Anna Blinkova

Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova (Russian: Анна Владимировна Блинкова; born 10 September 1998)[1] is a Russian tennis player.

Anna Blinkova
Анна Блинкова

Blinkova at the 2018 French Open
Full name	Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova
Country (sports)	Russia
Born	10 September 1998 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2015
Coach	Vladimir Platenik
Prize money	US$1,496,252
Singles
Career record	178–112 (61.4%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 54 (3 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 60 (7 December 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2017, 2020)
French Open	3R (2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2018)
US Open	1R (2017, 2018, 2019)
Doubles
Career record	89–57 (61.0%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 45 (14 September 2020)
Current ranking	No. 51 (7 December 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2018)
US Open	SF (2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–1 (66.7%)
Last updated on: 9 December 2020.

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 nine 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 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

Paula Badosa was born on 10 September 1998 in Moscow to mother Elena and father Vladimir. During the young ages, she played both tennis and chess to a high level. She prefers playing at the 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 compariot Sofya Zhuk.[6]

Professional career

2015–17: First steps

Blinkova at the 2017 French Open qualifications

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 event in 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 qualifications, 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 through qualifications, but lost to Elena Vesnina in the first round of the both competition.[8][9] During the season of 2017, she also won two $100K events on the ITF Women's Circuit in doubles event, Ilkley and St. Petersburg.[7]

2018–19: Improvements, top 100

Blinkova at the 2019 Wimbledon

In the February 2018, she reached 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 2018, 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 2019, 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 2019, 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 January, she won title at the Hua Hin Championships, alongside Wang Yafan. Nearly after that, she reached semifinal of the Hungarian Ladies Open. In April, she reached semifinal of the Premier-level Stuttgart Open.[9] She then won $60K, $80K and $100K events, respectivelly, on the ITF Women's Circuit.[7] In September, she won WTA Challenger New Haven.[13]

2020: US Open doubles semifinal, first top 10 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 biggest result of the year, came at the Italian Open, where she reached third round, but then lost to world No. 4 Karolína Plíšková.[17] In doubles, her first significant result came in March at the WTA Challenger Indian Wells, where she reached semifinal.[9] Then six month absence of the WTA Tour happened due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. When tennis came back in August, she first played at the Top Seed Open, where she reached 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 semifinal. They lost to later champions Laura Siegemund-Vera Zvonareva in the semifinal match.[18]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (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.

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 Grampians Trophy.

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	1R	1R	2R		0 / 4	2–4	33%
French Open	A	Q3	Q2	3R	1R		0 / 2	2–2	50%
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	Q3	NH		0 / 2	1–2	33%
US Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R		0 / 4	0–4	0%
Win–Loss	0–0	1–3	1–3	2–3	1–3		0 / 12	5–12	29%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup	A	PO	A	A			0 / 0	0–1	0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^1	A	A	3R	A	Q1		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	Q2	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	A	A	Q1	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	3R		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	Q1	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	7	13	14	8	1	Career total: 45
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	0–1	0 / 34	21–34	38%
Clay Win–Loss	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–3	0–0	0 / 8	6–8	43%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Overall Win–Loss	1–1	2–8	6–13	13–14	6–7	0–1	0 / 45	28–45	38%
Win (%)	50%	20%	32%	48%	46%	0%	Career total: 38%
Year-end ranking	206	136	98	59			$1,496,252

Notes

• ¹ 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: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–1)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2018	Morocco Open, Morocco	International	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Feb 2019	Hua Hin Championships, Thailand	International	Hard	Wang Yafan	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6–2, 1–6, [10–12]

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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
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)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2016	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	7–6^(7–4), 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: 9 (9 titles)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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	7–0	May 2019	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	60,000	Clay	Yanina Wickmayer	Jaimee Fourlis Kathinka von Deichmann	6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
Win	8–0	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	9–0	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 (1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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
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		Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Result
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

Wins over top-10 players

Season	2020	Total
Wins	1	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	AB
2020
1.	Belinda Bencic	No. 8	Shenzhen Open, China	Hard	1R	3–6, 6–3, 6–3	No. 58

References

1. Блинкова Анна Владимировна — РНИ 16526. Russian Tennis Tour (in Russian). Retrieved 2 September 2015.
2. 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.
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6. Lambert, Laura (11 July 2015). "Unseeded Zhuk claims girls' singles title". Wimbledon. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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12. WTA Staff (June 3, 2019). "'It's always special' - Keys stops Siniakova to make Roland Garros quarters". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
13. WTA Staff (September 8, 2019). "Blinkova blasts to New Haven 125K title over Arconada". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
14. WTA Staff (September 20, 2019). "Resurgent Stosur to face Kenin in Guangzhou final". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
15. 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.
16. WTA Staff (January 7, 2020). "Blinkova serves up Bencic stunner in Shenzhen". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
17. Alex Macpherson (September 18, 2020). "Pliskova brushes past Blinkova to reach Rome quarters". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
18. WTA Staff (September 8, 2020). "Siegemund, Zvonareva surge into US Open doubles final". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
19. "Player & Career overview".

External links

• Anna Blinkova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Anna Blinkova at the International Tennis Federation
• Anna Blinkova at the Billie Jean King Cup