Anastasiia Firman - ITF Tennis Player

Odessa
Ukraine

Anastasiia Firman

I am 14 years old. I live and training in Odessa. My mother brought me to tennis at the age of 6. At the age of 7, I won my first tournament. Since then I have been a participant, medalist and winner of many national and international competitions. I am a member of the National Team of Ukraine U14 and U16. My goal is professional sports. Me and my coach Sergei Zhitsky, with whom I have been working for five years, are moving towards the goal.

Education & Rankings

EDUCATION & RANKINGS

2021 – finished grade 8 of high school,

Language – Ukrainian, English

Ranking – UTR 9.47 (25/08/2021)

No.1 U14 was in Ukrainian National ranking in 2020
No.1 U16 in Ukrainian National ranking
No.14 U18 in Ukrainian National ranking

No.5 U14 was in ETA ranking in 2020
No.20 ALL in ETA ranking
No.668 U18 in ITF Junior highest ranking

Playing experience

2021

Winner Single and Double TE OPEN RCT Barcelona 1899-Sarajevo 2021 U16 Cat. 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Aug. 2021
European Summer Cups – Finals, Team Ukraine G16, Ricany, Czech Republic , Aug. 2021
European Summer Cups – Zone D, Team Ukraine G16, Rivne, Ukraine, Jul 2021
Winner Single ITF Tirana J5 Albania, May 2021
Winner Single TE Tirana Open U16 Cat. 3 Albania May 2021
Winner Single and Double TE National Sport Park Open U16 Cat. 3 Albania May 2021
Winner Singles, Ukrainian National Championship U18 , Ukraine, Mach. 2021

2020

Finalist Double TE Ukrainian Junior Open U16 Cat. 2 Ukraine Dec. 2020
Finalist Single TE Ukrainian Junior Open U14 Cat. 2 Ukraine Dec. 2020
Winner Single TE CIKOV MEMORIJAL U16 Cat.3 Serbia Oct.2020
Winner Single and Finalist TE Double NIŠ OPEN 2020 U16 Cat.2 Serbia Oct.2020
Winner Double TE VICCOURT CUP 2020 U14 Cat. 3 Ukraine Sep.2020
Winner Double TE Galychyna Cup 2020 U16 Cat.3 Ukraine Sep. 2020
Finalist Single, Ukrainian National Championship U16 , Ukraine, Aug.2020
Winner Double and Semifinal Single Ukrainian National Championship U14, Ukraine, Jul 2020
Tennis Europe Winter Cups by HEAD – Finals, Team Ukraine G14, Rakovnik, Czech Republic, Feb 2020
Tennis Europe Winter Cups by HEAD – Zona A, Team Ukraine G14, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Feb 2020

2019

Winner Double TE GRAN CANARIA YELLOW BOWL U14 Cat. 1 Spain Oct. 2019
Finalist Singles, Ukrainian National Masters U14, Ukraine, Sep. 2018
Finalist Single and Winner Double TE ARIDEA CUP U16 Cat.3 Greece Aug. 2019
Winner Single TE Bright Tennis Trophy U14 Cat.2 Romania Aug.2019
Winner Single TE Sparkasse Bambini Cup U14 Cat.2 Austria Jul. 2019
Finalist Double TE Jufa 2019 Europe Junior Tour U14 Cat.2 Austria Jul. 2019
Winner Double TE Chernitskaya Memorial U14 Cat.2 Ukraine Jun 2019
Winner Double and Semifinal Mixed Ukrainian National Championship U14, Ukraine, May 2019
Winner Single and Double TE Akko Junior Trophy in honor of Ety Levy U14 Cat.3 Israel May 2019
Winner Double TE Marshall Open in Memory of Allan Weisman U14 Cat.3 Israel Apr. 2019
Finalist Double TE Golden Jerusalem Trophy U14 Cat. 2 Israel Mach. 2019

About you

DOB: 29th December 2006

Hand: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand

Height: 1.75m

Racket: Yonex Vcore Pro 97

Strings: Polytour Strike

Clothing: Nike (not sponsored)

Shoes: Yonex

Any Sponsors: Yonex Rakets

Favourite Player: No

Career Aspirations: To become a PRO

Favourite Tournament: Orange Bowl and Eddie Herr International Junior Championship

Best Surface: Clay

Best Win: all the best victories are yet to come

Goals for Year 2022: TOP 200 Junior ITF, start playing professional tournaments

Favourite Quote: Do what you must to do and let it be!!!

Current and Previous Coach, Club & Academies

* I started playing tennis in Oct. 2013 at a small tennis club by my house.

* I was taking group lessons and didn’t even think about playing tennis professionally till 2015. In 2015, I played my first tournament and won it. After this a lot of people said that I was talented and I started to work harder. Since 2017 I am working with Serhiy Zhytskyy. He always travels with me for all tournaments and getting me ready for the adult tour. Serhiy has an extensive experience in the WTA tour and his best players were in the TOP-100. that’s a great inspiration for me and I believe that having same goals and working hard as a team we can achieve big results together.

Testimonial

I've worked with Anastasia as a sparring partner for two years. She is very focused, hard-working and thoughtful player. She is a quick-oriented on the court, fast to adapt during a game. In my opinion, she has a great future in professional tennis, and today she has good rating at her age group athletes .

Kira Richardson (IMG Academy)

Testimonial

I have been working with Anastasia for over a year. We conduct physical training sessions between tournaments. She is confident, focused, hardworking. I see her desire to work on the court, because I often attend her tennis training in order to understand and, together with her coach Sergei, make a decision on what to work on next. I am delighted to be part of the team and to help the young athlete in her professional career.

Leonid Masunov, physical training coach, Odessa