Darja Semeņistaja
Latvian tennis player (born 2002)
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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]
Semeņistaja at the 2023 French Open | |
| Country (sports) | |
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| Born | 16 September 2002 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| 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 | 1R (2026) |
| 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. | |
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
2021: Seven ITF titles
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: WTA 125 success
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] Later that month at the ATX Open, Semeņistaja recorded her maiden WTA Tour main-draw match win, against wildcard entrant Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva,[7] before losing to sixth seed Wang Xiyu in the second round.[8]
Partnering Carole Monnet, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Țiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa in the final.[9]
2025: Major and top 100 debuts
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.[10]
In April she won her second WTA 125 singles title at the Open Internacional Femení Solgironès, defeating Dalma Gálfi in the final.[11]
Semeņistaja qualified to make her major debut at the US Open,[12] losing to Peyton Stearns in the first round.[13]
She 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.[14]
2026: First WTA Tour quarterfinal
At the Copa Colsanitas, Semeņistaja defeated fifth seed Ella Seidel[15] and Despina Papamichail to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal,[16] at which point her run was ended by top seed and eventual champion Marie Bouzková.[17]
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
| 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 | |
| Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2025 | Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland | Clay | 1–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)
| 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 | ||
| Loss | 2–3 | Jul 2025 | Internazionale di Roma, Italy | Clay | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] | ||
| Loss | 2–4 | Apr 2026 | WTA 125 Madrid, Spain | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, [3–10] | ||
| Loss | 2–5 | Apr 2026 | Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal | Clay | 2–6, 5–7 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 19 (16 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| 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)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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 |