Sofia Shapatava Explained

Sofia Shapatava (Georgian: სოფია შაფათავა|tr, in Georgian pronounced as /sopʰia ʃapʰatʰava/; born 12 January 1989) is a Georgian tennis player.

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).

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

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

Singles: 14 (2 titles, 12 runner–ups)

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)

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)

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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	–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]