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Elina Avanesyan

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Araratovna and the family name is Avanesyan.
Elina Avanesyan
Avanesyan at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full nameElina Araratovna Avanesyan
Native nameԷլինա Արարատի Ավանեսյան
Country (sports) Armenia (Aug 2024–)[1]
 Russia (2017–2024)[2]
ResidencePyatigorsk, Russia
Born (2002-09-17) 17 September 2002 (age 22)
Pyatigorsk, Russia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,687,109
Singles
Career record180–111
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 43 (28 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 43 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2024)
French Open4R (2023, 2024)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record78–31
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 163 (12 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 288 (23 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US Open3R (2023)
Last updated on: 20 October 2024.

Elina Araratovna Avanesyan (Armenian: Էլինա Արարատի Ավանեսյան; Russian: Элина Араратовна Аванесян; born 17 September 2002) is a Russian-born Armenian tennis player.[2] She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 45 in singles, achieved on 21 October 2024, and No. 163 in doubles, achieved in August 2024.[3] Avanesyan has won five singles and nine doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit.

Early life

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Avanesyan was born in Pyatigorsk, Russia, to an Armenian family. Her parents are from Nagorno-Karabakh and moved to Russia in 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. She has a brother and a sister.[4]

Nationality change

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In June 2024, it was announced that Avanesyan had begun the process of applying for Armenian citizenship and planned to compete under the flag of Armenia.[5] She had previously completed in several junior tournaments in the Armenian capital Yerevan, winning four of them.[4]

In August 2024, Avanesyan became an Armenian citizen and began representing Armenia.[6][7]

Career

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2021: First title

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She won her first W60 title at the Reinert Open as a lucky loser.[8]

2022: WTA Tour, WTA 1000 and major debuts

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She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas,[9] where she reached the quarterfinals, and her Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at the US Open.[10][11]

She also made her debut at the WTA 1000 level at the Italian Open as a qualifier and also entered the main draw of the new WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open as a lucky loser.

2023: French Open fourth round, top 65

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Avanesyan at the 2023 French Open

Ranked No. 134, Avanesyan made her debut at the French Open as a lucky loser. In the first round, she upset 12th seed Belinda Bencic for her first major and top-20 win.[12] She defeated French wildcard Léolia Jeanjean in the second round[13] and qualifier Clara Tauson in the third, becoming the first lucky loser at Roland Garros in the last 16 in 35 years since 1988 and only the fifth overall at this major.[14] As a result, she reached the top 80 rising 54 positions in the rankings on 12 June 2023.[15][16]

She made her WTA 500 debut at the German Open, also as a lucky loser and defeated eighth seed Daria Kasatkina.[17] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 64, on 26 June 2023.

She reached the second round of the US Open by defeating Alizé Cornet in the first round.[18]

She finished the year ranked No. 75.[19]

2024: Australian Open debut, top 10 victory, WTA final

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On her debut at the Australian Open, she recorded two wins over Bai Zhuoxuan and eighth seed Maria Sakkari, her first top 10 win.[20] On her debut at Indian Wells, she lost to Océane Dodin.[21] On another debut at the Miami Open, she recorded her first WTA 1000-level win over wildcard Erika Andreeva, and her second top 10 and biggest win of her career, over sixth seed Ons Jabeur, to reach her first third round at this level.[22]

At the French Open, she reached a consecutive fourth round with wins over Zhu Lin,[23] Anna Blinkova[24] and seventh seed Zheng Qinwen.[25] Her run was ended by 12th seed Jasmine Paolini.[26] At Wimbledon, she reached the second round for the first time with a win over Anhelina Kalinina in her opening match.[27] She lost in round two against 15th seed Liudmila Samsonova.[28]

Avanesyan made it through to the quarterfinals at the Budapest Grand Prix, defeating fifth seed Magdalena Fręch[29] and Rebeka Masarova[30] before losing to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in three sets.[31] She reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Iași Open, defeating third seed Jaqueline Cristian in the quarterfinals.[32][33] In the last four, Avanesyan defeated Chloé Paquet and advanced into her maiden WTA Tour final[34] which she lost to Mirra Andreeva when she retired injured while trailing in the third set.[35]

She recorded her first tour main-draw win under her new Armenian nationality at the Cincinnati Open as a lucky loser, making history for her country as the first player to do so, over wildcard Bianca Andreescu.[36] Next, she defeated eighth seed Jeļena Ostapenko[37] to reach her second WTA 1000 third round, where she lost to 10th seed Liudmila Samsonova.[38]

At the Wuhan Open, she lost a three-setter to 13th seed Marta Kostyuk in the first round.[39] Seeded fifth at the 2024 Japan Women's Open, Avanesyan defeated defending champion Ashlyn Krueger,[40] before going out to local wildcard Sara Saito.[41]

Performance timeline

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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.

