Anastasiya Yakimova (; ; born 1 November 1986) is a former tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.

The last tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit she played in August 2017, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Career Yakimova began the year by qualifying for the 2009 Sydney International. She defeated Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Sophie Ferguson and Klára Zakopalová en route to qualifying. She faced Annabel Medina Garrigues in the first round and lost in three sets. She then headed to the Australian Open where she lost to Gisela Dulko, also in three sets. She played her first ITF tournament of the year at the $50k event in Cali, Colombia. As the fourth seed, Yakimova battled through to the final where she defeated Rossana de los Ríos to take her seventh ITF title.

She then qualified for both Indian Wells and Miami, two Premier Mandatory events. In Indian Wells, she defeated Varvara Lepchenko before falling to reigning champion Ana Ivanovic. In Miami, she beat fellow Olga Govortsova and then 13th seed Marion Bartoli to reach the third round. There she lost to Alisa Kleybanova.

At the 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open, Yakimova qualified and managed to make it to her first WTA Tour quarterfinal of the year. She defeated Sorana Cîrstea and Magdaléna Rybáriková, before falling to eventual champion, Roberta Vinci. She then played in the $50k Open Saint-Gaudens as the top seed. She made it to the final where she defeated Yanina Wickmayer for her second title of the year. Then, in Strasbourg she received main-draw entry without qualifying. She defeated Maret Ani in the first round, before falling to eventual finalist, Aravane Rezaï.

At the 2009 French Open, she was drawn against comeback player Maria Sharapova in the first round, losing in three sets.

In 2011, she won the $100k Bahamas Open.

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Before 2009Starting in 2009Tier IIIPremierTier IV & V (2–0)International (0–1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. May 2006 İstanbul Cup, Turkey Clay Alona Bondarenko Sania Mirza Alicia Molik 6–2, 6–4Win 2. Oct 2007 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Ekaterina Dzehalevich Tatiana Poutchek Anastasia Rodionova 2–6, 6–4, [10–7]Loss 1. Feb 2010 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Olga Savchuk Gisela Dulko Edina Gallovits-Hall 2–6, 6–7(8)

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Singles: 25 (13–12) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1.Oct 2002ITF Minsk, BelarusCarpet (i) Evgenia Linetskaya2–6, 1–6Win1.Feb 2003ITF Vale do Lobo, PortugalHard Caroline-Ann Basu6–3, 6–1Loss2.Jul 2003Bella Cup, PolandClay Marta Domachowska 5–7, 6–3, 4–6Win2.Mar 2004ITF St. Petersburg, RussiaCarpet (i) Emma Laine3–6, 6–2, 6–1Loss3.Aug 2004ITF Balashikha, RussiaClay Yvonne Meusburger3–6, 7–6, 0–6Loss4.Oct 2004ITF Minsk, BelarusCarpet (i) Olga Savchuk4–6, 4–6Win3.Nov 2004ITF Poitiers, FranceCarpet (i) Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian7–5, 6–2Win4.Oct 2005Batumi Ladies Open, GeorgiaHard Ana Timotić6–4, 6–1Loss5.Apr 2006Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceClay Martina Müller6–7, 6–2, 0–6Loss6.May 2006ITF Jounieh Open, LebanonClay Selima Sfar4–6, 5–7Loss7.Sep 2007Open Denain, FranceClay Olivia Sanchez2–6, 6–1, 1–6Win5.Jul 2008ITF Mont-de-Marsan, FranceClay Anna Gerasimou6–3, 1–6, 6–4Loss8.Oct 2008ITF Jounieh Open, LebanonClay Irina-Camelia Begu2–6, 0–6Win6.Nov 2008ITF Phoenix, MauritiusHard Patricia Mayr-Achleitner3–6, 6–2, 1–0 ret.Win7.Feb 2009ITF Cali, ColombiaClay Rossana de los Ríos6–3, 6–0Win8.May 2009Open Saint-Gaudens, FranceClay Yanina Wickmayer7–5, 7–6(0)Win9.Aug 2009ITF Astana, KazakhstanHard Nikola Hofmanova6–0, 6–4Win10.Apr 2010ITF Monzón, SpainHard Zuzana Kučová6–4, 4–6, 6–3Loss9.Apr 2010ITF Dothan Classic, United StatesClay Edina Gallovits-Hall1–6, 4–6Win11.Mar 2011Bahamas OpenHard Angelique Kerber6–3, 6–2Loss10.May 2011ITF Reggio Emilia, ItalyClay Sloane Stephens3–6, 1–6Win12.Sep 2011Ningbo Challenger, ChinaHard Erika Sema7–6(3), 6–3Loss11.Apr 2012ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainHard Ksenia Milevskaya5–7, 7–6(5), 4–6Loss12.Apr 2012ITF Vic, SpainClay Ksenia Milevskaya4–6, 2–6Win13.Aug 2015ITF Las Palmas, SpainClay Irene Burillo6–1, 6–7(3), 6–2

