Alina Korneeva

Alina Korneeva
Korneeva at the 2023 French Open
Full nameAlina Aleksandrovna Korneeva
Country (sports) Russia
Born (2007-06-23) 23 June 2007[1]
Moscow, Russia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $806,030
Singles
Career record140–50
Career titles1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 67 (24 August 2026)
Current rankingNo. 67 (24 August 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open2R (2026)
Wimbledon1R (2026)
US OpenQ1 (2025)
Doubles
Career record34–22
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 223 (18 August 2025)
Current rankingNo. 296 (24 August 2026)
Last updated on: 24 August 2026.

Alina Aleksandrovna Korneeva (Russian: Алина Александровна Корнеева, born 23 June 2007) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 67, achieved on 24 August 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 223, reached on 18 August 2025.

In 2023, Korneeva won two major girls' singles titles, at the Australian Open and the French Open, and reached world No. 1 in the ITF junior combined ranking.[2][3]

Career

2021–22: First junior events

Korneeva finished runner-up at the European Junior Championships under-14 girls singles to the Czech player Tereza Valentová.[4][5]

On the ITF Junior Circuit, in 2022 Korneeva's tally of six singles titles saw her claim the most singles titles in girls’ tennis that year.[6] Korneeva won her first $15k event in Casablanca in September, defeating Laura Hietaranta in the final.[7]

2023: No. 1 junior, WTA Tour debut

Korneeva at the 2023 Junior French Open

Korneeva had success in her junior major debut at the Australian Open, reaching the semifinals of the girls' doubles with partner Mirra Andreeva, and defeating Andreeva in three sets in the final of the girls' singles.[8] Before their final, Andreeva said, "She is a really good friend of mine, my best friend."[9] After the match, Korneeva told her on court, "It's not our last battle. We will have a lot of good matches when you will win, when I will win...it was a hard battle."[10][11] In the quarterfinals of the girls singles, Korneeva defeated second seed Tereza Valentová, who 18 months prior, had defeated Korneeva in the under-14 girls singles final at the European Junior Championships.[12]

In March, Korneeva qualified for the main draw of the 60k event in Pretoria and won the tournament, defeating Tímea Babos in the final, in straight sets. At age 15 years, eight months and 18 days, Korneeva became the fifth youngest player in history to win an ITF tournament at 60k level or above.[13]

On 1 May, Korneeva became No. 1 in the junior world rankings.[14]

In June, she won her second junior major title, defeating Lucciana Pérez in the final of the French Open girls' singles in straight sets, becoming the first player since Magdalena Maleeva in 1990 to win the first two Grand Slam tournaments in girls' singles in the same year.[15] Together with Sara Saito, Korneeva also reached the final of the girls' doubles, losing to Tyra Caterina Grant and Iva Jovic.[16]

In July, Korneeva qualified for the main draw and won the W100 Figueira da Foz Open, defeating French player Carole Monnet in the final 6–0, 6–0, and becoming the youngest player to win a W100 title.[17] Together with Anastasia Tikhonova, she also reached the final of the same event in doubles.[18]

In October, she qualified for the Hong Kong Open making her WTA Tour debut, and defeated compatriot Valeria Savinykh for her first tour win.[19] She lost to Linda Fruhvirtová in the second round.[20]

On 22 October, Korneeva won the 2023 ITF World Tour Junior Finals, defeating Sara Saito in the final.[21]

2024: Major debut and first win, WTA Tour doubles final

In the last round of qualifying at the Australian Open, Korneeva defeated Anna Bondár in straight sets to qualify for the main draw, making her major debut.[22] She defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo in the first round,[23] before losing in the second round to tenth-seed Beatriz Haddad Maia.[24]

At the Jasmin Open, Korneeva reached her first career final in doubles, partnering Anastasia Zakharova. They lost to Anna Blinkova and Mayar Sherif, in three sets.[25]

Partnering Polina Kudermetova, she was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico, losing to Carmen Corley and Rebecca Marino in the final.[26]

Korneeva reached her first WTA Tour singles semifinal at the Mérida Open with wins over Alycia Parks,[27] fifth seed Anna Blinkova[28] and Sara Sorribes Tormo.[29] She lost in the last four to Zeynep Sönmez.[30]

2025: Three ITF titles

In July, Korneeva reached the final of the W100 Figueira da Foz Open, where she lost to Maria Timofeeva. As a result, she re-entered top 200 in the WTA rankings. She then won the titles of W50 Leira and W50 Evora in Portugal back-to-back in September to reach world No. 156. Korneeva also won the title of the W75 Slovak Open, defeating Lucie Havlíčková in the final.

