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Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina (Ukrainian: [k?'l?inn?]; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Kalinina has won 15 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 June 2022, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 34. On 15 July 2019, she peaked at No. 196 in the doubles rankings. In June 2022, she was the No. 1 Ukrainian player.
At the 2018 US Open (tennis), Kalinina had her main-draw debut in a Grand Slam singles tournament, after winning three matches in the qualifying. She defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the first qualifying round, Tereza Martincová in round two, and finally Jaimee Fourlis, also in straight sets, and went on to win a Grand Slam match by beating Kathinka von Deichmann in three sets but then lost in the second round to Sloane Stephens.
2021: French Open second round, first WTA final, and top 100 debut
At the French Open, she reached the second round as a qualifier, defeating 26th seed and three-times Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber.
Although Kalinina fell in the last round of the Wimbledon qualifying, she won the $60k Montpellier and $100k Contrexéville trophies over the next two weeks to take her 2021 ITF title haul to four. With a record for the 2021 season of 32-7, she moved up 30 ranking spots from world No. 125 to No. 95.[1]
2022: Maiden WTA 1000 quarterfinal, top 35 & Ukrainian No. 1
She made her debut in the top 50 at world No. 49, on 17 January 2022.
After reaching the round of 16 at the Miami Open before retiring hurt to 16th seed Jessica Pegula, Kalinina reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 42 and later in June reached the top 35. As a result, she became the No. 1 Ukrainian tennis player ahead of Elina Svitolina.
^The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009-2011 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.
^Withdraw during the tournament. Not count as a loss.
^The $50,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.