Alina Aleksandrovna Korneeva (, born 23 June 2007) is a Russian professional

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player. In 2023, she won two

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girls' singles titles, at the

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and the

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, and reached world No. 1 in the ITF junior rankings.

Career

2021

Korneeva finished runner-up at the European Junior Championships under-14 girls singles to the Czech player

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2022

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. Korneeva won her first $15k event in Casablanca in September, defeating Laura Hietaranta in the final.

2023: No. 1 junior, WTA Tour debut

Korneeva had success in her junior Grand Slam debut at the

, reaching the semifinals of the girls' doubles with partner Mirra Andreeva, and defeating Andreeva in three sets in the final of the girls' singles. Before their final, Andreeva said, "She is a really good friend of mine, my best friend." 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." In the quarterfinals of the girls singles, Korneeva defeated second seed

, who 18 months prior, had defeated Korneeva in the under-14 girls singles final at the European Junior Championships. In March, Korneeva qualified for the main draw and won the $60k event in Pretoria, defeating

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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. On 1 May, Korneeva reached No. 1 in the ITF junior world rankings. In June, she won her second junior Grand Slam title, defeating Lucciana Pérez Alarcón in the final of the French Open girls' singles in straight sets, becoming the first player since

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in 1990 to win the first two Grand Slam events in girls' singles in the same year. Together with

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, Korneeva also reached the final of the girls' doubles, losing to

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and Iva Jovic. In July, Korneeva qualified for the main draw and won the $100k Figueira da Foz Open, defeating French player

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6–0, 6–0, and becoming the youngest player to win a W100 title. Together with Anastasia Tikhonova, she also reached the final of the same event in doubles. In October, she qualified for the Hong Kong Open making her WTA Tour debut, and defeated compatriot

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for her first WTA Tour win. She lost to

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in the second round. On 22 October, Korneeva won the 2023 ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals, defeating Sara Saito in the final.

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

In the last round of

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at the Australian Open, Korneeva defeated

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in straight sets to qualify for the main draw, making her major debut. She defeated

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in the first round, before losing in the second round to tenth-seed

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. At the Jasmin Open, Korneeva reached her first career final in doubles, partnering

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. They lost to

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and

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, in three sets. Partnering

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, she was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico, losing to Carmen Corley and

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in the final. Korneeva reached her first WTA Tour singles semifinal at the

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with wins over

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, fifth seed

and

. She lost in the last four to

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Personal life

Born in Moscow, Korneeva has been nicknamed the "mini Sharapova" in some quarters. Her father, Aleksandr Korneev, is a former volleyball player who won a bronze medal at the

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Grand Slam singles performance timeline

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Korneeva, Alina 2007 births Living people Russian female tennis players 21st-century Russian sportswomen Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Australian Open (tennis) junior champions