Elena Rybakina

Coached by Stefano Vukov
Trained at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior; previous coaches included Andrei Cheshnokov (Elena Vesnina’s former coach) and Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Nominated for 2019 WTA Newcomer of the Year Award
Started playing tennis aged five and favorite surface is hard

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (5): 2023 – Indian Wells, Rome; 2022 – Wimbledon; 2020 – Hobart; 2019 – Bucharest.
Finalists (9): 2023 – Australian Open, Miami; 2022 – Adelaide, Portoroz; 2020 – Shenzhen, St. Petersburg, Dubai, Strasbourg; 2019 – Nanchang.

DOUBLES
Finalist (2): 2023 – Adelaide 2 (w/Pavlyuchenkova); 2021 – Indian Wells (w/Kudermetova).

Career in Review

2021 – Ended 2021 on a career-high and best year-end ranking of No.14, achieving this on November 8; reached SF at Eastbourne (l. Ostapenko) and Chicago (l. Jabeur); posted best result at three of the Slams, making QF at Roland Garros, R16 at Wimbledon and 3r at US Open; contested the Bronze Medal match at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (l. Svitolina); posted second Top 5 win of career during 2021, over No.5 Svitolina at Eastbourne; also posted a new career-high in doubles last season, at No.48 (October 18), with stand-out result coming with R-Up finish at Indian Wells (w/Kudermetova, l. Hsieh Su-Wei / Mertens)

2020 – First Top 20 season (finishing No.19); won one WTA title at Hobart (d. Zhang in final); runner-up at Shenzhen (l. to Alexandrova), St. Petersburg (l. to Bertens), Dubai (l. to Halep) and Strasbourg (l. to Svitolina); reached 3r three times (incl. Australian Open) and 2r twice (US Open and Roland Garros); fell 1r on two occasions; made Top 20 debut on February 17 (after St. Petersburg, rose from No.25 to No.19).

2019 – Enjoyed career-best season, ending year ranked No.36 for first Top 100 finish; won maiden WTA title at Bucharest (d. Tig in final); runner-up at Nanchang (l. to Peterson); SF at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Bertens) and Luxembourg (l. to Goerges); QF at Istanbul (l. to Strycova), Wuhan (l. to Sabalenka) and Linz (l. to Ostapenko); reached 2r once; fell 1r three times (incl. Roland Garros and US Open) and in qualifying four times (incl. other two majors); won three singles titles and one doubles title on ITF CIrcuit.

2018 – Made QF at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges); fell 2r once and in qualifying five times (incl. US Open); won one singles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit

2017 – Fell 1r at Moscow on WTA debut (main draw or qualifying); won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2016 – Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2015 – Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2014 – Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Turkey.