Anna Kalinskaya enters the 2025 season with optimism after a transformative 2024. Reflecting on her journey, the Russian tennis star expressed pride in her progress despite a year filled with challenges and triumphs.
Kalinskaya highlighted her leap in performance, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 11 on October 28, 2024. She also celebrated her achievement of being seeded at the Australian Open 2025, a first in her career. “I’m happy where I am now,” she shared in a video, adding that her journey has made her “super happy and super proud.”
Her 2024 season was punctuated by notable successes, including a deep run to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where she impressed fans with her strong gameplay before falling to Qinwen Zheng in a three-set thriller. Another career milestone came at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she advanced to her first WTA 1000 final.
However, her path wasn’t without hurdles. Kalinskaya sustained a right forearm injury during Wimbledon, which forced her to retire mid-match against Elena Rybakina. The injury marked a difficult period, yet she emerged stronger, determined to continue improving.
“I am very excited to improve and play as many matches as I can”
With a healthy and well-rested body, Anna Kalinskaya is looking to start the year strong in Australia where she made the Australian Open quarterfinals last year! pic.twitter.com/lCXPcQUi8d
— WTARussians (@WTArussians) December 28, 2024
As she prepares for the Australian Open 2025, Kalinskaya is eager to build on her achievements and cement her place among tennis’s elite. “I want to keep working and see how much I can do,” she said, setting her sights on a promising future.
Anna Kalinskaya in 2024
Now ranked no.14, Kalinskaya played her last match on the 18th of October when she surrendered to world no.22 Karolina Muchova 2-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Ningbo (draw).
Currently, during this year Kalinskaya has managed to achieve an overall 38-19 record. Anna Kalinskaya’s most significant result of the present season was reaching the final in Dubai and Berlin.
Anna Kalinskaya will come up against the world no.64 Ashlyn Krueger in the 2nd round. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Krueger.
Anna reached the final in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Championships) and in Berlin (Berlin Ladies Open).
She is also scheduled to play in Adelaide (Adelaide International) on the 6th of January and () on the 13th of January.
