Zhibek Kulambayeva

Zhibek Kulambayeva
Жібек Құламбаева

Country (sports)	Kazakhstan
Residence	Kazakhstan
Born	(2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 (age 21) Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 47,046$
Singles
Career record	110–91 (54.7%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 489 (10 Jan 2022)
Current ranking	No. 489 (10 Jan 2022)
Doubles
Career record	127–62 (67.2%)
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 319 (10 Jan 2022)
Current ranking	No. 319 (10 Jan 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–0
Last updated on: 20 January 2022.

Zhibek Kulambayeva^[a] (born 26 March 2000) is a female tennis player from Kazakhstan.

On 10 Jan 2022, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 489. On 10 Jan 2022, she peaked at No. 319 in the doubles rankings.

Kulambayeva made her Fed Cup debut for Kazakhstan in 2018.

In 2021, Kulambayeva became the person with the most trophies in the ITF Women's Tour with 1 singles 9 doubles titles, a total of 10 titles.

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 2 runner–up, 1 canc.)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2018	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Clay		6–7(5), 4–6
Susp.	0–1	Jan 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	İpek Öz	2–0* canc.[b]
Win	1–1	Sep 2019	ITF Anning, China	15,000	Clay	Oleksandra Oliynykova	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Apr 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Elina Avanesyan	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	May 2021	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Clay	Kristina Dmitruk	7–5, 6–0

Doubles: 21 (14 titles, 7 runner–ups)[]

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Sep 2016 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 10,000 Clay Anna Iakovleva Yanina Darishina Daria Lodikova 3–6, 3–6 Loss 0–2 Oct 2016 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 10,000 Clay Anna Ukolova Ulyana Ayzatulina Margarita Lazareva 2–6, 3–6 Loss 0–3 Sep 2017 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Ksenia Palkina 5–7, 6–3, [8–10] Loss 0��4 Sep 2017 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Dariya Detkovskaya Ksenia Palkina Mariana Drazic 5–7, 2–6 Win 1–4 Apr 2018 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Dariya Detkovskaya 7��5, 6–4 Loss 1–5 Apr 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Mananchaya Sawangkaew 3–6, 5–7 Loss 1–6 Apr 2019 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Dariya Detkovskaya Tamara Čurović Anastasia Zakharova 5–7, 2–6 Loss 1–7 May 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Vanda Lukács Maya Tahan w/o Win 2–7 Sep 2019 ITF Anning, China 15,000 Clay Liu Siqi Sheng Yuqi 6–4, 6–3 Win 3–7 Jan 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Ma Yexin 6–4, 6–2 Win 4–7 Jan 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Ma Yexin Ayaka Okuno 6–4, 1–6, [10–4] Win 5–7 Oct 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Gozal Ainitdinova Yekaterina Dmitrichenko Kamila Kerimbayeva 6–1, 2–6, [12–10] Win 6–7 Apr 2021 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Gozal Ainitdinova Viktoriia Dema Anna Ureke 6–2, 5–7, [10–7] Win 7–7 Apr 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Elina Avanesyan Oana Gavrilă 6–3, 6–2 Win 8–7 May 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Oana Gavrilă Yasmin Ezzat Clervie Ngounoue 6–4, 6–0 Win 9–7 May 2021 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Martyna Kubka Ekaterina Shalimova 7–6(3), 5–7, [10–8] Win 10–7 May 2021 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Martyna Kubka Ekaterina Reyngold Ekaterina Shalimova 6–4, 6–4 Win 11–7 Aug 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Anastasia Sukhotina Mell Reasco 6–0, 6–0 Win 12–7 Aug 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Sandra Samir María Paulina Pérez Mell Reasco 7–5, 6–3 Win 13–7 Oct 2021 ITF Karaganda, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard (i) Martyna Kubka Tamara Čurović Elena Malõgina 7–5, 6–4 Win 14–7 Dec 2021 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard Diāna Marcinkēviča Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova 6–3, 4–6, [10–6] Notes[] ^ Kazakh: Жібек Құламбаева, romanized: Jibek Qulambaeva; Russian: Жибек Куламбаева;[1] Russian pronunciation: [ʐɨˈbɛk kʊɫɐmˈba(ɪ̯)ɪvə] ^ The match was suspended at 0–2 and never finished because of rain. References[] ^ "Romanizer (from Kazakh and Russian)". baltoslav.eu. Retrieved 2 January 2022. External links[] Zhibek Kulambayeva at the Women's Tennis Association Zhibek Kulambayeva at the International Tennis Federation Zhibek Kulambayeva at the Billie Jean King Cup This biographical article relating to Kazakhstani tennis is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . v t