Anna Blinkova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovna and the family name is Blinkova.
Anna Blinkova
Анна Блинкова
Blinkova at the 2023 US Open
Full nameAnna Vladimirovna Blinkova
Country (sports) Russia
Born (1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 26)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2015
CoachGerard Solves, Xavier Pujo (2024-),
Ivo Klec (-2024)
Prize moneyUS$ 3,768,331
Singles
Career record295–222
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 34 (7 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 75 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2024)
French Open3R (2019, 2023)
Wimbledon3R (2023)
US Open1R (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record128–102
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 45 (14 September 2020)
Current rankingNo. 106 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon3R (2019)
US OpenSF (2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–1
Last updated on: 28 October 2024.

Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova (Russian: Анна Владимировна Блинкова, IPA: [ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə] ⓘ; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 7 August 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 34. On 14 September 2020, she peaked at No. 45 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles title each on WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Blinkova was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in girls' singles and was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in August 2015.

Personal life and background

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Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova was born on 10 September 1998 in Moscow to mother Elena and father Vladimir.[1] During childhood, she played both tennis and chess at a high level. Her preferred surface is hardcourt. Her favourite shot is a forehand.[2] She speaks Russian, Slovak, French and English.[3]

Junior career

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Blinkova is former junior world No. 3 player.[4] She was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in girls' singles, where she lost to compatriot Sofya Zhuk.[5]

Professional

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2015–17: First steps

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Blinkova at the 2017 French Open qualifications

Blinkova made her debut at the ITF Circuit at the $10k event in Kantaoui in February 2015. There she won her first ITF doubles title. In January 2016, she won her first ITF singles title at the $10K Stuttgart.[6] In April 2016, she turned pro[7] and made her WTA Tour debut at the Morocco Open, where she was defeated in the first round.[8] In October 2016, she won her first match on the WTA Tour, defeating Anastasija Sevastova in the first round of Kremlin Cup.

In January 2017, she made Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open through qualifying, where she defeated Monica Niculescu in the first round before losing to Karolína Plíšková in the second. At the 2017 Wimbledon and US Open, she also reached main draw, but then lost to Elena Vesnina in the first round of both competition.[7][8] During the 2017 season, she won two $100k events on the ITF Circuit in doubles event, in Ilkley and St. Petersburg.[6]

2018–19: Major and Premier 5 third round, top 100 in singles and doubles

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Blinkova at the 2019 Wimbledon

In February 2018, she reached the third round of the Premier 5 Qatar Open, defeating Elena Vesnina and Kristina Mladenovic, before she lost to world No. 7, Caroline Garcia.[8][3] In May, she won her first WTA doubles title at the Morocco Open, partnering with Raluca Olaru.[3] Blinkova entered top 100 for the first time in both singles and doubles in 2018.[9]

On her debut at the 2019 French Open as a qualifier, she reached the third round with a win over compatriot Margarita Gasparyan and an upset over 24th seed Caroline Garcia,[10] but then lost to 14th seed Madison Keys.[11]

In August 2019, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal in singles at the Bronx Open, where she lost to Wang Qiang.[8] At the 2019 US Open, she took defending champion and top seed Naomi Osaka to three sets.[12] She followed this with title in New Haven on the WTA Challenger Tour.[13] Nearly after that, she reached the semifinal of the Guangzhou Open, but then lost to Sofia Kenin.[14] In October, she reached another semifinal at the Luxembourg Open, but lost to later champion Jeļena Ostapenko.[15] During the year, she did even better in doubles. In February 2019, she lost alongside Wang Yafan in the doubles final at the Hua Hin Championships. After that, she reached semifinals of the Hungarian Open. In April, she reached another semifinal at the Premier-level Stuttgart Open.[8] She then won $60k, $80k and $100k events, respectively, on the ITF Circuit.[6] In September, she won the WTA Challenger New Haven.[13]

2020: First top-10 win, top 60, US Open doubles semifinal

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Blinkova continued to made better results in doubles than singles. Despite not producing good results in singles during the season, Blinkova started year with her first career top 10 win, defeating Belinda Bencic in the first round of the Shenzhen Open.[16] In singles, her best result of the year came at the Italian Open, where she reached the third round, but then lost to world No. 4, Karolína Plíšková.[17] In doubles, her first significant result came in March at the Indian Wells Challenger, where she reached the semifinal.[8]

