Valentini Grammatikopoulou

Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Greek: Βαλεντίνη Γραμματικοπούλου; born 9 February 1997) is a Greek tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 143. On 15 July 2024, she peaked at No. 97 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won a singles and a doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and in addition, 15 singles and 32 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Βαλεντίνη Γραμματικοπούλου

Grammatikopoulou at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Greece
Born	(1997-02-09) 9 February 1997 (age 28) Kilkis, Greece
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Prize money	US$920,401
Singles
Career record	397–291
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 143 (22 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 483 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2024)
French Open	1R (2022)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
US Open	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	275–159
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 33 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 97 (15 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 133 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	26–14
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

Playing for Greece, Grammatikopoulou has a win–loss record of 26–14 in Fed Cup competition (as of July 2024).

Professional career

Playing with Ulrikke Eikeri, Grammatikopoulou reached her first WTA Tour doubles final at the 2021 Lausanne Open, losing to Susan Bandecchi and Simona Waltert in a deciding champions tiebreak.^[1]

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open as a qualifier, after attempting to qualify 12 times for a major.^[2][3] It marked the first time ever that three Greek players were in the US Open main draw.^[4] On her major debut, she reached the second round after defeating Anna Blinkova, 6-3, 6-2. It was her third career win at the WTA Tour-level.^[5] Grammatikopoulou lost her next match to 15th seed Elise Mertens.^[6]

Grammatikopoulou qualified for her second Grand Slam tournament at the 2022 French Open,^[7] losing in the first round to wildcard entrant Daria Saville.^[8]

In August 2022, Grammatikopoulou won her biggest singles title to date at the WTA 125 Vancouver Open, defeating Lucia Bronzetti in the final.^[9]

Partnering Despina Papamichail, she won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the 2023 Barranquilla Open, overcoming Yuliana Lizarazo and María Paulina Pérez García in the final.^[10][11]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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.^[12]

Singles

Current through the 2023 French Open qualifying.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	Q2	Q2	A	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	Q2	Q2	Q3	A	A	1R	Q2	0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q1	NH	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	2R	A	Q1	0 / 1	1–1
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 2	1–2
WTA 1000
Canadian Open	A	A	A	NH	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	6	0	0	3	1	0	Career total: 12
Overall win–loss	0–2	1–6	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–1	0 / 12	2–15
Year-end ranking	212	165	265	266	185	200		$693,438

Doubles

Tournament	2022	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	1R	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–1	0 / 1	0–1

