Diana Maximovna Shnaider (Диа́на Макси́мовна Шна́йдер; ; born 2 April 2004) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 60, achieved on 23 October 2023, in doubles of No. 135 achieved on 29 January 2024.
She played college tennis for North Carolina State.
Shnaider won her first WTA title at the 2024 Thailand Open.
She won the girls' doubles titles at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Belarusian Kristina Dmitruk, and the 2022 Australian Open, partnering with American Clervie Ngounoue.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Shnaider has a career-high combined ranking of No. 3, achieved on 13 December 2021.
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Shnaider made her Grand Slam debut at the 2023 Australian Open, after qualifying into the main draw.
She defeated Kristína Kučová, who was using a protected ranking, for her first win at a major, before losing in the second round to sixth seed Maria Sakkari.
As a result, she reached the top 100, at world No. 94, on 30 January 2023.
After the Australian Open, Shnaider played one season of college tennis for North Carolina State.
She went 20–3 in singles to help the Wolfpack win the ACC tournament and reach the 2023 NCAA Championships final.
She was named the ACC tournament's most valuable player and ACC Freshman of the Year and received first-team All-ACC and All-American honors in singles and doubles.
At the Budapest Grand Prix, she defeated top seed Bernarda Pera.
She reached the semifinals at the Hamburg Open defeating again third seed Bernarda Pera before losing to home favorite, wildcard Noma Noha Akugue, in the semifinal.
In her debut at the Asian swing, she defeated eight seed Claire Liu at the Guangzhou Open.
At the next tournament, she reached the semifinals second seed Petra Kvitová at the Ningbo Open.
Next she defeated Linda Fruhvirtová to reach her first WTA final, but lost to top seed Ons Jabeur.
She entered the main draw of the WTA 500 Zhengzhou Open as a lucky loser but lost to Lesia Tsurenko.
Following a semifinal showing at the Jiangxi Open, she reached the top 60 on 23 October 2023.
In Hua Hin, Thailand, she reached her fourth career quarterfinal, defeating top seed Magda Linette and Paula Badosa by retirement.
Next, she defeated qualifier Dalma Gálfi and third seed Wang Xinyu to reach her second career final.
Shnaider then defeated second seed Zhu Lin in three sets to win her first ever WTA title.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