Doubles: 18 (11–7) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1.Oct 2004ITF Minsk, BelarusCarpet (i) Darya Kustova Irina Bulykina Katarína Kachlíková6–4, 6–0Loss 1.Aug 2005Bronx Open, United StatesHard Tatiana Poutchek Li Ting Sun Tiantian6–2, 2–6, 4–6Win2.Sep 2005ITF Jounieh Open, LebanonClay Mariya Koryttseva Olena Antypina Hana Šromová7–5, 6–2Win3.Oct 2005Batumi Ladies Open, GeorgiaHard Nadejda Ostrovskaya Anna Bastrikova Nina Bratchikova2–6, 6–2, 7–6Loss 2.Jan 2006ITF Ortisei, ItalyCarpet (i) Tatiana Poutchek Lucie Hradecká Vladimíra Uhlířová4–6, 2–6Win4.May 2006ITF Jounieh Open, LebanonClay Tatiana Poutchek María José Argeri Letícia Sobral6–4, 7–6Win5.May 2007ITF Jounieh Open, LebanonClay Tatiana Poutchek Mădălina Gojnea Monica Niculescu7–5, 6–0Win6.Jul 2007ITF Pétange, LuxembourgClay Carla Suárez Navarro Martina Müller Claudine Schaul6–7, 6–1, 7–6Loss 3.Nov 2007ITF Deauville, FranceCarpet (i) Akgul Amanmuradova Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová3–6, 5–7Win7.Mar 2008ITF Patras, GreeceClay Tzipora Obziler María José Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja7–5, 6–1Loss4.Apr 2008Open de Saint-Malo, FranceClay Renata Voráčová María José Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja2–6, 1–6Loss5.Sep 2008Maribor Open, SloveniaClay Kyra Nagy Carmen Klaschka Andrea Petkovic0–6, 6–2, [3–10]Win8.Oct 2008ITF Jounieh Open, LebanonClay Chayenne Ewijk Carmen Klaschka Laura Siegemund7–5, 7–5Loss6.Feb 2009ITF Cali, ColombiaClay Frederica Piedade Betina Jozami<br/ > Arantxa Parra Santonja3–6, 1–6Win9.Apr 2010Dothan Tennis Classic, United StatesClay Alina Jidkova María Irigoyen Teodora Mirčić6–4, 6–2Loss7.May 2010Open Saint-Gaudens, FranceClay Olga Savchuk Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz2–6, 4–6Win10.Feb 2011ITF Stockholm, SwedenHard (i) Arantxa Rus Claire Feuerstein Ksenia Lykina6–3, 2–6, 6–4Win11.Aug 2017ITF Las Palmas, SpainClay Carlota Molina Megías Fatma Al-Nabhani Arabela Fernández Rabener6–4, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAA1R1R3RQR1R1RQ11R0 / 62–6 French OpenAAAQ11R2R1R2R1RQ21R1R0 / 72–7WimbledonAAAQ1Q21R1RQR1R1R2R2R0 / 62–6 US OpenAAAAQR1RQ1Q11RQ22RQ10 / 31–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–21–42–31–10–40–22–31–30 / 227–22Premier Mandatory tournaments Indian WellsAAAA1R2R1RA2RQ1Q11R0 / 52–5 MiamiAAAAQR2R2RA3RQ12R1R0 / 55–5 Madridnot heldAAAA0 / 00–0Beijingnot heldnot Tier IAAAA0 / 00–0Premier 5 tournaments Dubainot Tier IAAAQ10 / 00–0 Dohanot Tier IAnot heldNP51R0 / 10–1 RomeAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 CanadaAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 Cincinnatinot heldnot Tier IAAAA0 / 00–0TokyoAAAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1Career statisticsTournaments played0111172524252822313123238Titles0000000000000Finals0000000000000Overall win–loss0–04–126–1137–1736–2539–2424–2644–2636–2036–3042–2923–240 / 238339–233Year-end ranking––288177101691211139812162253$1,075,533

Doubles Tournament2005200620112012 Australian OpenAAA1R0 / 60–1 French OpenA1RA1R0 / 20–2Wimbledon1R1RAQ10 / 20–2 US OpenA2R1RA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–11–30–10–20 / 91–7

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