Anna Blinkova
Full name | Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova |
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Country (sports) | Russia |
Born | Moscow | 10 September 1998
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 2015 |
Coach | Ivo Klec |
Prize money | US$ 1,634,360 |
Singles | |
Career record | 182–121 (60.1%) |
Career titles | 1 WTA 125K |
Highest ranking | No. 54 (3 February 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 78 (17 May 2021) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2017, 2020) |
French Open | 3R (2019) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2018, 2021) |
US Open | 1R (2017, 2018, 2019) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 101–64 (61.2%) |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 1 WTA 125K |
Highest ranking | No. 45 (14 September 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 56 (17 May 2021) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2021) |
French Open | 1R (2018, 2020, 2021) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2019) |
US Open | SF (2020) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 2–1 (66.7%) |
Last updated on: 20 May 2021. |
Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova (Russian: Анна Владимировна Блинкова, IPA: [ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə] (listen); born 10 September 1998)[1] is a Russian tennis player.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one singles and doubles title each on tournaments of the WTA 125K series as well as three singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In February 2020, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 14 September 2020, she peaked at No. 45 in the doubles rankings.
Blinkova was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in girls' singles and was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in August 2015.
She won her first main-draw match in a WTA Tour tournament at the Kremlin Cup in October 2016, and her first Grand Slam appearance was at the 2017 Australian Open, where she won her first-round match against Monica Niculescu. At the 2019 US Open, she took defending champion and top seed Naomi Osaka to three sets.[2]
Personal life and background[]
Anna Blinkova was born on 10 September 1998 in Moscow to mother Elena and father Vladimir. During childhood, she played both tennis and chess to a high level. She prefers playing on hardcourts. Her favourite shot is forehand.[3] She speaks Russian, Slovak, French and English.[4]
Junior career[]
Blinkova is former junior world No. 3 player.[5] She was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon in girl's singles, where she lost to compatriot Sofya Zhuk.[6]
Professional career[]
2015–17: First steps[]
Blinkova made her debut at the ITF Women's Circuit at the $10K event in Kantaoui in February 2015. There she won her first ITF doubles title. In January 2016, she won her first ITF singles title at the $10K Stuttgart.[7] In April 2016, she turned pro[8] and made her WTA Tour debut at the Morocco Open, where she was defeated in the first round.[9] In October 2016, she won her first match on the WTA Tour, defeating Anastasija Sevastova in the first round of Kremlin Cup. In January 2017, she made Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open through qualifying, but then lost to Karolína Plíšková in the first round of the main draw. At the 2017 Wimbledon and US Open, she also reached main draw, but then lost to Elena Vesnina in the first round of both competition.[8][9] During the 2017 season, she won two $100K events on the ITF Circuit in doubles event, in Ilkley and St. Petersburg.[7]
2018–19: Top-100 debut[]
In February 2018, she reached the third round of the Premier 5 Qatar Open, defeating Elena Vesnina and Kristina Mladenovic, before she lost to world No. 7, Caroline Garcia.[9][4] In May, she won her first WTA doubles title at the Morocco Open, partnering with Raluca Olaru.[4] Blinkova entered top 100 for the first time in both singles and doubles in 2018.[10]
At the 2019 French Open, she reached third round after the major win over Caroline Garcia,[11] but then lost to Madison Keys.[12] In August, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal in singles at the Bronx Open, where she lost to Wang Qiang.[9] She followed this with title in New Haven at the WTA Challenger.[13] Nearly after that, she reached semifinal of the Guangzhou Open, but then lost to Sofia Kenin.[14] In October, she reached another semifinal at the Luxembourg Open, but lost to later champion Jeļena Ostapenko.[15] During the year, she done even better in doubles. In February, she won the Hua Hin Championships, alongside Wang Yafan. After that, she reached semifinal of the Hungarian Open. In April, she reached another semifinal at the Premier-level Stuttgart Open.[9] She then won $60K, $80K and $100K events, respectivelly, on the ITF Circuit.[7] In September, she won the WTA Challenger New Haven.[13]
2020: US Open doubles semifinal, first top-ten win[]
Blinkova continued to made better results in doubles than singles. Despite not producing good results in singles during the season, Blinkova started year with her first career top 10 win, defeating Belinda Bencic in the first round of the Shenzhen Open.[16] In singles, her best result of the year came at the Italian Open, where she reached the third round, but then lost to world No. 4, Karolína Plíšková.[17] In doubles, her first significant result came in March at the Indian Wells Challenger, where she reached the semifinal.[9] Then, six month absence of the WTA Tour happened due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.[citation needed] When tennis came back in August, she first played at the Top Seed Open, where she reached the semifinal. She followed this with quarterfinal of the Cincinnati Open, alongside Veronika Kudermetova.[9] Things then went even better at the US Open, where Blinkova and Kudermetova reached the semifinal. They lost to eventual champions Laura Siegemund/Vera Zvonareva.[18]
Performance timelines[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
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.[19]
Singles[]
Current after the 2021 Tennis in the Land.
