Kamilla Rakhimova

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Stanislavovna and the family name is Rakhimova.

Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova (‹The template Lang-rus is being considered for deletion.› Russian: Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова, IPA: [kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə]; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of No. 61 in singles, achieved on 21 October 2024, and No. 65 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022.^[1]

Kamilla Rakhimova
Камилла Рахимова

Rakhimova at the 2023 US Open
Full name	Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova
Country (sports)	Russia
Born	(2001-08-28) 28 August 2001 (age 23) Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,015,619
Singles
Career record	216–153
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger Tour
Highest ranking	No. 61 (21 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 61 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	3R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	3R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	109–76
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 65 (6 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 82 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2025)
French Open	1R (2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2024)
US Open	3R (2023)
Last updated on: 9 December 2024.

Rakhimova has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as one WTA Challenger Tour singles title.

Career

2019–2020: WTA Tour debut

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 tournament debut as a qualifier at the 2020 French Open,^[3] and defeated Shelby Rogers in the first round.^[4] Rakhimova lost to 20th seed Maria Sakkari in her next match.^[5]

2021: Two WTA Tour doubles titles

Partnering Ankita Raina, Rakhimova won her first WTA Tour doubles title at the Phillip Island Trophy, defeating Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Potapova in the final.^[6]

She entered the US Open as a lucky loser and defeated Kristina Mladenovic^{[citation needed]} and 32nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova,^[7] to make the singles third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. Rakhimova lost to eighth seed Barbora Krejčíková in straight sets.^[8]

Rakhimova won her second WTA Tour doubles title at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, partnering Natela Dzalamidze.^[9] As a result, she moved 26 positions up into the top 70 in doubles, on 15 November.^{[citation needed]}

2022–2024: First WTA 125 singles title, top-65

Following a semifinal showing at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, where she defeated second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia en route,^[10] but lost to defending champion Tatjana Maria,^[11] she reached the top 100 at world No. 96 on 11 April 2022.^[12]

She qualified for the 2023 Monterrey Open and defeated sixth seed Kateřina Siniaková before losing to Ysaline Bonaventure.^[13] As a result, she rose to world No. 89 on 6 March 2023. She made back to back semifinals at the 2023 Copa Colsanitas but lost to Peyton Stearns.^[14]

At the 2023 French Open, she reached her second Major third round but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets.^[15][16] Despite the result, she climbed to world No. 65 on 12 June 2023.^{[citation needed]}

Rakhimova made her debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships but lost to Cristina Bucsa.^[17] She was runner-up at the WTA 125 2023 Golden Gate Open, losing to Wang Yafan in the final.^[18] At the 2023 US Open, she reached the third round in doubles, partnering Elina Avanesyan as an alternate pair, defeating 10th seeded pair of Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok.^{[citation needed]}

She made back to back quarterfinals, for a third straight year, at the 2024 Copa Colsanitas.^[19] Rakhimova reached her first semifinal of 2024 at the 2024 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Rabat^[20] but lost to Mayar Sherif.^[21]

At the 2024 US Open she again entered the main draw as a lucky loser, but was defeated in the first round to top seed Iga Świątek.^[22]

Seeded fifth, Rakhimova won her first WTA 125 title at Guadalajara defeating qualifier Samantha Murray Sharan,^[23] Taylah Preston,^[24] second seed Martina Trevisan,^[25] Emiliana Arango^[26] and fourth seed Tatjana Maria.^[27][28]

At the Guadalajara Open, she defeated third seed Viktoria Azarenka after her retirement to reach her first WTA 500 quarterfinal,^[29][30] which she lost to Camila Osorio.^[31] At the same tournament, partnering Oksana Kalashnikova, she reached the final, losing to Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva.^[32][33]

Rakhimova entered the main draw of the WTA 1000 China Open as a lucky loser making her debut at this tournament and defeating Kimberly Birrell in the first round in a rematch of the final qualifying round which she had lost.^[34] She was eliminated in the second round by fifth seed Zheng Qinwen.^[35]

Performance timelines

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.

