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Kamilla Rakhimova
Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova (Russian: Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова, IPA: [kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə]; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of No. 61 in singles, achieved on 21 October 2024, and No. 65 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022.[1] Rakhimova has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as one WTA Challenger Tour singles title. Career2019–2020: WTA Tour debutRakhimova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2019 Baltic Open, where she received a wildcard for the main draw but lost to Latvian wildcard Diāna Marcinkēviča.[2] She made her Grand Slam tournament debut as a qualifier at the 2020 French Open,[3] and defeated Shelby Rogers in the first round.[4] Rakhimova lost to 20th seed Maria Sakkari in her next match.[5] 2021: Two WTA Tour doubles titlesPartnering Ankita Raina, Rakhimova won her first WTA Tour doubles title at the Phillip Island Trophy, defeating Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Potapova in the final.[6] She entered the US Open as a lucky loser and defeated Kristina Mladenovic[citation needed] and 32nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova,[7] to make the singles third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. Rakhimova lost to eighth seed Barbora Krejčíková in straight sets.[8] Rakhimova won her second WTA Tour doubles title at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, partnering Natela Dzalamidze.[9] As a result, she moved 26 positions up into the top 70 in doubles, on 15 November.[citation needed] 2022–2024: First WTA 125 singles title, top-65Following a semifinal showing at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, where she defeated second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia en route,[10] but lost to defending champion Tatjana Maria,[11] she reached the top 100 at world No. 96 on 11 April 2022.[12] She qualified for the 2023 Monterrey Open and defeated sixth seed Kateřina Siniaková before losing to Ysaline Bonaventure.[13] As a result, she rose to world No. 89 on 6 March 2023. She made back to back semifinals at the 2023 Copa Colsanitas but lost to Peyton Stearns.[14] At the 2023 French Open, she reached her second Major third round but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets.[15][16] Despite the result, she climbed to world No. 65 on 12 June 2023.[citation needed] Rakhimova made her debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships but lost to Cristina Bucsa.[17] She was runner-up at the WTA 125 2023 Golden Gate Open, losing to Wang Yafan in the final.[18] At the 2023 US Open, she reached the third round in doubles, partnering Elina Avanesyan as an alternate pair, defeating 10th seeded pair of Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok.[citation needed] She made back to back quarterfinals, for a third straight year, at the 2024 Copa Colsanitas.[19] Rakhimova reached her first semifinal of 2024 at the 2024 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Rabat[20] but lost to Mayar Sherif.[21] At the 2024 US Open she again entered the main draw as a lucky loser, but was defeated in the first round to top seed Iga Świątek.[22] Seeded fifth, Rakhimova won her first WTA 125 title at Guadalajara defeating qualifier Samantha Murray Sharan,[23] Taylah Preston,[24] second seed Martina Trevisan,[25] Emiliana Arango[26] and fourth seed Tatjana Maria.[27][28] At the Guadalajara Open, she defeated third seed Viktoria Azarenka after her retirement to reach her first WTA 500 quarterfinal,[29][30] which she lost to Camila Osorio.[31] At the same tournament, partnering Oksana Kalashnikova, she reached the final, losing to Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva.[32][33] Rakhimova entered the main draw of the WTA 1000 China Open as a lucky loser making her debut at this tournament and defeating Kimberly Birrell in the first round in a rematch of the final qualifying round which she had lost.[34] She was eliminated in the second round by fifth seed Zheng Qinwen.[35] Performance timelines
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[36] SinglesCurrent through the 2024 Wuhan Open.
Doubles
WTA Tour finalsDoubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
WTA Challenger finalsSingles: 1 (runner-up)
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
ITF Circuit finalsSingles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)
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