_(52129636728).jpg) Diyas at the2022 French Open | |
| Native name | Зарина Диас |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Kazakhstan |
| Residence | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Born | (1993-10-18)18 October 1993 (age 32) Almaty |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | 2007 |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Roberto Antonini |
| Prize money | US $3,792,415 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 359–257 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 31 (12 January 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 325 (17 March 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2014,2015,2020,2021) |
| French Open | 2R (2015,2016,2018,2019,2021) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2014,2015) |
| US Open | 3R (2014) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 31–44 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 89 (8 June 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 1056 (17 March 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2015,2018) |
| French Open | 2R (2015,2021) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2014,2021) |
| US Open | QF (2014) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 18–8 |
| Last updated on: 17 March 2025. | |
Zarina Diyas (Kazakh:Зарина Диас;Russian:Зари́на Ди́яс; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professionaltennis player. She has beenranked as high as No. 31 by theWTA.[1] Diyas has won one singles title on theWTA Tour, at the2017 Japan Women's Open, along with nine singles titles on theITF Women's Circuit.[2]
Diyas mostly played on the ITF Circuit until 2014, her breakthrough season. She progressed into the top 40 by September, having started the year outside the top 150. This helped her enter tournaments on the WTA Tour more consistently, though she still plays ITF tournaments. She is one of the most successful female tennis players representingKazakhstan, along withElena Rybakina andYulia Putintseva.[3][4]
Diyas became a member of theKazakhstan Fed Cup team in 2011 and is tied for her country's most singles wins withYaroslava Shvedova, but with a much better winning percentage.[5] She has a win/loss record of 18–8 (14–5 in singles) as of July 2024.
Zarina Diyas (Kazakh:Зари́на Ди́ас,romanized: Zarina Dīas) was born on 18 October 1993 in Almaty.[6] Her mother is Aida Aulbekova, and she has a sister named Alissa. During her childhood, Diyas spent many years in theCzech Republic, having moved there with her mother and sister when she was five years old.[7] Her mother introduced her to tennis at age six.[8] Around 2010, she played as a member of a tennis club inPrague.[9] She had a chance to acquire Czech citizenship but decided against it to keep on playing for Kazakhstan.[9] She lived in the Czech Republic until she was 12 years old, before moving toGuangzhou, China for much of her tennis training.[7] She later started studyingpsychology at university, remotely.[6]
Diyas reached a career-high ranking of No. 17 as a junior.[10] She began playing on theITF Junior Circuit in January 2007 at the age of 13. In July of the same year, she won a low-level Grade-4 title at the Safina Cup in thesingles event, defeatingPetra Krejsová in the final. That tournament also was herdoubles debut, where she lost in the second round alongside Yuliana Umanets. She then continued to have good performances, reaching one semi-final and one final by the end of the year. The next year, she started with a strong result, winning the Grade 1 tournament Czech International Junior Indoor Championships, at her first participation of the year. In March 2008, she won her first doubles title at Grade 2 level Luxembourg Indoor Junior Open, partnering withKsenia Lykina.[11][12]
In June 2008, she made her debut at theFrench Open, recording her first match-win at aGrand Slam tournament overIrina-Camelia Begu, before she was defeated by Lykina in the second round. She also made her doubles major debut there, losing in the first round. Diyas then reached only the second round atWimbledon. On her debut at the2008 US Open and the2009 Australian Open, she was eliminated in the first round. In June 2009, she played theFrench Open, her last junior tournament in both singles and doubles, where she reached the third round in singles, and lost in the first round in doubles.[11][12]
Diyas began playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2007 at the age of 14. Her first attempt to play in a main draw of a professional tournament was at a $100k event in Bratislava, where she lost in the first round of qualifying.[13] In April 2008, she received awildcard for playing in qualification at thePrague Open but failed to qualify after a first-round loss toKlaudia Jans. She then made her main-draw debut at the $25k event in Astana where she also won her first title.[14]
