Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova ( rus, Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова, , kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional
tennis
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player of
Tatar
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descent.
She has career-high
WTA rankings
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Ranking method
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of No. 90 in singles, achieved on 22 August 2022, and No. 65 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022. Up to date, she has won two doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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with one doubles title on the
WTA Challenger Tour
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Career
2019-2020: WTA Tour and major debut
Rakhimova made her
WTA Tour
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debut at the 2019 Baltic Open, where she received a wildcard for the singles main draw.
She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut as a qualifier at the 2020 French Open, and defeated
Shelby Rogers
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in the first round.
2021: US Open third round, two doubles titles, top 100
Despite losing to 11th seed
Kristýna Plíšková
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, Rakhimova entered the US Open as a lucky loser by beating
Lizette Cabrera
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Early life
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, and
Usue Maitane Arconada
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in the qualifying rounds. She then beat
Kristina Mladenovic
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in the first round, swept 32nd seed
Ekaterina Alexandrova
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She has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titl ...
aside (6-4, 6-1), before falling to eighth seed
Barbora Krejčíková
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(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
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On 16 November 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 ...
. As a result, she moved 26 positions up into the top 70 in doubles, on 15 November 2021.
Katerina Siniakova
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in the first round. As a result she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 89 on 6 March 2023.
Performance timelines
''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.''