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Oksana Kalashnikova
ოქსანა კალაშნიკოვა

Kalashnikova at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Georgia
Residence	Biel, Switzerland
Born	(1990-09-05) 5 September 1990 (age 34) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,363,558
Singles
Career record	185–158
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 156 (7 June 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2010, 2011)
French Open	Q3 (2010)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2010)
US Open	Q1 (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	396–384
Career titles	6 WTA, 4 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 42 (11 September 2023)
Current ranking	No. 66 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2016, 2023)
French Open	3R (2013)
Wimbledon	QF (2023)
US Open	3R (2018)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	27–18
Last updated on: 13 November 2024.

Oksana Kalashnikova (Georgian: ოქსანა კალაშნიკოვა, romanized: oksana k'alashnik'ova, pronounced [okʰsana kʼalaʃnikʼova]; born 5 September 1990) is a Georgian professional tennis player.

Kalashnikova has won six WTA Tour doubles titles and four doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as five singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 5 July 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 156, before suffering a lower back injury that led her to focus primarily on doubles. On 11 September 2023, she peaked at No. 42 in the WTA doubles rankings following a quarterfinal run at Wimbledon.

Kalashnikova had a remarkable junior career, having won the prestigious Orange Bowl in 2005 at age 15, and peaked at No. 11 in the ITF junior world rankings. The following year she reached the US Open girls' singles semifinal, notably defeating Simona Halep in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion, Kristína Kučová.

Playing for Georgia Fed Cup team since 2007, Kalashnikova has a win–loss record of 27–18 (as of November 2024).

Kalashnikova entered the ITF tournament in Astana, where she won the doubles event with Marta Sirotkina against twin sisters Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok.

In November, she and Nina Bratchikova won the doubles title at the Royal Indian Open.

She reached the third round of the French Open on her debut at this major, partnering Alicja Rosolska.

Kalashnikova won her first WTA doubles title at the 2013 Baku Cup, partnering Irina Buryachok against Eleni Daniilidou and Aleksandra Krunić.

After that, she and Alicja Rosolska reached the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open, a prestigious tournament serving as a warm-up for the US Open.

In September, she reached the final of the Ningbo International Tennis Open, a WTA 125 tournament, again partnering Buryachok.

In July, at İstanbul Cup partnering Paula Kania, they reached the final and lost to Misaki Doi and Elina Svitolina.

In July, Kalashnikova entered the Contrexéville Open and won the doubles competition against Constance Sibille & Irina Ramialison, partnering Danka Kovinić.

She then won her second title on WTA Tour at the Bucharest Open, partnering Demi Schuurs. They beat Romanian pairing of Andreea Mitu & Patricia Maria Țig in the final.

In November, she lost two WTA 125 doubles finals, at the Open de Limoges, partnering Margarita Gasparyan, and the Southern California Open, partnering with Tatjana Maria.

She made the third round at the Australian Open for the first time at this major.

She reached her first semifinal at a Premier-level in Indian Wells, partnering Sara Errani.

On 13 June 2016, she reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 43.

At the Australian Open, Kalashnikova reached the third round for the second time at this major, partnering Alycia Parks but lost in straight sets to top seeds and eventual champions Czech duo Kateřina Siniaková and Barbora Krejčíková.^[1]

Partnering Iryna Shymanovich, she reached her first major quarterfinal at Wimbledon, where they lost to 16th seeds Zhang Shuai and Caroline Dolehide in straight sets, in one hour.^[2]

Alongside Nao Hibino, Kalashnikova won the doubles title at the Prague Open with a win over Quinn Gleason and Elixane Lechemia in the final.^[3]

She was selected to play in the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy with Yana Sizikova with whom she had also partnered earlier for the WTA 1000 tournaments during the clay court season. They lost to the eventual champions Beatriz Haddad Maia and Veronika Kudermetova.^[4]

Partnering Kamilla Rakhimova, she reached the final of the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open with wins over Camila Osorio and Ena Shibahara, Marina Stakusic and Valeria Savinykh^[5] then Eden Silva and Samantha Murray Sharan in the semifinals. Kalashnikova and Rakhimova lost the final to Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva.^[6][7]

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[8]

Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2013	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	International[e]	Hard	Irina Buryachok	Eleni Daniilidou Aleksandra Krunić	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Jul 2014	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Hard	Paula Kania	Misaki Doi Elina Svitolina	4–6, 0–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2015	Bucharest Open, Romania	International	Clay	Demi Schuurs	Andreea Mitu Patricia Maria Țig	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–1	Jun 2016	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	International	Grass	Yaroslava Shvedova	Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić	6–1, 6–1
Win	4–1	Feb 2017	Hungarian Ladies Open, Hungary	International	Hard (i)	Hsieh Su-wei	Arina Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva	6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	4–2	Sep 2017	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Nao Hibino	Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková	5–7, 4–6
Loss	4–3	Feb 2018	Taipei Open, Taiwan	International	Hard (i)	Nao Hibino	Duan Yingying Wang Yafan	6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss	4–4	May 2019	Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco	International	Clay	Georgina García Pérez	María José Martínez Sánchez Sara Sorribes Tormo	5–7, 1–6
Win	5–4	Jul 2022	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	WTA 250	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Katarzyna Piter Kimberley Zimmermann	1–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	5–5	Apr 2023	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	WTA 250	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Irina Khromacheva Iryna Shymanovich	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	6–5	Aug 2023	Prague Open, Czech Republic	WTA 250	Hard	Nao Hibino	Quinn Gleason Elixane Lechemia	6–7(7–9), 7–5, [10–3]
Loss	6–6	Oct 2023	Hong Kong Open, China SAR	WTA 250	Hard	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Tang Qianhui Tsao Chia-yi	5–7, 6–1, [9–11]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2012	Royal Indian Open, India	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Julia Glushko Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6–0, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	1–1	Sep 2013	Ningbo International, China	Hard	Irina Buryachok	Chan Yung-jan Zhang Shuai	2–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 2015	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Margarita Gasparyan	Barbora Krejčíková Mandy Minella	6–1, 5–7, [6–10]
Loss	1–3	Nov 2015	Carlsbad Classic, United States	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Verónica Cepede Royg Gabriela Cé	6–1, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	2–3	Sep 2019	New Haven Challenger, United States	Hard	Anna Blinkova	Usue Maitane Arconada Jamie Loeb	6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	2–4	Dec 2019	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Alexandrova	Georgina García Pérez Sara Sorribes Tormo	2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	2–5	May 2022	Clarins Open Paris, France	Clay	Miyu Kato	Beatriz Haddad Maia Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 4–6, [4–10]
Loss	2–6	Jun 2022	Veneto Open, Italy	Grass	Vitalia Diatchenko	Madison Brengle Claire Liu	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–7	Oct 2022	Open de Rouen, France	Hard (i)	Misaki Doi	Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova	2–6, 5–7
Win	3–7	Dec 2022	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Marta Kostyuk	Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls	7–5, 6–1
Loss	3–8	Apr 2023	San Luis Open, Mexico	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Aliona Bolsova Andrea Gámiz	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	3–9	Dec 2023	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Maia Lumsden	Cristina Bucșa Yana Sizikova	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–10	Jun 2024	Makarska International, Croatia	Clay	Nao Hibino	Sabrina Santamaria Iryna Shymanovich	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	4–10	Jul 2024	Contrexéville Open, France	Clay	Iryna Shymanovich	Wu Fang-hsien Zhang Shuai	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2008	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Frederica Piedade	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Mar 2009	ITF Giza, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Eva Fernández-Brugués	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Mar 2009	ITF Giza, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Galina Fokina	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–2	Mar 2009	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	25,000	Clay	Kristina Antoniychuk	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win	3–2	Jun 2009	Bella Cup Torun, Poland	25,000	Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Jul 2009	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Elena Chalova	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	Sep 2009	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	25,000	Clay	Sofia Shapatava	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	5–3	Oct 2010	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	25,000	Carpet (i)	Daria Kuchmina	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	5–4	Apr 2013	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5–5	Apr 2013	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	10,000	Hard	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	4–6, 5–7