At her first two appearances in 2009, she reached a quarterfinal before she won another ITF title at the $25k event in Stuttgart.[14] She then made her WTA Tour singles debut atPrague as a wildcard player, where she also marked her first win and first quarterfinal. She defeated qualifierKristina Mladenovic and sixth seedPetra Kvitová but later was eliminated by third-seededIveta Benešová.[15] The year of 2009 was important for Diyas, as it was the year when she made her first appearances at a major tournament inqualifying at theUS Open. There she missed her chance to get to the main draw, losing toChang Kai-chen in the first round of qualifying.[16]
In 2010, she continued to rise up the rankings, debuting in the top 200 in July.[17] Following mixed results for the first half of the year, she reached the final at the $25k event in Rome, losing toPatricia Mayr-Achleitner.[13] In October 2010, she left a mark at the Premier-levelKremlin Cup in Moscow. She qualified into the main draw and defeated world No. 49,Gisela Dulko, in the first round. Then, she achieved the biggest win of her career by defeating top seed and world No. 7,Jelena Janković, in the second round. However, she lost by a wide margin toMaria Kirilenko in the quarterfinal match.[15]
During 2011, Diyas did not progress so much, having mostly modest results. Her most significant finish was a final at the $25k Kunming event which she lost toIryna Brémond. She then reached semifinals at the $50k event in Wenshan but was not advanced to another quarterfinal for the rest of the year.[13] On the WTA Tour, she won only one match, defeatingSun Shengnan in the first round of theGuangzhou International Open; but she lost in the next match toPetra Martić.[16][18]
In late 2011, Diyas underwent shoulder surgery and did not play tennis for the next seven months, which caused her to fall in the rankings, dropping her outside the top 300.[17][19] The following year in May, she made her return on the ITF Circuit at theKangaroo Cup where she failed to qualify for the main draw.[13] A month later, she won her third ITF title at the $25k event in Bukhara, not dropping aset the whole tournament.[14] Later that year, she was advanced to the final of a $25k event in Taipei, where she lost toZheng Saisai.[13] The next week, she participated in a newWTA Challenger event, also in Taipei. In the first round, she defeated the world No. 40 and top seed,Peng Shuai, in straight sets.[20] Then, in the following round, she made a lopsided win overVaratchaya Wongteanchai, losing just one game.[21] She then lost toKurumi Nara, which would mark her last quarterfinal of the season.[22]
Diyas started season playing mostly qualifyings for WTA tournaments. She began the year ranked world No. 264 and finished more than 100 spots higher.[17] In February, she recorded a first win on the WTA Tour in 2013, prevailing overKristýna Plíšková in the first round of theMalaysian Open. In the second round, she was eliminated byAshleigh Barty.[16] She then returned to the ITF Circuit, mostly achieving modest results. Her only ITF title of the year came in October at the $25k event in Makinohara, where she defeated rising Swiss junior and future top-ten playerBelinda Bencic to clinch victory.[14] She then advanced to another ITF Circuit final at theCaesar & Imperial Cup in Taipei but lost toPaula Kania, in straight sets.[13]
The 2014 season was Diyas's breakthrough year. First she played at the $25k event in Hong Kong, reaching the final, in which she lost toElizaveta Kulichkova.[13] Then, she enteredAustralian Open qualifying, registering a close three-set win overAleksandra Krunić in the first round. To get to the main-draw she defeatedAndreea Mitu, followed with win over CanadianStéphanie Dubois.[16] This resulted in her first Grand Slam championship main-draw entry. In the first round, she then beat fellow qualifierKateřina Siniaková, before she breezed past world No. 52,Marina Erakovic, to book her place in the third round. Diyas then went down to world No. 11,Simona Halep, in straight sets.[23][24] Nevertheless, her two early-round wins helped boost her ranking to a then-career-high No. 112.[17] Following the Australian Open, Diyas lost qualifying matches at thePattaya Open and theQatar Ladies Open.[25] She bounced back quickly though, as she then easily won a $50k event in Quanzhou.[14]
