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Alexis Blokhina

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Alexis Blokhina
Country (sports) United States
Born (2004-08-17) August 17, 2004 (age 20)
Redwood City, California, U.S.
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysLeft-handed
CollegeStanford
Prize money$8,923
Singles
Career record17–16
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 469 (October 9, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 560 (July 22, 2024)
Doubles
Career record5–8
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 566 (March 6, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1084 (July 24, 2024)
Last updated on: 24 July 2024.

Alexis Blokhina (born August 17, 2004) is an American tennis player.

Blokhina has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 469, achieved on October 9, 2023. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 566, achieved on March 6, 2023.[1]

Biography

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Blokhina was born in Redwood City, California, to Lyana Blokhina and Oleg Blokhin, and is Jewish.[2][3] She has a younger brother, Nathan.[3] At 10 years of age, she moved to Miami, Florida.[3] She attended Broward Virtual School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[4]

Blokhina won gold medals in junior singles and doubles with Team USA at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[3] In 2022, she also won the Easter Bowl, the Indian Wells junior singles championship.[3]

In 2023, Blokhina won her first ITF title at the W60 Lexington Challenger in doubles.

She plays college tennis at Stanford University,[3] where she is majoring in Journalism and is the number one ranked national recruit in her class.[5]

ITF Circuit finals

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Legend
W60 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2023 Lexington Challenger,
United States
W60 Hard United States Ava Markham Australia Olivia Gadecki
United States Dalayna Hewitt
6–4, 7–6(7–1)

References

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  1. ^ "Alexis Blokhina". WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association.
  2. ^ Gurvis, Jacob (October 4, 2023). "JTA's 36 Jewish student athletes to watch this year".
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Alexis Blokhina", Stanford.
  4. ^ "Alexis Blokhina", Tennis Recruiting.
  5. ^ "About Alexis", Athlete-to-Athlete.
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