Eleni Daniilidou

Eleni Daniilidou
Ελένη Δανιηλίδου
Daniilidou in 2014
Country (sports) Greece
ResidenceThessaloniki
Born (1982-09-19) 19 September 1982 (age 41)
Chania, Crete
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1996
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 2,929,165
Singles
Career record509–431 (54.1%)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 14 (12 May 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2003)
French Open3R (2003)
Wimbledon4R (2002)
US Open4R (2004)
Doubles
Career record298–277 (51.8%)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 21 (29 January 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2005)
French OpenSF (2006)
WimbledonQF (2006)
US Open2R (2004, 2007)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (2003)
French Open1R (2007)
Wimbledon2R (2006)
US Open2R (2003)
Team competitions
Fed Cup29–15 (65.9%)

Eleni Daniilidou (Greek: Ελένη Δανιηλίδου; [eleˈni ðaniˈiliðu]; born 19 September 1982) is a Greek former tennis player from the island of Crete.

She is considered one of the best Greek tennis players of the Open Era, winning five singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. In 2003, she reached the mixed-doubles final of the Australian Open, making her the first Greek player to have reached a Grand Slam final. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 14, making her the only female tennis player from Greece to have reached the top 20 until Maria Sakkari in February 2020. No male tennis player had achieved this until Stefanos Tsitsipas reached 15th place in August 2018. By beating Justine Henin in the first round of the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first player to defeat a reigning French Open champion in the first round of Wimbledon.

Career summary

Daniilidou began her professional career in 1996, making the final of her first ITF event, having barely turned 14. She achieved her first ranking in 1998, finishing that year as the world No. 294. In 2001, she broke into the top 100 following a third round appearance at the US Open. 2002 was the best year of Daniilidou's career, finishing it at No. 22 in the world. She won her first WTA career singles title at the Rosmalen Championships, beating Amélie Mauresmo, Elena Dementieva and Henin; and reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at Wimbledon. At the end of the year, she reached her second WTA final at the Brasil Open, beating Monica Seles en route, but lost to Anastasia Myskina.

Daniilidou started 2003 by winning her second WTA title at the Auckland Open and reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open, results which saw her break into the top 20 for the first time, reaching a career high of No. 14 after the German Open. She also reached the semifinals of the Paris Indoors and the DFS Classic. Daniilidou successfully defended her title at Auckland in 2004, her third WTA singles title. She reached the semifinals at the prestigious Miami Open, beating Jennifer Capriati en route. Later that year she equalled her best Grand Slam performance at the US Open by reaching the fourth round.

2005 was a relatively poor year for Daniilidou, becoming the first since 2001 where she did not win a title. She did, however, cause a huge upset at Wimbledon, beating the reigning French Open champion, Justine Henin. It was the first time the French Open champion had ever lost in the first round of Wimbledon. It also brought the end of Henin's 24-match win streak dating back to the beginning of the clay season. Daniilidou eventually lost in the third round, her best Grand Slam performance of the year. She also reached the semifinals of a lower level WTA event in Portorož, Slovenia. She recovered slightly in 2006, going back into the top 50 and winning her fourth WTA singles title at the Korea Open. She also reached the semifinals of the Ordina Open, and remained in the top 50 in 2007 with her best result being a semifinal at the Connecticut Open, where she beat Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals after saving a match point.