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2021	Swiss Open, Switzerland	WTA 250	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Susan Bandecchi Simona Waltert	3–6, 7–6(7–3), [5–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2022	Vancouver Open, Canada	Hard	Lucia Bronzetti	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2021	Korea Open, South Korea	Hard (i)	Réka Luca Jani	Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2023	Barranquilla Open, Colombia	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Yuliana Lizarazo María Paulina Pérez	7–6(7–2), 7–5
Loss	1–2	Sep 2023	Bari Open, Italy	Clay	Elixane Lechemia	Katarzyna Kawa Anna Sisková	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Sep 2023	Open Romania Ladies	Clay	Anna Sisková	Angelica Moratelli Camilla Rosatello	5–7, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 28 (15 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
W40 tournaments (1–0)
W25/35 tournaments (5–7)
W10 tournaments (9–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2013	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Carpet	Amy Bowtell	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	May 2013	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Carpet	Lee Pei-chi	7–6(4), 3–6, 6–2
Win	3–0	Aug 2013	ITF Pirot, Serbia	W10	Clay	Eva Wacanno	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–0	Sep 2014	ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia	W10	Clay	Dea Herdželaš	1–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss	4–1	Nov 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Dalma Gálfi	2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4)
Loss	4–2	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Maria Sakkari	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4–3	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Viktória Kužmová	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–3	Aug 2015	ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands	W10	Clay	Katharina Lehnert	7–6(2), 6–3
Loss	5–4	Aug 2015	ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands	W10	Clay	Chayenne Ewijk	6–7(3), 3–6
Win	6–4	Oct 2015	ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Caroline Roméo	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	6–5	Oct 2015	ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Valeriya Strakhova	2–6, 0–6
Win	7–5	Oct 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Pemra Özgen	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	8–5	Nov 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Julia Stamatova	7–5, 6–1
Loss	8–6	Jan 2016	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	W10	Hard (i)	Anna Blinkova	6–7(4), 6–2, 2–6
Win	9–6	Jun 2016	ITF Minsk, Belarus	W25	Clay	Anna Kalinskaya	6–3, 4–1 ret.
Loss	9–7	Jul 2016	ITF Middelburg, Netherlands	W25	Clay	Quirine Lemoine	2–6, 5–7
Loss	9–8	Aug 2016	ITF Westende, Belgium	W25	Hard	Anna Blinkova	5–7, 2–6
Loss	9–9	Aug 2016	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	W25	Clay	Anna Kalinskaya	4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Win	10–9	Dec 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Jelena Simić	6–1, 6–3
Loss	10–10	Jul 2017	ITF Middelburg, Netherlands	W25	Clay	Arantxa Rus	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win	11–10	Nov 2017	ITF Dakar, Senegal	W25	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	6–0, 7–6(1)
Loss	11–11	Aug 2018	ITF Chiswick, United Kingdom	W25	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	1–6, 5–7
Loss	11–12	Jun 2021	Tatarstan Open, Russia	W25	Hard	Anna Kubareva	1–6, 3–6
Win	12–12	Jul 2021	Telavi Open, Georgia	W25	Clay	Tessah Andrianjafitrimo	7–5, 6–4
Win	13–12	May 2023	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Kathinka von Deichmann	6–4, 6–1
Win	14–12	Jun 2023	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	W40	Clay	Rebecca Šramková	6–4, 6–4
Win	15–12	Oct 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W25	Hard	Linda Klimovičová	7–6(1), 7–5
Loss	15–13	Nov 2024	ITF Solarino, Italy	W35	Carpet	Joanna Garland	7–5, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 58 (33 titles, 25 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–1)
W80 tournaments (0–1)
W60/75 tournaments (5–3)
W40 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (19–13)
W10 tournaments (8–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2012	ITF Engis, Belgium	W10	Clay	Lena Lutzeier	Carolin Daniels Laura Schaeder	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Polina Leykina	Csilla Borsányi Ilka Csöregi	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	0–3	Apr 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Natela Dzalamidze	Magali Kempen Elke Lemmens	6–1, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	1–3	Apr 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Natela Dzalamidze	Despina Papamichail Maria Sakkari	6–7(6), 6–3, [10–5]
Win	2–3	Mar 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Anastasiya Komardina	Viktória Kužmová Petra Rohanová	7–5, 6–2
Win	3–3	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Anastasiya Komardina	Barbara Bonić Tamara Čurović	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–3	Apr 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Anastasiya Komardina	Tamara Čurović Despina Papamichail	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–3	May 2015	ITF Mytilene, Greece	W10	Hard	Rosalie van der Hoek	Yoshimi Kawasaki Daiana Negreanu	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Aug 2015	ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands	W10	Clay	Sviatlana Pirazhenka	Steffi Distelmans Kelly Versteeg	3–6, 5–7
Win	6–4	Oct 2015	ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Jelena Simić	Anette Munozova Yana Sizikova	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win	7–4	Oct 2015	ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Valeriya Strakhova	Inês Murta Pauline Payet	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	7–5	Oct 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Janneke Wikkerink	Eleni Christofi Phillis Vanenburg	3–6, 3–6
Loss	7–6	Mar 2016	ITF Gonesse, France	W10	Clay (i)	Justyna Jegiołka	Marine Partaud Laëtitia Sarrazin	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	8–6	Jun 2016	ITF Minsk, Belarus	W25	Clay	Anna Kalinskaya	Ulrikke Eikeri Laura Pigossi	4–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Win	9–6	Jun 2016	ITF Breda, Netherlands	W10	Clay	Sviatlana Pirazhenka	Dasha Ivanova Petra Krejsová	7–6(6), 6–4
