Sofia Shapatava (Georgian: სოფია შაფათავა, romanized: sopia shapatava, pronounced [sopʰia ʃapʰatʰava]; born 12 January 1989) is a Georgian tennis player.

Sofia Shapatava
სოფია შაფათავა
Sofia Shapatava in 2014
Country (sports) Georgia
ResidenceTbilisi, Georgia
Born (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989 (age 35)
Tbilisi, Soviet Union
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 433,372
Singles
Career record509–494
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 186 (8 September 2014)
Current rankingNo. 554 (22 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2014)
French Open1R (2014)
WimbledonQ1 (2014)
US OpenQ3 (2014)
Doubles
Career record405–339
Career titles34 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 132 (9 November 2015)
Current rankingNo. 343 (22 July 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup31–29
Last updated on: 26 July 2024.

She has won two singles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 September 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 186. On 9 November 2015, she peaked at No. 132 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Georgia Fed Cup team, Shapatava has a win–loss record of 31–29 (as of July 2024).[1]

She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2014 French Open where she qualified, before losing to 2009 champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova, in the first round.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 W–L
Australian Open Q1 A A 0–0
French Open 1R A A 0–1
Wimbledon Q1 A A 0–0
US Open Q3 A Q1 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 210 238 203

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 14 (2 titles, 12 runner–ups)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–5)
Clay (1–7)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2006 ITF Baku, Azerbaijan 10,000 Clay   Yulia Solonitskaya 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2008 ITF Penza, Russia 50,000 Clay   Ksenia Pervak 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2009 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia 25,000 Clay   Oksana Kalashnikova 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 May 2010 ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard   Eirini Georgatou 6–1, 0–6, 3–6
Loss 0–5 Jul 2010 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard   Richèl Hogenkamp 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–6 Jun 2011 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine 25,000 Clay   Lina Stančiūtė 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–7 Feb 2013 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard   Maryna Zanevska 4–6, 6–7
Loss 0–8 Aug 2013 Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia 25,000 Clay   Polina Vinogradova 4–6, 6–7
Win 1–8 Dec 2014 ITF Lucknow, India 15,000 Grass   Anastasiya Komardina 6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–9 Nov 2015 ITF Équeurdreville, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Lesley Kerkhove 5–7, 3–6
Win 2–9 Mar 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Ayla Aksu 2–6, 7–6(3), 7–6(5)
Loss 2–10 Jan 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Varvara Gracheva 5–7, 0–6
Loss 2–11 Nov 2019 ITF Gwalior, India 25,000 Hard   Lu Jiajing 5–7, 2–6
Loss 2–12 Sep 2021 ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay   Panna Udvardy 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 62 (34 titles, 28 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments
W50/60/75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–10)
Clay (21–14)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (7–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2006 ITF Baku, Azerbaijan 10,000 Clay   Teona Tzertzvadze   Elina Gasanova
  Sofia Kvatsabaia
6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Sep 2007 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia 10,000 Clay   Tinatin Kavlashvili   Avgusta Tsybysheva
  Manana Shapakidze
1–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Loss 1–2 Mar 2008 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard   Marina Shamayko   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  Nikola Fraňková
3–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Aug 2008 ITF Penza, Russia 50,000 Clay   Ksenia Palkina   Irina Buryachok
