Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva is an Andorran professional tennis player. On 20 October 2025, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 107 by the WTA. At the age of 14, she won the 2020 Australian Open girls' singles title.
Early life and background
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva was born in Andorra la Vella, 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 ATP Tour ranking of 505. Her brother, Joan, also plays tennis. She spent three years of her childhood living in Kentucky in the United States, between the ages of four and eight.She began playing tennis at the age of three, and currently trains in Barcelona with her father. She speaks Spanish, English, French, and Russian fluently, in addition to her native Catalan.
Juniors
In 2020, Jiménez Kasintseva won the Australian Open girls' singles title as the youngest player in the draw, defeating Weronika Baszak in the final. She was the first Andorran to win a junior major title, as well as the youngest player to win a major final since Coco Gauff at the French Open. She has won eight singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit as well as one doubles title, and achieved a career-high junior ranking of No. 1 on 9 March 2020.Grand Slam performance
Singles:- Australian Open: W
- French Open: QF
- Wimbledon: SF
- US Open: QF
- Australian Open: 1R
- French Open: SF
- Wimbledon: 1R
- US Open: SF
Career
2021: Professional debut
At the age of 15, Jiménez Kasintseva made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Madrid Open. She was the youngest player and the first from Andorra to compete in a WTA tournament main draw. Jiménez Kasintseva lost to Kiki Bertens in the first round. She won her maiden ITF singles title in Aparecida de Goiânia and also reached the final in Maspalomas, where she was defeated by Arantxa Rus.2022–2024: First WTA Tour quarterfinal and first WTA 1000 win
Having gained entry as a lucky loser, Jiménez Kasintseva recorded her first WTA Tour wins at the 2022 Korea Open, defeating Chloé Paquet and eighth seed Rebecca Marino to become the first Andorran to reach a first Tour quarterfinal She lost to top seed Jeļena Ostapenko in the last eight.She won her second ITF singles title in Loulé as the top seed in the tournament, and won her first ITF Circuit doubles title at the Solgironès Open, partnered with Renata Zarazúa. Jiménez Kasintseva also reached the singles final in Bendigo but lost it to Ysaline Bonaventure.
In 2023, she received wildcards into the main draw at the WTA 1000 tournaments in Miami and Madrid, losing in the first round at both to Anna Kalinskaya and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova respectively. That year, she won two W25 titles, at Boca Raton and Austin.
She received a wildcard into the main draw at the 2024 Madrid Open, where she defeated Zhu Lin in the first round for her first WTA 1000 win, before falling to 12th seed Jasmine Paolini.
2025: Major debut
In March, Jiménez Kasintseva was runner-up at the Antalya Challenger 2, losing the final to top seed Olga Danilović. She also reached the final at the WTA 125 Makarska Open in Croatia, losing to Sára Bejlek.In August 2025, Jiménez Kasintseva qualified for the main draw of the US Open, making her debut appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. With her qualification, she became the first Andorran player, male or female, to compete in the main draw of a major tournament. She lost to Maya Joint in the first round.
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 through the 2025 US Open.''ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2021 | ITF San Bartolomé, Spain | W60 | Clay |  Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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