2022 Elena Rybakina tennis season

The 2022 Elena Rybakina tennis season officially began on 3 January 2022, with the start of the Adelaide International 1 in Adelaide.

2022 Elena Rybakina tennis season

Rybakina with the Venus Rosewater Dish at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Elena Rybakina
Country	Kazakhstan
Calendar prize money	$3,613,440[1]
Singles
Season record	40–21
Calendar titles	1
Year-end ranking	No. 22
Ranking change from previous year	8
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	2R
French Open	3R
Wimbledon	W
US Open	1R
Doubles
Season record	1–7
Current ranking	No. 119
Ranking change from previous year	393
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	A
French Open	1R
Wimbledon	A
US Open	A
Last updated on: 7 March 2024.
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Main article: Elena Rybakina

Yearly Summary

Rybakina started the season at the Adelaide International 1, making it to the final where she was defeated by world No. 1, Ash Barty.^[2] Her success continued at the Sydney Tennis Classic with a lopsided defeat of reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu, in the first round. She subsequently withdrew from the tournament citing a thigh injury.^[3] She reached a career-high ranking of No. 12, on 17 January 2022.

Her remaining early hardcourt season saw little progress with a second-round retirement and a walkover at the Australian Open and St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, respectively, and a first-round loss at the Qatar Ladies Open. Her "Sunshine Double" (Miami and Indian Wells) saw improvement with a quarterfinal appearance at the Indian Wells Open against Maria Sakkari and a third-round appearance to Jessica Pegula at the Miami Open.

Her clay-court season began with a second-round loss to Anhelina Kalinina after a first-round bye at Charleston. Following this, she represented Kazakhstan as the team's top seed and won both of her singles matches in a tie against Germany securing a berth in the finals later in the year. The remainder of her clay-court season saw little achievement as she failed to advance into the quarterfinals at the Stuttgart Open, Madrid Open, Italian Open, and French Open.

Rybakina's grass-court season in the lead up to Wimbledon saw a second-round loss to Shelby Rogers at the Rosmalen Open followed by a first-round bye and a second-round loss to Lesia Tsurenko at the Eastbourne International. At the Wimbledon Championships, she reached her second Grand Slam quarterfinal, defeating CoCo Vandeweghe, Bianca Andreescu, Zheng Qinwen and Petra Martić. Then she reached the semifinals at a Major for the first time, defeating Ajla Tomljanović in her quarterfinal match.^[4] She became the first Kazakhstani singles player (male or female) to reach the semifinal of a Grand Slam.^[5][6] Then she reached her first Major final, after defeating Simona Halep in straight sets, becoming the youngest Wimbledon finalist since Garbiñe Muguruza in 2015.^[7] After dropping the first set, she defeated Ons Jabeur in three sets to secure her first major title.^[8] She became the youngest woman champion since the 21-year-old Petra Kvitová in 2011. She was the fourth-youngest active Grand Slam champion, older only than Iga Świątek, Bianca Andreescu and Emma Raducanu.^[9] Rybakina's Russian nationality and previous international representation of Russia became a matter of public discourse in the aftermath of her success at Wimbledon 2022, where Wimbledon had banned athletes representing Russia and Belarus due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.^[10][11] Russian state media celebrated Rybakina's win as a national victory despite her longstanding decision not to represent the country of her birth.^[12][13]

The North American hardcourt season began with early round losses at the Silicon Valley Classic (first round) and Canadian Open (second round). Her US Open preparations continued at the Cincinnati Open where she advanced to the quarterfinals and was defeated by Madison Keys. Her season continued next with an entry to the US Open as the 25th seed; however, she lost in the first round to qualifier Clara Burel.^[14]

All matches

Main article: Elena Rybakina career statistics

This table chronicles all the matches of Elena Rybakina in 2022.

