Polina Eduardovna Kudermetova (, Polina Eduardovna Kudermetova, born 4 June 2003) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 54 in singles, achieved on 14 April 2025 and No. 203 in doubles, reached on 15 September 2025.
Career 2023: Major debut, first WTA Tour win At the Australian Open, Kudermetova advanced to her first Grand Slam tournament main draw on her qualifying debut by defeating Anastasia Gasanova, Katie Boulter, and Asia Muhammad. She lost to wildcard player Olivia Gadecki in the first round.
She recorded her first main-draw win at the Rosmalen Open over Yuan Yue, but lost her next match to Liudmila Samsonova.
At the Korea Open, she reached the quarterfinals defeating sixth seed Alycia Parks and Kathinka von Deichmann, before losing to Yanina Wickmayer.
2024: First tour semifinal At the newly upgraded Korea Open, ranked No. 163, Kudermetova made her debut at the WTA 500-level as a lucky loser and defeated qualifier Priscilla Hon in the first round, and seventh seed Ekaterina Alexandrova to reach the quarterfinals where she lost to third seed Beatriz Haddad Maia. As a result she reached a new career-high ranking in the top 130 on 23 September 2024.
Partnering Alina Korneeva, she ended runner-up in doubles at the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico, losing to Carmen Corley and Rebecca Marino in the final.
Kudermetova reached her first WTA Tour singles semifinal at the Mérida Open with wins over second seed Nadia Podoroska, Varvara Lepchenko and Nina Stojanović, before losing in the last four to Ann Li.
As top seed, Kudermetova was runner-up at the W100 Dubai Tennis Challenge, losing to wildcard entrant Jodie Burrage in the final. Despite the defeat, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 106 the day after the tournament finished on 9 December 2024.
2025: First career final, top-60 debut Having made it through qualifying, Kudermetova reached her first tour final at the Brisbane International, defeating Wang Xinyu, 13th seed Liudmila Samsonova, third seed Daria Kasatkina (her first win against a top-10 ranked player), Ashlyn Krueger and Anhelina Kalinina. She lost the championship match to world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, in three sets, and made her top-60 debut on 6 January 2025, climbing 50 positions up in the rankings to No. 57.
Kudermetova defeated Elena Micic in the final qualifying round at the Australian Open to make it into her second Grand Slam tournament main-draw. She lost to 23rd seed Magdalena Fręch in the first round.
In March at the WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells, wins over qualifier Claire Liu and 20th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova saw her reach the third round, at which point she was eliminated by lucky loser Sonay Kartal.
At the US Open, Kudermetova's opening opponent, Nuria Párrizas Díaz, retired with an ankle injury after just four games, handing her a place in the second round of a major for the first time, where she lost to world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, in straight sets.
2026: Two WTA 125 finals, Australian Open second round Kudermetova started her 2026 season by reaching her first WTA 125 singles final at the Canberra Tennis International, losing to Joanna Garland. At the Australian Open, she defeated Guiomar Maristany for her first win at this major, before losing to 14th seed Clara Tauson in the second round.
In April, as a qualifier, Kudermetova made it through to her second WTA 125 singles final at the Oeiras CETO Open, but again had to settle for being runner-up after a three set defeat against Fiona Ferro.
At the WTA 1000 China Open, she defeated lucky loser Yexin Ma and 32nd seed Clara Tauson to reach the third round, where her run was ended by fourth seed Mirra Andreeva.
National representation On 15 December 2025, it was announced that Kudermetova has changed her sporting nationality, following Kamilla Rakhimova and Maria Timofeeva, and will compete for Uzbekistan starting in 2026. Ranked at world No. 104, she became the Uzbekistani No. 2 WTA player behind Rakhimova.
Personal life She is the younger sister of professional tennis and former top-ten player, Veronika Kudermetova, and daughter of Russian national ice hockey champion Eduard Kudermetov. Her brother-in-law is Sergei Demekhine.
