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Biography
- Coached by Flavio Cipolla
- Parents are Sergey and Tatiana; brother is Alexsandr, who also serves as her fitness trainer; introduced to tennis by brother at age 6
- Baseliner whose favorite surface is clay; favorite shot is forehand
- Loves soccer (favorite team is FC Barcelona)
- Best tennis memory is winning Roland Garros juniors and 2015 US Open run
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Right-HandedCareer High
8Height
5' 7" (1.70m)Birthday
May 7, 1997 May 7, 1997Birthplace
Togliatty, RussiaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (8): 2024 - Ningbo, Eastbourne; 2022 - San Jose, Granby; 2021 - Phillip Island Trophy, St. Petersburg; 2018 - Moscow; 2017 - Charleston.
Finalist (11): 2024 - Seoul, Adelaide, Abu Dhabi, Charleston; 2023 - Adelaide 2, Eastbourne; 2021 - Birmingham, San Jose; 2018 - Dubai, Indian Wells; 2017 - Moscow.
DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2015 - Moscow (w/Vesnina).
Finalist (2): 2017 - Tokyo (Pan Pacific) (w/Gavrilova); 2016 - Moscow (w/Gavrilova).
ADDITIONAL
Russian Billie Jean King Cup Team, 2016-17, 2019, 2021; Russian Olympic Team, 2016.
Career in Review
Finished the 2024 season ranked No.9 (2nd career Top 10 finish) in a season highlighted by winning titles at Ningbo and Eastbourne, while also finishing as runner-up at Seoul, Adelaide, Abu Dhabi and Charleston; won a Tour-best 26 matches at the WTA 500 level (next most was 15 (Rybakina); as an alternate at WTA Finals, lost one match in group play (l. Swiatek)
Finished R-Up at two tournaments in 2023 at Adeliade 2 (l. Bencic) and Eastbourne (l. Keys); reached SFs at Charleston, Zhengzhou, and WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai
In 2022, reached maiden Grand Slam SF at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Swiatek) and won titles at San Jose (d. Rogers in F) and Granby (d. Saville in F); returned to Top 10 on August 8, after San Jose run
Qualified for WTA Finals for the first time at Fort Worth in 2022 going 1-2 in group play
Broke back into Top 50 in early 2021, after lifting first titles since 2018, at the Phillip Island Trophy in Melbourne (d. Bouzkova in F) and then St. Petersburg (d. Gasparyan in F)
Reached two additional finals in 2021, at Birmingham (l. Jabeur) and San Jose (l. Collins)
Highlight of truncated 2020 season was SF showing at Lyon (l. Friedsam) - her first run to the last four at a WTA event since lifting title at 2018 Moscow [500]
Won consecutive matches only twice in difficult 2019 campaign, with best result a QF run at Beijing (l. Wozniacki) and St. Petersburg (l. Zvonareva)
Ended 2018 season by lifting her second WTA singles title at Moscow [500] (d. Jabeur in F); broke into Top 10 following the tournament, on October 22, 2018
Also finished R-Up at 2018 Dubai (l. Svitolina) and 2018 Indian Wells (l. Osaka); Indian Wells was biggest final of career having upset No.2 Caroline Wozniacki, No.10 Angelique Kerber and No.8 Venus Williams en route
Made Top 20 debut on February 26, 2018, following R-Up finish at Dubai (d. No.3 Muguruza, l. Svitolina)
Made first Grand Slam QFs at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai going 1-1 in group play
Upset No.1 Caroline Wozniacki during SF run at 2018 St. Petersburg
Captured maiden WTA singles title in debut final at 2017 Charleston, defeating fellow teenager Jelena Ostapenko in the final - the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)
Also in 2017 reached final at Moscow (l. Goerges) and QF at Sydney, Doha and Beijing
Ended 2016 as the highest-ranked teenager on tour, at No.27, after a campaign in which she reached SF, at St. Petersburg and QF at Indian Wells, Charleston, Montreal, Rio Olympics and Moscow. Made Top 50 debut on February 15, 2016 following St. Petersburg run
Upset No.7 Venus Williams in opening match of 2016 season at Auckland to register first Top 10 win of career
Reached first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (as qualifier, l. Pavlyuchenkova) recorded first Top-20 win over No.14 Suarez Navarro in QF; following the tournament made Top-100 debut at No.73 (October 26, 2015)
Reached 3r at 2015 US Open (as LL, l. Mladenovic) on Grand Slam debut (main draw and qualifying). reached QF at Bad Gastein (as qualifier, l. Errani)
Also in 2015, won maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Moscow (w/Vesnina), lifted fi ve singles titles on ITF Circuit and was nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015
Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2014 Moscow (as WC, l. Riske)
Made professional debut at in qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow
Owns seven titles on ITF circuit
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