Alina Alekseyevna Charaeva (; ; born 27 May 2002) is a Russian-born Armenian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 108, achieved on 24 August 2026, and a best doubles ranking by the WTA of No. 203, reached on 28 July 2025.
Charaeva has won one WTA 125 singles title. She has also won eight singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
In July 2026, Charaeva changed her sports nationality from Russia to Armenia after gaining Armenian citizenship.
Career Charaeva made her WTA Tour debut at the 2019 Kremlin Cup, having received a wildcard into the doubles main-draw, partnering with Sofya Lansere.
At the 2023 Andorrà Open, Charaeva entered as a wildcard and defeated third seed Océane Dodin in three sets to reach the second round, where she lost to Heather Watson.
She reached her first WTA 125 final at the 2025 Huzhou Open, losing to Veronika Erjavec.
Charaeva qualified to make her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at the 2025 Pan Pacific Open, but lost to Jaqueline Cristian in the first round.
She won her maiden WTA 125 title at the 2026 Midland Tennis Classic, defeating Guo Hanyu in the final.
At the 2026 Hamburg Open, Charaeva recorded three-set wins over Sara Sorribes Tormo and eighth seed Sinja Kraus to make it through to her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, at which point her run was ended by fourth seed Anna Bondár.
Nationality change On 3 July 2026, it was announced that Charaeva had obtained Armenian citizenship and would begin representing Armenia in competition.
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 500WTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 2026 Iași Open, Romania WTA 250 Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Anastasia Dețiuc Irina Khromacheva 6–4, 2–6, [5–10]
WTA 125 finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Huzhou Open, ChinaClay Veronika Erjavec2–6, 1–6Win1–1Midland Tennis Classic, United StatesHard (i) Guo Hanyu6–4, 7–6(7–4)
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournamentsW75 tournaments W50 tournamentsW25 tournamentsW15 tournaments ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Nov 2018ITF Vinaròs, SpainW15 Clay Júlia Payola 6–1, 6–2Loss 1–1 Sep 2020ITF Marbella, SpainW25 Clay Zheng Qinwen 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 Win 2–1 Sep 2021ITF Johannesburg, South AfricaW25 Clay Richèl Hogenkamp 2–0 ret. Win 3–1 Nov 2022ITF Castellon, SpainW15 Clay Natalia Siedliska 7–6(4), 6–3Win 4–1 Nov 2022ITF Nules, SpainW15 Clay Noelia Bouzó Zanotti 6–4, 6–3Loss 4–2 Oct 2023ITF Baza, SpainW25 Hard Lea Bošković 3–6, 2–6Win 5–2 Nov 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW25 Hard Maria Bondarenko 7–5, 6–3Win 6–2 Dec 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW25 Hard Guiomar Maristany 6–2, 6–4Win 7–2 Aug 2024ITF Ourense, SpainW50 Hard Haruka Kaji 7–6(7), 6–1Loss 7–3 Oct 2024ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainW100 Hard Anastasia Zakharova 3–6, 1–6Win 8–3 May 2025ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaW75 Clay Teodora Kostović 6–4, 7–6(5)
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournamentsW60 tournamentsW50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW15 tournaments ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2019ITF Pula, ItalyW25 Clay Andrea Gámiz Eva Vedder Stéphanie Visscher 7–6(1), 6–3Win 2–0 Sep 2020ITF Marbella, SpainW25 Clay Oksana Selekhmeteva Miriam Bulgaru Victoria Muntean 6–3, 6–2Win 3–0 Oct 2020ITF Platja d'Aro, SpainW15 Clay Oksana Selekhmeteva Alba Carrillo Marín Júlia Payola 5–7, 6–1, [10–5]Win 4–0 Jul 2021President's Cup, KazakhstanW60 Hard Maria Timofeeva Evgeniya Levashova Laura Pigossi 7–6(5), 2–6, [10–6]Win 5–0 Feb 2024Pretoria International, South AfricaW50 Hard Ekaterina Reyngold Isabella Kruger Zoë Kruger 6–0, 5–7, [10–3]Loss 5–1 Jul 2024ITF Horb am Neckar, GermanyW35 Clay Yuki Naito Aneta Kučmová Nika Radišić 4–6, 7–6(3), [2–10] Loss 5–2 Oct 2024ITF Baza, SpainW35 Clay Nahia Berecoechea Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger 3–6, 6–7(1)Win 6–2 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainW100 Hard Ekaterina Reyngold Mina Hodzic Caroline Werner 6–2, 7–6(2)Loss 6–3 Mar 2025ITF Terrassa, SpainW35 Clay Yasmine Mansouri Aneta Kučmová Caroline Werner 6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss2020French OpenClay Elsa Jacquemot6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2019 French Open Clay Anastasia Tikhonova Chloe Beck Emma Navarro 1–6, 2–6
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