She then traveled to the United States to compete at theMiami Open, qualifying for the main draw and getting pastAlexandra Cadanțu before losing toSloane Stephens in the second round. Although she failed to qualify for theCharleston Open, she played at theMalaysian Open and advanced to the quarterfinals – her first WTA Tour quarterfinal since the2010 Kremlin Cup. Diyas then went to Europe but lost early in the first two tournaments contested. AtStrasbourg, she returned to form with a win over world No. 22,Kirsten Flipkens, in the first round. She followed it up by dispatchingAjla Tomljanović before having to retire in her quarterfinal match againstChristina McHale during the second set. Holding a world ranking of No. 86, Diyas was granted a spot in the main draw of theFrench Open but got a tough draw and was knocked out by Petra Kvitová in the first round.[16] At the ITF grass-court tournamentNottingham Trophy, she advanced to the final but was narrowly beaten by Kristýna Plíšková.[13] She played one more grass-court event before enteringWimbledon, at theBirmingham Classic, where she was eliminated byCoCo Vandeweghe in the first round.[16] At Wimbledon, she got her first ever win by defeating Kristina Mladenovic in a rain-delayed straight-sets match. She followed this up with three-set wins against 15th seedCarla Suárez Navarro and 2010 Wimbledon finalistVera Zvonareva, before losing in straight sets to third seed Simona Halep in the fourth round.[1][26]
In late July, she returned to the United States to compete at theWashington Open, where she reached the second round.[16] Then, at theCincinnati Open, she advanced to another second round, losing there toLucie Šafářová.[27]
Then, in her best result at theUS Open to date, the unseeded Diyas advanced to the women's singles third round where she lost in straight sets to 17th seedEkaterina Makarova, earning $105,090.[28] There, she also played in the doubles event, where alongsideXu Yifan she reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.[29]
In Asia, she got to the second round at theWuhan Open and theChina Open, losing toAngelique Kerber in both second-round matches.[30][16] After that, Diyas reached her first WTA Tour final at theJapan Women's Open where she lost toSamantha Stosur in straight sets.[31] All of these helped her rise into the top 50. She finished year as world No. 34.[17]
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Diyas came to theShenzhen Open as part of Australian Open warm-up, where she got to the quarterfinal, losing to Zheng Saisai.[32] Next week, she made another quarterfinal at theHobart International, whereAlison Riske stopped her from progressing further.[33] Diyas was seeded 31st in singles at theAustralian Open. She beat qualifierUrszula Radwańska of Poland in three sets in the first round and then unseeded SlovakAnna Karolína Schmiedlová in the second round in three sets, but she lost her third-round match against No. 2 seed and finalistMaria Sharapova, in straight sets.[34] Diyas also played doubles with South AfricanChanelle Scheepers, and they advanced to the second round, before losing to the 16th-seeded German team ofJulia Görges andAnna-Lena Grönefeld, in straight sets.[16]
In February, she traveled to Asia, playing at first in Pattaya at theThailand Open, where she lost at the beginning of the tournament. At theDubai Tennis Championships, aPremier 5 tournament, she won against two German players,Annika Beck andAndrea Petkovic, before she lost to Ekaterina Makarova in the next round.[16] At theQatar Ladies Open, she defeatedOns Jabeur in the first round, but Petkovic avenged her early Dubai exit by beating Diyas in the second round.[16][35] At theIndian Wells Open, she got a bye in the first round for being seed No. 28. In the next round, she beatDonna Vekić before losing toSerena Williams.[36][37] At theMiami Open, she also got a bye but lost in the second round toCiCi Bellis.[38]
The clay-court season didn't start well for Diyas, as she lost in first round of theCharleston Open.[16] Diyas followed up this performance by makingdouble-bagel againstSabine Lisicki in the first round of the Premier-levelStuttgart Open but later did not make it to the quarterfinal, losing toSara Errani.[16][39] Her next step was Premier MandatoryMadrid Open, where she lost in round one to Carla Suárez Navarro. Next week, she played at theItalian Open, where she beatTsvetana Pironkova before she lost to seed No. 6,Eugenie Bouchard.[16] She finished clay season with playing at theFrench Open as 32nd seed. There, she defeated qualifierDinah Pfizenmaier in the first round in straight sets, but lost toAlison Van Uytvanck in the following round.[40]
