Biography
- Currently coached by Patricia Tarabini
- Both parents are former professional badminton players - father now works at the Federation and mother coached junior players; brother is a soccer player in Russia
- Started playing tennis when she was five after watching cousin play while spending summer at her 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 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): 2025 - Washington DC
2024 - Berlin, Dubai
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 AND FINALS
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2023 - Midland
Finalist (1): 2023 - Tampico
Career in Review
Best singles results of 2025 include 3rd career Tour-level R-Up at Washington DC (l. Fernandez), SF at Singapore, and 5 additional QFs including WTA 1000 Cincinnati; in doubles, won biggest title of career at WTA 1000 Madrid (w/Cirstea)
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; hit career-high ranking of No.11 on October 28, 2024
Made three Tour-level QF runs across 2023 at Austin (l. Collins), Charleston (l. Jabeur), and Osaka (l. Krueger); also won WTA 125 title at Midland
Highlight of 2022 was SF run at Guadalajara 250 (l. eventual champion Stephens) and also made QFs at Washington DC (l. Kanepi) and Guadalajara 1000 (l. Bouzkova); won 3rd WTA doubles title in 2022 at St. Petersburg (w/McNally)
In 2021, made Tour QFs at Monterrey and Courmayeur; lifted 2nd WTA doubles title at Portoroz (w/Mihalikova)
In 2019, reached maiden WTA SF at 2019 Washington DC (l. eventual champion Pegula), scored first Top 10 win over No.10 Stephens at US Open, and broke into Top 100 on September 30 following QF run at Tashkent. Also won 1st Tour doubles title at Prague (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 Tour-level event at 2017 Kuala Lumpur (l. Han). Backed that performance up with two more 2r finishes that year at Istanbul and Gstaad, both times as qualifier
Made WTA main draw debut at 2016 Moscow (as WC, l. Mladenovic in 1r). Also won a career-high four ITF titles in 2016
Made professional debut in the qualifying rounds at 2014 Moscow (l. Monova)
R-Up in junior singles at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Badosa) and won junior doubles at 2016 Australian Open (w/Mihalikova)