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (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, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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 matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia WTA 500 Hard, outdoor 3 January 2022 – 9 January 2022	1	1R	Storm Sanders (WC)	132	Win	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
	2	2R	Marie Bouzková (Q)	90	Win	6–3, 6–4
	3	QF	Shelby Rogers	40	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
	4	SF	Misaki Doi	105	Win	6–4, 6–3
	5	F	Ashleigh Barty (1)	1	Loss	3–6, 2–6
Sydney International Sydney, Australia WTA 500 Hard 10 January 2022 –15 January 2022	6	1R	Emma Raducanu	18	Win	6–0, 6–1
	–	2R	Caroline Garcia	75	Withdrew	—
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 17 January 2022 – 30 January 2022	7	1R	Zarina Diyas	104	Win	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–1
	8	2R	Zhang Shuai	74	Loss	4–6, 0–1 ret.
St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy St. Petersburg, Russia WTA 500 Hard 7 February 2022 –14 February 2022	9	1R	Varvara Gracheva (Q)	81	Win	6–2, 6–1
	–	2R	Tereza Martincová	42	Withdrew	—
Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA 1000 Hard, outdoor 21 February 2022 – 27 February 2022	10	1R	Jaqueline Cristian (LL)	71	Loss	4–6, 3–6
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA 1000 Hard, outdoor 7 March 2022 – 20 March 2022	–	1R	Bye
	11	2R	Alison Van Uytvanck	58	Win	6–1, 7–5
	12	3R	Victoria Azarenka[lower-alpha 1] (13)	15	Win	6–3, 6–4
	13	4R	Viktorija Golubic (31)	51	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–2
	14	QF	Maria Sakkari (6)	6	Loss	5–7, 4–6
Miami Open Miami Gardens, United States WTA 1000 Hard, outdoor 21 March 2022 – 3 April 2022	–	1R	Bye
	15	2R	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	57	Win	6–4, 7–5
	16	3R	Jessica Pegula (16)	21	Loss	3–6, 4–6
Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA 500 Clay 14 April 2022 –10 April 2022	–	1R	Bye
	17	2R	Anhelina Kalinina	42	Loss	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round  Kazakhstan vs.  Germany Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Billie Jean King Cup Clay, indoor 15 April 2022 – 16 April 2022	18	Q	Laura Siegemund	232	Win	6–0, 6–1
	19	Q	Angelique Kerber	17	Win	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA 500 Clay, indoor 18 April 2022 – 24 April 2022	20	1R	Nastasja Schunk (Q)	224	Win	7–6(7–3), 7–5
	21	2R	Paula Badosa (2)	3	Loss	2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7)
Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA 1000 Clay, Outdoor 28 April 2022 – 7 May 2022	22	1R	Oceane Dodin (Q)	93	Win	6–2, 7–5
	23	2R	Kateřina Siniaková	51	Win	6–0, 1–0 ret.
	24	3R	Jil Teichmann	35	Loss	3–6, 1–6
Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA 1000 Hard, outdoor 9 May 2022 –15 May 2022	25	1R	Elina Avanesyan (Q)	146	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–0)
	26	2R	Lauren Davis (Q)	102	Win	6–4, 6–3
	27	3R	Jil Teichmann	29	Loss	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 5–7
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 22 May 2022 – 5 June 2022	28	1R	Arantxa Rus	119	Win	6–3, 5–7, 6–0
	29	2R	Katie Volynets (WC)	135	Win	6–4, 6–0
	30	3R	Madison Keys (22)	22	Loss	6–3, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Rosmalen Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands WTA 250 Grass 6–12 June 2022	31	1R	Jamie Loeb (Q)	227	Win	6–4, 7–5
	32	2R	Shelby Rogers	42	Loss	2–6, 4–6
German Open Berlin,Germany WTA 500 Grass 19–25 June 2022	33	1R	Lesia Tsurenko (Q)	114	Loss	6–1 5–7 3–6
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 27 June 2022 – 10 July 2022
	34	1R	CoCo Vandeweghe (LL)	157	Win	7–6(7–2), 7–5
	35	2R	Bianca Andreescu	56	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
	36	3R	Zheng Qinwen	52	Win	7–6(7–4), 7–5
	37	4R	Petra Martić	80	Win	7–5, 6–3
	38	QF	Ajla Tomljanović	44	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
	39	SF	Simona Halep (16)	18	Win	6–3, 6–3
	40	W	Ons Jabeur (3)	2	Win (1)	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA 500 Hard 1 August 2022 –7 August 2022	41	1R	Daria Kasatkina[lower-alpha 1] (7)	12	Loss	6–1, 2–6, 6–0
Canadian Open Toronto, Canada WTA 1000 Hard, outdoor 8 August 2022 – 14 August 2022	42	1R	Marie Bouzková (Q)	47	Win	7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
	43	2R	Coco Gauff (10)	11	Loss	4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–7(3–7)
Cincinnati Open Mason, United States WTA 1000 Hard, outdoor 15 August 2022 – 21 August 2022	44	1R	Mayar Sherif	58	Win	6–3, 6–2
	45	2R	Garbiñe Muguruza (8)	9	Win	6–3, 6–1
	46	3R	Alison Riske-Amritraj	29	Win	6–2, 6–4
	47	4R	Madison Keys	24	Loss	2–6, 4–6
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 29 August 2022 – 11 September 2022	48	1R	Clara Burel (Q)	131	Loss	4–6, 4–6
Slovenia Open Portorož, Slovenia WTA 250 Hard, outdoor 12 September 2022–18 September 2022	49	1R	Laura Siegemund	173	Win	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(10–8)
	50	2R	Tereza Martincová	66	Win	6–4, 6–1
	–	QF	Lesia Tsurenko	92	Walkover	—
	51	SF	Ana Bogdan	65	Win	6–1, 6–1
	52	F	Kateřina Siniaková	82	Loss	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA 500 Hard, outdoor 19 September 2022–25 September 2022	53	1R	Liudmila Samsonova[lower-alpha 1]	30	Loss	2–6, 4–6
Ostrava Open Ostrava, Czech Republic WTA 500 Hard, indoor 3 October 2022 – 9 October 2022	54	1R	Madison Keys	17	Win	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
	55	2R	Aliaksandra Sasnovich[lower-alpha 1]	31	Win	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5
	56	QF	Petra Kvitová (WC)	20	Win	7–6(7–5),, 6–4
	57	SF	Barbora Krejčíková	23	Loss	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Guadalajara Open Mexico WTA 1000 Hard, outdoor 17 October 2022 – 25 October 2022	58	1R	Karolína Plíšková	20	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–2
	59	2R	Jessica Pegula (3)	5	Loss	6–2, 3–6, 6–7(8–10)
Billie Jean King Cup finals Glasgow, United Kingdom Billie Jean King Cup Hard, indoor 8 November 2022–13 November 2022	60	RR	Harriet Dart	98	Win	6–1, 6–4
	61	RR	Paula Badosa	13	Loss	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Sources:[15]