2008 was an injury-plagued season for Daniilidou, missing almost half the year with a right knee injury. She won her fifth and last WTA singles title at the Hobart International, but missed several months of events from March. She returned at the Summer Olympics in August, but failed to win a match for the rest of the season, ultimately finishing the year outside the top 100 for the first time since 2000.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 3R 4R 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 Q2 Q2 2R 2R Q1 0 / 9 9–9 50%
French Open A A Q3 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A Q1 1R 1R Q2 A 0 / 8 3–8 27%
Wimbledon A A 2R 4R 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R A A 1R 2R 1R Q2 A 0 / 10 10–10 50%
US Open A A 3R 1R 1R 4R 1R 2R 2R 1R A Q1 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 11 7–11 39%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 3–2 6–4 7–4 5–4 2–4 1–4 2–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–4 1–2 0–0 0 / 38 29–38 43%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH 1R NH 3R NH 1R NH A NH 0 / 3 2–3 40%
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 + former
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] NH/NMS 1R A A A Q1 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Indian Wells Open A A A 2R 3R 2R A 3R A 3R A 1R A 1R Q2 A 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Miami Open A A A 2R 3R SF 2R 4R 1R 1R A A A 1R Q1 A 0 / 8 10–8 56%
Berlin / Madrid Open[b] A A A 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R 1R A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Italian Open A A A A 2R A A A 1R A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Canadian Open A A A 1R 1R A A A 3R A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Cincinnati Open NMS A A 1R 2R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Pan Pacific Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open NH/NMS A A 1R Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Charleston Open (former) A A A A A 1R 1R A 2R A NMS 0 / 3 1–3 25%
San Diego Open (former) A A A A A 2R 1R A 2R A NH 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Kremlin Cup (former) A A A 1R QF A A A 1R A NMS 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Zurich Open (former) A A A Q1 1R Q2 Q1 A 1R NH/NMS 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–5 7–7 6–5 2–4 5–3 4–8 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 0 / 42 28–42 40%
Career statistics
Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0[c] 1 8 23 24 20 20 25 29 10 1 3 12 21 10 2 Career total: 209
Titles 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 5
Finals 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 6
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–1 3–3 14–11 17–13 21–12 7–12 20–15 19–18 6–8 4–1 2–2 5–11 7–13 3–9 0–1 4 / 130 128–130 50%
Clay win–loss 1–3 0–0 3–4 8–9 6–5 4–5 2–5 3–6 4–7 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–5 0–1 0–0 0 / 46 35–54 39%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–2 11–2 4–3 0–2 5–2 4–3 4–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1 / 24 31–23 57%
Carpet win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 5–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 9 6–9 40%
Overall win–loss 1–3 0–1 8–9 33–24 32–24 25–20 14–20 27–24 27–29 7–9 4–1 4–4 7–15 8–21 3–10 0–2 5 / 209 200–216 48%
Year-end ranking 318 320 84 22 26 34 70 36 43 149 160 167 90 100 189 386 $2,929,165

Doubles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 3R 1R 1R QF 1R 3R 1R A A 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 10 7–10 41%
French Open A A A A A 3R 1R 1R SF 2R A A 1R 1R 2R A A A 0 / 8 8–8 50%
Wimbledon A A A Q2 A 1R 1R 2R QF 2R A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R A 0 / 9 5–9 36%
US Open A A A A A 1R 2R 1R A 2R 1R A 1R 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 9 3–9 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–4 4–4 7–3 5–4 0–2 0–0 0–3 2–4 1–4 0–2 0–1 0–0 0 / 36 23–36 39%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH 1R NH 1R NH A NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5 + former
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] NH/NMS 1R A A A 1R 2R A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A 2R 1R SF A 2R A A A 1R A A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Miami Open A A A A A 1R 2R 1R QF 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Berlin / Madrid Open[b] A A A A A A A 1R QF 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A 2R A A A 1R A A A 1R 1R A A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Cincinnati Open NMS A A 2R QF A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Pan Pacific Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Charleston Open (former) A A A A A A 1R 1R A 1R A NMS 0 / 3 0–3 0%
San Diego Open (former) NMS QF 2R A 1R A NH 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Kremlin Cup (former) A A A A A 1R A A A 1R A NMS 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Zurich Open (former) A A A A A A A 1R 1R A NH/NMS 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–4 1–6 6–4 0–7 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–4 1–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 35 16–35 31%
Career statistics
Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0[c] 1 3 7 11 18 19 21 24 30 8 5 13 21 17 11 7 0[c] Career total: 216
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 3
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 Career total: 12
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–3 3–10 13–11 9–13 15–14 10–19 5–7 5–1 8–6 12–11 6–10 10–7 2–2 0–0 3 / 125 102–116 47%
Clay win–loss 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–4 3–5 5–3 2–6 1–5 10–6 1–3 0–0 1–3 0–5 6–8 1–3 3–1 3–3 2–0 0 / 58 46–57 45%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–3 3–3 4–5 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0 / 22 15–24 38%
Carpet win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 11 6–10 38%
Overall win–loss 3–1 0–1 2–2 4–7 10–11 11–18 16–19 14–21 28–24 16–28 5–8 6–5 8–12 18–20 7–15 13–9 6–7 2–0 0 / 216 169–207 45%
Year-end ranking 257 330 237 176 95 63 46 50 22 54 169 98 84 60 91 79 135 779