Performance timeline Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2026 Brisbane International. Tournament202320242025Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1RA1R0 / 20–2French OpenQ1Q11R0 / 10–1WimbledonAQ11R0 / 10–1US OpenAQ12R0 / 11–1Win–loss0–10–01–40 / 51–5WTA 1000 Qatar OpenAA1R0 / 10–1DubaiAAQ10 / 00–0Indian Wells OpenAA3R0 / 12–1Miami OpenAA1R0 / 10–1Madrid OpenAA1R0 / 10–1Italian OpenQ2A1R0 / 10–1Canadian OpenAA1R0 / 10–1Cincinnati OpenAA1R0 / 10–1Guadalajara OpenQ1NTI0 / 00–0China OpenAA2R0 / 11–1Wuhan OpenAA1R0 / 10–1Career statistics202320242025TotalsTournaments632130Titles000 0 / 300Finals001 1 / 301Hard win–loss2–25–2 9–150 / 1916–19Clay win–loss0–20–12–40 / 72–7Grass win–loss1–20–00–20 / 41–4Overall win–loss3–65–311–210 / 3019–30Year-end ranking15710790
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 500 (0–1)WTA 250 (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Brisbane International, AustraliaWTA 500Hard Aryna Sabalenka6–4, 3–6, 2–6
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Canberra International, AustraliaHard Joanna Garland4–6, 2–6Loss0–2Oeiras CETO Open, PortugalClay Fiona Ferro3–6, 6–0, 1–6
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Abierto Tampico, MexicoHard Alina Korneeva Carmen Corley Rebecca Marino3–6, 3–6
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 12 (9 titles, 3 runner-ups) Legend W100 tournaments (0–1)W60 tournaments (0–1)W40/50 tournaments (2–1)W25 tournaments (3–0)W15 tournaments (4–0)Finals by surfaceHard (8–1)Clay (1–2)
ResultW–LDateLocationTierSurfaceOpponentsScoreWin1–0Dec 2019ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Hard Georgia Crăciun6–4, 3–6, 6–3Finalist–Dec 2020ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Andreea RoșcacancelledWin2–0Feb 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Marta Custic6–2, 1–6, 6–3Win3–0Nov 2021Kazan Open, RussiaW15Hard (i) Nigina Abduraimova7–5, 3–6, 6–4Win4–0Jan 2022Tatarstan Winter Cup, RussiaW15Hard (i) Anastasia Kovaleva6–0, 6–4Win5–0Jun 2022ITF Ra'anana, IsraelW25Hard Maria Timofeeva4–6, 6–4, 7–5Loss5–1Aug 2022ITF San Bartolomé de Tirajana, SpainW60Clay Arantxa Rus3–6, 6–3, 1–6Win6–1Oct 2022ITF Istanbul, TurkeyW25Hard (i) Tatiana Prozorova6–3, 6–1Win7–1Nov 2022ITF Jerusalem, IsraelW25Hard Ekaterina Reyngold6–1, 6–1Win8–1Mar 2023ITF Astana, Kazakhstan W40Hard (i) Darya Astakhova6–2, 6–3Win9–1Feb 2024ITF Indore, IndiaW50Hard Dalila Jakupović3–6, 6–2, 6–0 Loss 9–2 Aug 2024ITF Oldenzaal, NetherlandsW50 Clay Hanne Vandewinkel 6–4, 2–6, 6–7 Loss 9–3 Dec 2024Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAEW100 Hard Jodie Burrage 3–6, 3–6
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW60 tournaments (1–0)W50 tournaments (1–0)W25 tournaments (0–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartneringOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW25 Hard Sofya Lansere Estelle Cascino Jessika Ponchet 0–6, 6–4, [7–10]Loss 0–2 Jun 2022ITF Tbilisi, GeorgiaW25 Hard Sofya Lansere Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova 4–6, 3–6Loss 0–3 Nov 2022ITF Jerusalem, IsraelW25 Hard Ekaterina Reyngold Lee Pei-chi Sofia Shapatava 2–6, 4–6Win 1–3 Mar 2023Nur-Sultan Challenger, KazakhstanW60 Hard (i) Anastasia Tikhonova Jang Su-jeong Han Na-lae 2–6, 6–3, [10–7]Win 2–3 Aug 2024ITF Oldenzaal, NetherlandsW50 Clay Ekaterina Makarova Freya Christie Yuliana Lizarazo 6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
Wins over top-10 players Kudermetova's match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. #PlayerRkEventSurfaceScore20251. Daria Kasatkina9Brisbane International, AustraliaHard 3R1–6, 6–2, 7–5107
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