Daria Saville

In the first round, she beat Stephanie Vogt before upsetting 24th seed Eugenie Bouchard.

In the final round of qualifying, she beat Zhou Yimiao in three sets, to earn a spot in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career.

In the first round, she faced Lauren Davis and won in three sets.

Saville's maiden major run came to an end in the second round against fellow qualifier Lesia Tsurenko.

In February, she competed at the Qatar Ladies Open, a Premier-5 level event.

In the qualifying draw, she defeated Kristina Barrois, before losing to Tadeja Majerič.

However, following the withdrawal of Maria Kirilenko, Saville returned to the draw as a lucky loser, and beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round.

In the second round, she played her first match against a top-ten player in world No. 2, Serena Williams, and lost in straight sets.

Daria Saville (née Gavrilova; born 5 March 1994) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player representing Australia.

Saville was an accomplished junior player, having won the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and 2010 US Open, also reaching a combined career-high junior ranking of world No. 1 in August 2010.

In her career, Saville has achieved victories against former Grand Slam champions Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Angelique Kerber (her first victory over a reigning world No. 1), and Petra Kvitová (three times), with all of these players being ranked in the top 10 at the time.

Saville was chosen to represent Russia at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore.

Despite entering the draw unseeded, Saville progressed to the gold medal match, beating Stefanie Tan, top seed Elina Svitolina, Tang Haochen and seventh seed Jana Čepelová.

In the final, Saville went a set down against Zheng Saisai of China, but rallied to win the gold medal.

Following her win, Saville became the top ranked junior player by the ITF.

In September, she competed in the junior event at the US Open as the top seed.

She progressed through the draw with wins over Lauren Davis, Caroline Price, Tang Haochen, Robin Anderson and Sloane Stephens to set up an all-Russian final with Yulia Putintseva, emerging with a two-sets victory.

In addition, Saville competed in the doubles event with fellow Russian Irina Khromacheva, progressing to the semifinal, before losing to eventual champions Tímea Babos and Sloane Stephens.

Following her success in junior tennis, Saville was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the WTA Tour event in her hometown of Moscow.

She faced Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko and lost her WTA debut in straight sets.

She ended the year as the No. 1 junior player, and at No. 515 in the WTA rankings.

Saville suffered disappointment in her attempts to become the first junior player since Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win two Grand Slam titles, with first-round defeats at the Australian Open and Wimbledon events, a quarterfinal defeat to eventual champion Ons Jabeur at the French Open and a second-round defeat to American Victoria Duval in her defence of her US Open title.

As the reigning junior champion, Saville was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying draw for the main event, but lost her first match against Kurumi Nara.

Beginning to compete on the ITF Women's Circuit, Saville lost her first final in the $25k event in Moscow to Lyudmyla Kichenok, but later in the year, claimed her first professional title at the $10k event in Antalya, beating fellow Russian Ksenia Lykina in the final.

Saville ended the year ranked world No. 383.

In April, Saville won her first professional doubles title, claiming the title at a $25k event in Chiasso, Switzerland, along with partner Irina Khromacheva.

The pair continued their partnership at the junior event of the French Open and claimed the title with a win over Montserrat González and Beatriz Haddad Maia.

In June, Saville qualified for the main draw at a WTA Tour event for the first time, at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, there beating higher ranked players Anastasia Rodionova and Yuliya Beygelzimer to progress to the first round.

Saville then earned her career-best win, thrashing world No. 35, Yanina Wickmayer, in straight sets but lost in the next round to Kirsten Flipkens.

Saville began her season by playing in the qualifying draw in Brisbane.

She upset Mariana Duque Mariño in the first round, before losing to Vania King.

At the Australian Open, Saville earned a place in the qualifying draw based on her ranking for the first time.

Saville underwent a knee reconstruction in October and finished 2013 ranked No. 144.

She resumed to play in July on the ITF Circuit ranked No. 368.

At the $50k event in Sacramento, California, her first event of the year, she claimed the doubles title alongside Storm Sanders, her highest level win to date.

She represented Russia until 2015.

She competed under her maiden name until her marriage to Luke Saville in 2021.

On 28 August 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 20.

On 25 September 2017, she peaked at No. 45 in the doubles rankings.

Saville has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and has additionally won four singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.