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Maria Timofeeva
Russian tennis player (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maria Glebovna Timofeeva (Russian: Мари́я Гле́бовна Тимофе́ева, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə tʲɪmɐˈfʲe(j)ɪvə];[1] born 18 November 2003) is a Russian professional tennis player.
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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 and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
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2017–2021
In 2017, she won the Petits As U14 championship in Tarbes, France.[citation needed] In July 2021, she won the $60k President's Cup in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, alongside Alina Charaeva.[citation needed]
2023–24: WTA Tour, Grand Slam and top 100 debuts
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. As a result, she reached the top 125 in the rankings, on 11 September 2023.[3]
Ranked No. 170, she qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making her Grand Slam tournament debut.[4][5] She defeated Alizé Cornet, [6] former Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki[7] and 10th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia[8] to advance to the fourth round where she lost to Marta Kostyuk.[9] She reached the top 100 on 29 January 2024, moving up 70 positions, becoming the first 2003-born player to enter the Top 100.[10]
Timofeeva qualified for the 2024 Miami Open and defeated Varvara Gracheva,[11] before losing in the second round to 26th seed Linda Nosková.[12]
At the 2024 French Open, she lost in the first round to Wang Yafan in straight sets.[13] Attempting to defend her Budapest Grand Prix title, Timofeeva won her opening match against qualifier Simona Waltert[14] but then lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in round two.[15]
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Personal life
She's the granddaughter of Liubov Timofeeva, internationally famous classical pianist.[16][17][18] 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. Maria Timofeeva's older sister, Antonina, is a rock singer who performs under the name Antonia Queen, and she is also a vocal coach.[3][19]
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Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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 and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[20]
Singles
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (title)
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ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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