Singles

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Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 Q2 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
French Open Q1 4R 4R 0 / 2 6–2 75%
Wimbledon A[a] Q2 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 33%
Win–loss 0–1 4–2 6–4 0 / 7 10–7 59%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[b] A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Dubai [b] A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Madrid Open A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open 1R A 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Canadian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Guadalajara Open 1R A NTI 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wuhan Open NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open NH Q2 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 0–2 0–0 7–7 0 / 9 7–9 44%
Career statistics
2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 6 10 5 Career total: 21
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 1 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 0–3 1–5 6–5 0 / 13 7–13 35%
Clay win–loss 3–3 8–4 0 / 7 11–7 61%
Grass win–loss 0–0 2–1 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Overall win–loss 3–6 11–10 6–5 0 / 21 20–21 49%
Year-end ranking 134 75 $802,114

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2024 Iași Open, Romania WTA 250 Clay Mirra Andreeva 7–5, 5–7, 0–4 ret.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W60 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (0–1)
W15 tournaments (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard
Clay (5–7)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2019 ITF Moscow, Russia W15 Clay Russia Amina Anshba 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2019 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Serbia Tamara Čurović 6–2, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Dec 2020 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Brazil Carolina Alves 0–6, 5–7
Loss 1–3 Jan 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Austria Sinja Kraus 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Apr 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Japan Eri Shimizu 6–1, 6–0
Win 3–3 May 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Kazakhstan Zhibek Kulambayeva 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 3–4 May 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Bulgaria Gergana Topalova 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–4 Aug 2021 Reinert Open, Germany W60 Clay Italy Federica di Sarra 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–5 Oct 2021 ITF Seville, Spain W25 Clay France Diane Parry 2–6, 0–6
Loss 4–6 Nov 2021 Aberto da República, Brazil W60 Clay Hungary Panna Udvardy 6–0, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–7 Jul 2022 Internazionali di Cordenons, Italy W60 Clay Hungary Panna Udvardy 2–6, 0–6
Win 5–7 May 2023 Wiesbaden Open, Germany W100 Clay Australia Jaimee Fourlis 6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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Legend
W60 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (8–6)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2017 ITF Moscow, Russia 15,000 Clay Russia Avelina Sayfetdinova Belarus Ilona Kremen
Belarus Iryna Shymanovich 		4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2019 ITF Moscow, Russia 15,000 Clay Russia Taisya Pachkaleva Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Belarus Sviatlana Pirazhenka 		6–2, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Sep 2019 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Belarus Viktoryia Kanapatskaya Russia Veronika Pepelyaeva
Russia Mariia Tkacheva 		4–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Sep 2019 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay Belarus Viktoryia Kanapatskaya Kazakhstan Yekaterina Dmitrichenko
Russia Avelina Sayfetdinova 		6–3, 6–0
Win 3–2 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Belarus Iryna Shymanovich Switzerland Valentina Ryser
Switzerland Lulu Sun 		6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Belarus Iryna Shymanovich Czech Republic Michaela Bayerlová
Czech Republic Laetitia Pulchartová 		4–6, 5–7
Win 4–3 Nov 2020 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Belarus Anna Kubareva United States Anastasia Nefedova
Argentina Jazmín Ortenzi 		6–3, 7–5
Loss 4–4 Dec 2020 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Belarus Anna Kubareva Czech Republic Anna Sisková
Netherlands Lexie Stevens 		6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 4–5 Dec 2020 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Russia Anastasia Tikhonova Russia Daria Mishina
Russia Noel Saidenova 		2–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Win 5–5 Jan 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Netherlands Lexie Stevens Italy Gloria Ceschi
Italy Marion Viertler 		6–1, 6–2
Win 6–5 Jan 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Netherlands Lexie Stevens United States Emma Davis
United States Anastasia Nefedova 		6–1, 6–2
Win 7–5 Apr 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay South Korea Park So-hyun Slovakia Barbora Matúšová
Russia Anastasia Zolotareva 		6–4, 6–4
Win 8–5 Apr 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Russia Maria Timofeeva Netherlands Isabelle Haverlag
Netherlands Merel Hoedt 		1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 8–6 May 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Romania Oana Gavrilă Italy Nicole Fossa Huergo
Kazakhstan Zhibek Kulambayeva 		3–6, 2–6
Win 9–6 Aug 2021 ITF San Bartolomé, Spain W60 Clay Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva Netherlands Arianne Hartono
Australia Olivia Tjandramulia 		7–5, 6–2
Loss 9–7 Aug 2022 ITF San Bartolomé, Spain W60 Clay Russia Diana Shnaider Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
Netherlands Arantxa Rus 		4–6, 4–6

Top 10 wins

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Season 2024 Total
Wins 3 3
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score EAR Ref
2024
1. Greece Maria Sakkari No. 8 Australian Open, Australia Hard 2R 6–4, 6–4 No. 74 [20]
2. Tunisia Ons Jabeur No. 6 Miami Open, United States Hard 2R 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 No. 65 [22]
3. China Zheng Qinwen No. 7 French Open, France Clay 3R 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(10–6) No. 70 [25]

Notes

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  1. ^ Russian players were barred due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 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 Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

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