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2003 Australian Open Hard Australia Todd Woodbridge India Leander Paes
United States Martina Navratilova		 4–6, 5–7

WTA career finals

Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5
WTA Premier (0–1)
WTA International (5–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2002 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Tier III[d] Grass Russia Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 2002 Brasil Open, Brazil Tier II[d] Hard Russia Anastasia Myskina 3–6, 6–0, 2–6
Win 2–1 Jan 2003 Auckland Open, New Zealand Tier IV[d] Hard South Korea Cho Yoon-jeong 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–2)
Win 3–1 Jan 2004 Auckland Open, New Zealand (2) Tier IV Hard United States Ashley Harkleroad 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–1 Oct 2006 Korea Open, South Korea Tier IV Hard Japan Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Win 5–1 Jan 2008 Hobart International, Australia Tier IV Hard Russia Vera Zvonareva walkover

Doubles: 12 (3 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA Premier Mandatory & 5
WTA Premier (1–2)
WTA International (2–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2003 Warsaw Open, Poland Tier II Clay Italy Francesca Schiavone South Africa Liezel Huber
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 		6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2004 Diamond Games, Belgium Tier II Hard Switzerland Myriam Casanova Zimbabwe Cara Black
Belgium Els Callens 		2–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2004 Stanford Classic, United States Tier II Hard Australia Nicole Pratt Luxembourg Claudine Schaul
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Jun 2005 Birmingham Classic, UK Tier III Grass United States Jennifer Russell Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Japan Ai Sugiyama 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Nov 2006 Gaz de France Stars, Belgium Tier III Carpet (i) Germany Jasmin Wöhr United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Samantha Stosur 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Sep 2007 Korea Open, South Korea Tier IV Hard Germany Jasmin Wöhr Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–6 Jan 2008 Hobart International, Australia Tier IV Hard Germany Jasmin Wöhr Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual 		2–6, 4–6
Win 2–6 Jul 2010 İstanbul Cup, Turkey International Hard Germany Jasmin Wöhr Russia Maria Kondratieva
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová 		6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss 2–7 Apr 2011 Estoril Open, Portugal International Clay Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva 		4–6, 2–6
Win 3–7 Sep 2011 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Russia Vitalia Diatchenko Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–8 Jul 2013 Gastein Ladies, Austria International Clay Germany Kristina Barrois Austria Sandra Klemenschits
Slovenia Andreja Klepač 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 3–9 Jul 2013 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard Serbia Aleksandra Krunić Ukraine Irina Buryachok
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova 		4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 16 (11 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1996 ITF Thessaloniki, Greece 10,000 Hard Hungary Nóra Köves 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1998 ITF Southsea, Great Britain 10,000 Grass India Manisha Malhotra 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 2–1 Aug 1998 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Japan Riei Kawamata 6–0, 6–1
Win 3–1 Aug 1998 ITF Skiathos, Greece 10,000 Carpet Belarus Tatiana Poutchek 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–1 Aug 1998 ITF Xanthi, Greece 10,000 Hard United Kingdom Lizzie Jelfs 6–2, 6–0
Win 5–1 Sep 1999 ITF Thessaloniki, Greece 25,000 Carpet Argentina Clarisa Fernández 6–2, 6–2
Win 6–1 Aug 2000 ITF Kastoria, Greece 10,000 Carpet Netherlands Jolanda Mens 6–3, 6–1
Win 7–1 Apr 2001 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates 75,000[e] Hard Hungary Anikó Kapros 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–1 Apr 2001 ITF Taranto, Italy 25,000 Clay United States Edina Gallovits-Hall 7–5, 6–2
Loss 8–2 Feb 2009 ITF Midland, United States 75,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 3–6, 3–6
Loss 8–3 Aug 2009 ITF Westende, Belgium 25,000 Hard France Estelle Guisard 1–6, 2–6
Loss 8–4 Sep 2009 ITF Athens, Greece 100,000 Hard Australia Jelena Dokic 2–6, 1–6
Win 9–4 Oct 2010 ITF Athens, Greece 50,000[f] Hard Spain Laura Pous Tió 6–4, 6–1
Win 10–4 May 2011 ITF Nottingham, Great Britain 75,000 Grass Belarus Olga Govortsova 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 11–4 Jul 2011 ITF Pozoblanco, Spain 50,000 Hard Bulgaria Elitsa Kostova 6–3, 6–2
