Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya (born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 11 in singles on 28 October 2024, and No. 37 in doubles on 11 August 2025. On the WTA Tour, she has won four doubles titles. She also has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and seven singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF World Tennis Tour. Her best singles performance at a major event is reaching the quarterfinals at the 2024 Australian Open and 2026 French Open.
She began her career at age 17 by winning the girls' doubles title at the 2016 Australian Open, alongside Tereza Mihalíková. Previously, she made the final at the 2015 French Open in the girls' singles event. She also made the final of the 2015 US Open in the doubles event, with compatriot Anastasia Potapova.
In 2025, she won her biggest doubles title with Sorana Cîrstea at the WTA 1000 Madrid Open.
Early life Anna Kalinskaya was born in Moscow to father Nikolay and mother Elena, both former professional badminton players. Her brother, Nikolay Kalinsky, is a footballer.
Her mother and grandmother are from Dnipro, Ukraine, where she would visit during the summer and attend tennis academies for fun. At the age of 14, she moved to the United States to pursue tennis. She also attended the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France before moving back to Moscow to be closer to family. She currently trains in Miami.
Juniors
Kalinskaya's highest combined junior ranking was No. 3. She won a total of sixteen titles, eight in singles events and eight in doubles. Her most significant title was in doubles at the 2016 Australian Open. In addition, she reached the finals of both the 2015 French Open in singles and the 2015 US Open in doubles.
Singles In 2012, she won the Grade-5 Green Cup at her first singles event on the ITF Junior Circuit. In 2013, Kalinskaya reached the quarterfinals of the Grade-2 tournament in Šiauliai, Lithuania, and the semifinals of the Grade-2 tournament in Kazan, Russia. She won her second singles title at the Grade-3 tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and her third singles title at the Grade-4 event in Riga, Latvia. She advanced to the finals of the Grade-4 Tallinn tournament in Estonia, but finished as the runner-up. By the end of the year, she had won the title at the Grade- 3 Larnaca tournament in Cyprus, and she finished as runner-up at the Grade-3 tournament in Nonthaburi, Thailand.
In the 2014 season she won the Grade-2 Bratislava tournament, defeating Slovak Viktória Kužmová, who later became her doubles partner in senior events. With Kužmová, she won her first doubles title in 2019. In March, she won the Grade-2 Šiauliai tournament, followed by reaching the final of the Grade-2 Kazan event. At the 2014 French Open, she made her Grand Slam tournament debut but was eliminated in the first round. She reached the semifinals of the Grade-2 Moscow tournament and the final of the Grade-1 Berlin tournament. She had better results in late August, by winning her first Grade-1 title in College Park, Maryland. Despite the early loss at her major debut, Kalinskaya redeemed herself with the quarterfinal of the US Open. In late October, she reached the quarterfinals of the Osaka Mayor's Cup.
In March 2015, she began her season with two Grade-1 quarterfinals appearances in Kazan and Beaulieu-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera. She debuted at the Grade-A Trofeo Bonfiglio in Milan, Italy, but lost in the second round to Canadian Katherine Sebov. Kalinskaya hit her peak at her French Open debut as she advanced to the final. She lost to Paula Badosa in straight sets. In late August 2015 she won the title at the Grade-1 in College Park, Maryland, where she also was defending champion. During that year she was eliminated in the first rounds of the Wimbledon and the US Open. Kalinskaya played only two tournaments in 2016. Her first was the Grade-1 Traralgon tournament in Australia, where she lost to Vera Lapko in the final. She finished her singles junior career with a quarterfinal at the 2016 Australian Open, losing again to Lapko.
Doubles Kalinskaya was successful in doubles events. Her first final was in March 2013 at the Grade-2 Šiauliai tournament. The following week she advanced to another final, but still without a title. In September 2013, she won her first title at the Grade-3 Larnaca tournament, alongside Russian player Gyulnara Nazarova.
Her 2014 season started by taking the title at the Grade-2 Bratislava tournament. The following week she went even further, winning her first Grade-1 Přerov tournament in the Czech Republic. A month later, she took her third title of the year at the Grade-2 Šiauliai tournament. She won all three titles alongside fellow Russian Evgeniya Levashova. In late May, she reached the final of the Grade-1 Charleroi tournament in Belgium. At the 2014 French Open, she made her doubles major main-draw debut but lost in the first round. In late June, she won the Grade-2 Moscow tournament. She also won another title in August at the Grade-1 College Park tournament. At the US Open, she lost in the second round. Later, she made her doubles debut at the Osaka Mayor's Cup, advancing to the semifinals.
During the first half of 2015, Kalinskaya struggled. However, things improved in August when she defended her next title at the Grade-1 College Park tournament. Her next stop was the US Open where she reached her first doubles final at a Grand Slam event. Alongside Anastasia Potapova, she lost to Kužmová and Aleksandra Pospelova. She finished her doubles junior career by taking the title at the 2016 Australian Open, winning with Slovak player Tereza Mihalíková.
