Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( uk, Ангеліна Сергіївна Калініна ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional

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player. Kalinina has won 15 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 June 2022, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 34. On 15 July 2019, she peaked at No. 196 in the doubles rankings. In June 2022, she was the No. 1 Ukrainian player.

Juniors

In 2014, Kalinina partnering with

Elizaveta Kulichkova Elizaveta Dmitrievna Kulichkova (russian: Елизавета Дмитриевна Куличкова; born 12 April 1996) is a Russian former tennis player. She competed for her last pro match at the 2017 US Open In her career, she won seven si ...

won the girls' doubles tournament at the

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, defeating Katie Boulter and

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in the final. Later that year, she reached the final of the Junior US Open, losing to Marie Bouzková in straight sets.

Professional career

2018: Grand Slam debut

At the

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, Kalinina had her main-draw debut in a Grand Slam singles tournament, after winning three matches in the qualifying. She defeated

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in the first qualifying round,

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in round two, and finally

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, also in straight sets, and went on to win a Grand Slam match by beating

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in three sets but then lost in the second round to

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2021: French Open second round, first WTA final, and top 100 debut

At the

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, she reached the second round as a qualifier, defeating 26th seed and three-times Grand Slam champion

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. Although Kalinina fell in the last round of the Wimbledon qualifying, she won the $60k Montpellier and $100k Contrexéville trophies over the next two weeks to take her 2021 ITF title haul to four. With a record for the 2021 season of 32–7, she moved up 30 ranking spots from world No. 125 to No. 95.

2022: Maiden WTA 1000 quarterfinal, top 35 & Ukrainian No. 1

She made her debut in the top 50 at world No. 49, on 17 January 2022. After reaching the round of 16 at the Miami Open before retiring hurt to 16th seed Jessica Pegula, Kalinina reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 42 and later in June reached the top 35. As a result, she became the No. 1 Ukrainian tennis player ahead of Elina Svitolina. At the

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, she defeated world No. 5 and third seed,

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, in the second round.

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.''

Singles

''Current through the 2022 US Open.''

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)

Girls' doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

WTA Tour career earnings

Career Grand Slam statistics

Seedings

The tournaments won by Kalinina are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Kalinina are in ''italics''.

Best Grand Slam results details

Record against top 10 players

''Kalinina's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10:''

Top 10 wins

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalinina, Anhelina 1997 births Living people People from Nova Kakhovka Ukrainian female tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Sportspeople from Kherson Oblast 21st-century Ukrainian women