Prior to Wimbledon, Diyas was defeated by lower-ranked players in two warm-up tournaments, losing to 129th-rankedSachia Vickery at theNottingham Open and to 146th-rankedJohanna Konta at theEastbourne International.[41] Diyas, however, reached the round of 16 at Birmingham by defeatingKateryna Bondarenko in straight sets and through the withdrawal ofVictoria Azarenka.[42] Diyas subsequently lost to 12th-ranked Karolína Plíšková.[16] Despite the slow start on grass that left her unseeded atWimbledon, Diyas managed to advance to the fourth round for the second consecutive year. She beat 24th seedFlavia Pennetta, qualifierAliaksandra Sasnovich and 14th seed Andrea Petkovic.[43][44] However, her stealthy run at Wimbledon was ended by the fourth seed Sharapova.[45]
Her hardcourt season, did not go as well as her performance on grass. Diyas failed to win in all her pre-US Open tournaments. AtWashington, Diyas had to retire againstLauren Davis after trailing a set and 2–1 down.[16] She lost tolucky loser Julia Görges at theCanadian Open, toVenus Williams at theCincinnati Open and toIrina-Camelia Begu at theConnecticut Open – all in the first round.[46][47] In the first round of theUS Open, Diyas was defeated byPolona Hercog,[48] so she failed to repeat her third-round appearance from the previous year.[28]
At theJapan Women's Open, she defeatedKiki Bertens in the first round, her last win of the 2015 season. In the second round, she lost toMagda Linette.[49] In her next three tournaments, she suffered first-round losses, toMadison Brengle at thePan Pacific Open, to Irina-Camelia Begu at theWuhan Open and toMonica Puig at theChina Open.[16] Diyas finished the year ranked No. 52.[17]
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Diyas started the year playing at theShenzhen Open, where she recorded her first win of the season against qualifierZhang Kailin.[16] In the second round, she was eliminated by Kateřina Siniaková.[50] In her next two tournaments, she lost in the first round, at theHobart International toCamila Giorgi and at theAustralian Open toMadison Keys.[51][52] AtDoha, she was eliminated byJeļena Ostapenko.[16]
In March, she traveled to the United States, where her first event was theIndian Wells Open. She beatJamie Loeb in the first round, but could not beat Azarenka in the next round.[53] AtMiami, she defeatedOlga Govortsova andDaria Gavrilova and went one round further, where Serena Williams eliminated her from the tournament.[54] On clay, she reached two second rounds: theInternationaux de Strasbourg, where she lost toAlla Kudryavtseva, and theFrench Open, where she lost to Simona Halep.[55]
Diyas suffered a wrist injury in round one ofWimbledon, where she lost toAnna-Lena Friedsam.[56] Later she underwent surgery.[19] She did not play in any tournaments in 2016 after that. As a result, she fell out of the top 100.[17]
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Her attempt to return from her injury started with a series of losses. She lost in the opening rounds of her first four tournaments of the season before scoring her first wins at theBlossom Cup in Quanzhou, reaching the quarterfinals and losing to Zheng.[13] Then, she won her first ITF title since June 2014 at a $25k tournament in Nanning.[14] The following week, she managed to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA 125Zhengzhou Open but then lost to the top seed Peng Shuai.[16] Her next stop was the $100k tournament in Anning,Kunming Open, where she reached the final but lost to Zheng again. She then came to Japan to play at the $80kKangaroo Cup in Gifu but did not do well, losing toLuksika Kumkhum in the first round. Things get better in the following week, when she was advanced to the semi-finals of the $60k Fukuoka International but lost toMagdaléna Rybáriková.[13] Diyas then failed to qualify for the main draw of theFrench Open as she lost toBethanie Mattek-Sands, after defeatingSachia Vickery and Polona Hercog in the first two qualifying rounds.[16]
Diyas started grass-court season with a first-round loss at theSurbiton Trophy but then following week won the $100kManchester Trophy, scoring victories againstEmily Webley-Smith,Arina Rodionova,Magdalena Fręch,Naomi Broady and Aleksandra Krunić without dropping a set.[57] AtWimbledon, Diyas was given a wildcard into the main draw. She won her first two matches againstHan Xinyun and Arina Rodionova but lost to another returning player, Petra Martić, in the third round.[58]
At theJapan Women's Open, Diyas won all her qualifying matches to reach the main draw. She went on to score victories against several higher-ranked players, namely local favouriteMisaki Doi, top 30 playerZhang Shuai, compatriotYulia Putintseva and defending champion Christina McHale. In the final, she beat fellow qualifierMiyu Kato to win her first ever WTA title.[59]
