Anhelina Kalinina

Ukrainian tennis player (born 1997)

Anhelina Kalinina
Ангеліна Калініна
Kalinina at the 2022 French Open
Full nameAnhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina
Country (sports) Ukraine
Born (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 27)
Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachAnton Korchevskyi
Prize moneyUS$ 3,178,749
Singles
Career record346–198 (63.6%)
Career titles1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 25 (22 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 35 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French Open2R (2021, 2022)
Wimbledon2R (2022, 2023)
US Open2R (2018, 2021, 2022)
Doubles
Career record62–60 (50.8%)
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 120 (3 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 121 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French Open1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open2R (2021)
Last updated on: 4 March 2024.

Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina (Ukrainian: Ангеліна Сергіївна Калініна [kɐˈlʲinʲɪnə]; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as 15 titles in singles and three in doubles on the ITF Circuit. On 22 May 2023, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 25. On 3 April 2023, she peaked at No. 120 in the WTA doubles rankings. In June 2022, Kalinina became the No. 1 Ukrainian tennis player.

Juniors

In 2014, Kalinina partnering with Elizaveta Kulichkova won the girls' doubles tournament at the Australian Open, defeating Katie Boulter and Ivana Jorović in the final. Later that year, she reached the final of the Junior US Open, losing to Marie Bouzková in straight sets.

Professional career

2018: Major debut

At the 2018 US Open, Kalinina had her main-draw debut in a Grand Slam singles tournament, after winning three matches in the qualifying. She defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the first qualifying round, Tereza Martincová in round two, and finally Jaimee Fourlis, also in straight sets, and went on to win a Grand Slam match by beating Kathinka von Deichmann, in three sets, but then lost to Sloane Stephens.

2021: French Open second round, first WTA Tour final, and top 100 debut

At the French Open, she reached the second round as a qualifier, defeating 26th seed and three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber.

Although Kalinina fell in the last round of the Wimbledon qualifying, she won the $60k Montpellier and $100k Contrexéville trophies over the next two weeks to take her 2021 ITF title haul to four. With a record for the 2021 season of 32–7, she moved 30 ranking spots from world No. 125 to No. 95.[1]

2022: Maiden WTA 1000 quarterfinal and top 35, Ukrainian No. 1

She made her debut in the top 50 at world No. 49 on 17 January 2022.

After reaching the round of 16 at the Miami Open, before retiring hurt to 16th seed Jessica Pegula, Kalinina reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 42, and later in June, she reached No. 34 becoming the number-one Ukrainian tennis player ahead of Elina Svitolina.

At the Eastbourne International, she defeated world No. 5 and third seed, Maria Sakkari, in the second round.[2][3]

2023: Australian Open third round, maiden WTA 1000 final and top 25

Kalinina started her season at the Adelaide International 1. Getting past qualifying, she lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka.[4] Seeded fifth at the Hobart International, she reached the quarterfinals where she was defeated by 2019 champion Sofia Kenin.[5] At the Australian Open, she upset 15th seed, two-time Grand Slam champion, and 2019 finalist, Petra Kvitová, in the second round.[6] She lost in the third round to 20th seed, 2021 French Open champion, and last year quarterfinalist, Barbora Krejčíková.[7]

Seeded fourth at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Kalinina lost in the second round to qualifier Anna-Lena Friedsam.[8] In Doha, she fell in the first round of qualifying to Lauren Davis.

At the Dubai Championships, she defeated tenth seed and top-20 player Veronika Kudermetova in the first round for her second top-20 win of the season, after her second-round win at the Australian Open against 15th seed Petra Kvitová, and sixth in total.[9] Following a round of 16 showing, with a win over qualifier and compatriot Dayana Yastremska, she reached the top 30 at world No. 29, on 27 February 2023.

Ranked No. 47 at the Italian Open, she had reached the semifinals of a WTA 1000 for the first time in her career, after defeating former world No. 4, Sofia Kenin, 19th seed Madison Keys, and 12th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia in the longest match of the season lasting 3 hours and 41 minutes.[10][11] She reached her maiden WTA 1000 final and only second of her career, in another long match lasting almost three hours, toppling again Veronika Kudermetova.[12] She became the lowest-ranked woman to reach the final in Rome since Raffaella Reggi in 1985 and the second Ukrainian on this stage at a WTA 1000 since former world No. 3, Elina Svitolina.[13] As a result, she peaked at No. 25 in the singles rankings.[14]

2024: Second Miami Open fourth round

At the Miami Open, she reached the fourth round of a WTA 1000 for a fourth time, defeating world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka for only her second top-5 win of her career.[15][16]

Performance timelines

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.[17]

Singles

Current up to the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q2 Q1 Q2 1R 3R 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open A A Q1 Q2 Q2 Q2 2R 2R 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon Q1 A A Q1 Q2 NH Q3 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
US Open Q1 Q1 Q2 2R Q1 1R 2R 2R[a] 1R 0 / 5 3–4 43%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–3 3–4 0-1 0 / 13 9–12 43%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Qatar Open NMS A NMS A NMS A NMS A NMS 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Dubai A NMS A NMS Q2 NMS A NMS 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A NH 1R 2R 3R 2R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Miami Open A A A A A NH A 4R 2R 4R 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Madrid Open A A A A A NH A QF 2R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Italian Open A A A A A A A 2R[a] F 0 / 2 6–1 86%
Canadian Open A A A A A NH A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Guadalajara Open NH A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
China Open A A A A A NH 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Wuhan Open A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 8–5 12–9 0 / 16 20–15 57%
Career statistics
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 1 0 0 2 2 2 9 21 25 9 Career total: 71
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Career total: 2
Hard win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 6–6 8–10 19–16 7-9 0 / 49 41–46 47%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 5–2 8–5 5–4 0 / 14 19–13 59%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–4 3–4 0 / 8 8–8 50%
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 11–8 21–19 27–24 7-9 0 / 71 68–67 50%
Year-end ranking[b] 148 527 157 110 181 162 52 52 27 $2,978,112

Doubles

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2
French Open A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Wimbledon A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2
US Open 2R A 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 1–1 0–3 3–3 0 / 7 4–7

Significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2023 Italian Open Clay Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 4–6, 0–1 ret.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
WTA 1000 (0–1)
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Clay (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2021 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary WTA 250 Clay Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 May 2023 Italian Open, Italy WTA 1000 Clay Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 4–6, 0–1 ret.

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2022 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Denmark Clara Tauson 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (4–1)
$25,000 tournaments (10–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–6)
Clay (13–2)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2013 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Russia Ksenia Pervak 0–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Nov 2013 ITF Bucha, Ukraine 25,000 Carpet (i) Russia Polina Vinogradova 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2014 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay Norway Ulrikke Eikeri 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Nov 2014 ITF Équeurdreville, France 25,000 Hard (i) France Stéphanie Foretz 2–5 ret.
Win 1–4 Apr 2015 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay United Kingdom Johanna Konta 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–4 Apr 2015 ITF Pelham, United States 25,000 Clay Germany Laura Siegemund 6–3, 7–5
Win 3–4 Jul 2015 Sacramento Challenger, United States 50,000 Hard Belgium An-Sophie Mestach 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–5 Nov 2015 Slovak Open, Slovakia 25,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Jesika Malečková 6–4, 6–7(3), 4–6
Win 4–5 Jan 2017 ITF Daytona Beach, United States 25,000 Clay United States Elizabeth Halbauer 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–5 Jan 2017 ITF Wesley Chapel, United States 25,000 Clay Ukraine Elizaveta Ianchuk 6–4, 6–4
Win 6–5 Jul 2017 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay United States Bernarda Pera 6–2, 0–6, 6–3
Win 7–5 Jan 2018 ITF Daytona Beach, United States 25,000 Clay United States Grace Min 1–6, 7–5, 6–0
Win 8–5 Jan 2018 ITF Orlando, United States 25,000 Clay Austria Julia Grabher 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Win 9–5 Apr 2018 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay Italy Gaia Sanesi 6–0, 6–1
Loss 9–6 Apr 2018 Charlottesville Classic, United States 80,000 Clay Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño 6–0, 1–6, 2–6
Win 10–6 Jun 2019 Zubr Cup, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Bulgaria Elitsa Kostova 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 10–7 Oct 2019 ITF Dallas, United States 25,000 Hard United States Jamie Loeb 0–6, 7–6(3), 0–6
Loss 10–8 Nov 2019 Las Vegas Open, United States 60,000 Hard Japan Mayo Hibi 2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 10–9 Feb 2020 Midland Tennis Classic, United States 100,000 Hard (i) United States Shelby Rogers w/o
Win 11–9 Apr 2021 ITF Oeiras, Portugal 25,000 Clay South Korea Jang Su-jeong 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win 12–9 Apr 2021 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia 60,000 Clay Russia Kamilla Rakhimova 6–1, 6–3
Win 13–9 Jul 2021 Open de Montpellier, France 60,000 Clay Egypt Mayar Sherif 6–2, 6–3
Win 14–9 Jul 2021 Contrexéville Open, France 100,000 Clay Hungary Dalma Gálfi 6–2, 6–2
Win 15–9 Nov 2021 Open Nantes Atlantique, France 60,000 Hard (i) France Océane Dodin 7–6(4), 1–0 ret.