When tennis came back (after six month absence of the WTA Tour due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreak[18]) in August, she first played at the Lexington Challenger, where she reached the semifinals in doubles alongside Vera Zvonareva. She followed this up with quarterfinals at the Cincinnati Open alongside Veronika Kudermetova.[8] Things even went even better at the US Open where Blinkova and Kudermetova reached the semifinals but lost to eventual champions, Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva.[19] In singles, she had lost to eventual semifinalist Jennifer Brady in the first round.[20]

Blinkova qualified for the main draw at the Italian Open and defeated Aliona Bolsova in a final-set tiebreak to reach the third round.[21]

2021: Out of top 100

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Blinkova at the 2021 French Open.

Blinkova started her year with consecutive losses at the Grampians Trophy and the Australian Open, before clinching her first win of the year over former top-ten player Andrea Petkovic in the first round of the Phillip Island Trophy.[22] However, she managed to reach the doubles semifinals of the Gippsland Trophy with Veronika Kudermetova, but lost to Chan Hao-ching/Latisha Chan 9–11 in the match tiebreak.[23] With compatriot Anastasia Potapova she reached her third tour doubles final at the Phillip Island Trophy, losing to Ankita Raina and Kamilla Rakhimova.[24]

She reached her first semifinal of the year at the Bol Ladies Open, a WTA 125 event, as the top seed. However, she lost to Jasmine Paolini winning just four games.[25]

At the Wimbledon Championships, Blinkova beat Tímea Babos in the first round[26] before falling to world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty, on centre court.[27]

Blinkova reached the doubles semifinals of the Cincinnati Open with Aliaksandra Sasnovich, defeating top seeds Hsieh Su-wei/Elise Mertens in the second round.[28] She lost in the first round of the US Open to Valentini Grammatikopoulou.[29]

2022: First WTA Tour title

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Blinkova reached her first singles final since 2019 at the $60k Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, defeating Océane Dodin for her first top-100 win since August 2021, before losing to Ana Bogdan in the final.[30]

She followed it up with another $60k final at the Open de l'Isère, where she beat the top seed Arantxa Rus[31] before she lost to Katie Boulter in the final.[32]

As a qualifier, Blinkova won her first career singles title at the Transylvania Open, defeating Jasmine Paolini in the final.[33][34][35]

2023: Second French Open third round, first top-5 win

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Blinkova defeated Ysaline Bonaventure[36] and fifth seed Caroline Garcia,[37] her first top-5 win, to reach the third round of the French Open for the second time. She lost to Elina Svitolina in three sets.[38]

2024: Longest tiebreak and third round at Australian Open, first top-3 win

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At the Australian Open, she defeated previous year runner-up Elena Rybakina in the longest tiebreak in a singles match at a major in the Open Era, in the final set of their second-round match. Blinkova won the tiebreak 22–20 and saved six match points, before converting on her tenth match point to advance to the third round of this major for the first time. The 42-point match-tiebreak supplanted the 38-point tiebreaks played by Lesia Tsurenko and Ana Bogdan the previous summer at Wimbledon and by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Roddick 20-18 at the 2007 Australian Open.[39] She lost in the third round to 26th seed Jasmine Paolini.[40]

In September, partnering with Mayar Sherif, Blinkova won the doubles at the Jasmin Open, defeating Alina Korneeva and Anastasia Zakharova in the final.[41] The following month she was runner-up in the singles at the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico in Mexico, losing to Marina Stakusic in the final.[42]

Performance timelines

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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, Billie Jean King Cup (Fed Cup), United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[43]

