Oksana Kalashnikova ( ka, ოქსანა კალაშნიკოვა, tr, ; born 5 September 1990) is a Georgian professional

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player. Kalashnikova has won five

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doubles titles, three WTA Challenger doubles titles as well as five singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 5 July 2010, she reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 156. On 13 June 2016, she peaked at No. 43 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for

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since 2007, Kalashnikova has a win–loss record of 20–16 (as of December 2022).

Tennis career

2012

In 2012, Kalashnikova entered the ITF tournament in

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, where she won the doubles event with

Marta Sirotkina Marta Aleksandrovna Sirotkina (russian: Марта Александровна Сироткина, born 22 March 1991) is a former Russian tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 115, which she reached on 25 February 2013. In ...

against twin sisters Lyudmyla and

Nadiia Kichenok Nadiia Viktorivna Kichenok ( uk, Надія Вікторівна Кіченок, born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 6 January 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 100. On 31 January 2022, she ...

. In November, she and

Nina Bratchikova Nina Bratchikova (russian: Нина Олеговна Братчикова; born 28 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Bratchikova won nine singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 December 2012, ...

won the doubles title at the

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2013

Kalashnikova won her first WTA doubles title at the Baku Cup, partnering

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against

Eleni Daniilidou Eleni Daniilidou ( el, Ελένη Δανιηλίδου; ; born 19 September 1982) is a Greek former tennis player from the island of Crete. She is considered one of the best Greek tennis players of the Open Era, winning five singles titles and t ...

and

Aleksandra Krunić Aleksandra Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She has won one singles title and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with one singles title on WTA 125 tournament ...

. After that, she and

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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, a

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partnering

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, they reached the final and lost to

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and

Elina Svitolina Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina ( uk, Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and 108 in doubles. Svitolina ...

2015

In July, Kalashnikova entered the ITF tournament in

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, where she won the doubles competition against

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, partnering

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. She then won her second title on WTA Tour at the Bucharest Open in the final against

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& Patricia Maria Țig, partnering

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. In November, she lost two WTA 125 doubles finals, the

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, partnering

Margarita Gasparyan Margarita Melikovna Betova (née Gasparyan; rus, Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н, , mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɡəspɐˈrʲan, Ru-Margarita Gasparyan.ogg, hy, Մարգարիտա Մելիքի Գասպարյան; born 1 Sept ...

, and the

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, partnering with

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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 after the season of 2021.''

Doubles

''Current through the 2022 Korea Open.''

WTA career finals

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Doubles: 34 (25 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Notes

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalashnikova, Oksana 1990 births Georgian people of Russian descent Living people Sportspeople from Tbilisi Female tennis players from Georgia (country)