Kamilla Rakhimova

Kamilla Rakhimova
Камилла Рахимова
Rakhimova at the 2023 US Open
Full nameKamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova
Country (sports) Russia
Born (2001-08-28) 28 August 2001 (age 22)
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,417,925
Singles
Career record179–121 (59.7%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 65 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 90 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open3R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open3R (2021)
Doubles
Career record95–65 (59.4%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 65 (6 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 119 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open3R (2023)
Last updated on: 22 January 2024.

Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova (Russian: Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова, IPA: [kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə]; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar descent.

She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 65 in singles, achieved on 12 June 2023, and No. 65 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022. Up to date, she has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour and eight singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

2019–2020: WTA Tour and major debuts

Rakhimova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2019 Baltic Open, where she received a wildcard for the singles main draw.[1]

She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut as a qualifier at the 2020 French Open, and defeated Shelby Rogers in the first round.

2021: US Open singles third round, two doubles titles & top 100 in doubles

Despite losing to 11th seed Kristýna Plíšková, Rakhimova entered the US Open as a lucky loser by beating Lizette Cabrera, and Usue Maitane Arconada in the qualifying rounds. She then beat Kristina Mladenovic in the first round, swept 32nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova aside (6–4, 6–1), before falling to eighth seed Barbora Krejčíková (4–6, 2–6). This was her first third-round showing at a Grand Slam championship in her career.

She won her second doubles title at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, partnering Natela Dzalamidze. As a result, she moved 26 positions up into the top 70 in doubles, on 15 November 2021.[2]

2022–2023: Top 100, Australian Open & WTA 1000 debuts, French Open third round

Following a semifinal showing at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, she reached the top 100 at world No. 96 on 11 April 2022.

She qualified for the 2023 Monterrey Open and she defeated sixth seed Kateřina Siniaková in the first round. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of 89 on 6 March 2023. She reached back to back semifinals at the 2023 Copa Colsanitas.

She made her debut at the WTA 1000 at the 2023 Italian Open as a lucky loser. She also made her debut at the French Open and reached the third round. As a result, she climbed to world No. 65 on 12 June 2023.

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, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[3]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Jiangxi Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q3 Q3 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A 2R Q1 1R 3R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon A NH Q2 A[a] 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A 3R 1R 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–4 1–1 0 / 9 6–9 40%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open[b] A A Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A NH A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A NH A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A NH A Q2 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A NH Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A NH Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 1 1 10 12 14 Career total: 38
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall Win-loss 0–1 1–1 5–10 8–12 9–14 0 / 38 23–38 38%
Year-end ranking[c] 201 155 117 93 95 $1,411,890

Doubles

Tournament 2022 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A[a] 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–3 0 / 3 0–3 0%

WTA Tour finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2021 Phillip Island Trophy, Australia WTA 250 Hard India Ankita Raina Russia Anna Blinkova
Russia Anastasia Potapova
2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss 1–1 Jul 2021 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay Russia Natela Dzalamidze New Zealand Erin Routliffe
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [4–10]
Win 2–1 Nov 2021 Ladies Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i) Russia Natela Dzalamidze China Wang Xinyu
China Zheng Saisai
6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Apr 2022 İstanbul Cup, Turkey WTA 250 Clay Natela Dzalamidze Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 2022 Transylvania Open, Romania WTA 250 Hard (i) Yana Sizikova Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Germany Laura Siegemund
3–6, 5–7

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2023 WTA 125 Stanford, United States Hard China Wang Yafan 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2021 WTA 125 Båstad, Sweden Clay Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Sweden Mirjam Björklund
Switzerland Leonie Küng
7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 1–1 Oct 2022 WTA 125 Rouen, France Hard (i) Georgia (country) Natela Dzalamidze Japan Misaki Doi
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
6–2, 7–5
Win 2–1 Oct 2023 WTA 125 Tampico, Mexico Hard Anastasia Tikhonova United States Sabrina Santamaria
United Kingdom Heather Watson
7–6(7–5), 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (3–1)
$25,000 tournaments (3–2)
$15,000 tournaments (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2019 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Hard Russia Anastasia Tikhonova 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–0 Apr 2019 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Hard Serbia Tamara Čurović 6–2, 7–5
Win 3–0 Apr 2019 ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard India Pranjala Yadlapalli 0–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win 4–0 Jun 2019 ITF Fergana, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Russia Valeriya Yushchenko 6–1, 7–5
Loss 4–1 Sep 2019 ITF Penza, Russia 25,000+H Hard Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 4–6, 1–6
Win 5–1 Oct 2019 ITF İstanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Turkey Pemra Özgen 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 5–2 Feb 2020 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard (i) Russia Ekaterina Kazionova 4–6, 6–1, 6–7(5)
Loss 5–3 Apr 2021 ITF Zagreb, Croatia 60,000 Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 1–6, 3–6
Win 6–3 Aug 2022 ITF Bronx, United States 60,000 Hard Sweden Mirjam Björklund 6–2, 6–3
Win 7–3 Nov 2022 ITF Nantes, France 60,000 Hard (i) China Wang Xinyu 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–3 Feb 2023 ITF Irapuato, Mexico 60,000+H Hard Cyprus Raluca Șerban 6–0, 1–6, 6–2

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (2–1)
$15,000 tournaments (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Czech Republic Kateřina Vaňková Japan Haruna Arakawa
Italy Federica Bilardo
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 0–2 Jun 2018 ITF Fergana, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Russia Sofya Lansere Russia Anastasia Frolova
Russia Ekaterina Yashina
1–6, 6–7(4)
Win 1–2 Sep 2018 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Hard Poland Anna Hertel Russia Ulyana Ayzatulina
Russia Anna Iakovleva
6–0, 7–6(0)
Win 2–2 Apr 2019 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Hard Moldova Vitalia Stamat South Korea Lee Eun-hye
Uzbekistan Sevil Yuldasheva
6–3, 7–6(4)
Loss 2–3 Jul 2019 ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 80,000 Hard Russia Vlada Koval Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
Germany Vivian Heisen
6–7(7), 1–6
Win 3–3 Aug 2019 ITF Penza, Russia 25,000 Hard Russia Vlada Koval Russia Anastasia Gasanova
Ukraine Ganna Poznikhirenko
6–0, 6–3
Win 4–3 Sep 2019 ITF Meitar, Israel 60,000 Hard Russia Sofya Lansere Russia Anastasia Gasanova
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win 5–3 Feb 2020 ITF Cairo, Egypt 60,000 Hard Ukraine Marta Kostyuk Ukraine Anastasiya Shoshyna
Poland Paula Kania
6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Win 6–3 Feb 2020 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard (i) Russia Sofya Lansere Russia Natela Dzalamidze
Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
6–1, 3–6, [10–6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Suspended due to politics.
  2. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. 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.
  3. ^ 2018: WTA ranking–890.

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