Elena Rybakina

Rybakina is a former world No. 3 junior. She began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit in November 2013 at the age of 14. The following March, she won her first title at her second career event, the Grade-3 Almetievsk Cup. She played her first Grade-2 event in June at the Ozerov Cup in Moscow, finishing runner-up to compatriot Anna Blinkova. Rybakina made her junior-Grand Slam debut later in the year at the US Open, where she reached the third round. Following an opening-round loss at the 2016 Australian Open, she won back-to-back Grade-1 titles. The 2017 season was Rybakina’s last year on the junior tour. In the middle of the season, she won her first and only Grade-A title at the Trofeo Bonfiglio, defeating Iga Świątek in the final.

Rybakina began playing on the ITF Women’s Circuit in December 2014, at the age of 15. While she was still playing on the junior circuit, she reached three ITF finals in singles and two in doubles, winning both of the doubles finals only in 2017. In the first few months of 2019, she won three ITF titles, including the $60k Launceston International. In her first WTA event on grass, Rybakina made her first semifinal at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships. Rybakina’s breakthrough came when she won her maiden WTA Tour title at the Bucharest Open, a month after turning 20 years old. She made her second WTA Tour tournament final of the year at the Jiangxi International Open, finishing runner-up to Rebecca Peterson. This result brought her into the top 50 for the first time.

Rybakina led the WTA Tour in finals during the 2020 season, and finished tied for second in match wins. She defeated Zhang Shuai to win her second WTA title at the Hobart International. At Dubai in particular, Rybakina defeated two top-ten players in No. 7 Sofia Kenin and No. 3 Karolína Plíšková, the latter of which was the highest ranked player she had defeated to date. These four finals helped her climb to No. 17 in the world at the time of the tour shutdown. She also became the first Kazakhstani player in the top 20 in history. She reached the quarterfinals of the French Open without dropping a set when she defeated Serena Williams in the fourth round. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 12, on 17 January 2022.

At the Wimbledon Championships, she reached her second Grand Slam quarterfinal, defeating CoCo Vandeweghe, Bianca Andreescu, Zheng Qinwen and Petra Martić. Then she reached the semifinals at a major for the first time, defeating Ajla Tomljanović in her quarterfinal match. She reached her first major final, after defeating Simona Halep in straight sets, becoming the youngest Wimbledon finalist since Garbiñe Muguruza in 2015. After dropping the first set, she defeated Ons Jabeur in three sets to secure her first major title and became the youngest woman champion since a 21-year-old Petra Kvitová in 2011.

Elena Rybakina is currently single, and there is little information about her personal life. Even though she is very active on social media, posting pictures and keeping her fans updated, she does not share much about her personal life in public. There is also little information about her previous relationships

Elena Rybakina was born to parents in Moscow, Russia. She and her older sister began sports at a young age, focusing initially on gymnastics and ice skating. Her father, on the other hand, advised her to switch to tennis after discovering she was too short to pursue a professional career in either sport. As a result, she began playing tennis when she was six years old. There isn’t much information available about Rybakina’s parents. The athlete grew up with her playing partner, Anna Rybakina, her elder sister. Her family is from Russia.