2022 Elena Rybakina tennis season

The 2022 Elena Rybakina tennis season officially began on 3 January 2022, with the start of the Adelaide International 1 in Adelaide.

During this season, Rybakina:

Won the Wimbledon, first major title of her career. She became the first Kazakhstani and the first Asian singles player to win the Wimbledon. At 23 years old, she became the youngest Wimbledon champion since Petra Kvitova in 2011. She achieved her highest ranking of World No.12. She became the highest ranked Kazakhstani singles player ever.

Yearly Summary

Rybakina started the season at the Adelaide International 1, making it to the final where she was defeated by world No. 1, Ash Barty. Her success continued at the Sydney Tennis Classic with a lopsided defeat of reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu, in the first round. She subsequently withdrew from the tournament citing a thigh injury. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 12, on 17 January 2022.

Her remaining early hardcourt season saw little progress with a second-round retirement and a walkover at the Australian Open and St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, respectively, and a first-round loss at the Qatar Ladies Open. Her "Sunshine Double" (Miami and Indian Wells) saw improvement with a quarterfinal appearance at the Indian Wells Open against Maria Sakkari and a third-round appearance to Jessica Pegula at the Miami Open.

Her clay-court season began with a second-round loss to Anhelina Kalinina after a first-round bye at Charleston. Following this, she represented Kazakhstan as the team's top seed and won both of her singles matches in a tie against Germany securing a berth in the finals later in the year. The remainder of her clay-court season saw little achievement as she failed to advance into the quarterfinals at the Stuttgart Open, Madrid Open, Italian Open, and French Open.

Rybakina's grass-court season in the lead up to Wimbledon saw a second-round loss to Shelby Rogers at the Rosmalen Open followed by a first-round bye and a second-round loss to Lesia Tsurenko at the Eastbourne International. 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 became the first Kazakhstani singles player (male or female) to reach the semifinal of a Grand Slam. Then 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. She became the youngest woman champion since the 21-year-old Petra Kvitová in 2011. She was the fourth-youngest active Grand Slam champion, older only than Iga Świątek, Bianca Andreescu and Emma Raducanu. Rybakina's Russian nationality and previous international representation of Russia became a matter of public discourse in the aftermath of her success at Wimbledon 2022, where Wimbledon had banned athletes representing Russia and Belarus due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russian state media celebrated Rybakina's win as a national victory despite her longstanding decision not to represent the country of her birth.

The North American hardcourt season began with early round losses at the Silicon Valley Classic (first round) and Canadian Open (second round). Her US Open preparations continued at the Cincinnati Open where she advanced to the quarterfinals and was defeated by Madison Keys. Her season continued next with an entry to the US Open as the 25th seed; however, she lost in the first round to qualifier Clara Burel.

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Elena Rybakina in 2022.