Diyas choseShenzhen Open as her Australian Open warm-up tournament. There she recorded two wins before she lost to Sharapova in the quarterfinal.[60] Diyas was ranked well inside the top 100 on New Year's Day of 2018 at No. 66, and thus was directly accepted into the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at theAustralian Open for the first time since the2016 Wimbledon Championships. However, she lost in the first round toSorana Cîrstea in three sets.[17][16] In March, Diyas reached the fourth round of a Premier Mandatory event at theMiami Open but had to retire while a set down in her match against Karolína Plíšková.[61]
In May, she reached the quarterfinals of a WTA Tour clay-court event for the first time in her career atStrasbourg, losing in straight sets to the eventual championAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[62] Subsequently, she won her opening match at theFrench Open, before losing in the second round toNaomi Osaka.[63] In her first-round match against Sam Stosur at theNottingham Open, Diyas suffered a serious knee injury that saw her miss the entire grass-court season.[64] She returned for theUS Open but lost in the first round to Karolína Plíšková.[65] Diyas was also unsuccessful in defending her title at theJapan Women's Open, losing in the quarterfinals to No. 1 seed, Zhang Shuai.[16]
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At the start of 2019, Diyas lost in the first round of theAustralian Open to Aleksandra Krunić.[66] First-round losses followed atDubai andIndian Wells, and her failure to qualify for the Miami Open saw her once again drop out of the top 100.[17][16] However, in May, she won her eighth career ITF singles title at theKangaroo Cup, which was enough to edge her back into the top 100.[17][14]
Diyas began the 2020 season at theShenzhen Open, losing in the quarterfinals to Garbiñe Muguruza.[67] She played at theAustralian Open, facing No. 10, Kiki Bertens, in the third round but losing and missing a chance for her best finish at that tournament.[68]
At theCincinnati Open, she failed to qualify for the main draw.[16] At theUS Open, she lost in the first round toBernarda Pera.[69] Just like in her previous Premier-5 appearance, she failed to qualify for the main draw at theItalian Open.[70] At her last event of 2020, she lost at theFrench Open in the first round to Ons Jabeur.[71]
Diyas recorded wins againstTamara Zidanšek and Bernarda Pera to reach the third round of the2021 Australian Open, where she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza.[72] At theFrench Open, she eliminatedHeather Watson before being defeated by Mertens in the second round.[72] At the next major event, she lost toAnastasija Sevastova in the first round inWimbledon.[72] She withdrew mid-match in the first round of thewomen's singles at the 2020 Summer Olympics due toheat exhaustion.[73][74] In theUS Open, Diyas lost toAmanda Anisimova in the first round.[72] Her season concluded at the $80k Macon tournament in October, where she finished runner-up to Madison Brengle.[72][75] She finished the season ranked 100th.[73]
Diyas lost in the first round at both the2022 Australian Open andFrench Open,[76] then ended season in June due to injury.[77] She was ranked No. 1042 at the season's end.[73]
Following a two year hiatus she returned to theWimbledon, where she reached the last round of qualifying losing toZhuoxuan Bai.[citation needed]
At theChina Open she entered her first WTA main draw, after qualifying, since the2022 Australian Open and returned to the top 500 in the singles rankings, moving 80 positions up.[citation needed] She lost to fellow qualifierMananchaya Sawangkaew.[78]
Diyas made her seniorBillie Jean King Cup debut forKazakhstan in2009, representing the team from 2009 to 2011, 2015 through 2016, and 2018 through 2019. The team competition was known as Fed Cup up until 2020. Diyas has played in 19ties, compiling an overall record of 18–8 split between 14–5 in singles and 4–3 in doubles.[79] When Diyas debuted for Kazakhstan, they were inAsia/Oceania Zone Group II. To be promoted to the group I for 2010 Fed Cup, Kazakhstan needed to win their round-robin group, which also consisted ofIran,Singapore andHong Kong. They first played against Singapore, winning with a 3–0 score.[80] After that, with the same score, they defeated Iran, when Diyas debuted, winning in doubles alongsideGalina Voskoboeva with a double bagel.[81] Kazakhstan were promoted toZone Group I for2010 after winning all matches against Singapore, Iran and Hong Kong.