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2007	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Hard	Sofia Kvatsabaia	Vojislava Lukić Dessislava Mladenova	6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2007	ITF Garching, Germany	10,000	Clay	Katariina Tuohimaa	Franziska Klotz Evelyn Mayr	7–5, 6–3
Win	2–1	Mar 2008	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Galina Fokina	Elena Chalova Inna Sokolova	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1	Mar 2008	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Galina Fokina	Anna Savitskaya Bibiane Schoofs	7–6(7), 6–4
Loss	3–2	May 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Clay	Pemra Özgen	Melanie Klaffner Ksenia Milevskaya	2–6, 5–7
Win	4–2	Jul 2008	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	25,000	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Kristina Antoniychuk Lesia Tsurenko	6–1, 6–4
Win	5–2	Sep 2008	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	10,000	Clay	Irina Buryachok	Conny Perrin Nicole Riner	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	6–2	Sep 2008	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	10,000	Clay	Catarina Ferreira	Nicole Riner Amra Sadiković	7–5, 7–6
Win	7–2	Mar 2009	ITF Giza, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Fatima El Allami	Marlot Meddens Bibiane Weijers	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–3	Mar 2009	ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	50,000	Carpet (i)	Valeria Savinykh	Ksenia Milevskaya Lesia Tsurenko	2–6, 3–6
Win	8–3	Jun 2009	ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Kristina Antoniychuk	Pemra Özgen Çağla Büyükakçay	5–7, 6–0, [10–6]
Win	9–3	Aug 2009	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Elena Chalova	Nina Bratchikova Ágnes Szatmári	6–1, 6–0
Win	10–3	Sep 2009	ITF Napoli, Italy	25,000	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Betina Jozami María Irigoyen	7–6(5), 2–6, [10–8]
Win	11–3	Oct 2009	Open de Limoges, France	25,000	Clay	Elena Chalova	Florence Haring Violette Huck	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	12–3	Dec 2009	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	75,000	Hard	Julia Görges	Vladimíra Uhlířová Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss	12–4	Sep 2010	Telavi Open, Georgia	25,000	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Veronika Kapshay Ágnes Szatmári	1–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	13–4	Oct 2010	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	Ekaterina Bychkova Iryna Brémond	6–3, 6–1
Win	14–4	Nov 2010	ITF Opole, Poland	25,000	Carpet (i)	Polina Pekhova	Paula Kania Magda Linette	6–3, 6–4
Loss	14–5	Jan 2011	Blossom Cup, China	50,000	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Liu Wanting Sun Shengnan	3–6, 2–6
Win	15–5	Feb 2012	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Marta Sirotkina	Tatiana Kotelnikova Lidziya Marozava	7–6(2), 4–6, [11–9]
Win	16–5	Mar 2012	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Eugeniya Pashkova	Albina Khabibulina Ilona Kremen	6–1, 7–5
Win	17–5	Apr 2012	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	Naomi Broady Paula Kania	6–2, 7–5
Win	18–5	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Sofia Kvatsabaia	Ana Bogdan Maria Mokh	6–4, 6–4
Loss	18–6	Jun 2012	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Hard	Lenka Wienerová	Magda Linette Katarzyna Piter	3–6, 3–6
Win	19–6	Jul 2012	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	3–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss	19–7	Sep 2012	Telavi Open, Georgia	50,000	Clay	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Réka Luca Jani Christina Shakovets	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	20–7	Mar 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Anamika Bhargava Nicole Melichar	6–1, 6–3
Win	21–7	Mar 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Başak Eraydın Abbie Myers	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	22–7	Jul 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Alona Fomina Anja Prislan	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	23–7	Sep 2013	Trabzon Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Aleksandra Krunić	Ani Amiraghyan Dalila Jakupović	6–2, 6–1
Loss	23–8	Dec 2013	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	25,000	Hard	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	4–6, 6–7(5)
Loss	23–9	Dec 2014	Pune Championships, India	25,000	Hard	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	Anna Morgina Nina Stojanović	6–7(7), 4–6
Win	24–9	Jul 2015	Contrexéville Open, France	W100	Clay	Danka Kovinić	Constance Sibille Irina Ramialison	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	25–9	Jul 2019	Contrexéville Open, France (2)	W100	Clay	Georgina Garcia Perez	Anna Danilina Eva Wacanno	6–3, 6–3
Loss	25–10	Aug 2024	Cary Tennis Classic, United States	W100	Hard	Iryna Shymanovich	Céline Naef Tamara Zidanšek	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]

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