Singles

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Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R Q1 1R 3R 0 / 7 4–7 36%
French Open A Q3 Q2 3R 1R 1R Q1 3R 2R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Wimbledon A 1R 2R Q3 NH 2R A[a] 3R 1R 0 / 5 4–5 44%
US Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 1R 1R 0 / 7 0–7 0%
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 1–3 2–3 1–3 1–4 0–0 4–4 3–4 0 / 24 13–24 35%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A PO A A W[b] DQ[a] 1 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[c] A NMS 3R NMS Q1 NMS A NMS A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Dubai[d] NMS A NMS A NMS A NMS A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A Q2 NH A A 2R 3R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Miami Open A A A Q1 NH 1R A 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Madrid Open A A A A NH A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Italian Open A A A A 3R A A 2R 2R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Canadian Open A A A A NH A A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati Open A A Q1 A Q1 Q2 A 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Guadalajara Open NH A A NMS 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A 1R NH 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wuhan Open A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 5–7 3–6 0 / 17 12–17 41%
Career statistics
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 2 7 13 14 8 17 7 24 4 Career total: 95
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Career total: 2
Hard win–loss 1–0 2–5 4–10 11–13 3–5 1–11 6–4 13–16 2–4 1 / 69 43–68 39%
Clay win–loss 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–4 0–1 8–5 0 / 18 15–18 45%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 5–3 0 / 9 9–9 50%
Overall win–loss 1–1 2–8 6–13 13–14 6–8 4–17 7–6 26–24 2–4 1 / 96 67–95 41%
Win (%) 50% 20% 32% 48% 43% 19% 54% 52% 33% Career total: 41%
Year-end ranking[e] 206 136 98 59 60 155 80 54 $2,966,822

Doubles

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Current through the 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Wimbledon A 1R 3R NH 2R A[f] 1R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
US Open A A 1R SF A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–3 1–3 0–2 0–3 0 / 15 6–15 29%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[g] A A A 2R A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Indian Wells Open A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A NH 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A QF SF A 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Wuhan Open A A 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
China Open A A 1R NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 5 12 12 7 15 6 3 Career total: 60
Titles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 Career total: 4
Overall win–loss 2–5 8–11 12–12 9–7 16–14 6–6 0–3 1 / 60 53–58 48%
Year-end ranking 118 100 56 51 66 138

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2022 Transylvania Open, Romania WTA 250 Hard (i) Italy Jasmine Paolini 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France WTA 250 Clay Ukraine Elina Svitolina 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–3)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2018 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco International[h] Clay Romania Raluca Olaru Spain Georgina García Pérez
Hungary Fanny Stollár 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Feb 2019 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand International Hard China Wang Yafan Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Monica Niculescu 		6–2, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss 1–2 Feb 2021 Phillip Island Trophy, Australia WTA 250 Hard Russia Anastasia Potapova India Ankita Raina
Russia Kamilla Rakhimova 		6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 1–3 Sep 2022 Chennai Open, India WTA 250 Hard Georgia (country) Natela Dzalamidze Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Brazil Luisa Stefani 		1–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Sep 2024 Jasmin Open, Tunisia WTA 250 Hard Egypt Mayar Sherif Alina Korneeva
Anastasia Zakharova 		2–6, 6–1, [10–8]

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 New Haven Challenger, United States Hard United States Usue Maitane Arconada 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 2022 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 2024 Abierto Tampico, Mexico Hard Canada Marina Stakusic 4–6, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 New Haven Challenger, US Hard Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova United States Usue Maitane Arconada
United States Jamie Loeb 		6–2, 4–6, [10–4]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (1–3)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (0–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2016 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 10,000 Hard (i) Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 7–6(4), 2–6, 6–2
Win 2–0 Aug 2016 ITF Westende, Belgium 25,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 7–5, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Sep 2016 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan 25,000 Clay Russia Viktoria Kamenskaya 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Feb 2017 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 5–7, 4–6
Win 3–2 Mar 2018 Open de Seine-et-Marne,
France 		60,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Karolína Muchová w/o
Loss 3–3 May 2019 Empire Slovak Open,
Slovakia 		W100 Clay United States Bernarda Pera 5–7, 5–7
Loss 3–4 Jan 2022 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon,
France 		W60 Hard (i) Romania Ana Bogdan 5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Feb 2022 Open de l'Isère, France W60 Hard (i) United Kingdom Katie Boulter 6–7(2), 7–6(6), 2–6
Loss 3–6 Mar 2022 ITF Le Havre, France W25 Clay (i) Germany Tamara Korpatsch 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Win 4–6 Oct 2024 ITF Macon, USA W100 Hard United States Ann Li 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(4)