[82] The following year, they came second in a group where they beatThailand andUzbekistan both by a 2–1 score, but lost toChinese Taipei.[83][84][85] That sent them to theplayoff, where they defeated South Korea. Again, Diyas only played in doubles. Although she lost that match while partnering withSesil Karatantcheva, Kazakhstan won another two singles matches and stayed ingroup I for2011.[86] Being in group I in 2011, Kazakhstan had another chance to advance out of the Zone Group and play in theWorld Group II playoff, but they failed, coming second in their round-robin group. In aplay-off of the Zone Group, they lost to Thailand and stayed ingroup I for2012.[87]
Diyas did not play any match for Kazakhstan from 2012 to 2014. During that time, Kazakhstan remained in Zone Group I. They had a chance to be promoted to World Group II in 2014 but lost theWorld Group II play-off in 2013 toFrance.[88] On her return in 2015, Diyas won all of her three singles matches. That was enough for Kazakhstan to win theirround-robin group; however, they later lost toJapan in theplayoff, missing another chance to get to the World Group II playoff.[89][90][91] The next year, Diyas only played singles matches and was victorious in both of them, but it was not enough for Kazakhstan to win theirround-robin group.[79] Later they played againstIndia for 5th place in Zone Group I, but didn not win the tie.[92] After one year of absence, Diyas not only returned to play at Fed Cup, but also played her first doubles match there since her debut in 2009.[79] Kazakhstan was the winner of theirround-robin group, where Diyas won all her five matches, three in singles and two in doubles.[93] Nonetheless, in theplayoff of Zone Group, they lost against Japan and missed their chance to play in the World Group II playoff to potentially get to the World Group II in 2019.[88]
The2019 Fed Cup was important for Diyas, being the first year when Kazakhstan advanced out of theZone Group with Diyas as part of the team. In theWorld Group II playoff, Kazakhstan facedGreat Britain. Diyas lost both of her singles matches, againstJohanna Konta andKatie Boulter, despite winning the first set of both matches.[94] In 2020, format of the Fed Cup changed, allowing Kazakhstan to be a part of the2020 Fed Cup qualifying round. Kazakhstan played againstBelgium for their place in the Finals round but lost 1–3. Diyas had two singles match losses againstKirsten Flipkens andElise Mertens.[95] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, the2020 Fed Cup was forced to be split into two years, so that the 2020 Fed Cup Finals round was postponed to 2021, when it was renamed theBillie Jean King Cup.[96]
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Diyas is primarily an aggressivebaseliner whose game is centered around powerful and accurategroundstrokes. Herforehand, which generates a considerable amount of pace, is often used to move her opponents around the court and out of position, which therefore allows her to dominate and win points from or around the back of the court. Herserve, while not necessarily a weapon in her arsenal, is quite effective when placed properly and she employs a tactic of a delayed service motion, which often prevents her opponents from appropriately timing areturn. While not a great mover on court, she is able to partly compensate for that with her tenacious fighting qualities.[7]
As a junior, Diyas was coached by Jaroslav Jandus when she was seventeen years old.[9] After undergoing shoulder surgery in late 2011, she started working with Alan Ma in Guangzhou.[97] In 2018, she split with Ma and started a collaboration with two Italians, Roberto Antonini as her coach and Carlo Bilardo as her athletic trainer.[98][99]Dunlop sponsors Diyas, providing her racquets, clothing and shoes.[100] She uses the Dunlop Srixon Revo CV 3.0 Tennis Racquet.[101]
She has namedJustine Henin,Martina Hingis, andSerena Williams as her tennis idols.[7] Diyas is fluent inRussian,Czech, andEnglish.[102] In an interview with Tennis Prose, Diyas stated that her favourite tournament isWimbledon, which she loves for its tradition and history.[103]
In 2019, she won theFed Cup Heart Award for the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I.[104][105] She is the third player from Kazakhstan to win that award, and hers was the fourth won by a Kazakhstan national.[106] In 2014, she was nominated forNewcomer of the Year but lost toBelinda Bencic.[107]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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.[108]
Current through the 2024 US Open.
