Elena Malõgina (born 27 May 2000) is an Estonian

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player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 236, achieved on 7 November 2022, while her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 322 (achieved on 12 June 2023). Malõgina has won 11 ITF doubles titles and three in singles. Malõgina made her debut for the

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, and has a win–loss record of 9–16 in

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competitions, as of July 2024.

Career

Malõgina made her debut on the professional tour in 2016. She made her

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debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2022 Tallinn Open, losing to second seed

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in the first round. She received a qualifying wildcard for the WTA 500 2025 Strasbourg International tournament but lost in the first round to

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Personal life

She was born in

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, Russia to an Estonian father and a Russian mother.

Performance timeline

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Doubles: 23 (11 titles, 12 runner–ups)

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* * * 2000 births Living people Estonian female tennis players Estonian people of Russian descent Tennis players from Saint Petersburg 21st-century Estonian sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{Estonia-tennis-bio-stub