Mariam Bolkvadze

Mariam Bolkvadze
მარიამ ბოლქვაძე
	Bolkvadze at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Georgia
Born	1 January 1998 (age 24)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 358,541
Singles
Career record	236–146 (61.8%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 152 (16 December 2019)
Current ranking	No. 176 (13 December 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021)
French Open	Q2 (2021)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2019, 2021)
US Open	2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record	102–71 (59.0%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 255 (15 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 273 (13 December 2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–5 (54.5%)
	Last updated on: 15 December 2021.

Mariam Bolkvadze (Georgian: მარიამ ბოლქვაძე, romanized: mariam bolkvadze, pronounced [mɑriɑm bɔlkʰvɑdzɛ]; born 1 January 1998) is a Georgian tennis player.

On 16 December 2019, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 152, and on 15 November 2021, she peaked at No. 255 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for Georgia Fed Cup team, Bolkvadze has a win/loss record of 6–5.

Tennis career[]

2019: Breakthrough at the US Open[]

Ranked 202 in the world, Bolkvadze entered US Open qualifying and was drawn against eighth seed Heather Watson. After beating her in straight sets, she defeated in the second round Han Na-lae in three tight sets to set up a match against Xu Shilin. By another win she qualified for her first WTA Tour-level and first Grand Slam main draw. She also became the fourth Georgian to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, she defeated Bernarda Pera in three sets before she lost to third seed Karolína Plíšková, 1–6, 4–6. With her wins, she reached a new career-high of 152 in the world.

Grand Slam performance timelines[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	P	NH

(W) Won; (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, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles[]

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	0–0
French Open	A	Q1	Q2		0–0
Wimbledon	Q1	NH	Q1		0–0
US Open	2R	A	Q2		1–1
Win–Loss	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 13 (6 titles, 8 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2014	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	7–5, 6–3
Loss	0–2	Aug 2014	ITF Telavi, Georgia	10,000	Hard	Yuliya Kalabina	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Apr 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Lina Gjorcheska	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–2	Apr 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Sofya Zhuk	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–2	Sep 2016	ITF Batumi, Georgia	10,000	Clay	Aleksandra Pospelova	6–4, 7–6⁽¹⁸⁾
Win	4–2	May 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Camila Giangreco Campiz	6–3, 3–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	4–3	May 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Elizabeth Halbauer	3–6, 1–6
Loss	4–4	May 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Magdalena Pantucková	4–6, 1–6
Loss	4–5	Feb 2019	ITF Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Jessika Ponchet	3–6, 1–6
Loss	4–6	Apr 2019	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Maryna Zanevska	5–7, 2–6
Win	5–6	Apr 2019	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	6–2, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Loss	5–7	Jun 2021	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–7	Jul 2021	ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	60,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	6–8	Jan 2022	ITF Loughborough, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Sofia Nami Samavati	2–6, 5–5, ret.

Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (7–3)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2014	ITF Netanya, Israel	10,000	Hard	Anastasia Pribylova	Pia König Barbora Štefková	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	May 2015	ITF Ashkelon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Naomi Totka	Laura Deigman Hélène Scholsen	6–0, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jun 2015	Telavi Open, Georgia	10,000	Hard	Tinatin Kavlashvili	Marianna Natali Seira Shimizu	6–4, 7–5
Win	3–1	Apr 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Nastja Kolar	Oleksandra Korashvili Margarita Lazareva	7–6⁽⁰⁾, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Apr 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Victoria Muntean	Oleksandra Korashvili Margarita Lazareva	5–7, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Aug 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ana Bianca Mihaila	Sharrmadaa Baluu Ana Veselinović	6–4, 6–7⁽²⁾, [8–10]
Loss	3–4	Sep 2016	Batumi Open, Georgia	10,000	Clay	Tatia Mikadze	Alona Fomina Margarita Lazareva	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–4	Oct 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Alona Fomina	Guadalupe Pérez Rojas Jil Teichmann	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–4	Apr 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Tereza Mihalíková	Bojana Marinković Despina Papamichail	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Apr 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Margaux Bovy	Irina Fetecău Anna Slováková	6–7⁽²⁾, 6–2, [5–10]
Win	6–5	Jul 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Petia Arshinkova İpek Öz	6–1, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Jul 2017	Telavi Open, Georgia	15,000	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Polina Pekhova Maria Solnyshkina	2–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Win	7–6	Mar 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Barbora Štefková	María Paulina Pérez Paula Andrea Pérez	6–2, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Loss	7–7	Sep 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Inês Murta	Katarzyna Piter Valeria Savinykh	3–6, 2–6
Loss	7–8	Apr 2019	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Nastja Kolar	Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith	1–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Win	8–8	Jul 2021	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Vlada Koval Anastasia Tikhonova	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–1
Win	9–8	Oct 2021	ITF Poitiers, France	80,000	Hard (i)	Samantha Murray	Audrey Albié	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–0

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Girls' doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2016	Wimbledon	Grass	Caty McNally	Usue Maitane Arconada Claire Liu	2–6, 3–6

National representation[]

Fed Cup[]

Bolkvadze made her Fed Cup debut for Georgia in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, when she was 17 years and 37 days old.

Fed Cup (6–5)[]

Group membership
Round Robin
Play-offs

Matches by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type
Singles (4–5)
Doubles (2–0)

Matches by setting
Indoors (6–5)
Outdoors (0–0)

Singles (4–5)[]

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2015 Fed Cup	Z1 PO	7 Feb 2015	Budapest, Hungary	Turkey	Hard (i)	Başak Eraydın	W	6–3, 6–3
2019 Fed Cup	Z1 RR	6 Feb 2019	Bath, Great Britain	Serbia	Hard (i)	Ivana Jorović	L	3–6, 1–6
		7 Feb 2019		Croatia		Ana Konjuh	L	4–6, 3–6
		8 Feb 2019		Turkey		Çağla Büyükakçay	L	4–6, 1–6
	Z1 PO	9 Feb 2019		Slovenia		Kaja Juvan	L	1–6, 0–3 ret.
2020 Fed Cup	Z2 RR	4 Feb 2020	Helsinki, Finland	Israel	Hard (i)	Vlada Katic	W	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–1
		5 Feb 2020		Moldova		Anastasia Vdovenco	W	7–5, 6–3
		6 Feb 2020		Tunisia		Ons Jabeur	L	2–6, 2–6
	Z2 PO	7 Feb 2020		Finland		Oona Orpana	W	7–5, 6–4

Doubles (2–0)[]

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2018 Fed Cup	Z1 RR	9 Feb 2018	Tallinn, Estonia	Serbia	Hard (i)	Sofia Shapatava	Olga Danilović Bojana Marinković	W	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–3
2019 Fed Cup	Z1 RR	6 Feb 2019	Bath, Great Britain	Serbia	Hard (i)	Oksana Kalashnikova	Olga Danilović Ivana Jorović	W	6–3, 7–5

External links[]

Mariam Bolkvadze at the Women's Tennis Association
Mariam Bolkvadze at the International Tennis Federation
Mariam Bolkvadze at the Billie Jean King Cup

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