Kamilla Rakhimova Explained

Kamilla Rakhimova
Камилла Рахимова
Fullname:Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova
Birth Date:28 August 2001
Birth Place:Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height:1.70 m
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 1,582,795
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 65 (12 June 2023) [1]
Currentsinglesranking:No. 93 (5 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:2R (2024)
Frenchopenresult:3R (2023)
Wimbledonresult:1R (2023)
Usopenresult:3R (2021)
Doublestitles:3
Highestdoublesranking:No. 65 (6 June 2022)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 77 (5 August 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (2022)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (2024)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (2023)
Updated:5 August 2024

Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova (Russian: Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова||kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar descent.She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 65 in singles, achieved on 12 June 2023, and No. 65 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022. She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour and eight singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

2019–2020: WTA Tour and major debuts

Rakhimova 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 main-draw debut as a qualifier at the 2020 French Open, and defeated Shelby Rogers.

2021: US Open singles third round, two doubles titles & top 100 in doubles

Despite losing to 11th seed Kristýna Plíšková, Rakhimova entered the US Open as a lucky loser by beating Lizette Cabrera, and Usue Maitane Arconada in the qualifying rounds. She then defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round, swept 32nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova aside, before falling to eighth seed Barbora Krejčíková in straight sets. This was her first third-round showing at a major in her career.[3]

She won her second doubles title at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, partnering Natela Dzalamidze. As a result, she moved 26 positions up into the top 70 in doubles, on 15 November 2021.

2022–2023: Two majors & WTA 1000 debut, top 65 in singles and doubles

Following a semifinal showing at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, she reached the top 100 at world No. 96 on 11 April 2022.

She qualified for the 2023 Monterrey Open and defeated sixth seed Kateřina Siniaková. As a result, she rose to world No. 89 on 6 March 2023. She made back to back semifinals at the Copa Colsanitas.

She made her debut at the WTA 1000 level at the 2023 Italian Open as a lucky loser.She also made her debut at the French Open and reached the second major third round but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets.[4] [5] Despite the result, she climbed to world No. 65 on 12 June 2023. Rakhimova also made her debut at the Wimbledon Championships.

At the US Open, she reached also the third round, this time in doubles, partnering Elina Avanesyan as an alternate pair, defeating tenth seeded pair of Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok.

Performance timelines

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.[6]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Jiangxi Open.

Tournament201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
style=text-align:left Australian OpenAstyle=background:#f0f8ff Q1style=background:#f0f8ff Q3style=background:#f0f8ff Q3style=background:#afeeee 1Rstyle=background:#afeeee 2R0 / 21–2
style=text-align:left French OpenAstyle=background:#afeeee 2Rstyle=background:#f0f8ff Q1style=background:#afeeee1Rstyle=background:#afeeee3Rstyle=background:#afeeee1R0 / 43–4
style=text-align:left WimbledonAstyle=color:#767676 NHstyle=background:#f0f8ff Q2Astyle=background:#afeeee1Rstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ20 / 10–1
style=text-align:left US OpenAAstyle=background:#afeeee 3Rstyle=background:#afeeee1Rstyle=background:#afeeee1R0 / 32–3
style=text-align:left Win–loss0–01–12–10–22–41–20 / 106–10
WTA 1000 tournaments
style=text-align:left Dubai / Qatar OpenAAstyle=background:#f0f8ff Q2style=background:#f0f8ff Q1Astyle=background:#f0f8ff Q20 / 00–0
style=text-align:left Indian Wells OpenAstyle=color:#767676 NHAstyle=background:#f0f8ff Q1style=background:#f0f8ff Q1style=background:#f0f8ff Q10 / 00–0
style=text-align:left Miami OpenAstyle=color:#767676 NHAstyle=background:#f0f8ff Q1style=background:#f0f8ff Q1style=background:#f0f8ff Q10 / 00–0
style=text-align:left Madrid OpenAstyle=color:#767676 NHAstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ2style=background:#f0f8ffQ2style=background:#f0f8ffQ10 / 00–0
style=text-align:left Italian OpenAAAAstyle=background:#afeeee 1Rstyle=background:#f0f8ffQ10 / 10–1
style=text-align:left Canadian OpenAstyle=color:#767676 NHstyle=background:#f0f8ff Q2AA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:left Cincinnati OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:left Guadalajara OpenNHAA0 / 00–0
China OpenANHQ20 / 00–0
Wuhan OpenANH0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–10 / 10–1
Career statistics
201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin%
style=text-align:left Tournaments11101214Career total: 38
style=text-align:leftTitles00000Career total: 0
style=text-align:leftFinals00000Career total: 0
style=text-align:left Overall win-loss0–11–15–108–129–140 / 3823–38
style=text-align:left Year-end ranking2011551179395$1,411,890

Doubles

Tournament20222023Win %
Australian Open1RA0 / 10–1
French Open1R1R0 / 20–2
WimbledonA1R0 / 10–1
US Open1R3R0 / 22–2
Win–loss0–32–30 / 62–6

