Kamilla Rakhimova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Stanislavovna and the family name is 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 23)
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 2,015,619
Singles
Career record216–153
Career titles1 WTA Challenger Tour
Highest rankingNo. 61 (21 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 61 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open3R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open3R (2021)
Doubles
Career record109–76
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 65 (6 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 82 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open1R (2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open3R (2023)
Last updated on: 9 December 2024.

Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova (Russian: Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова, IPA: [kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə]; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of No. 61 in singles, achieved on 21 October 2024, and No. 65 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022.[1]

Rakhimova has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as one WTA Challenger Tour singles title.

Career

2019–2020: WTA Tour debut

Rakhimova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2019 Baltic Open, where she received a wildcard for the main draw but lost to Latvian wildcard Diāna Marcinkēviča.[2]

She made her Grand Slam tournament debut as a qualifier at the 2020 French Open,[3] and defeated Shelby Rogers in the first round.[4] Rakhimova lost to 20th seed Maria Sakkari in her next match.[5]

2021: Two WTA Tour doubles titles

Partnering Ankita Raina, Rakhimova won her first WTA Tour doubles title at the Phillip Island Trophy, defeating Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Potapova in the final.[6]

She entered the US Open as a lucky loser and defeated Kristina Mladenovic[citation needed] and 32nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova,[7] to make the singles third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. Rakhimova lost to eighth seed Barbora Krejčíková in straight sets.[8]

Rakhimova won her second WTA Tour doubles title at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, partnering Natela Dzalamidze.[9] As a result, she moved 26 positions up into the top 70 in doubles, on 15 November.[citation needed]

2022–2024: First WTA 125 singles title, top-65

Following a semifinal showing at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, where she defeated second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia en route,[10] but lost to defending champion Tatjana Maria,[11] she reached the top 100 at world No. 96 on 11 April 2022.[12]

She qualified for the 2023 Monterrey Open and defeated sixth seed Kateřina Siniaková before losing to Ysaline Bonaventure.[13] As a result, she rose to world No. 89 on 6 March 2023. She made back to back semifinals at the 2023 Copa Colsanitas but lost to Peyton Stearns.[14]

At the 2023 French Open, she reached her second Major third round but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets.[15][16] Despite the result, she climbed to world No. 65 on 12 June 2023.[citation needed]

Rakhimova made her debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships but lost to Cristina Bucsa.[17] She was runner-up at the WTA 125 2023 Golden Gate Open, losing to Wang Yafan in the final.[18] At the 2023 US Open, she reached the third round in doubles, partnering Elina Avanesyan as an alternate pair, defeating 10th seeded pair of Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok.[citation needed]

She made back to back quarterfinals, for a third straight year, at the 2024 Copa Colsanitas.[19] Rakhimova reached her first semifinal of 2024 at the 2024 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Rabat[20] but lost to Mayar Sherif.[21]

At the 2024 US Open she again entered the main draw as a lucky loser, but was defeated in the first round to top seed Iga Świątek.[22]

Seeded fifth, Rakhimova won her first WTA 125 title at Guadalajara defeating qualifier Samantha Murray Sharan,[23] Taylah Preston,[24] second seed Martina Trevisan,[25] Emiliana Arango[26] and fourth seed Tatjana Maria.[27][28]

At the Guadalajara Open, she defeated third seed Viktoria Azarenka after her retirement to reach her first WTA 500 quarterfinal,[29][30] which she lost to Camila Osorio.[31] At the same tournament, partnering Oksana Kalashnikova, she reached the final, losing to Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva.[32][33]

Rakhimova entered the main draw of the WTA 1000 China Open as a lucky loser making her debut at this tournament and defeating Kimberly Birrell in the first round in a rematch of the final qualifying round which she had lost.[34] She was eliminated in the second round by fifth seed Zheng Qinwen.[35]

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.[36]

Singles

Current through the 2024 Wuhan 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 1R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Wimbledon A NH Q2 A[a] 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A 3R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–4 1–3 0 / 11 6–11 35%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Qatar Open[b] A A NTI Q1 NTI Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Dubai[b] A A Q2 NTI A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A NH A Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A NH A Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A NH A Q2 Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A NH Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A NH Q2 2R 0 / 1 1–1 100%
Wuhan Open A NH 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 1 1 10 12 14 Career total: 38
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 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 2023 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon A[a] 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–3 2–3 0 / 6 2–6 25%

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
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
Win 3–3 Apr 2024 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia WTA 250 Clay Spain Cristina Bucșa Hungary Anna Bondár
Irina Khromacheva 		7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 3–4 Sep 2024 Guadalajara Open, Mexico WTA 500 Hard Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Irina Khromacheva 		6–2, 5–7, [7–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2023 Golden Gate Open, 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 Båstad Open, Sweden Clay Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Sweden Mirjam Björklund
Switzerland Leonie Küng 		7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 1–1 Oct 2022 Open de Rouen, France Hard (i) Georgia (country) Natela Dzalamidze Japan Misaki Doi
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova 		6–2, 7–5
Win 2–1 Oct 2023 Abierto 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 Fergana Challenger, 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 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia 60,000 Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 1–6, 3–6
Win 6–3 Aug 2022 Bronx Open, United States 60,000 Hard Sweden Mirjam Björklund 6–2, 6–3
Win 7–3 Nov 2022 Open Nantes, France 60,000 Hard (i) China Wang Xinyu 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–3 Feb 2023 Guanajuato Open, 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 Fergana Challenger, 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 President's Cup, 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 Meitar Open, Israel 60,000 Hard Russia Sofya Lansere Russia Anastasia Gasanova
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova 		4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win 5–3 Feb 2020 Cairo Open, 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. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ 2018: WTA ranking–890.

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