Singles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score 1 1R Storm Sanders (WC) 132 Win 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 2 2R Marie Bouzková (Q) 90 Win 6–3, 6–4 3 QF Shelby Rogers 40 Win 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 4 SF Misaki Doi 105 Win 6–4, 6–3 5 F Ashleigh Barty (1)1 Loss 3–6, 2–6 6 1R Emma Raducanu 18 Win 6–0, 6–1 – 2R Caroline Garcia 75 Withdrew 7 1R Zarina Diyas 104 Win 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–1 8 2R Zhang Shuai74 Loss 4–6, 0–1 ret. 9 1R Varvara Gracheva (Q) 81 Win 6–2, 6–1 – 2R Tereza Martincová 42 Withdrew 10 1R Jaqueline Cristian (LL)71 Loss4–6, 3–6 – 1R Bye 11 2R Alison Van Uytvanck 58 Win 6–1, 7–5 12 3R Victoria Azarenka (13) 15 Win 6–3, 6–4 13 4R Viktorija Golubic 51 Win 7–6(7–5), 6–2 14 QF Maria Sakkari 6 Loss 5–7, 4–6 – 1R Bye 15 2R Elena-Gabriela Ruse 57 Win 6–4, 7–5 16 3R Jessica Pegula 21 Loss 3–6, 4–6 – 1R Bye 17 2R Anhelina Kalinina 42 Loss 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 18 Q Laura Siegemund 232 Win 6–0, 6–1 19 Q Angelique Kerber 17 Win 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 20 1R Nastasja Schunk (Q) 224 Win 7–6(7–3), 7–5 21 2R Paula Badosa (2) 3 Loss 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7) 22 1R Oceane Dodin (Q) 93 Win 6–2, 7–5 23 2R Kateřina Siniaková 51 Win 6–0, 1–0 ret. 24 3R Jil Teichmann 35 Loss 3–6, 1–6 25 1R Elina Avanesyan 146 Win 6–4, 7–6(7–0) 26 2R Lauren Davis (Q) 102 Win 6–4, 6–3 27 3R Jil Teichmann 29 Loss 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 5–7 28 1R Arantxa Rus 119 Win 6–3, 5–7, 6–0 29 2R Katie Volynets (WC) 135 Win 6–4, 6–0 30 3R Madison Keys (22) 22 Loss 6–3, 1–6, 6–7(3–7) 31 1R Jamie Loeb (Q) 227 Win 6–4, 7–5 32 2R Shelby Rogers 42 Loss 2–6, 4–6 33 1R Lesia Tsurenko (Q) 114 Loss 6–1 5–7 3–6 341R CoCo Vandeweghe (LL)157 Win7–6(7–2), 7–5 352R Bianca Andreescu56 Win6–4, 7–6(7–5) 363R Zheng Qinwen52 Win7–6(7–4), 7–5 374R Petra Martić80 Win7–5, 6–3 38QF Ajla Tomljanović44 Win4–6, 6–2, 6–3 39SF Simona Halep (16)18 Win6–3, 6–3 40W Ons Jabeur (3)2 Win (1)3–6, 6–2, 6–2 41 1R Daria Kasatkina 12 Loss 6–1, 2–6, 6–0 42 1R Marie Bouzková (Q)47 Win7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 43 2R Coco Gauff 11 Loss 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–7(3–7) 44 1R Mayar Sherif 58 Win6–3, 6–2 45 2R Garbiñe Muguruza 9 Win 6–3, 6–1 46 3R Alison Riske-Amritraj 29 Win 6–2, 6–4 47 QF Madison Keys 24 Loss 2–6, 4–6 48 1R Clara Burel (Q) 131 Loss 4–6, 4–6 49 1R Laura Siegemund 173 Win 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(10–8) 50 2R Tereza Martincová 66 Win 6–4, 6–1 – QF Lesia Tsurenko 92 Walkover 51 SF Ana Bogdan 65 Win 6–1, 6–1 52 F Kateřina Siniaková 82 Loss 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 4–6 53 1R Liudmila Samsonova 30 Loss 2–6, 4–6 54 1R Madison Keys 17 Win 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 55 2R Aliaksandra Sasnovich 31 Win 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5 56 QF Petra Kvitová 20 Win 7–6(7–5),, 6–4 57 SF Barbora Krejčíková 23 Loss 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 4–6 58 1R Karolína Plíšková20 Win 7–6(7–5), 6–2 59 2R Jessica Pegula 5 Loss 6–2, 3–6, 6–7(8–10) 60 RR Harriet Dart 98 Win 6–1, 6–4 61 RR Paula Badosa 13 Loss 2–6, 6–3, 4–6Sources:

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule Date Tournament Location Category Surface Previousresult Previouspoints Newpoints Outcome 3 January 2022 –9 January 2022 Adelaide International Australia WTA 500 Hard 305Final lost to Ashleigh Barty 3–6, 2–6 10 January 2022 –15 January 2022 Sydney International Australia WTA 500 Hard 55Withdrew prior to the second round 17 January 2022 –30 January 2022 Australian Open Australia Grand Slam Hard2R 70 70Second round lost to Shuai Zhang 4–6, 0–1 ret.7 February 2022 –14 February 2022St. Petersburg Ladies' TrophyRussiaWTA 500Hard 55Withdrew prior to the second round 21 February 2022 –27 February 2022 Qatar Open Qatar WTA 1000 Hard1R 1 1First round lost to Jaqueline Cristian 4–6, 3–6 7 March 2022 –20 March 2022 Indian Wells Open United States WTA 1000 Hard1R 10 215 Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sakkari 5–7, 4–6 21 March 2022 –3 April 2022 Miami Open United States WTA 1000 Hard3R 65 65Third round lost to Jessica Pegula 3–6, 4–6 4 April 2022 –10 April 2022Charleston Open United States WTA 500 Clay1R 1 1Second round lost to Anhelina Kalinina 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 18 April 2022 –24 April 2022 Stuttgart Open Germany WTA 500 Clay (i) 55Second round lost to Paula Badosa 2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7) 28 April 2022 –7 May 2022 Madrid Open Spain WTA 1000 Clay2R65120Third round lost to Jil Teichmann 3–6, 1–6 9 May 2022 –15 May 2022 Italian Open Italy WTA 1000 Clay 105Third round lost to Jil Teichmann 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 5–7 22 May 2022 –5 June 2022 French Open France Grand Slam ClayQF 430 130Third round lost to Madison Keys 6–3, 1–6, 6–7(3–7) 6 June –12 June 2022 Rosmalen Open Netherlands WTA 250 Grass 30Second round lost to Shelby Rogers 2–6, 4–6 19 June –25 June 2022 German Open Germany WTA 500 Grass2R 55 55Second round lost to Lesia Tsurenko 6–1 5–7 3–6 27 June 2022 –10 July 2022 Wimbledon Championships United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass4R 240 Winner, defeated Ons Jabeur 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 1 August 2022 –7 August 2022 Silicon Valley Classic United States WTA 500 HardQF 100 1First round lost to Daria Kasatkina 6–1, 2–6, 0–6 8 August 2022 –14 August 2022 Canadian Open Canada WTA 1000 Hard1R160Second round lost to Coco Gauff 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–7(3–7) 15 August 2022 –21 August 2022 Cincinnati Open United States WTA 1000 Hard3R105190 Quarterfinals lost to Madison Keys 2–6, 4–6 29 August 2022 –11 September 2022 US Open United States Grand Slam Hard3R13010First round lost to Clara Burel 4–6, 4–6 12 September 2022–18 September 2022 Slovenia Open Slovenia WTA 250 Hard 180 Final lost to Kateřina Siniaková 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 4–6 19 September 2022–25 September 2022 Pan Pacific Open Japan WTA 500 Hard 1First round lost to Liudmila Samsonova 2–6, 4–6 3 October 2022 –9 October 2022 Ostrava Open Czech Republic WTA 500 Hard (i)QF100185 Semifinals lost to Barbora Krejčíková 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 4–6 17 October 2022 –25 October 2022 Guadalajara Open Mexico WTA 1000 Hard 60Second round lost to Harriet Dart 6–1, 6–4 Total year-end points 2855 1860 995

