Anhelina Kalinina

About Anhelina Kalinina

Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina (Ukrainian: Ангеліна Сергіївна Калініна [kɐˈlʲinʲɪnə]; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Kalinina has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 15 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On June 27, 2022, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 34. On July 15, 2019, she peaked at No. 196 in the WTA doubles rankings. In June 2022, she was the No. 1 Ukrainian tennis player.

n 2014, Kalinina won the girls' doubles event at the Australian Open with Elizaveta Kulichkova, defeating Katie Boulter and Ivana Jorović in the final. Later that year, she reached the final of the junior US Open, losing to Marie Bouzková in straight sets.

At the 2018 US Open, Kalinina main draw of singles of a Grand Slam, after winning three matches in the qualifying tournament. She defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-1 7-6 in the first qualifying round, Tereza Martincová 6-3 6-1 in Round 2 and finally Jaimee Fourlis also in straight sets (3-6 6-2 6-1) to reach the main draw and first round to win a Grand Slam match by beating Kathinka von Deichmann in three sets but then lost to second round Sloane Stephens.

Kalinina is coached by her husband, Anton Korchevskyi, a former junior player whose career was cut short due to a back injury.