Maria Timofeeva

Maria Glebovna Timofeeva (Russian: Мари́я Гле́бовна Тимофе́ева, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə tʲɪmɐˈfʲe(j)ɪvə];[1] born 18 November 2003) is a Russian professional tennis player.

Maria Timofeeva
Timofeeva at the 2023 US Open
Full nameMaria Glebovna Timofeeva
Country (sports) Russia
Born (2003-11-18) 18 November 2003 (age 20)
Moscow
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$575,559
Singles
Career record151–85
Career titles1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 93 (1 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 98 (17 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2024)
French Open1R (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2023, 2024)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record80–47
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (13 February 2023)
Last updated on: 19 June 2024.

Timofeeva has career-high WTA rankings of No. 93 in singles and No. 179 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour along with five singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

2017–2021

In 2017, she won the Petits As U14 championship in Tarbes, France.In July 2021, she won the $60k President's Cup in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, alongside Alina Charaeva.

2023–24: WTA Tour and major debuts, top 100

Timofeeva won her first WTA Tour title on her main-draw debut at the Budapest Grand Prix in July 2023, defeating Kateryna Baindl in three sets in the final.[2] She became only the fourth lucky loser in WTA history to win a singles title and the ninth player to win a title on her tour debut; she was the second to do both at once, following Olga Danilović at the 2018 Moscow River Cup.[3] As a result, she reached the top 125 in the rankings, on 11 September 2023.

Ranked No. 170, she qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making her Grand Slam debut.[4][5] She defeated Alizé Cornet, former Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki[6][7] and tenth seed Beatriz Haddad Maia to advance to her first fourth round on her major debut. She reached the top 100 on 29 January 2024, moving up 70 positions.[8]

Personal life

At the 2023 US Open, Timofeeva began a blogging YouTube channel, Kiss My Ace, alongside friend and tennis player Ekaterina Kazionova, inspired by the blog of Daria Kasatkina.[3] She's the granddaughter of Liubov Timofeeva [fr], internationally famous classical pianist.[9][10]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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

Tournament20232024W–L
Australian OpenA4R3–1
French OpenQ31R0–1
WimbledonQ1Q10–0
US OpenQ10–0
Win–loss0–03–23–1

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 2023Budapest Grand Prix, HungaryWTA 250Clay Kateryna Baindl6–3, 3–6, 6–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$40,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$15,000 tournaments (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2019ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Hard Svenja Ochsner7–6(7–3), 7–5
Win2–0Feb 2020ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Karin Kennel7–5, 6–4
Loss2–1Feb 2020ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie5–7, 1–6
Win3–1Apr 2021ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000Clay Sandra Samir6–3, 6–3
Loss3–2Jun 2022ITF Ra'anana, Israel25,000Hard Polina Kudermetova6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win4–2Jun 2022ITF Ra'anana, Israel25,000Hard Valeria Savinykh6–1, 6–2
Win5–2Jan 2023ITF Monastir, Tunisia40,000Hard Sakura Hosogi7–5, 6–4
Loss5–3Apr 2023ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia40,000Hard (i) Magali Kempen5–7, 5–7
Loss5–4Apr 2023ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt25,000Hard (i) Tímea Babos4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–4)
$25,000 tournaments (3–4)
$15,000 tournaments (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Feb 2021ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Linda Fruhvirtová Nina Radovanovic
Sopiko Tsitskishvili
6–1, 6–2
Win2–0Apr 2021ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000Clay Elina Avanesyan Isabelle Haverlag
Marel Hoedt
1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win3–0Jul 2021President's Cup, Kazakhstan60,000Hard Alina Charaeva Evgeniya Levashova
Laura Pigossi
7–6(5), 2–6, [10–6]
Loss3–1Aug 2021Verbier Open, Switzerland25,000Hard Diāna Marcinkēviča Erika Andreeva
Ekaterina Makarova
6–7(2), 1–6
Loss3–2Jan 2022ITF Monastir, Tunisia25,000Hard Anna Kubareva Eudice Chong
Han Na-lae
5–7, 3–6
Loss3–3Feb 2022Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan60,000Hard (i) Anna Sisková Linda Nosková
Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 3–6
Loss3–4Mar 2022Nur-Sultan Challenger 2, Kazakhstan25,000Hard (i) Anna Sisková Kamilla Bartone
Ekaterina Makarova
6–1, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss3–5Mar 2022ITF Antalya, Turkey25,000Clay Amina Anshba Diana Shnaider
Amarissa Kiara Tóth
4–6, 2–6
Win4–5Apr 2022ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand25,000Hard Gozal Ainitdinova Momoko Kobori
Luksika Kumkhum
2–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss4–6Jun 2022Open de Biarritz, France60,000Clay María Lourdes Carlé Anna Danilina
Valeriya Strakhova
6–2, 3–6, [12–14]
Win5–6Jun 2022ITF Ra'anana, Israel25,000Hard Sofya Lansere Elena-Teodora Cadar
Fanny Stollár
6–3, 7–6(5)
Win6–6Jul 2022ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany25,000Clay Irina Khromacheva Karolína Kubáňová
Ivana Šebestová
6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss6–7Nov 2022Meitar Open, Israel60,000Hard Anna Kubareva Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Ekaterina Yashina
3–6, 5–7
Loss6–8Feb 2023Open de l'Isère, France60,000Hard (i) Sofya Lansere Freya Christie
Ali Collins
4–6, 3–6

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