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Date	Tournament	Location	Category	Surface	Previous result	Previous points	New points	Outcome
3 January 2022 – 9 January 2022	Adelaide International	Australia	WTA 500	Hard	—	—	305	Final lost to Ashleigh Barty 3–6, 2–6
10 January 2022 – 15 January 2022	Sydney International	Australia	WTA 500	Hard	—	—	55	Withdrew prior to the second round
17 January 2022 – 30 January 2022	Australian Open	Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	2R	70	70	Second round lost to Shuai Zhang 4–6, 0–1 ret.
7 February 2022 – 14 February 2022	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy	Russia	WTA 500	Hard	—	—	55	Withdrew prior to the second round
21 February 2022 – 27 February 2022	Qatar Open	Qatar	WTA 1000	Hard	1R	1	1	First round lost to Jaqueline Cristian 4–6, 3–6
7 March 2022 – 20 March 2022	Indian Wells Open	United States	WTA 1000	Hard	1R	10	215	Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sakkari 5–7, 4–6
21 March 2022 – 3 April 2022	Miami Open	United States	WTA 1000	Hard	3R	65	65	Third round lost to Jessica Pegula 3–6, 4–6
4 April 2022 – 10 April 2022	Charleston Open	United States	WTA 500	Clay	1R	1	1	Second round lost to Anhelina Kalinina 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
18 April 2022 – 24 April 2022	Stuttgart Open	Germany	WTA 500	Clay (i)	—	—	55	Second round lost to Paula Badosa 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7)
28 April 2022 – 7 May 2022	Madrid Open	Spain	WTA 1000	Clay	2R	65	120	Third round lost to Jil Teichmann 3–6, 1–6
9 May 2022 – 15 May 2022	Italian Open	Italy	WTA 1000	Clay	—	—	105	Third round lost to Jil Teichmann 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 5–7
22 May 2022 – 5 June 2022	French Open	France	Grand Slam	Clay	QF	430	130	Third round lost to Madison Keys 6–3, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
6 June – 12 June 2022	Rosmalen Open	Netherlands	WTA 250	Grass	—	—	30	Second round lost to Shelby Rogers 2–6, 4–6
19 June – 25 June 2022	German Open	Germany	WTA 500	Grass	2R	55	55	Second round lost to Lesia Tsurenko 6–1 5–7 3–6
27 June 2022 – 10 July 2022	Wimbledon Championships	United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	4R	240	—[lower-alpha 2]	Winner, defeated Ons Jabeur 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1 August 2022 – 7 August 2022	Silicon Valley Classic	United States	WTA 500	Hard	QF	100	1	First round lost to Daria Kasatkina[lower-alpha 1] 6–1, 2–6, 0–6
8 August 2022 – 14 August 2022	Canadian Open	Canada	WTA 1000	Hard	1R	1	60	Second round lost to Coco Gauff 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–7(3–7)
15 August 2022 – 21 August 2022	Cincinnati Open	United States	WTA 1000	Hard	3R	105	190	Quarterfinals lost to Madison Keys 2–6, 4–6
29 August 2022 – 11 September 2022	US Open	United States	Grand Slam	Hard	3R	130	10	First round lost to Clara Burel 4–6, 4–6
12 September 2022– 18 September 2022	Slovenia Open	Slovenia	WTA 250	Hard	—	—	180	Final lost to Kateřina Siniaková 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 4–6
19 September 2022– 25 September 2022	Pan Pacific Open	Japan	WTA 500	Hard	—	—	1	First round lost to Liudmila Samsonova[lower-alpha 1] 2–6, 4–6
3 October 2022 – 9 October 2022	Ostrava Open	Czech Republic	WTA 500	Hard (i)	QF	100	185	Semifinals lost to Barbora Krejčíková 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 4–6
17 October 2022 – 25 October 2022	Guadalajara Open	Mexico	WTA 1000	Hard	—	—	60	Second round lost to Harriet Dart 6–1, 6–4
Total year-end points						2855	1860	995

