Elizaveta Dmitrievna Kulichkova (; born 12 April 1996
) is a Russian former
tennis
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player. She competed for her last pro match at the
2017 US Open.
In her career, she won seven singles titles on the
ITF Circuit. On 22 February 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87.
Kulichkova was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in May 2012,
and in January 2014, won the
girls' singles and
doubles events at the
Australian Open
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.
Career
Kulichkova made her
WTA Tour
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main-draw debut at the
2014 İstanbul Cup as a qualifier. Having defeated
Nadiia Kichenok
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and
Melinda Czink in the preliminary rounds, she lost to
Shahar Pe'er
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Pe'er won five singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation, ITF circuit in her career ...
in round one. Further first-round exits followed in
Hong Kong
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and
Seoul
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before once again coming through qualifying in
Tianjin
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where she defeated
Sílvia Soler Espinosa, before losing to
Peng Shuai
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in the second round.
Kulichkova made her major debut at the
2015 Wimbledon Championships by defeating
Yanina Wickmayer
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(3–6, 7–6, 10–8), before losing to eventual quarterfinalist
Madison Keys
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in the second round (4–6, 6–7). Then, she reached semifinals in
Bursa
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. In the first round at
Baku
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, she was close to defeat top-seeded
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has won twelve singles titles ...
but she lost the final tie-breaker.
For the first time Kulichkova was nominated for the
Russia Fed Cup team in
2016
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in the World Group play-offs against
Belarus
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. She should have played the last
dead rubber with
Elena Vesnina
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Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, h ...
, but she was replaced by
Daria Kasatkina
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.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner–ups)
Doubles: 1 (runner–up)
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Girls' singles: 1 (title)
Girls' doubles: 1 (title)
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Novosibirsk
Russian female tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
21st-century Russian sportswomen