Loss 11–5 Oct 2012 ITF Barnstaple, Great Britain 75,000 Hard (i) Germany Annika Beck 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1998 ITF Southsea, Great Britain 10,000 Grass United Kingdom Lucy Wood United Kingdom Lizzie Jelfs
South Africa Mareze Joubert 		2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1998 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Israel Nataly Cahana Turkey Duygu Akşit Oal
Turkey Gülberk Gültekin 		3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–1 Aug 1998 ITF Skiathos, Greece 10,000 Carpet Greece Evagelia Roussi North Macedonia Marina Lazarovska
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek 		3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–1 Aug 1998 ITF Xanthi, Greece 10,000 Hard Greece Evagelia Roussi Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragana Ilić
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljiljana Nanušević 		6–0, 6–3
Win 4–1 Sep 1998 ITF Thessaloniki, Greece 25,000 Clay Greece Christína Papadáki Slovakia Ľudmila Cervanová
Germany Magdalena Kučerová 		7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
Win 5–1 Sep 1999 ITF Thessaloniki 25,000 Carpet South Africa Surina De Beer Germany Adriana Barna
Hungary Adrienn Hegedűs 		6–2, 6–3
Win 6–1 Aug 2000 ITF Kastoria, Greece 10,000 Carpet Greece Evagelia Roussi Austria Sandra Klemenschits
Austria Daniela Klemenschits 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–2 Sep 2000 ITF Fano, Italy 25,000 Clay Spain Alicia Ortuño Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Conchita Martínez Granados 		2–6, 4–6
Win 7–2 Oct 2000 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France 25,000 Hard (i) Bulgaria Maria Geznenge Germany Mia Buric
Italy Laura Dell'Angelo 		5–3, 4–1, 4–0
Loss 7–3 Jan 2001 ITF Tipton, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) Bulgaria Maria Geznenge United Kingdom Helen Crook
United Kingdom Victoria Davies 		6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win 8–3 Feb 2001 ITF Sutton, Great Britain 25,000 Hard (i) Germany Lydia Steinbach Netherlands Amanda Hopmans
Belgium Patty Van Acker 		6–0, 6–4
Loss 8–4 Mar 2001 ITF Cholet, France 10,000 Clay (i) Italy Germana Di Natale Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Australia Anastasia Rodionova 		1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 9–4 Apr 2001 ITF Dinan, France 25,000 Clay (i) Germany Caroline Schneider Germany Vanessa Henke
Germany Syna Schmidle 		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 9–5 Mar 2009 ITF La Palma, Spain 25,000 Hard Germany Jasmin Wöhr China Lu Jingjing
China Sun Shengnan 		2–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Loss 9–6 Jun 2009 ITF Nottingham, UK 75,000 Grass Japan Rika Fujiwara United States Alexa Glatch
South Africa Natalie Grandin 		3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win 10–6 Sep 2009 ITF Athens, Greece 100,000 Hard Germany Jasmin Wöhr Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin 		6–2, 5–7, [10–4]
Win 11–6 Nov 2009 ITF Ismaning, Germany 50,000 Carpet (i) Germany Jasmin Wöhr Belarus Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová 		6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Win 12–6 Sep 2010 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria 100,000 Hard Germany Jasmin Wöhr Austria Sandra Klemenschits
Germany Tatjana Maria 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 12–7 Oct 2010 ITF Athens, Greece 50,000 Hard Croatia Petra Martić Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
Turkey İpek Şenoğlu 		walkover
Win 13–7 Jun 2012 ITF Nottingham, UK 75,000 Grass Australia Casey Dellacqua United Kingdom Laura Robson
United Kingdom Heather Watson 		6–4, 6–2
Win 14–7 Sep 2013 ITF Albuquerque, United States 75,000 Hard United States CoCo Vandeweghe United States Melanie Oudin
United States Taylor Townsend 		6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 14–8 Dec 2013 ITF Ankara, Turkey 50,000 Hard Serbia Aleksandra Krunić Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 14–9 Mar 2014 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France 50,000 Hard (i) Germany Kristina Barrois Russia Margarita Gasparyan
Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 14–10 May 2014 ITF Fukuoka, Japan 50,000 Grass United Kingdom Naomi Broady Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Eri Hozumi 		3–6, 4–6
Win 15–10 Mar 2015 ITF Amiens, France 10,000 Clay Hungary Ilka Csöregi Ukraine Elizaveta Ianchuk
Ukraine Olga Ianchuk 		6–1, 6–4
Loss 15–11 Feb 2016 ITF Antalya 10,000 Clay Uzbekistan Arina Folts Bulgaria Petia Arshinkova
Romania Elena Gabriela Ruse 		6–7(0–7), 4–6
Loss 15–12 Apr 2016 ITF Manisa, Turkey 10,000 Hard Russia Margarita Lazareva Australia Abbie Myers
Turkey Melis Sezer 		4–6, 4–6
Win 16–12 Jul 2016 ITF Imola, Italy 25,000 Carpet Switzerland Lisa Sabino Italy Martina Di Giuseppe
Italy Maria Masini 		4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss 16–13 Mar 2017 ITF İstanbul 15,000 Hard (i) Israel Vlada Ekshibarova Russia Ekaterina Kazionova
Russia Elena Rybakina 		1–6, 3–6