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.^[36]

Singles

Current through the 2024 Wuhan Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q3	Q3	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	2R	Q1	1R	3R	1R	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Wimbledon	A	NH	Q2	A[a]	1R	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–4	1–3	0 / 11	6–11	35%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Qatar Open[b]	A	A	NTI	Q1	NTI	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Dubai[b]	A	A	Q2	NTI	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	NH	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	NH	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	NH	A	Q2	Q2	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canadian Open	A	NH	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	NH			Q2	2R	0 / 1	1–1	100%
Wuhan Open	A	NH				2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Career statistics
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Tournaments	1	1	10	12	14		Career total: 38
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Overall win-loss	0–1	1–1	5–10	8–12	9–14		0 / 38	23–38	38%
Year-end ranking[c]	201	155	117	93	95		$1,411,890

Doubles

Tournament	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A[a]	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	1R	3R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–loss	0–3	2–3	0 / 6	2–6	25%

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2021	Phillip Island Trophy, Australia	WTA 250	Hard	Ankita Raina	Anna Blinkova Anastasia Potapova	2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	1–1	Jul 2021	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	WTA 250	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Erin Routliffe Kimberley Zimmermann	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [4–10]
Win	2–1	Nov 2021	Ladies Linz, Austria	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Natela Dzalamidze	Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Apr 2022	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	WTA 250	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Marie Bouzková Sara Sorribes Tormo	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Oct 2022	Transylvania Open, Romania	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Yana Sizikova	Kirsten Flipkens Laura Siegemund	3–6, 5–7
Win	3–3	Apr 2024	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	WTA 250	Clay	Cristina Bucșa	Anna Bondár Irina Khromacheva	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	3–4	Sep 2024	Guadalajara Open, Mexico	WTA 500	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Anna Danilina Irina Khromacheva	6–2, 5–7, [7–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2023	Golden Gate Open, United States	Hard	Wang Yafan	2–6, 0–6

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2021	Båstad Open, Sweden	Clay	Tereza Mihalíková	Mirjam Björklund Leonie Küng	7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	1–1	Oct 2022	Open de Rouen, France	Hard (i)	Natela Dzalamidze	Misaki Doi Oksana Kalashnikova	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–1	Oct 2023	Abierto Tampico, Mexico	Hard	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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2019	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Hard	Anastasia Tikhonova	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Apr 2019	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Hard	Tamara Čurović	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–0	Apr 2019	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Pranjala Yadlapalli	0–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	4–0	Jun 2019	Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Valeriya Yushchenko	6–1, 7–5
Loss	4–1	Sep 2019	ITF Penza, Russia	25,000+H	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	4–6, 1–6
Win	5–1	Oct 2019	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Pemra Özgen	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Feb 2020	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Kazionova	4–6, 6–1, 6–7(5)
Loss	5–3	Apr 2021	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	60,000	Clay	Anhelina Kalinina	1–6, 3–6
Win	6–3	Aug 2022	Bronx Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Mirjam Björklund	6–2, 6–3
Win	7–3	Nov 2022	Open Nantes, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Wang Xinyu	6–4, 6–4
Win	8–3	Feb 2023	Guanajuato Open, Mexico	60,000+H	Hard	Raluca Șerban	6–0, 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Kateřina Vaňková	Haruna Arakawa Federica Bilardo	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	0–2	Jun 2018	Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Sofya Lansere	Anastasia Frolova Ekaterina Yashina	1–6, 6–7(4)
Win	1–2	Sep 2018	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Hard	Anna Hertel	Ulyana Ayzatulina Anna Iakovleva	6–0, 7–6(0)
Win	2–2	Apr 2019	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	15,000	Hard	Vitalia Stamat	Lee Eun-hye Sevil Yuldasheva	6–3, 7–6(4)
Loss	2–3	Jul 2019	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	80,000	Hard	Vlada Koval	Marie Bouzková Vivian Heisen	6–7(7), 1–6
Win	3–3	Aug 2019	ITF Penza, Russia	25,000	Hard	Vlada Koval	Anastasia Gasanova Ganna Poznikhirenko	6–0, 6–3
Win	4–3	Sep 2019	Meitar Open, Israel	60,000	Hard	Sofya Lansere	Anastasia Gasanova Valeriya Strakhova	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	5–3	Feb 2020	Cairo Open, Egypt	60,000	Hard	Marta Kostyuk	Anastasiya Shoshyna Paula Kania	6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	6–3	Feb 2020	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Sofya Lansere	Natela Dzalamidze Valentini Grammatikopoulou	6–1, 3–6, [10–6]

Notes

1. Suspended due to politics.
2. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 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 Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
3. 2018: WTA ranking–890.