Dating & Relationship status

Gavrilova kicked off her 2019 season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the first round to eighth seed Anastasija Sevastova. In Sydney at the Sydney International, Gavrilova was defeated in the first round by qualifier Yulia Putintseva. At the Australian Open, Gavrilova lost in the first round to Tamara Zidanšek.

Gavrilova’s relationship with Australian tennis player Luke Saville influenced her decision to become an Australian citizen. Gavrilova and Saville became engaged on 6 December 2018.

Nicknamed Dasha, Gavrilova has won one singles and two doubles WTA titles, and has additionally won four singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women’s Circuit. 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.

Gavrilova began her season playing at the 2016 Hopman Cup in the Australia Green team, alongside Nick Kyrgios. In the round-robin stage of the tournament, her only singles win was over Sabine Lisicki, however she and Kyrgios were undefeated in the mixed-doubles stage of each tie. In their tie against France, Gavrilova saved a match point in the mixed doubles event when Australia was down 8–9 in the match tiebreak. They went on to win the match in three sets, securing their place in the final. Gavrilova and Kyrgios were the eventual champions of the tournament, defeating the Ukrainian team of Elina Svitolina and Alexandr Dolgopolov in both singles matches. This was only the second time that the Australian team has won the Hopman Cup, the first time being in 1999.

In December, Gavrilova competed at the internal wildcard playoff for the 2015 Australian Open. She advanced to the final by beating top seed Olivia Rogowska in the semifinal, before beating Arina Rodionova in straight sets to guarantee herself a place in the main draw of the first major of 2015.

In February, Gavrilova competed at the Qatar Open, a Premier-5 level event. In the qualifying draw, Gavrilova defeated Kristina Barrois, before losing to Tadeja Majerič. However, following the withdrawal of Maria Kirilenko, Gavrilova returned to the draw as a lucky loser, and beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round. In the second round, Gavrilova played her first match against a top-ten player in world, No. 2 Serena Williams, and lost in straight sets. Gavrilova underwent a knee reconstruction in October and finished 2013 ranked No. 144.

Gavrilova 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.

Daria Alexeyevna Gavrilova (Russian: Дарья Алексеевна Гаврилова ; born 5 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. She represented Russia until 2015, before emigrating to Australia.

Gavrilova 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, Gavrilova earned a place in the qualifying draw based on her ranking for the first time. In the first round, she beat Stephanie Vogt before upsetting 24th seed Eugenie Bouchard. In the final round of qualification, Gavrilova 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 American Lauren Davis and won in three sets. Gavrilova’s maiden major run came to an end in the second round against fellow qualifier Lesia Tsurenko.