WTA Tour finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Phillip Island Trophy, AustraliaWTA 250Hard Ankita Raina Anna Blinkova
Anastasia Potapova
2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss1–1Palermo Ladies Open, ItalyWTA 250Clay Natela Dzalamidze Erin Routliffe
Kimberley Zimmermann
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [4–10]
Win2–1Nov 2021Ladies Linz, AustriaWTA 250Hard (i) Natela Dzalamidze Wang Xinyu
Zheng Saisai
6–4, 6–2
Loss2–2Apr 2022İstanbul Cup, TurkeyWTA 250Clay Natela Dzalamidze Marie Bouzková
Sara Sorribes Tormo
3–6, 4–6
Loss2–3Oct 2022Transylvania Open, RomaniaWTA 250Hard (i) Yana Sizikova3–6, 5–7
Win3–3Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaWTA 250Clay Cristina Bucșa Anna Bondár
Irina Khromacheva
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–8]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsclass=unsortableScore
Loss0–1bgcolor=silverBåstad Open, SwedenClay Tereza Mihalíková Mirjam Björklund
Leonie Küng
7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win1–1Oct 2022Open de Rouen, FranceHard (i) Natela Dzalamidze Misaki Doi
Oksana Kalashnikova
6–2, 7–5
Win2–1bgcolor=silverAbierto Tampico, MexicoHard Anastasia Tikhonova Sabrina Santamaria
Heather Watson
7–6(7–5), 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (3–1)
$25,000 tournaments (3–2)
$15,000 tournaments (2–0)
Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentclass=unsortableScore
Win1–0Feb 2019ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan15,000Hard Anastasia Tikhonova6–2, 6–3
Win2–0Apr 2019ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan15,000Hard Tamara Čurović6–2, 7–5
Win3–0Apr 2019bgcolor=lightblueITF Andijan, Uzbekistanbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Pranjala Yadlapalli0–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win4–0Jun 2019bgcolor=lightblueFergana Challenger, Uzbekistanbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Valeriya Yushchenko6–1, 7–5
Loss4–1Sep 2019bgcolor=lightblueITF Penza, Russiabgcolor=lightblue25,000+HHard Vitalia Diatchenko4–6, 1–6
Win5–1Oct 2019bgcolor=lightblueITF İstanbul, Turkeybgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard (i) Pemra Özgen6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Loss5–2Feb 2020bgcolor=lightblueITF Moscow, Russiabgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard (i) Ekaterina Kazionova4–6, 6–1, 6–7(5)
Loss5–3Apr 2021Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia60,000Clay Anhelina Kalinina1–6, 3–6
Win6–3Aug 2022Bronx Open, United States 60,000Hard Mirjam Björklund6–2, 6–3
Win7–3Nov 2022Open Nantes, France60,000Hard (i) Wang Xinyu6–4, 6–4
Win8–3Feb 2023Guanajuato Open, Mexico60,000+HHard Raluca Șerban6–0, 1–6, 6–2

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (2–1)
$15,000 tournaments (2–1)
Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsclass=unsortableScore
Loss0–1Apr 2018ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Kateřina Vaňková Haruna Arakawa
Federica Bilardo
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss0–2Jun 2018bgcolor=lightblueFergana Challenger, Uzbekistanbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Sofya Lansere Anastasia Frolova
Ekaterina Yashina
1–6, 6–7(4)
Win1–2Sep 2018ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan15,000Hard Anna Hertel Ulyana Ayzatulina
Anna Iakovleva
6–0, 7–6(0)
Win2–2Apr 2019ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan15,000Hard Vitalia Stamat Lee Eun-hye
Sevil Yuldasheva
6–3, 7–6(4)
Loss2–3Jul 2019President's Cup, Kazakhstan80,000Hard Vlada Koval Marie Bouzková
Vivian Heisen
6–7(7), 1–6
Win3–3Aug 2019bgcolor=lightblueITF Penza, Russiabgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Vlada Koval Anastasia Gasanova
Ganna Poznikhirenko
6–0, 6–3
Win4–3Sep 2019Meitar Open, Israel60,000Hard Sofya Lansere Anastasia Gasanova
Valeriya Strakhova
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win5–3Feb 2020Cairo Open, Egypt60,000Hard Marta Kostyuk Anastasiya Shoshyna
Paula Kania
6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Win6–3Feb 2020bgcolor=lightblueITF Moscow, Russiabgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard (i) Sofya Lansere Natela Dzalamidze
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
6–1, 3–6, [10–6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kamilla Rakhimova | Player Stats & More – WTA Official .
  2. Web site: WTA roundup: Gasparyan upset at Baltic Open. Reuters.
  3. Web site: No. 8 Barbora Krejcikova overpowers lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova.
  4. Web site: Sabalenka, Stephens set Round of 16 showdown at French Open .
  5. Web site: FRENCH OPEN 2023: ARYNA SABALENKA STORMS INTO FOURTH ROUND AT ROLAND-GARROS WITH STRAIGHT-SETS WIN .
  6. Web site: Kamilla Rakhimova [RUS] | Australian Open ]. ausopen.com.