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
French Open | A | Q3 | Q2 | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | Q3 | NH | 2R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
US Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0 / 15 | 6–15 | 29% |
National representation | |||||||||
Billie Jean King Cup | A | PO | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
WTA 1000 | |||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[n 1] | A | A | 3R | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | Q2 | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
China Open | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Career statistics | |||||||||
Tournaments | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 12 | Career total: 56 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Hard Win–Loss | 1–0 | 2–5 | 4–10 | 11–13 | 3–5 | 1–8 | 0 / 41 | 22–41 | 35% |
Clay Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0 / 10 | 6–10 | 38% |
Grass Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
Overall Win–Loss | 1–1 | 2–8 | 6–13 | 13–14 | 6–7 | 3–12 | 0 / 56 | 31–56 | 36% |
Win (%) | 50% | 20% | 32% | 48% | 46% | 20% | Career total: 36% | ||
Year-end ranking | 206 | 136 | 98 | 59 | 60 | $1,611,710 |
Doubles[]
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
French Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
Wimbledon | 1R | 3R | A | 2R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
US Open | A | 1R | SF | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | |
Win–Loss | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0 / 10 | 6–10 | 38% |
Notes
- ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
WTA career finals[]
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | Morocco Open | International | Clay | Raluca Olaru | Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2019 | Thailand Open | International | Hard | Wang Yafan | Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu |
6–2, 1–6, [10–12] |
Loss | 1–2 | Feb 2021 | Phillip Island Trophy, Australia | WTA 250 | Hard | Anastasia Potapova | Ankita Raina Kamilla Rakhimova |
6–2, 4–6, [7–10] |
WTA 125K series finals[]
Singles: 1 (1 title)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | New Haven Challenger, United States | Hard | Usue Maitane Arconada | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | New Haven Challenger, United States | Hard | Oksana Kalashnikova | Usue Maitane Arconada Jamie Loeb |
6–2, 4–6, [10–4] |
ITF Circuit finals[]
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner–ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 2016 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 7–6(4), 2–6, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Aug 2016 | ITF Westende, Belgium | 25,000 | Hard | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2016 | ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Clay | Viktoria Kamenskaya | 6–1, 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2017 | ITF Grenoble, France | 25,000 | Hard | Markéta Vondroušová | 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Mar 2018 | Open de Seine-et-Marne, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Karolína Muchová | w/o |
Loss | 3–3 | May 2019 | Trnava Open, Slovakia | 100,000 | Clay | Bernarda Pera | 5–7, 5–7 |
Doubles: 10 (10 titles)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2015 | ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | 10,000 | Hard | Tessah Andrianjafitrimo | Arabela Fernández Rabener Eva Wacanno |
6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 2–0 | Jan 2016 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Maria Marfutina | Laura Schaeder Anna Zaja |
0–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Win | 3–0 | Dec 2016 | Ankara Cup, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard (i) | Lidziya Marozava | Sabina Sharipova Ekaterina Yashina |
4–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
Win | 4–0 | Jun 2017 | Ilkley Trophy, England | 100,000 | Grass | Alla Kudryavtseva | Paula Kania Maryna Zanevska |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 5–0 | Sep 2017 | Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia | 100,000 | Hard (i) | Veronika Kudermetova | Belinda Bencic Michaela Hončová |
6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 6–0 | Mar 2018 | Zhuhai Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | Lesley Kerkhove | Nao Hibino Danka Kovinić |
7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 7–0 | Oct 2018 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | 80,000 | Hard | Alexandra Panova | Viktorija Golubic Arantxa Rus |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 8–0 | May 2019 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | Yanina Wickmayer | Jaimee Fourlis Kathinka von Deichmann |
6–3, 4–6, [10–3] |
