Varvara Gracheva has earned a name for herself in the tennis fraternity after registering a first-round win against Maria Sakkari at the 2024 French Open. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of No. 39 on January 8, 2024. As of May 2024, she has yet to win a WTA singles title in her career. Gracheva has won seven ITF women's singles titles to date (May 2024).
She reached the fourth round at the 2024 Open De Rouen Open before losing to Yue Yuan. Gracheva registered her best grand slam performance at the 2023 Australian Open in the singles category. She reached the third round after registering a win against Daria Kasatkina. Gracheva reached her first WTA singles final at the 2023 ATX Open, defeating Sloane Stephens, Magda Linette and Anna Blinkova en route.
Besides singles, she is known for playing doubles tournaments and reached the third round of the 2021 French Open. With her hard work and dedication, she reached back-to-back WTA 1000 fourth rounds at the 2023 Indian Wells and the 2023 Miami Open. She is a right-handed player who is known for playing a steady all-around game during her matches.
Varvara Gracheva Ethnicity
Varvara Gracheva is of Russian ethnicity. She was born in Moscow, Russia and got her training in Russia until she was 14 years old. She represented Russia at WTA level till May 2023. Later, Gracheva switched her nationality to French in June 2023, making her a Russian-born French national.
Varvara Gracheva Nationality
Varvara Gracheva is a French national. At the age of 16, she moved to France and started training at the Elite Tennis Centre in Cannes, France, for almost six years. Gracheva applied for French citizenship in March 2023 amidst the Russia-Ukraine war. Her application was approved in May 2023, and she obtained French nationality in June last year. She represented France on the WTA tour at the 2023 Bad Homburg Open.
Varvara Gracheva Height and Age
Varvara Gracheva stands 5 feet 10 inches or 178 cm tall. She has a body weight of approximately 70 kg. She is 22 years old and was born in Moscow, Russia, on August 2, 2000.
Varvara Gracheva Social Media
Varvara Gracheva has an Instagram account named @ gracheva_varvara. Her social media handle has 9.5k followers.
Varvara Gracheva Parents
Natalia Kazakova is Varvara Gracheva's mother. However, her father's name is not available in the public domain. Her mother is a tennis coach and she trained Varvara until the age of 14.
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