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–1)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2013 ITF Bucha, Ukraine 25,000 Carpet (i) Russia Elizaveta Kulichkova Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva
6–7(4), 2–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2014 ITF Zawada, Poland 25,000 Carpet (i) Ukraine Anna Shkudun Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
Czech Republic Karolína Muchová
6–0, 7–6(3)
Win 2–1 Mar 2015 ITF Osprey Pro, United States 60,000 Clay Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg
Argentina María Irigoyen
6–1, 6–4
Win 3–1 Jan 2017 ITF Daytona Beach, United States 25,000 Clay United States Robin Anderson Poland Paula Kania
Poland Katarzyna Piter
6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–2 Feb 2017 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States 25,000 Hard United States Chiara Scholl United States Kayla Day
United States Caroline Dolehide
3–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Loss 3–3 Jun 2019 Bella Cup, Poland 60,000+H Clay United States Robin Anderson Spain Rebeka Masarova
Slovakia Rebecca Šramková
4–6, 6–3, [4–10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2014 US Open Hard Czech Republic Marie Bouzková 4–6, 6–7(5)

Girls' doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2013 Wimbledon Grass Belarus Iryna Shymanovich Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
3–6, 1–6
Win 2014 Australian Open Hard Russia Elizaveta Kulichkova United Kingdom Katie Boulter
Serbia Ivana Jorović
6–4, 6–2

Top 10 wins

  • She has a 4–9 (31%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[citation needed]
# Player vsRank Tournament Surface Round Score Rank
2022
1. Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 9 Madrid Open, Spain Clay 2R 6–3, 6–0 37
2. Greece Maria Sakkari 5 Eastbourne International, UK Grass 2R 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 36
2023
3. Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 8 China Open, China Hard 1R 1–6, 6–4, 6–1 28
2024
4. Aryna Sabalenka No. 2 Miami Open, U.S. Hard 3R 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 36

Notes

  1. ^ a b withdrew during the tournament – not counts as a loss
  2. ^ 2013: WTA ranking–561,
    2014: WTA ranking–268.

References

  1. ^ "Mertens back to doubles No.1, Muguruza returns to Top 10 following Wimbledon". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Defending Eastbourne champ Ostapenko advances; Kalinina upsets Sakkari".
  3. ^ "Maria Sakkari crashes out early in Eastbourne against Anhelina Kalinina". 21 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Azarenka digs deep to beat Kalinina in Adelaide". 3 January 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  5. ^ Slusher, Keenan (12 January 2023). "Sofia Kenin advances to Hobart International semifinals". www.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Petra Kvitová goes down in Australian Open upset, top seed Iga Świątek powers through to third round". www.abc.net.au. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  7. ^ KILPATRICK, JAMES (20 January 2023). "AUSTRALIAN OPEN: BARBORA KREJCIKOVA TO FACE JESSICA PEGULA IN LAST 16 AFTER BOTH PLAYERS WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  8. ^ "WTA roundup: No. 1 seed Daria Kasatkina survives in Abu Dhabi". 9 February 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Cirstea, Kalinina post three-hour upsets in Dubai first round".
  10. ^ @WTA (16 May 2023). "3 hours and 41 minutes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Kalinina beats Haddad Maia in longest match of the year to make Rome semifinal".
  12. ^ "Ukraine's Kalinina dedicates win to homeland after beating a Russian to reach Rome final".
  13. ^ "Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina reaches first WTA 1000 final in Rome".
  14. ^ "Kalinina into first WTA 1000 final; outlasts Kudermetova in Rome".
  15. ^ https://twitter.com/WTA/status/1771747218413744239
  16. ^ "Sabalenka, Jabeur ousted in Miami; Rybakina fights past Townsend". 24 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Anhelina Kalinina [UKR] | Australian Open". ausopen.com. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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