Biography
- Currently coached by Patricia Tarabini
- Both parents are former professional badminton players - now father works at the Federation and mother is coached junior players; brother is a soccer player in Russia. Started playing tennis when she was five after watching cousin play whilst spending summer at her my grandmother's house
- Thinks she has a good reading of the game and likes to mix up her shot selection; favorite surface is hard
- Did not have a tennis idol when growing up but watched a lot of Justine Henin, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters
- Best tennis memories are playing in the Fed Cup for the first time and also the amazing atmosphere when she beat Sloane Stephens in the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the 2019 US Open
- Away from the court likes to watch basketball, cook and go shopping; describes her perfect day as spending time with her closest friends; has two dogs; first was given one for her 13th birthday and stays in Moscow with her parents, while the second is a Pomsky called Kobe and travels with her most of the time on tour; loves documentaries and romantic movies; favorite musicians are Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Rihanna, Justin Bieber and DJ Khaled
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
11Height
5' 7" (1.75m)Birthday
Dec 2, 1998Birthplace
Moscow, Russia
Career Highlights
SINGLES
Finalist (3): 2024 - Berlin, Dubai; 2023 - Tampico
DOUBLES
Winner (4): 2025 - Madrid (w/Cirstea); 2022 - St. Petersburg (w/McNally); 2021 - Portoroz (w/Mihalikova); 2019 - Prague (w/Kuzmova).
Finalist (5): 2025 - Brisbane (w/Hon); 2023 - Osaka (w/Putintseva); 2022 - Washington DC (w/McNally); 2021 - Yarra Valley Classic (w/Kuzmova); 2019 - St. Petersburg (w/Kuzmova).
WTA 125 TITLES
SINGLES (1): 2023 - Midland.
ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2017-18, 2020.
Career in Review
Reached two finals in 2024 at Dubai and Berlin; Dubai was first time reaching a WTA 1000 final; made best career round at each Grand Slam in 2024 including first major quarterfinal at Australian Open and R16 at Wimbledon.
Made Top 20 debut on June 24, 2024 finishing the year at World No.14
Made three QF runs across 2023 Austin (l. Collins), Charleston (l. Jabeur), and Osaka (l. Krueger).
Highlight of 2022 was SF run at Guadalajara 250 (l. eventual champion Stephens). Also made QFs at Washington DC (l. Kanepi) and Guadalajara 1000 (l. Bouzkova)
Won third WTA doubles title in 2022 at St. Petersburg (w/McNally)
Ended 2021 campaign in good form, advancing to R16 at Indian Wells (as qualifier, l. Jabeur), 2r at Moscow (as qualifier, l. Sakkari) and QF at Courmayeur (l. Samsonova)
At 2021 Monterrey, posted first QF since 2019 (as qualifier, l. Golubic), then reached 3r at Miami (as WC, l. Muguruza)
Lifted second WTA doubles title at 2021 Portoroz (w/Mihalikova)
Broke into Top 100 on September 30, 2019, following QF run at Tashkent
Scored first Top-10 win over No.10 Stephens in 1r at 2019 US Open
Reached maiden WTA SF at 2019 Washington DC (l. eventual champion Pegula)
Enjoyed doubles success in 2019, winning Prague and finishing R-Up at St. Petersburg (both w/Kuzmova)
Season highlights in 2018 were making Grand Slam main draw debuts at Australian Open (l. Giorgi) and US Open (l. Goerges), coming through qualifying but falling in 1r at each
Advanced through qualifying to reach the 2r for the first time at a WTA-tour level event at 2017 Kuala Lumpur (l. Han). Backed that performance up with two more 2r finishes that year at Istanbul (l. Yastremska) and Gstaad (l. Kontaveit) - both as a qualifier
Hoisted her fifth career ITF title in 2017 at $25k ITF/Obidos 4-POR (d. Frech)
Made WTA main draw debut at 2016 Moscow (as WC, l. Mladenovic in 1r). Also won a career-high four ITF titles in 2016 and made four runner-up finishes
Produced a successful 2015 campaign on the ITF Circuit, reaching the finals at $10K ITF/Antalya-TUR and $10k ITF/El Kantaoui 29-TUN. Also made a SF run at $10K ITF/El Kantoui 28-TUN
Made professional debut as a qualifier at Premier event at 2014 Moscow (l. Monova)
R-Up in girls' singles at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Badosa) and won doubles at 2016 Australian Open (w/Mihalikova)