Yearly records

See also: Elena Rybakina career statistics

Head-to-head match-ups

Rybakina has a 40–21 WTA match win–loss record in the 2022 season. Her record against players who were part of the WTA rankings top ten at the time of their meetings is 2–4. Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

Top 10 Record

Result	W–L	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rank
Loss	0–1	Ashleigh Barty	No. 1	Adelaide International 1, Australia	Hard	F	3–6, 2–6	No. 14
Loss	0–2	Maria Sakkari	No. 6	Indian Wells Open, U.S.	Hard	QF	5–7, 4–6	No. 20
Loss	0–3	Paula Badosa	No. 3	Stuttgart Open, Germany	Clay	2R	2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7)	No. 19
Win	1–3	Ons Jabeur	No. 2	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	F	3–6, 6–2, 6–2	No. 23
Win	2–3	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 9	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Hard	2R	6–3, 6–1	No. 25
Loss	2–4	Jessica Pegula	No. 5	Guadalajara Open, Mexico	Hard	2R	6–2, 3–6, 6–7(8–10)	No. 24

Finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (Premier) (0–1)
WTA 250 (International) (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2022	Adelaide International, Australia	WTA 500	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2022	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Ons Jabeur	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Sep 2022	Slovenia Open, Slovenia	WTA 250	Hard	Kateřina Siniaková	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 4–6

Earnings

• Bold font denotes tournament win

#	Tournament	Singles Prize money	Doubles Prize money	Year-to-date
1.	Adelaide International 1	$66,800	$0	$66,800
2.	Sydney Tennis Classic	$10,000	$0	$76,800
3.	Australian Open	$115,873	$0	$192,673
4.	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy	$9,500	$0	$202,173
5.	Qatar Open	$10,820	$0	$212,993
6.	Indian Wells Open	$179,940	$8,790	$401,723
7.	Miami Open	$54,400	$8,790	$464,913
8.	Charleston Open	$5,420	$0	$470,333
9.	Stuttgart Open	$9,081	$0	$479,414
10.	Madrid Open	$112,524	$8,387	$600,325
11.	Italian Open	$28,730	$5,310	$634,365
12.	French Open	$133,038	$8,195	$775,598
13.	Libéma Open	$3,800	$900	$780,298
14.	Eastbourne International	$5,420	$0	$785,718
15.	Wimbledon	$2,580,275	$0	$3,365,993
16.	Silicon Valley Classic	$8,110	$2,100	$3,376,203
17.	Canadian Open	$17,445	$0	$3,393,648
18.	Cincinnati Open	$57,440	$0	$3,451,088
19.	US Open	$80,000	$0	$3,531,088
20.	Slovenia Open	$15,922	$0	$3,547,010
21.	Pan Pacific Open	$8,080	$0	$3,555,090
22.	Ostrava Open	$42,010	$0	$3,597,100
23.	Guadalajara Open	$16,340	$0	$3,613,440
Total prize money[17]		$3,570,968	$42,472	$3,613,440

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

Notes

1. Russian and Belarus players are not allowed to compete under the name or flag of their country following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^{[lower-alpha 3]}
2. Following the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club's decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from the 2022 Wimbledon Championships due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ITF, ATP, and WTA stripped the event of ranking points.^[16]
3. "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". WTA Tennis. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

References

1. "WTA Prize Money Leaders" (PDF). wtafiles.wtatennis.com. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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9. "Rybakina claims historic Wimbledon title with comeback win over Jabeur".
10. Futterman, Matthew (8 July 2022). "Despite a Wimbledon ban on Russian players, a Russian woman might win". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
11. "Elena Rybakina becomes one of Wimbledon's biggest surprise women's champions". NBC Sports. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
12. "Russia claims credit for Elena Rybakina's Wimbledon title". Associated Press. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
13. Clarey, Christopher (9 July 2022). "With a Wimbledon Title, Elena Rybakina Finally Cracks a Smile". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
14. Koiki, Adesina O. (30 August 2022). "Clara Burel upsets Wimbledon champ Elena Rybakina at 2022 US Open". US Open. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
15. "Elena Rybakina | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
16. "Statement from Steve Simon on UK grass-court events". WTA Tennis. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
17. "WTA prize money leaders" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

External links

• Elena Rybakina at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elena Rybakina at the International Tennis Federation