Win | 9–0 | May 2019 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | 80,000 | Clay | Xenia Knoll | Beatriz Haddad Maia Luisa Stefani |
4–6, 6–2, [14–12] |
Win | 10–0 | May 2019 | Trnava Open, Slovakia | 100,000 | Clay | Xenia Knoll | Renata Voráčová Cornelia Lister |
7–5, 7–5 |
Junior Grand Slam finals[]
Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)[]
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 2015 | Wimbledon | Grass | Sofya Zhuk | 5–7, 4–6 |
Fed Cup participation[]
Singles (0–1)[]
Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Result |
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2017 Fed Cup | WG II | 11 February 2017 | Moscow, Russia | Chinese Taipei | Hard (i) | Chang Kai-chen | L | 3–6, 5–7 |
Doubles (2–0)[]
Edition | Round | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Result |
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2017 Fed Cup | WG II | 12 February 2017 | Moscow, Russia | Chinese Taipei | Hard (i) | Anna Kalinskaya | Chan Chin-wei Hsu Ching-wen |
W | 6–3, 7–5 |
2020 Fed Cup | QR | 8 February 2020 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Romania | Hard (i) | Anna Kalinskaya | Jaqueline Cristian Elena-Gabriela Ruse |
W | 6–3, 6–2 |
WTA Tour career earnings[]
During the years, Blinkova is climbing more and more on the money ranking list. As of the January 2021, she is ranked as 315th player with most career-earned money.[citation needed]
Year | Grand Slam singles titles |
WTA singles titles |
Total singles titles |
Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31,013 | 309 |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207,988 | 141 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 334,191 | 113 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 530,080 | 80 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 373,335 | 57 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90,410 | 85 |
Career* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,588,285 | 306 |
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Note: as of 22 February 2021
Wins over top-10 players[]
Season | 2020 | Total |
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Wins | 1 | 1 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | AB |
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2020 | |||||||
1. | Belinda Bencic | No. 8 | Shenzhen Open, China | Hard | 1R | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | No. 58 |
References[]
- ^ Блинкова Анна Владимировна — РНИ 16526. Russian Tennis Tour (in Russian). Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ Livaudais, Stephanie (August 27, 2019). "'I don't think I've ever been so nervous in my life' - Osaka handles Blinkova test to kickstart US Open title defense". WTA. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ "Anna Blinkova's Bio". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Alex Macpherson (December 8, 2018). "The 100 Club: Anna Blinkova reflects on a breakthrough year". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Anna Blinkova Junior ITF". ITF Junior. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Lambert, Laura (11 July 2015). "Unseeded Zhuk claims girls' singles title". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Anna Blinkova ITF". ITF Tour. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Alex Macpherson (December 22, 2017). "2018 Scouting Report: Blinkova set for eye-catching 2018". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Anna Blinkova career statistics". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Anna Blinkova Ranking History". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ David Kane (May 30, 2019). "Blinkova scores breakthrough win over Garcia at French Open". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ WTA Staff (June 3, 2019). "'It's always special' - Keys stops Siniakova to make Roland Garros quarters". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b WTA Staff (September 8, 2019). "Blinkova blasts to New Haven 125K title over Arconada". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ WTA Staff (September 20, 2019). "Resurgent Stosur to face Kenin in Guangzhou final". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ WTA Staff (October 21, 2019). "WTA Rankings Update 2019: Bencic into Top 8, Ostapenko cracks Top 50 once more". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ WTA Staff (January 7, 2020). "Blinkova serves up Bencic stunner in Shenzhen". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Alex Macpherson (September 18, 2020). "Pliskova brushes past Blinkova to reach Rome quarters". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ WTA Staff (September 8, 2020). "Siegemund, Zvonareva surge into US Open doubles final". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Player & Career overview".
External links[]
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