Yearly records

Head-to-head match-ups Rybakina has a WTA match win–loss record in the 2022 season. Her record against players who were part of the WTA rankings top ten at the time of their meetings is . Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

Top 10 Record ResultW–LPlayerRankEventSurfaceScoreLoss0–1 Ashleigh BartyNo. 1Adelaide International 1, AustraliaHardF3–6, 2–6No. 14Loss0–2 Maria SakkariNo. 6Indian Wells Open, U.S.HardQF5–7, 4–6No. 20Loss0–3 Paula BadosaNo. 3Stuttgart Open, GermanyClay2R2–6, 6–4, 6–7(4–7)No. 19Win1–3 Ons JabeurNo. 2Wimbledon, UKGrassF3–6, 6–2, 6–2No. 23Win2–3 Garbiñe MuguruzaNo. 9Cincinnati Open, U.S.Hard2R6–3, 6–1No. 25Loss2–4 Jessica PegulaNo. 5Guadalajara Open, MexicoHard2R6–2, 3–6, 6–7(8–10)No. 24

Finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (1–0)WTA 1000 (0–0)WTA 500 (Premier) (0–1)WTA 250 (International) (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Adelaide International, AustraliaWTA 500 Hard Ashleigh Barty 3–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Wimbledon, United KingdomGrand Slam Grass Ons Jabeur 3–6, 6–2, 6–2Loss 1–2 Sep 2022 Slovenia Open, Slovenia WTA 250 Hard Kateřina Siniaková 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 4–6

Earnings Bold font denotes tournament win #TournamentSinglesPrize moneyDoublesPrize moneyYear-to-date 1. Adelaide International 1 $66,800 $0 $66,800 2. Sydney Tennis Classic $10,000 $0 $76,800 3. Australian Open $115,873 $0 $192,673 4. St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy $9,500 $0 $202,173 5. Qatar Open $10,820 $0 $212,993 6. Indian Wells Open $179,940 $8,790 $401,723 7. Miami Open $54,400 $8,790 $464,913 8. Charleston Open $5,420 $0 $470,333 9. Stuttgart Open $9,081 $0 $479,414 10. Madrid Open $112,524 $8,387 $600,325 11. Italian Open $28,730 $5,310 $634,365 12. French Open $133,038 $8,195 $775,598 13. Libéma Open $3,800 $900 $780,298 14. Eastbourne International $5,420 $0 $785,718 15. Wimbledon $2,580,275 $0 $3,365,993 16. Silicon Valley Classic $8,110 $2,100 $3,376,203 17. Canadian Open $17,445 $0 $3,393,648 18. Cincinnati Open $57,440 $0 $3,451,088 19. US Open $80,000 $0 $3,531,088 20. Slovenia Open $15,922 $0 $3,547,010 21. Pan Pacific Open $8,080 $0 $3,555,090 22. Ostrava Open $42,010 $0 $3,597,100 23. Guadalajara Open $16,340 $0 $3,613,440 Total prize money $3,570,968 $42,472 $3,613,440 Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

Notes