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Anna Kalinskaya

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Biography



Name: Anna Kalinskaya
Born: 2nd December 1998 (14 years old)
Birth Place: Moscow, Russia
Favourite Surface: Clay
Favourite Player: Victoria Azarenka
Career High WTA Ranking: Unranked
Career High ITF Junior Ranking: #15
Career High Tennis Europe 14&U Ranking: #3

Career Highlights

2010 12&U Kids Gomel Cup Champion
2010 12&U April Cup Champion
2010 12&U Gold Reserv Finalist
2010 12&U Brodvejaus Pica Cup Champion
2010 12&U Palanga Open Champion

2011 14&U Narva Cup Finalist
2011 14&U Vilnius Mayor's Cup Finalist
2011 16&U Toyota Cup Finalist

2012 14&U Toyota Cup Champion
2012 14&U Kungens Kanna & Drottningens Pris Finalist
2012 14&U Gutysport Tennis Europe Champion
2012 16&U Amos Mansdorf I Champion
2012 16&U Amos Mansdorf II Champion
2012 14&U Windmill Cup Champion
2012 14&U LBS Cup Waiblingen Champion
2012 14&U LBS Muller Junior Cup Champion
2012 14&U Tennis Europe Junior Masters Finalist
2012 ITF G5 Green Cup Champion

2013 ITF G2 Aivaras Balzekas Memorial Cup Quarterfinalist
2013 ITF G2 Yeltsin Cup Semifinalist
2013 16&U Rafi Dorot Memorial I Champion
2013 16&U Rafi Dorot Memorial II Champion
2013 ITF G3 Almaty Champion
2013 ITF G4 Riga Open Champion
2013 ITF G4 Tallink Cup Finalist
2013 ITF G3 Herodotou Tennis Academy Champion
 
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#11 ·
Aivaras Balzekas Memorial Cup, Siauliai, Lithuania, G2

Q1: BYE
Q2: (2)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. Karolina Silwanowicz (POL) 7-5 6-1
Q3: (2)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (WC)Aukse Maciulaityte (LTU) 6-1 6-0

1R: (Q)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (4)Helen Ploskina (UKR) 3-6 6-4 6-2
2R: (Q)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. Palina Dubavets (BLR) 6-4 6-4
QF: (8)Kristina Schmiedlova (SVK) df. (Q)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 6-3 6-2

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Great tournament for Anna! This was a really strong field for a G2 event. She also reached the doubles final with Grammatikopoulou.

She's received a MWC into G2 Yeltsin Cup this week.
 
#16 ·
Yeltsin Cup, Kazan, Russia, G2

1R: (WC)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (Q)Anastasiya Yepisheva (KAZ) 5-7 6-0 6-0
2R: (WC)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (4)Anastasiya Rychagova (RUS) 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4
QF: (WC)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (6)Ksenia Laskutova (RUS) 6-3 3-0 ret.
SF: (2)Alina Silich (RUS) df. (WC)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 6-2 6-3

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She also reached the doubles final with Smagina. This week she's up to #256! These past two weeks she's been rocketing up the rankings. One week ago she was #470 and two weeks ago she was #704!

Her form is really impressive. She's definitely transitioning quite quickly and easily to ITF events from the 14&U Tennis Europe circuit which she mainly played last year. Hopefully she can keep this up :)
 
#19 · (Edited)
Rafi Dorot Memorial I, Ashkelon, Israel, 16&U Category 2

R1: BYE
R2: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. Amit Miran (ISR) w/o
QF: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (5)Beatriz Bento (POR) 6-2 6-0
SF: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (4)Tatiana Makarova (RUS) 6-1 6-4
FR: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (3)Sofya Zhuk (RUS) 6-1 ret.

Rafi Dorot Memorial II, Ashkelon, Israel, 16&U Category 2

R1: BYE
R2: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (WC)Noya Ohana (ISR) 6-2 6-0
QF: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (8)Noa Larsy (ISR) 6-4 6-0
SF: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (3)Sofya Zhuk (RUS) 6-3 2-6 6-1
FR: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (2)Evgeniya Levashova (RUS) 6-3 6-0

These are the best Russian girls of her age group and she's beating them all comfortably! :eek: :yeah:
 
#21 ·
ITF Juniors G3 Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan, G3

R1: (4)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (Q)Tomiris Koshmukhanova (KAZ) 6-0 6-0
R2: (4)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. Komola Umarova (UZB) 6-1 6-2
QF: (4)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (5)Palina Dubavets (BLR) 6-3 7-6(5)
SF: (4)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. Yelena Nemchen (KAZ) 6-4 6-3
FR: (4)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (1)Vasilisa Aponasenko (RUS) 7-6(2) 6-2

Well done! :) Anna's second and biggest ITF title. She's really playing well this year, very easily transitioning to ITFs.

I think her next event is G4 Riga Open in Latvia starting 17th June. She really shouldn't have any problems winning that title too.
 
#22 ·
Go Anna so happy she won the title hoping she can keep it up, anyone know wat her junior ranking will be since winning this title
 
#23 ·
She is now ranked #165.

I just did some research and here's her upcoming schedule. She's in the maindraw for all of these events.

17th June: Riga Open, Riga, Latvia, G4 (clay)
24th June: Governor Cup, St. Petersburg, Russia, G4 (clay)
1st July: HEAD Cup Bruchkoebel, Bruchkoebel, Germany, G4 (clay)
 
#24 ·
Riga Open, Riga, Latvia, G4

R1: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. Lizaveta Hancharova (BLR) 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2
R2: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (Q)Angelina Klimova (GER) 6-0 6-3
QF: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. Luize Liva Strike (LAT) 6-4 6-2
SF: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (3)Agne Cepelyte (LTU) 6-3 4-6 6-1
FR: (1)Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) df. (WC)Polina Novoselova (RUS) 6-3 6-0

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Another title! :) Anna's withdrawn from Governor Cup and HEAD Cup. Not sure where she's playing next.
 
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