Ukrainian Snigur the latest grant recipient to break the WTA Top 100
Ukraine’s Daria Snigur was the big winner on the ITF World Tennis Tour at the weekend after the former junior world No. 2 conquered all before her at W75 Murska Sobota in northwestern Slovenia.
It is the 13th professional title of Snigur’s career, all of which have come on a hard court, and a victory which sees her break the Top 100 – a major milestone in any player’s career.
It was also a very timely success with Kyiv-born Snigur celebrating her 24th birthday last week. “I gave myself the best birthday present, hello Top 100,” wrote Snigur on Instagram.
Snigur was in impressive form all week and lifted silverware by defeating Belgium’s Greet Minnen 6-3 6-2 in the final, which was in keeping with the rest of her performances as she emerged from the week without dropping a set.
The next time Snigur steps on court, she will do so as a Top 100 player having risen to 17 places to No. 93 in the WTA Rankings as she continues to advance along the player pathway.
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It has been steady progress for Snigur, who now has 12 ITF World Tennis Tour titles to her name having won her first in 2018 – before she had even claimed the biggest success of her junior career.
Back in 2019, Snigur won the girls’ singles title at Wimbledon before proceeding to reach the girls' final at the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals where she lost to France’ s Diane Parry.
Prior to this, Snigur represented Ukraine at the 2017 Billie Jean King Cup Junior Finals and was a member of the victorious Ukraine team, alongside Marta Kostyuk and Dasha Lopatetska, at the 2016 ITF World Junior Tennis Finals.
Snigur, meanwhile, is another player to have received financial assistance through the ITF-operated Grand Slam Player Development Programme. She received Grand Slam Player Grants, totalling $75,000, in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
The development programme is financed by the Grand Slams but it is the ITF’s modelling which determines which players are selected for support. It aims to provide players from underrepresented nations with greater access to competitive pathways.
The programme has seen 65 players receive Grand Slam Player Grants this season, while the Grand Slam Player Development Programme has contributed more than $68m to player development since its introduction in 1986. Snigur follows Victoria Jimenez Kasinsteva of Andorra, another grant recipient, in breaking the Top 100.
Elsewhere on the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour, Xiyu Wang of China, P.R. clinched victory on home soil at W50 Maanshan, while France’s Harmony Tan did likewise at W50 Croissy-Beaubourg.
A full list of results from the ITF World Tennis Tour can be found here