Maria Glebovna Timofeeva ( rus, Мари́я Гле́бовна Тимофе́ева, , mɐˈrʲijə tʲɪmɐˈfʲe(j)ɪvə; born 18 November 2003) is a Russian professional

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player. Timofeeva has career-high

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of No. 129 in singles and No. 179 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the

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along with five singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

In 2017, she won the

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U14 championship in

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, France. In July 2021, she won the $60k

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in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, alongside

Alina Charaeva Alina Alekseevna Charaeva (russian: Алина Алексеевна Чараева; born 27 May 2002) is a Russian tennis player. Charaeva has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 317, achieved on 8 November 2 ...

. In July 2023, Timofeeva won her first

title at the

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on her tour debut, defeating Kateryna Baindl in three sets in the final. She became only the fourth lucky loser in WTA Tour history to win a singles title, and the first since 2019.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

WTA Tour career finals

Singles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

References

External links

* * 2003 births Living people Russian female tennis players 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub