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Kamilla Rakhimova
Камилла Рахимова
Singles
Rakhimova at the 2023 US Open
Full name	Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova
Country (sports)	Russia
Born	(2001-08-28) 28 August 2001 (age 22) Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,417,925
Career record	179–121 (59.7%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 65 (12 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 90 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	3R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	3R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	95–65 (59.4%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 65 (6 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 119 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2022)
French Open	1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	3R (2023)
Last updated on: 22 January 2024.

Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova (Russian: Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова, IPA: [kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə]; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar descent.

She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 65 in singles, achieved on 12 June 2023, and No. 65 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022. Up to date, she has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour and eight singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

2019–2020: WTA Tour and major debuts

Rakhimova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2019 Baltic Open, where she received a wildcard for the singles main draw.^[1]

She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut as a qualifier at the 2020 French Open, and defeated Shelby Rogers in the first round.

2021: US Open singles third round, two doubles titles & top 100 in doubles

Despite losing to 11th seed Kristýna Plíšková, Rakhimova entered the US Open as a lucky loser by beating Lizette Cabrera, and Usue Maitane Arconada in the qualifying rounds. She then defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round, swept 32nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova aside (6–4, 6–1), before falling to eighth seed Barbora Krejčíková (4–6, 2–6). This was her first third-round showing at a Grand Slam championship in her career.^[2]

She won her second doubles title at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, partnering Natela Dzalamidze. As a result, she moved 26 positions up into the top 70 in doubles, on 15 November 2021.^[3]

2022–2023: Australian Open & WTA 1000 debuts, French Open third round, top 65

Following a semifinal showing at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, she reached the top 100 at world No. 96 on 11 April 2022.

She qualified for the 2023 Monterrey Open and she defeated sixth seed Kateřina Siniaková in the first round. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 89 on 6 March 2023. She reached back to back semifinals at the 2023 Copa Colsanitas.

She made her debut at the WTA 1000 at the 2023 Italian Open as a lucky loser. She also made her debut at the French Open and reached the third round. As a result, she climbed to world No. 65 on 12 June 2023.

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.^[4]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Jiangxi 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		0 / 3	3–3	50%
Wimbledon	A	NH	Q2	A^[a]	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	3R	1R	1R		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	0 / 9	6–9	40%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open^[b]	A	A	Q2	Q1	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	NH	A	Q1	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	NH	A	Q1	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	NH	A	Q2	Q2		0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canadian Open	A	NH	Q2	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH			A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	NH			Q2		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	NH					0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Career statistics
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023		SR	W–L	Win%
Tournaments	1	1	10	12	14		Career total: 38
Titles	0	0	0	0	0		Career total: 0
Finals	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	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A^[a]	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–3	0 / 3	0–3	0%

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (2–3)

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

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2023	WTA 125 Stanford, 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	WTA 125 Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Tereza Mihalíková	Mirjam Björklund Leonie Küng	7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	1–1	Oct 2022	WTA 125 Rouen, France	Hard (i)	Natela Dzalamidze	Misaki Doi Oksana Kalashnikova	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–1	Oct 2023	WTA 125 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	ITF Fergana, 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	ITF Zagreb, Croatia	60,000	Clay	Anhelina Kalinina	1–6, 3–6
Win	6–3	Aug 2022	ITF Bronx, United States	60,000	Hard	Mirjam Björklund	6–2, 6–3
Win	7–3	Nov 2022	ITF Nantes, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Wang Xinyu	6–4, 6–4
Win	8–3	Feb 2023	ITF Irapuato, 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	ITF Fergana, 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	ITF Nur-Sultan, 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	ITF Meitar, Israel	60,000	Hard	Sofya Lansere	Anastasia Gasanova Valeriya Strakhova	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	5–3	Feb 2020	ITF Cairo, 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]