Doubles: 11 (11 titles)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (3–0)
$80,000 tournaments (2–0)
$50/60,000 tournaments (4–0)
$10,000 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–0)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard France Tessah Andrianjafitrimo Spain Arabela Fernández Rabener
Netherlands Eva Wacanno 		6–4, 6–0
Win 2–0 Jan 2016 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 10,000 Hard (i) Russia Maria Marfutina Germany Laura Schaeder
Germany Anna Zaja 		0–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 3–0 Dec 2016 Ankara Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard (i) Belarus Lidziya Marozava Uzbekistan Sabina Sharipova
Russia Ekaterina Yashina 		4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win 4–0 Jun 2017 Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom 100,000 Grass Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Poland Paula Kania
Belgium Maryna Zanevska 		6–1, 6–4
Win 5–0 Sep 2017 Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia 100,000 Hard (i) Russia Veronika Kudermetova Switzerland Belinda Bencic
Slovakia Michaela Hončová 		6–3, 6–1
Win 6–0 Mar 2018 Zhuhai Open, China 60,000 Hard Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove Japan Nao Hibino
Montenegro Danka Kovinić 		7–5, 6–4
Win 7–0 Oct 2018 Internationaux de Poitiers, France 80,000 Hard Russia Alexandra Panova Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
Netherlands Arantxa Rus 		6–1, 6–1
Win 8–0 May 2019 Wiesbaden Open, Germany W60 Clay Belgium Yanina Wickmayer Australia Jaimee Fourlis
Liechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann 		6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Win 9–0 May 2019 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France W80 Clay Switzerland Xenia Knoll Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
Brazil Luisa Stefani 		4–6, 6–2, [14–12]
Win 10–0 May 2019 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia W100 Clay Switzerland Xenia Knoll Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Sweden Cornelia Lister 		7–5, 7–5
Win 11–0 Aug 2022 Bronx Open, United States W60 Hard Switzerland Simona Waltert South Korea Han Na-lae
Japan Hiroko Kuwata 		6–3, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2015 Wimbledon Grass Russia Sofya Zhuk 5–7, 4–6

Fed Cup participation

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Singles (0–1)

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Edition Round Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Result
2017 WG2 Feb 2017 Moscow (RUS) Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Hard (i) Chang Kai-chen L 3–6, 5–7

Doubles (2–0)

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Edition Round Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Result
2017 WG2 Feb 2017 Moscow (RUS) Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Hard (i) Anna Kalinskaya Chan Chin-wei
Hsu Ching-wen 		W 6–3, 7–5
2020 F QR Feb 2020 Cluj-Napoca (ROU) Romania Romania Hard (i) Anna Kalinskaya Jaqueline Cristian
Elena-Gabriela Ruse 		W 6–3, 6–2

WTA Tour career earnings

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correct as of 15 November 2021[8]

Year Grand Slam
singles titles		 WTA
singles titles		 Total
singles titles		 Earnings ($) Money list rank
2016 0 0 0 31,013 309
2017 0 0 0 207,988 141
2018 0 0 0 334,191 113
2019 0 0 0 530,080 80
2020 0 0 0 373,335 57
2021 0 0 0 470,729 91
Career 0 0 0 1,968,604 265

Wins over top-10 players

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Season 2020 2023 2024 Total
Wins 1 1 3 5
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score ABR
2020
1. Switzerland Belinda Bencic No. 8 Shenzhen Open Hard 1R 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 No. 58
2023
2. France Caroline Garcia No. 5 French Open Clay 2R 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 No. 56
2024
3. Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina No. 3 Australian Open Hard 2R 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(22–20) No. 57
4. United States Jessica Pegula No. 5 Indian Wells Open Hard 2R 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 No. 45
5. United States Emma Navarro No. 8 Hong Kong Open Hard QF 6–4, 6–3 No. 78

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Suspended due to the ban of Russian and Belarusian athletes in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. 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.
  4. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. 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.
  5. ^ 2015: WTA ranking–826.
  6. ^ Suspended due to politics.
  7. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. 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.
  8. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

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