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q3 | A | Q1 | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | 50% |
| French Open | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 2R | Q3 | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 4R | 4R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | NH | 1R | A | A | Q3 | 0 / 6 | 8–6 | 57% |
| US Open | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | 3R | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–4 | 6–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 27 | 23–27 | 46% |
| WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dubai /Qatar Open[a] | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 3R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | ||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | NH | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% | ||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | A | 4R | Q1 | NH | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | 58% | ||
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | NH | Q2 | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | ||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | Q2 | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | ||
| Pan Pacific /Wuhan Open[b] | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | Q2 | NH | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |||
| China Open | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | ||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | Career total: 127 | |||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 2 | ||||
| Overall win–loss | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 20–14 | 19–27 | 8–12 | 7–4 | 13–19 | 8–15 | 5–8 | 13–17 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1 / 127 | 99–130 | 43% | |
| Year-end ranking | 206 | 173 | 223 | 265 | 163 | 34 | 52 | 148 | 66 | 91 | 78 | 79 | 100 | 1042 | - | $3,754,277 | |||
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Australian Open | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
| French Open | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| US Open | QF | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 4–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 17 | 12–17 | 41% |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2014 | Japan Women's Open | International[c] | Hard |  Samantha Stosur | 6–7(7–9), 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2017 | Japan Women's Open | International | Hard |  Miyu Kato | 6–2, 7–5 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2008 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Tetyana Arefyeva | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2009 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | 25,000 | Clay |  Katalin Marosi | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jun 2010 | ITF Rome, Italy | 25,000 | Clay |  Patricia Mayr | 6–7(2), 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Mar 2011 | ITF Kunming, China | 25,000 | Hard |  Iryna Brémond | 6–1, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jun 2012 | ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | Lyudmyla Kichenok | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Oct 2012 | ITF Taipei, Taiwan | 25,000 | Hard |  Zheng Saisai | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 4–3 | Oct 2013 | ITF Makinohara, Japan | 25,000 | Grass |  Belinda Bencic | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Nov 2013 | Taipei Cup, Taiwan | 50,000 | Hard |  Paula Kania | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Jan 2014 | ITF Hong Kong, China SAR | 25,000 | Hard |  Elizaveta Kulichkova | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–5 | Mar 2014 | Blossom Cup, China | 50,000 | Hard |  Noppawan Lertcheewakarn | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Jun 2014 | Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom | 75,000 | Grass |  Kristýna Plíšková | 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–6 | Apr 2017 | ITF Nanning, China | 25,000 | Hard |  Lee Ya-hsuan | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–7 | Apr 2017 | Kunming Open, China | 100,000+H | Clay | Zheng Saisai | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 7–7 | Jun 2017 | Manchester Trophy, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass |  Aleksandra Krunić | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 8–7 | May 2019 | Kangaroo Cup, Japan | W80 | Hard | Liang En-shuo | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Loss | 8–8 | May 2019 | Fukuoka International, Japan | W60 | Carpet |  Heather Watson | 6–7(1), 6–7(4) |
