Anastasia Kulikova Explained

Anastasia Kulikova
Анастасия Куликова
Fullname:Anastasia Andreyevna Kulikova
Country: (2014–18)
(2018–)
Birth Date:15 February 2000
Birth Place:Ryazan, Russia
Height:1.77 m
Plays:Left (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 172,575
Singlestitles:9 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 179 (13 June 2022)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 340 (15 April 2024)
Frenchopenresult:Q3 (2022)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2022)
Usopenresult:Q1 (2022)
Doublestitles:2 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 581 (9 August 2021)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 1353 (15 April 2024)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult:14–4
Updated:15 April 2024

Anastasia Andreyevna Kulikova (Russian: Анастасия Андреевна Куликова; born 15 February 2000) is a Russian-born tennis player who is competing for Finland.

Kulikova has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 179, achieved on 13 June 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 581, reached on 9 August 2021. Kulikova has won eight singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, she has a career-high combined ranking of 69, achieved on 8 January 2018.

Kulikova made her Fed Cup debut for Finland in 2019.[1]

At the 2022 French Open, she upset top qualifying seed Anastasia Potapova in the second round.[2] She failed to qualify into the main draw falling to Ysaline Bonaventure in the third round of the qualifying competition.

Grand Slam performance

Singles

Tournament2022W–L
Australian OpenA0–0
French OpenQ30–0
WimbledonQ10–0
US OpenQ10–0
Win–loss0–00–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
W50 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–6)
Clay (2–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2018ITF Stockholm, SwedenW15Hard (i) Tiffany William7–5, 6–3
Win2–0Oct 2018ITF Stockholm, SwedenW15Hard (i) Jacqueline Cabaj Awad6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4
Loss2–1Jan 2019ITF Stuttgart, GermanyW15Hard (i) Laura Ioana Paar3–6, 1–6
Win3–1Jul 2019Tampere Open, FinlandW15Hard (i) Victoria Kalaitzis6–4, 6–7(2), 6–3
Win4–1Jul 2019ITF Savitaipale, FinlandW15Clay Ekaterina Kazionova4–6, 7–6(3) 6–2
Win5–1Nov 2019ITF Stockholm, SwedenW15Hard (i) Elena Malõgina7–5, 6–3
Loss5–2Dec 2019ITF Milovice, Czech RepublicW15Hard (i) Kaia Kanepi4–6, 3–6
Win6–2Dec 2019ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Yuriko Miyazaki7–6(6), 6–4
Win7–2Mar 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Suzan Lamens6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss7–3Mar 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Angelica Raggi6–7(4), 4–6
Loss7–4May 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Anna Kubareva1–6, 3–6
Loss7–5Sep 2021ITF Leiria, PortugalW25Hard Jessika Ponchet6–7(3), 0–6
Loss7–6Dec 2021ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech RepublicW25Carpet (i) Sarah Beth Grey2–6, 2–6
Win8–6May 2022ITF Split, CroatiaW25Clay Yuki Naito7–6(4), 6–1
Loss8–7Dec 2022ITF Solapur, IndiaW25Hard Priska Madelyn Nugroho4–6, 2–6
Win9–7Oct 2023ITF Istanbul, TurkeyW25Hard (i) Martyna Kubka6–4, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 2017ITF Stockholm, SwedenW15Hard (i) Elena Malõgina Malene Helgø
Fanny Östlund
6–2, 7–5
Loss1–1Nov 2017ITF Helsinki, FinlandW15Hard (i) Elena Malõgina Naïma Karamoko
Tess Sugnaux
5–7, 2–6
Loss1–2Oct 2018ITF Stockholm, SwedenW15Hard (i) Elena Malõgina Alexandra Viktorovitch
Lisa Zaar
5–7, 5–7
Win2–2Jul 2019ITF Pärnu, EstoniaW15Clay Elena Malõgina Saara Orav
Katriin Saar
3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss2–3Jul 2019Tampere Open, FinlandW15Hard (i) Isabella Bozicevic Polina Bakhmutkina
Noel Saidenova
2–6, 3–6
Loss2–4Sep 2019Royal Cup, MontenegroW25Clay Evgeniya Levashova Amina Anshba
Anastasia Dețiuc
6–2, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss2–5Nov 2020ITF Ortisei, ItalyW15Hard (i) Federica di Sarra Suzan Lamens
Kimberley Zimmermann
6–3, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss2–6Mar 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Yasmine Mansouri Isabelle Haverlag
Anastasia Pribylova
3–6, 1–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tällä viikolla tehdään suomalaista tennishistoriaa – tästä on kyse Helsingissä pelattavassa Fed Cupissa. Sakari Lund. www.yle.fi. 15 April 2019 .
  2. Web site: Kulikova upsets No.1 seed; Noskova wins at French Open qualifying .