Russian tennis player (born 2003)
Polina Kudermetova Native name Полина Кудерметова Country (sports) Russia Residence Moscow , RussiaBorn (2003-06-04 ) 4 June 2003 (age 21) Plays Right-handed Coach Ravshan Sultanov[ 1] Prize money US $684,484 Career record 187–102 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 57 (6 January 2025) Current ranking No. 57 (6 January 2025) Australian Open 1R (2023 , 2025 ) French Open Q1 (2023 , 2024 ) Wimbledon Q1 (2024 ) US Open Q1 (2024 ) Career record 43–33 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 283 (10 April 2023) Current ranking No. 345 (6 January 2025) Last updated on: 6 January 2025.
Polina Eduardovna Kudermetova (Russian : Полина Эдуардовна Кудерметова , Polina Eduardovna Kudermetova , born 4 June 2003) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as world No. 57 in singles, achieved on 6 January 2025, and No. 283 in doubles on 10 April 2023.
2023: Grand Slam debut, first WTA Tour win[ edit ]
At the Australian Open , Kudermetova advanced to her first Grand Slam tournament main draw on her qualifying debut by defeating Anastasia Gasanova ,[ 2] Katie Boulter ,[ 3] and Asia Muhammad .[ 4] She lost to wildcard Olivia Gadecki in the first round.[ 5]
She recorded her first WTA main-draw win at the Libéma Open over Yuan Yue ,[ 6] but lost her next match to Liudmila Samsonova .[ 7]
At the Korea Open , she reached the quarterfinals defeating sixth seed Alycia Parks [ 8] and Kathinka von Deichmann ,[ 9] before losing to Yanina Wickmayer .[ 10]
2024: First WTA semifinal [ edit ]
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,[ 11] [ 12] and seventh seed Ekaterina Alexandrova [ 13] [ 14] to reach the quarterfinals where she lost to third seed Beatriz Haddad Maia .[ 15] As a result she reached a new career-high ranking in the top 130 on 23 September 2024.[ 16]
Partnering Alina Korneeva , she was runner-up in doubles at the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico , losing to Carmen Corley and Rebecca Marino in the final.[ 17]
Kudermetova reached her first WTA Tour singles semifinal at the Mérida Open with wins over second seed Nadia Podoroska ,[ 18] Varvara Lepchenko [ 19] and Nina Stojanović ,[ 20] before losing in the last four to Ann Li .[ 21]
As top seed, Kudermetova was runner-up at the W100 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai , losing to wildcard entrant Jodie Burrage in the final.[ 22] Despite the defeat, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 106 the day after the tournament finished on 9 December 2024.[ 23]
2025: First WTA final, top 100 debut[ edit ]
Having made it through qualifying, Kudermetova reached her first WTA final at the Brisbane International , defeating Wang Xinyu ,[ 24] 13th seed Liudmila Samsonova ,[ 25] third seed Daria Kasatkina (her first win against a top-10 ranked player),[ 26] [ 27] Ashlyn Krueger [ 28] [ 29] and Anhelina Kalinina .[ 30] [ 31] She lost the championship match to World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka in three sets.[ 32] She made her top 100 debut on 6 January 2025, climbing 50 positions up in the rankings to world No. 57.[ 33] [ 34]
Kudermetova defeated Elena Micic in the final qualifying round at the Australian Open to make it into her second Grand Slam tournament main-draw.[ 35] She lost to 23rd seed Magdalena Fręch in the first round.[ 36]
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 .[ 37] [ 38] [ 39]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records. [ 40]
Current through the 2025 Brisbane .
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–1)
WTA 250 (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
WTA Challenger finals [ edit ]
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Singles: 12 (9 titles, 3 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W40/50 tournaments (2–1)
W25 tournaments (3–0)
W15 tournaments (4–0)[ b]
Finals by surface
Hard (8–1)
Clay (1–2)[ b]
Result
W–L
Date
Location
Tier
Surface
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Dec 2019
ITF Antalya, Turkey
W15
Hard
Georgia Crăciun
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Finalist[ b]
–
Dec 2020
ITF Antalya, Turkey
W15
Clay
Andreea Roșca
canc.
Win
2–0
Feb 2021
ITF Antalya, Turkey
W15
Clay
Marta Custic
6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win
3–0
Nov 2021
Kazan Open , Russia
W15
Hard (i)
Nigina Abduraimova
7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win
4–0
Jan 2022
Tatarstan Winter Cup, Russia
W15
Hard (i)
Anastasia Kovaleva
6–0, 6–4
Win
5–0
Jun 2022
ITF Ra'anana, Israel
W25
Hard
Maria Timofeeva
4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss
5–1
Aug 2022
ITF San Bartolomé de Tirajana , Spain
W60
Clay
Arantxa Rus
3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win
6–1
Oct 2022
ITF Istanbul, Turkey
W25
Hard (i)
Tatiana Prozorova
6–3, 6–1
Win
7–1
Nov 2022
ITF Jerusalem, Israel
W25
Hard
Ekaterina Reyngold
6–1, 6–1
Win
8–1
Mar 2023
ITF Astana, Kazakhstan
W40
Hard (i)
Darya Astakhova
6–2, 6–3
Win
9–1
Feb 2024
ITF Indore, India
W50
Hard
Dalila Jakupović
3–6, 6–2, 6–0
Loss
9–2
Aug 2024
ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands
W50
Clay
Hanne Vandewinkel
6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Loss
9–3
Dec 2024
Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge , Dubai
W100
Hard
Jodie Burrage
3–6, 3–6
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partnering
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Apr 2022
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
W25
Hard
Sofya Lansere
Estelle Cascino Jessika Ponchet
0–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss
0–2
Jun 2022
ITF Tbilisi, Georgia
W25
Hard
Sofya Lansere
Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova
4–6, 3–6
Loss
0–3
Nov 2022
ITF Jerusalem, Israel
W25
Hard
Ekaterina Reyngold
Lee Pei-chi Sofia Shapatava
2–6, 4–6
Win
1–3
Mar 2023
Nur-Sultan Challenger , Kazakhstan
W60
Hard (i)
Anastasia Tikhonova
Jang Su-jeong Han Na-lae
2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win
2–3
Aug 2024
ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands
W50
Clay
Ekaterina Makarova
Freya Christie Yuliana Lizarazo
6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
Wins over top-10 players [ edit ]
^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^ a b c The final was abandoned due to poor weather.
Both players split ranking points and prize money.[ 41]