the Twilight series
• currently dating Australian professional player Luke Saville
• nickname is “Dasha”
• best piece of advice is to treat everyone the same way you want to be treated
• perfect day would involve sleeping in, going out for breakfast, going for a swim, and having her family and friends around her
• would have loved to be an actress if not a tennis player

Year-end ranking history

Titles/Finals

Titles

2015 Burnie ITF, Launceston ITF

2014 Bangkok ITF

2011 Antalya ITF

Finals

2017 Strasbourg

2016 Kremlin Cup

2012 Moscow 4 ITF

2011 Moscow ITF