Loss	9–7	Jul 2016	ITF Middelburg, Netherlands	W25	Clay	Julia Wachaczyk	Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno	3–6, 5–7
Win	10–7	Jul 2016	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	W25	Clay	Anna Kalinskaya	Anita Husarić Dalila Jakupović	6–4, 6–1
Win	11–7	Aug 2016	ITF Westende, Belgium	W25	Hard	Elyne Boeykens	Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno	6–2, 6–3
Win	12–7	Sep 2016	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	W25	Clay	Quirine Lemoine	Lina Gjorcheska Viktoriya Tomova	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	12–8	Oct 2016	Lagos Open, Nigeria	W25	Hard	Prarthana Thombare	Chayenne Ewijk Rosalie van der Hoek	3–6, 5–7
Win	13–8	Oct 2016	Lagos Open, Nigeria	W25	Hard	Prarthana Thombare	Kyra Shroff Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	6–7(3), 6–3, [11–9]
Win	14–8	Jul 2017	ITF Middelburg, Netherlands	W25	Clay	Bibiane Schoofs	Naiktha Bains Dasha Ivanova	6–7(8), 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	14–9	Sep 2017	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	W25	Clay	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Jaqueline Cristian Anastasiya Komardina	3–6, 0–6
Loss	14–10	Nov 2017	ITF Dakar, Senegal	W25	Hard	Rosalie van der Hoek	Yana Sizikova Ana Veselinović	3–6, 3–6
Win	15–10	Feb 2018	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	W25	Hard (i)	Ysaline Bonaventure	Dalma Gálfi Katarzyna Piter	7–5, 6–4
Loss	15–11	Feb 2018	AK Ladies Open, Germany	W25	Carpet (i)	Maryna Zanevska	Diāna Marcinkēviča Katarzyna Piter	w/o
Win	16–11	Aug 2018	ITF Woking, UK	W25	Hard	Dalma Gálfi	Emily Arbuthnott Anna Danilina	6–0, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss	16–12	Sep 2018	Open de Valencia, Spain	W60	Clay	Renata Zarazúa	Irina Khromacheva Nina Stojanović	1–6, 4–6
Win	17–12	Jul 2019	ITF The Hague, Netherlands	W25	Clay	Quirine Lemoine	Gabriella Da Silva-Fick Anna Klasen	6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
Win	18–12	Aug 2019	ITF Chiswick, UK	W25	Hard	Sarah Beth Grey	Freya Christie Samantha Murray	6–7(6), 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	18–13	Sep 2019	ITF Trieste, Italy	W25	Clay	Dalma Gálfi	Cristina Dinu Angelica Moratelli	6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss	18–14	Oct 2019	Tennis Classic of Macon, United States	W80	Hard	Jaimee Fourlis	Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide	6–7(5), 4–6
Loss	18–15	Feb 2020	ITF Moscow, Russia	W25	Hard (i)	Natela Dzalamidze	Sofya Lansere Kamilla Rakhimova	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	18–16	Sep 2020	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	W25	Clay	Ana Sofía Sánchez	Silvia Njirić Dejana Radanović	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	19–16	Feb 2021	ITF Moscow, Russia	W25	Hard (i)	Anastasia Zakharova	Ekaterina Kazionova Shalimar Talbi	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	19–17	Mar 2021	ITF Kazan, Russia	W25	Hard (i)	Anastasia Zakharova	Ulrikke Eikeri Shalimar Talbi	4–6, 0–6
Loss	19–18	Mar 2021	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	W25	Clay	Richèl Hogenkamp	Amina Anshba Panna Udvardy	5–7, 2–6
Win	20–18	Mar 2021	ITF Villa María, Argentina	W25	Clay	Richèl Hogenkamp	Victoria Bosio María Lourdes Carlé	6–2, 6–2
Loss	20–19	May 2021	Liepāja Open, Latvia	W25	Clay	Shalimar Talbi	Akgul Amanmuradova Valentina Ivakhnenko	3–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win	21–19	Jun 2021	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	W25	Hard	Ulrikke Eikeri	Eri Hozumi Akiko Omae	6–1, 6–0
Win	22–19	Jun 2021	Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Richèl Hogenkamp	Amina Anshba Anastasia Dețiuc	6–3, 6–4
Loss	22–20	Aug 2021	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	W25	Clay	Valentina Ivakhnenko	Lina Gjorcheska Valeriya Strakhova	4–6, 4–6
Win	23–20	Feb 2022	ITF Porto Indoor, Portugal	W25	Hard (i)	Quirine Lemoine	Audrey Albié Léolia Jeanjean	6–2, 6–3
Win	24–20	Feb 2022	ITF Porto Indoor 2, Portugal	W25	Hard (i)	Quirine Lemoine	Adrienn Nagy Prarthana Thombare	6–2, 6–0
Loss	24–21	Apr 2022	Charlottesville Open, US	W60	Clay	Alycia Parks	Sophie Chang Angela Kulikov	6–2, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss	24–22	May 2022	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	W60	Clay	Anastasia Tikhonova	Fernanda Contreras Gómez Lulu Sun	5–7, 2–6
Win	25–22	Nov 2022	Meitar Open, Israel	W60	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Anna Kubareva Maria Timofeeva	6–3, 7–5
Loss	25–23	Mar 2023	Bangalore Open, India	W40	Hard	Eden Silva	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	7–5, 0–6, [3–10]
Win	26–23	Apr 2023	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Weronika Falkowska	Angelica Moratelli Arantxa Rus	6–1, 6–1
Win	27–23	May 2023	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	W60	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	Carole Monnet Antonia Ružić	6–2, 7–5
Win	28–23	Jun 2023	ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia	W25	Clay	Sofya Lansere	Jazmin Ortenzi Ekaterina Reyngold	6–3, 6–2
Win	29–23	Nov 2023	Open de Valencia, Spain	W100	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Aliona Bolsova Natela Dzalamidze	7–5, 6–4
Loss	29–24	Feb 2024	ITF Helsinki, Finland	W35	Hard (i)	Martyna Kubka	Laura Hietaranta Linda Klimovičová	3–6, 1–6
Win	30–24	Apr 2024	Split Open, Croatia	W75	Clay	Prarthana Thombare	Veronika Erjavec Justina Mikulskytė	6–4, 6–1
Loss	30–25	Apr 2024	ITF Bonita Springs, US	W100	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Fanny Stollár Lulu Sun	4–6, 5–7
Win	31–25	Jun 2024	Olomouc Open, Czech Republic	W75	Clay	Amina Anshba	Jessie Aney Lena Papadakis	6–2, 6–4
Win	32–25	Oct 2024	ITF Loughborough, United Kingdom	W35	Hard (i)	Elena Malõgina	Ella McDonald Ranah Akua Stoiber	Walkover
Win	33–25	Nov 2024	ITF Solarino, Italy	W35	Carpet	Katarína Kužmová	Ksenia Laskutova Federica Urgesi	6–3, 6–3

References

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External links

• Valentini Grammatikopoulou at the Women's Tennis Association
• Valentini Grammatikopoulou at the International Tennis Federation
• Valentini Grammatikopoulou at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)