She then qualified for the main draw of Guangzhou, before losing to sixth seed Yulia Putintseva in the first round.

2026: First WTA 125 title, Wimbledon debut and WTA 1000 breakthrough

Korneeva started the year winning the title at the W75 event in Manama, Bahrain beating Fiona Ferro in the final, in straight sets.

In February 2026, Korneeva won her first WTA 125 title at the Oeiras Indoors defeating Darja Vidmanova in the final.[31] She defeated Lilli Tagger to qualify for the Italian Open for her first WTA 1000 at Rome.[32] Korneeva secured her spot in the main draw at the 2026 French Open for the first time when she defeated Julia Riera in straight sets, in the final round of qualifying on 21 May 2026.[33] She registered her second major win in the first round beating Elisabetta Cocciaretto, in straight sets.[34] She lost to compatriot Anna Kalinskaya in the next round but climbed 21 spots after this performance, making her top 100 debut at No. 96, on 8 June 2026. She defeated Fiona Crawley in straight sets to make her debut at Wimbledon.

In July, Korneeva reached the semifinals of the inaugural Athens Open, her second WTA Tour-level semifinal.[35]She defeated Aoi Ito , second seed Ann Li and Tereza Valentova before losing to fourth seed Maria Sakkari , 1–6, 5–7. The run lifted her to a new career-high ranking of world No. 75 on 20 July.

At the National Bank Open in Toronto in August, Korneeva came through qualifying and reached the fourth round of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time. She defeated 23rd seed Emma Navarro 6–2, 6–2 in the second round for her first top-30 win, then defeated 13th seed Iva Jovic 6–3, 6–4 for her first top-20 victory. She advanced to the round of 16 before losing to fourth seed Coco Gauff 3–6, 1–6.[36]

Personal background

Born in Moscow,[37] her father, Aleksandr Korneev, is a former volleyball player who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[17][38] Korneeva has been nicknamed the "mini Sharapova" in some quarters.[39]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[40]

Singles

Current through 2026 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R Q1 Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 1–1 0–0 1–2 0 / 3 2–3 40%

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2024 Jasmin Open, Tunisia WTA 250 Hard Anastasia Zakharova Anna Blinkova
Egypt Mayar Sherif		 6–2, 1–6, [8–10]

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win Feb 2026 Oeiras Indoors, Portugal Hard (i) Czech Republic Darja Viďmanová 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2024 Abierto Tampico, Mexico Hard Polina Kudermetova United States Carmen Corley
Canada Rebecca Marino		 3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (2–1)
W80 tournaments (0–1)
W60/75 tournaments (3–0)
W50 tournaments (2–0)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–2)
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2022 ITF Casablanca, Morocco W15 Clay Finland Laura Hietaranta 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–0 Mar 2023 ITF Pretoria, South Africa W60 Hard Hungary Tímea Babos 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–0 Jul 2023 Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal W100 Hard France Carole Monnet 6–0, 6–0
Loss 3–1 Sep 2023 ITF Le Neubourg, France W80 Hard Switzerland Céline Naef 6–4, 2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win 4–1 Sep 2024 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal W100 Hard Anastasia Zakharova 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–2 Jul 2025 Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal W100 Hard Maria Timofeeva 3–6, 0–6
Win 5–2 Sep 2025 ITF Leiria, Portugal W50 Hard Czech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová 6–1, 7–5
Win 6–2 Sep 2025 ITF Évora, Portugal W50 Hard Spain Kaitlin Quevedo 6–3, 6–1
Win 7–2 Sep 2025 Bratislava Open, Slovakia W75 Hard (i) Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková 7–6(9–7), 7–5
Win 8–2 Jan 2026 ITF Manama, Bahrain W75 Hard France Fiona Ferro 6–4, 6–0

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W80 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W25 Hard Polina Iatcenko Switzerland Jenny Dürst
South Korea Park So-hyun		 6–1, 6–7(1–7), [10–5]
Loss 1–1 Jul 2023 Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal W100 Hard Anastasia Tikhonova Hong Kong Eudice Chong
Netherlands Arianne Hartono		 3–6, 2–6
Win 2–1 Sep 2023 ITF Le Neubourg, France W80 Hard France Fiona Ferro Ukraine Maryna Kolb
Ukraine Nadiya Kolb		 7–6(9–7), 7–5

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2023 Australian Open Hard Mirra Andreeva 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 7–5
Win 2023 French Open Clay Peru Lucciana Pérez 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2023 French Open Clay Japan Sara Saito United States Tyra Caterina Grant
United States Clervie Ngounoue		 3–6, 2–6

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