Career 2014–2015: Professional debut Singles
Kalinskaya attempted her WTA Tour debut at the Premier-level 2014 Kremlin Cup at age 15. After receiving a qualifying wildcard, she lost to her compatriot and wildcard player Polina Monova. In January 2015 she began playing on the ITF Women's Circuit. After her first two 25k tournaments in the United States, she progressed to tournaments in Turkey. She first played at Antalya where she recorded her first win as a senior, defeating Turkish player Cempre Anil. She continued in the same city the following week, reaching her first final, but losing to Chinese player Lu Jiajing. That year she made her debut in the WTA rankings as world No. 1201.
After two 25k tournaments in Moscow, Kalinskaya attempted another WTA Tour debut at the Kremlin Cup where she received a qualifying wildcard. She lost in the final stage to eventual semifinalist Daria Kasatkina. By the end of the year, she played two 10k tournaments in Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia. She reached the semifinals in the first and made it to the finals of the second, where she was forced to give a walkover to Bosnian player Ema Burgić. The result pushed her into the top 600.
Doubles She started well in doubles, winning the 25k Sunrise, Florida tournament. This result put her on the WTA rankings in doubles, making the top 700. She competed in four more ITF tournaments without much success.
2016: Success on the ITF Women's Circuit Singles In early February 2016, Kalinskaya had another chance to debut at the WTA Tour. With a wildcard, she played in the qualifying of the Premier-level St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy but lost to Kateřina Siniaková. In late March, she reached the final of a 10k event in Manama, Bahrain where she lost to Mihalíková. A month later, she triumphed in Kazakhstan at a 10k event, winning every match in straight sets. In June, she succeeded in Belarus where she first won the 25k Minsk tournament. She followed that up with a final in the same city, but she was forced to retire during the second set.
Her third title of the year came in July at a 25k event in Aschaffenburg in Bavaria, Germany where she bested Dalila Jakupović in a three-set match. In August, Kalinskaya won her fourth title of the year at the 25k Kharkiv tournament and entered the top 200 in September. At the Kremlin Cup, she made her WTA Tour debut, after receiving a wildcard for the third year in a row, and lost in the first round to Kristina Mladenovic. She finished the year with the 25k Minsk final, but let her opponent win without playing. As a result, she started a new phase, gradually transitioning to the main tour. Since her top 200 debut in September 2016, she spent the rest of the year there.
Doubles Kalinskaya started her doubles season in Bahrain by winning the title in Manama in April. A month later, she won the 100k Trnava tournament in Slovakia, her first significant title in both events. During the summer, she won two 25k events in Minsk, Belarus and Darmstadt, Germany, respectively. At the Kremlin Cup, she made her WTA Tour doubles debut and recorded her first win. In November, she won another 25k title in Minsk. As a result, she made her debut in the top 150.
2017: Transition to WTA Tour, Fed Cup debut Singles
Kalinskaya started the year as a top 200 player, making her major debut in qualifying at the Australian Open. Her first opponent was Swiss top seed Stefanie Vögele, to whom she lost in a three-set match. She was handed a wildcard into the main draw of the St. Petersburg Trophy, and was beaten by Australian Daria Gavrilova in the first round. In early March, at the Malaysian Open, she recorded her first main-draw win defeating French top-30 player Caroline Garcia in straight sets. Still finding her way to the top 100, she had to play ITF events as well, so in China at two 60k tournaments: first destination was Zhuhai where she was eliminated in the first round by former top-10 player Patty Schnyder, before she headed to Shenzhen where she reached semifinals, but lost to compatriot Ekaterina Alexandrova.
From April to September 2017, Kalinskaya played in Europe at ITF tournaments in France and Germany. On the WTA Tour, she reached two second rounds, one at the Istanbul Cup in late April, and the other at the Swiss Open in July. In addition, she lost in the first qualifying round of both the French Open and Wimbledon.
After being knocked out in the first round of the US Open qualifying, she traveled to Georgia where she finished runner-up in the 25k Batumi Ladies Open. However, she struggled again, after reaching second round of the 100k Neva Cup in St. Petersburg, losing in the qualifying round of the Tashkent Open and the first round of the 25k Óbidos event in Portugal. Despite early loss in Óbidos, Kalinskaya remained and won again the following week, defeating Magdalena Fręch in the final. The third was promising as well, but she lost to British player Katie Swan. Without any oscillations in her WTA ranking, Kalinskaya spent the year inside the top 200. On September 9, she reached her then-career high of No. 14.
Doubles Her doubles performances during the year were primarily on the ITF Circuit. In the first two months she reached two semifinals, first at the 60k Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon in France in January, and then at the 25k AK Ladies Open in Germany in February. In the meantime, she played in the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, and made her debut at the Fed Cup in doubles. In July, she advanced to her first tour semifinal, after winning two matches alongside Russian player Evgeniya Rodina. Two weeks later, she won the 25k+H Bad Saulgau tournament in Germany with Turkish player İpek Soylu. On 16 October 2017, she achieved a new career-high ranking, No. 114 in the world.
2018: Major debut Singles