Best Grand Slam results details

Singles

Head-to-head records

Top-10 wins

Daniilidou has won 7 matches against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[1]

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score EDR
2002
1 Belgium Justine Henin No. 7 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands Grass SF 4–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–3 No. 51
2 United States Monica Seles No. 5 Brazil Cup, Brazil Hard SF 6–1, 7–5 No. 34
2003
3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić No. 10 Paris Indoor, France Carpet (i) QF 6–1, 6–3 No. 18
2004
4 United States Jennifer Capriati No. 5 Dubai Championships, UAE Hard 2R 6–4, 7–6(7–2) No. 35
5 United States Jennifer Capriati No. 7 Miami Open, United States Hard 3R 6–2, 6–4 No. 35
2005
6 Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne No. 7 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass 1R 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 7–5 No. 76
7 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova No. 4 LA Championships, United States Hard R32 6–4, 6–4 No. 63

Longest winning streaks

8–match singles winning streak (2002)

# Tournament Category Start date Surface Rd Opponent Rank Score EDR
– Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom Tier III 10 June 2002 Grass QF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic (1) No. 8 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 No. 54
1 Ordina Open, Netherlands Tier III 17 June 2002 Grass 1R Belarus Tatiana Poutchek No. 64 7–6(7–2), 6–0 No. 51
2 2R Spain Cristina Torrens Valero (6) No. 39 6–2, 6–2
3 QF France Amélie Mauresmo (3) No. 11 6–4, 6–4
4 SF Belgium Justine Henin (2) No. 7 4–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–3
5 F Russia Elena Dementieva (4) No. 14 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
6 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam 24 June 2002 Grass 1R Croatia Jelena Kostanić No. 64 6–2, 6–3 No. 38
7 2R Japan Saori Obata No. 116 6–2, 6–2
8 3R Netherlands Miriam Oremans No. 129 7–6(7–5), 6–4
– 4R United States Jennifer Capriati (3) No. 3 1–6, 6–3, 1–6

Notes

  1. ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ a b In 2009, the Berlin Open was replaced by the Madrid Open. The Premier Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  3. ^ a b c During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Fed Cup that is not counted as a played tournament but matches counted.
  4. ^ a b c Includes WTA Premier and WTA International tournaments. The WTA Tier II tournaments were reclassified as WTA Premier tournaments in 2009, while the WTA Tier III tournaments, WTA Tier IV tournaments and WTA Tier V tournaments were reclassified as WTA International tournaments the same year .
  5. ^ The $75,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $75,000 in 2017.
  6. ^ The $50,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Eleni Daniilidou". Tennis Abstract.

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