Anna Kalinskaya Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography

 

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anna Kalinskaya

• Her mother and grandmother are from Dnipro, Ukraine. When she was a child, she often visited there in the summer and played tennis for fun.

• When she was 14 years old, she moved to the U.S. to learn tennis. Later, she trained in France, then returned to Moscow, her hometown in Russia.

• In 2012, she won her first ITF junior title at the Green Cup.

• In 2013-2014, she won many junior singles titles in Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Cyprus.

• In 2013, Kalinskaya started playing in doubles and reached two finals, winning her title in Larnaca with Gyulnara Nazarova.

• During this year, she was a runner-up in events held in Estonia and Thailand.

• In 2014, she won a tournament in Slovakia by beating her opponent, Viktória Kužmová.

• She played her first junior Grand Slam at the 2014 French Open but lost in the first round.

  

  Anna Kalinskaya while playing as a junior at the 2014 French Open

• In August 2014, she won her junior title (Grade-1) in College Park, Maryland.

• She then reached the quarterfinals of the US Open juniors. In October 2014, she reached the quarterfinals of the Osaka Mayor’s Cup.

• In 2014, she won three doubles titles with Evgeniya Levashova, in Bratislava, Přerov, and Šiauliai.

• She then reached the final in Charleroi and made her Grand Slam doubles debut at the French Open, but lost in the first round.

• In 2014, she won more titles, one in Moscow and another in College Park and reached the semifinals of the Osaka Mayor’s Cup.

• The same year, she tried to play in her WTA Tour event at the Kremlin Cup but lost in the qualifiers.
  

  Anna Kalinskaya while playing at the 2014 Kremlin Cup, where she made her first debut attempt at the WTA Tour

• In January 2015, she began playing in the ITF Women’s Circuit (lower-level pro tournaments).

• Her win as a senior player came in Antalya, Turkey, where she beat a local player.

• In 2015, she reached the quarterfinals in two Grade-1 tournaments in Kazan and France.

• The same year, she played the Grade-A tournament in Milan, the French Open juniors, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

• In August 2015, she won the College Park title and entered the WTA rankings for the first time at No. 1201.

• She reached her Grand Slam doubles final at the 2015 US Open with Anastasia Potapova but lost.

• In 2015, she began her professional doubles career by winning the $25k tournament in Sunrise, Florida, and entered the top 700 in the WTA doubles rankings.

• She then played two tournaments in Tunisia and entered the top 600 in the world rankings.

• In February 2016, she played for the WTA St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy but lost.

• After that, she won a $10k doubles title in Bahrain, a $100k doubles tournament in Slovakia, and two more $25k doubles titles in Belarus and Germany.

• After that, she made her WTA doubles debut at the Kremlin Cup and won.

• She then won a $25k title in Minsk, Belarus, a $25k tournament in Germany, and a $25k title in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and entered the WTA top 200 rankings in September 2016.

• She made her WTA main draw debut at the 2016 Kremlin Cup.

• In November 2016, she won another $25k doubles title in Minsk and reached the WTA top 150 rankings in doubles.

• At the end of 2016, she reached another $25k final in Minsk, but did not play the final match.

• In 2016, she played only two junior tournaments and ended her junior career with a quarterfinal finish at the Australian Open, losing to Vera Lapko both times.

• She ended her junior doubles career after winning the 2016 Australian Open doubles title with Tereza Mihalíková.

• Kalinskaya was selected for the Russian Fed Cup team. She played a doubles match with Anna Blinkova and won.

• In 2017, Kalinskaya played her Grand Slam qualifier at the Australian Open.

• In March 2017, she won her WTA main-draw match by beating her opponent Caroline Garcia in straight sets at the Malaysian Open.

• After that, she played two $60k tournaments in China, where she lost in Zhuhai but reached the semifinals in Shenzhen, where she lost to fellow Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.

• Between April and September 2017, she competed in ITF events in France and Germany.

• She stayed ranked inside the top 200 all year and reached a career-high ranking of No. 141 on 9 September 2017.

• In 2017, most of her doubles matches were in ITF events. She reached two semifinals in the year, one in France ($60k) and one in Germany ($25k).

• She also reached the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy and played in the Fed Cup.

• In July 2017, she reached her WTA semifinal in doubles with Evgeniya Rodina.

• After that, she won a $25k tournament in Germany with İpek Soylu and reached a world doubles ranking of No. 114 on 16 October 2017.

  

  Anna Kalinskaya while playing at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships

• In 2018, she entered both ITF and WTA events due to her ranking.

• She then qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at the Australian Open.

• She played ITF matches in March 2018 in Zhuhai, Shenzhen, and France.

• In July 2018, she reached a $100k semifinal in France, but failed to qualify for the French Open and Wimbledon.

• She then made her US Open main draw debut but lost to Julia Görges in the first round.

• She won two $60k titles in March 2018 with Viktória Kužmová.

• In April 2018, she reached the Istanbul Cup semifinal and made her Grand Slam doubles debut at the French Open.

• After that, she reached the Kremlin Cup semifinal and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of No. 106.

  

  Anna Kalinskaya while playing at the 2018 French Open

• In 2019, she won the $25k Playford International, beating her opponent Elena Rybakina in the final.

• She then qualified for the Australian Open main draw but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the first round.