| Loss | 8–9 | Jun 2019 | Manchester Trophy, United Kingdom | W100 | Grass | Magda Linette | 6–7(1), 6–2, 3–6 |
| Win | 9–9 | Jan 2020 | ITF Hong Kong | W25 | Hard | Zhu Lin | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 10–9 | Oct 2024 | ITF Kayseri, Turkey | W50 | Hard |  Aliona Falei | 0–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 11–9 | May 2025 | Kurume Cup, Japan | W50+H | Carpet | Ayano Shimizu | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 12–9 | Jun 2025 | ITF Tauste, Spain | W35 | Hard |  Diletta Cherubini | 6–1, 6–7(4), 6–1 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2014 | ITF Hong Kong, China SAR | 25,000 | Hard |  Zhang Ling | Misa EguchiEri Hozumi | 4–6, 2–6 |
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| Zone Group round robin / playoff (16–3) |
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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| 2011 | Z1 R/R | 2 February 2011 | Nonthaburi (THA) | Japan | Hard | Misaki Doi | W | 6–7(5), 6–4, 4–3 ret. |
| 3 February 2011 | Chinese Taipei | Juan Ting-fei | W | 6–0, 6–2 | ||||
| 4 February 2011 |  South Korea | Lee Ye-ra | W | 6–2, 6–1 | ||||
| 2015 | Z1 R/R | 4 February 2015 | Guangzhou (CHN) | China | Hard | Zhang Shuai | W | 7–5, 6–0 |
| 5 February 2015 | Chinese Taipei | Hsieh Su-wei | W | 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 | ||||
| 6 February 2015 | Thailand | Nicha Lertpitaksinchai | W | 6–0, 6–0 | ||||
| 2016 | Z1 R/R | 3 February 2016 | Hua Hin (THA) | South Korea | Hard | Jang Su-jeong | W | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 4 February 2016 | Chinese Taipei | Hsieh Su-wei | W | 6–3, 6–1 | ||||
| 2018 | Z1 R/R | 7 February 2018 | New Delhi (IND) | Hong Kong | Hard | Wu Ho-ching | W | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 8 February 2018 |  India | Karman Thandi | W | 6–3, 6–2 | ||||
| 9 February 2018 | China | Yang Zhaoxuan | W | 7–5, 6–2 | ||||
| Z1 P/O | 10 February 2018 | Japan | Kurumi Nara | L | 5–7, 4–6 | |||
| 2019 | Z1 R/R | 6 February 2019 | Astana (KAZ) | Thailand | Hard (i) | Mananchaya Sawangkaew | W | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 8 February 2019 | India | Karman Thandi | W | 6–3, 6–2 | ||||
| Z1 P/O | 9 February 2019 | China | Zheng Saisai | W | 6–3, 6–2 | |||
| WG2 P/O | 20 April 2019 | London (GBR) | Great Britain | Hard (i) | Johanna Konta | L | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 | |
| 21 April 2019 | Katie Boulter | L | 7–6(1), 4–6, 1–6 |
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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| 2009 | Z2 R/R | 5 February 2009 | Perth (AUS) |  Iran | Hard | Galina Voskoboeva | Madona Najarian Ghazaleh Torkaman | W | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 2010 | Z1 P/O | 6 February 2010 | Kuala Lumpur (MAL) | South Korea | Sesil Karatantcheva | Kim So-jung Lee Jin-a | L | 6–1, 1–6, 5–7 | |
| 2011 | Z1 R/R | 2 February 2011 | Nonthaburi (THA) | Japan | Galina Voskoboeva | Rika Fujiwara Ayumi Morita | L | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| 4 February 2011 | South Korea | Galina Voskoboeva | Kim Na-ri Kim So-jung | W | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Season | 2010 | ... | 2015 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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| 1. | Jelena Janković | No. 7 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–1, 6–2[9] |
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| 2. |  Andrea Petkovic | No. 10 | Dubai Championships, UAE | Hard | 2R | 7–5, 6–3[109] |
Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female singles tennis players fromCentral Asia | |
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Women's Tennis Association: Top Kazakhstani female singles tennis players | |
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Women's Tennis Association: Top Kazakhstani female doubles tennis players | |
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