  Nikola Fraňková
6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Nov 2008 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard   Marina Shamayko   Marina Melnikova
  Anastasia Poltoratskaya
1–6, 1–6
Win 3–3 Aug 2009 ITF Bassano del Grappa, Italy 10,000 Clay   Marina Shamayko   Evelyn Mayr
  Julia Mayr
6–1, 5–7, [10–8]
Win 4–3 May 2010 ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard   Tatia Mikadze   Yayuk Basuki
  Jessy Rompies
6–3, 6–3
Win 5–3 Sep 2010 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia 25,000 Clay   Tatia Mikadze   Paula Kania
  Zsófia Susányi
6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–4 Jun 2011 ITF Rome, Italy 25,000 Clay   Marina Shamayko   Verónica Cepede Royg
  Paula Ormaechea
5–7, 4–6
Loss 5–5 Jun 2011 Open de Pozoblanco, Spain 50,000 Hard   Marina Melnikova   Nina Bratchikova
  Irena Pavlovic
2–6, 4–6
Loss 5–6 Aug 2011 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay   Marina Shamayko   Elena Bogdan
  Alexandra Cadanţu
2–6, 2–6
Win 6–6 Oct 2011 ITF Yerevan, Armenia 25,000 Clay   Tatia Mikadze   Elizaveta Ianchuk
  Olga Ianchuk
6–1, 6–4
Win 7–6 Feb 2012 ITF Rancho Mirage, United States 25,000 Hard   Ekaterine Gorgodze   Valeria Solovyeva
  Lenka Wienerová
6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss 7–7 Mar 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Alona Fomina   Anamika Bhargava
  Nicole Melichar
7–6, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 8–7 Jul 2013 Reinert Open, Germany 50,000 Clay   Anna Tatishvili   Claire Feuerstein
  Renata Voráčová
6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–8 Oct 2013 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Grass   Belinda Bencic   Shuko Aoyama
  Junri Namigata
4–6, 3–6
Loss 8–9 Oct 2013 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   Çağla Büyükakçay
  Pemra Özgen
3–6, 2–6
Win 9–9 Nov 2013 ITF Bucha, Ukraine 25,000 Carpet (i)   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   Anhelina Kalinina
  Elizaveta Kulichkova
7–6(7), 6–2
Win 10–9 Feb 2014 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Carpet (i)   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   Kateryna Kozlova
  Margarita Gasparyan
6–1, 6–4
Win 11–9 Feb 2014 ITF Tallinn, Estonia 15,000 Carpet (i)   Maša Zec Peškirič   Ágnes Bukta
  Viktoriya Tomova
6–4, 7–6
Win 12–9 Jun 2014 ITF Padua, Italy 25,000 Clay   Gioia Barbieri   Paula Cristina Gonçalves
  Florencia Molinero
6–4, 0–6, [14–12]
Loss 12–10 Sep 2014 ITF Monterrey, Mexico 25,000 Hard   Florencia Molinero   Nastja Kolar
  Chantal Škamlová
3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss 12–11 Nov 2014 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Hard (i)   Olga Doroshina   Lidziya Marozava
  Ilona Kremen
3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–12 Mar 2015 ITF Solarino, Italy 10,000 Carpet   Olga Doroshina   Laura Schäder
  Janneke Wikkerink
4–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss 12–13 May 2015 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia 25,000 Clay   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   Pemra Özgen
  İpek Soylu
6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 13–13 May 2015 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay   Ekaterine Gorgodze   Alice Matteucci
  İpek Soylu
6–0, 7–6(6)
Win 14–13 Jun 2015 Bella Cup Toruń, Poland 25,000 Clay   Ekaterine Gorgodze   Magdalena Fręch
  Katharina Lehnert
6–4, 6–4
Loss 14–14 Jul 2015 Bursa Cup, Turkey 50,000 Clay   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   Marina Melnikova
  Laura Pous-Tió
4–6, 4–6
Win 15–14 Aug 2015 ITF Mamaia, Romania 25,000 Clay   Anastasiya Komardina   Xenia Knoll
  Amra Sadiković
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Win 16–14 Sep 2015 Sofia Cup, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   Elitsa Kostova
  Kateřina Kramperová
6–2, 6–2
Win 17–14 Sep 2015 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   Elitsa Kostova
  Kateřina Kramperová
6–2, 6–0
Win 18–14 Sep 2015 ITF Bucha, Ukraine 25,000 Clay   Ekaterine Gorgodze   Olga Ianchuk
  Anastasiya Vasylyeva
7–5, 6–2
Loss 18–15 Jun 2016 Internazionale di Roma, Italy 50,000 Clay   Réka Luca Jani   İpek Soylu
  Xu Shilin
5–7, 1–6
Loss 18–16 Jul 2016 ITF Turin, Italy 25,000 Clay   Alice Matteucci   Lina Gjorcheska