• In May, she won the $60k Saint-Gaudens tournament, but failed to qualify for the French Open.

• She made her first WTA main draw of the year in Rosmalen.

• She then qualified for Wimbledon but lost in the first round to Magda Linette.

• In August 2019, she reached her first WTA semifinal at the Washington Open, beating Monica Puig and Mladenovic.

• She then reached the quarterfinals at the Tashkent Open and reached the WTA top 100 singles rankings for the first time.

• In doubles, she won her first career title at the Prague Open by defeating the pair of Peschke/Melichar.

• She finished runner-up at the $60k Saint-Gaudens with Sofya Lansere and reached semifinals at the Washington Open with Miyu Kato.

• She reached the third round of the US Open doubles with Yulia Putintseva, but lost to Babos and Mladenovic.

• In 2019, she won a doubles title with tennis player Viktória Kužmová.

• In September 2019, she reached No. 72 in the doubles rankings.

  

  Anna Kalinskaya alongside Kužmová (left), at the speech ceremony, after winning the 2019 Prague Open

• In 2020, she got qualified for the Australian Open main draw, played the Lexington and Cincinnati main draws, reached the second round of the US Open, and played main draws at all four Grand Slams for the first time.

• In August 2020, she dropped to No. 117 in the rankings.

• In 2020, she helped Russia reach the Billie Jean King Cup finals by winning the deciding doubles match with Anna Blinkova.
  

  Anna Kalinskaya (left) during the 2020-21 Billie Jean King Cup alongside her doubles partner, Anna Blinkova (right), when Russia won the edition

• In 2021, she reached the quarterfinals at the Monterrey Open, reached the 3rd round at the Miami Open (WTA 1000) for the first time, and beat Kristina Mladenovic in Serbia Open in the first round.

• In February 2021, she gained her career-high doubles ranking of No. 69.

• She failed to qualify for the French Open but qualified for Wimbledon.

• She missed the US Open main draw and dropped to No. 151 in the rankings in October 2021.

• She ended the season with a quarterfinal at the Courmayeur Ladies Open, defeating her opponent, Alison Riske.

• In doubles, she reached the final at the Yarra Valley Classic with Kužmová in 2021.

• After that, she reached the 3rd round at the Australian Open and lost at the French Open and the US Open; she reached the 2nd round at Wimbledon.

• She played all four Grand Slam doubles events in a single season for the first time.

• She won the Slovenia Open doubles title with Mihalíková in September 2021.

  

  Anna Kalinskaya at the 2020-2021 Billie Jean King Cup against Romania

• In 2022, she failed to qualify for the Australian Open and St. Petersburg.

• She reached the semifinals at Abierto Zapopan, reached the 3rd round at Indian Wells and the Miami Open, and scored a huge win over world No. 6 Karolína Plíšková in Miami.

• She lost in the first round of the French Open and missed Wimbledon due to the ban on Russian players.

• She played at the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open and beat top-20 players Krejčíková, Mertens, and Kasatkina to reach the quarterfinals.

• She won the St. Petersburg title with Caty McNally and reached the doubles ranking of No. 65 in July 2022.

• In August 2022, she reached the final of the Washington Open with McNally.

• She reached singles ranking No. 51 in September 2022 after a second round at the US Open.
  

  Anna Kalinskaya while playing at the 2022 French Open

• In 2023, she was ranked No. 115 and won the Challenger title at the Midland tournament.

• During her journey to win the title, she beat Heather Watson, Tatiana Prozorova (both in straight sets), Alycia Parks (3rd seed), and saved 3 match points in a tough three-set win over Hailey Baptiste.

• In 2024, she reached her Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open with wins over Katie Volynets, Arantxa Rus, Sloane Stephens, and Jasmine Paolini. She then entered the top 50 in world rankings.

• After that, she qualified for the Dubai Open and beat Jeļena Ostapenko (top 10), Gauff (top 5), and world No. 1 Iga Swiatek to reach her WTA 1000 final. She then achieved the world ranking No. 24.

• She then reached the fourth round and defeated Jeļena Ostapenko at the Miami Open.

  

  Anna Kalinskaya playing at the Miami Open (2024)

• At the Italian Open, she reached the second round, and at the French Open, she won the first round, lost in the second to Bianca Andreescu.

• She reached the final with wins over Sabalenka and Azarenka at the Berlin Ladies Open and entered the top 20 rankings.

• The same year, she played at the Wimbledon Open, the Canadian Open, the Cincinnati Open, the US Open, the China Open, the Wuhan Open, and the Ningbo Open.

• On 28 October 2024, she reached the world rankings No. 11.

• In 2025, she played in the Brisbane International (Doubles), the Adelaide International, the Australian Open, the Singapore Open, the Charleston Open, the Strasbourg Open, and the French Open 2025.

• She has been featured on the cover of many noted magazines and tabloids.
  

  Anna Kalinskaya on the cover of a magazine

• She likes travelling to distant places in her free time.

  

  Anna Kalinskaya during a trip

• She is an animal lover and has a pet dog. She often shares pictures of her pet on social media.
  

  Anna Kalinskaya with her pet dog

• She likes drinking alcoholic beverages on various occasions.
  

  Anna Kalinskaya while enjoying an alcoholic beverage