  Dalila Jakupović
3–6, 3–6
Finalist[a] –NP– Jul 2016 Bursa Cup, Turkey 50,000 Clay   Ekaterine Gorgodze   Akgul Amanmuradova
  Natela Dzalamidze
cancelled
Loss 18–17 Sep 2016 Telavi Open, Georgia 25,000 Clay   Tatia Mikadze   Natela Dzalamidze
  Veronika Kudermetova
4–6, 2–6
Loss 18–18 Oct 2016 ITF Chenzhou, China 25,000 Hard   Angelina Gabueva   Jacqueline Cako
  Aleksandrina Naydenova
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 19–18 Mar 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Ksenia Palkina   Sandra Jamrichová
  Jelena Simić
6–4, 7–5
Loss 19–19 May 2017 ITF Monzón, Spain 25,000 Hard   Valeriya Strakhova   Andrea Gámiz
  Georgina García Pérez
3–6, 4–6
Win 20–19 Aug 2017 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany 60,000 Clay   Camilla Rosatello   Romy Kölzer
  Lena Rüffer
6–2, 6–4
Loss 20–20 Sep 2017 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia 25,000 Clay   Tatia Mikadze   Ysaline Bonaventure
  Viktória Kužmová
1–6, 3–6
Win 21–20 Jan 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   İpek Öz
  Ksenia Palkina
5–7, 6–0, [13–11]
Win 22–20 Jan 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Aleksandra Pospelova   Tayisiya Morderger
  Yana Morderger
6–2, 6–2
Win 23–20 Mar 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Ekaterine Gorgodze   Katharina Gerlach
  Lena Rüffer
6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss 23–21 Mar 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Anastasiya Vasylyeva   Chantal Škamlová
  Eva Wacanno
1–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss 23–22 May 2018 ITF San Severo, Italy 15,000 Clay   Sviatlana Pirazhenka   Chen Pei-hsuan
  Wu Fang-hsien
3–6, 4–6
Win 24–22 Jun 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet   Amina Anshba   Laura-Ioana Andrei
  Julia Wachaczyk
6–7(4), 6–0, [11–9]
Loss 24–23 Aug 2018 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany 60,000 Clay   Ksenia Palkina   Polina Monova
  Chantal Škamlová
4–6, 3–6
Win 25–23 Oct 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Amina Anshba   Martina di Giuseppe
  Anna-Giulia Remondina
7–6(5), 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 25–24 Apr 2019 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet   Emily Webley-Smith   Cristina Bucșa
  Georgina García Pérez
5–7, 5–7
Win 26–24 Apr 2019 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet   Emily Webley-Smith   Mariam Bolkvadze
  Nastja Kolar
6–1, 2–6, [11–9]
Win 27–24 May 2019 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet   Emily Webley-Smith   Martina Colmegna
  Maria Herazo Gonzalez
6–3, 6–0
Win 28–24 May 2019 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet   Emily Webley-Smith   Martina Colmegna
  Nuria Párrizas Díaz
6–4, 6–1
Win 29–24 Jun 2019 ITF Santa Margarita de Montbui,
Spain
25,000 Hard   Emily Webley-Smith   Elitsa Kostova
  Samantha Murray
6–4, 7–5
Loss 29–25 Jul 2019 ITF Horb, Germany 25,000 Clay   Albina Khabibulina   Katharina Gerlach
  Julia Wachaczyk
1–6, 3–6
Win 30–25 Aug 2019 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard   Ksenia Palkina   Tamara Čurović
  Alina Silich
6–4, 7–6(3)
Loss 30–26 Nov 2019 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China 100,000 Hard   Emily Webley-Smith   Nao Hibino
  Makoto Ninomiya
4–6, 0–6
Win 31–26 Dec 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Valeriya Strakhova   Julia Kimmelmann
  İlay Yörük
6–4, 6–4
Loss 31–27 Oct 2022 ITF Istanbul, Turkey W25 Hard (i)   Cristina Dinu   Ekaterina Yashina
  Jasmijn Gimbrère
1–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win 32–27 Nov 2022 ITF Jerusalem, Israel W25 Hard   Lee Pei-chi   Ekaterina Reyngold
  Polina Kudermetova
6–2, 6–4
Win 33–27 Oct 2023 ITF Qiandaohu, China W25 Hard   Anastasiia Gureva   Feng Shuo
  Zheng Wushuang
6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss 33–28 Nov 2023 ITF Solarino, Italy W25 Carpet   Emily Webley-Smith   Angelica Moratelli
  Lisa Pigato
3–6, 4–6
Win 34–28 Aug 2024 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany W75 Clay   Michaela Bayerlová   Anna Gabric
  Mia Mack
6–2, 5–7, [10–6]

Notes

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  1. ^ cancelled due to the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.

References

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