Elizaveta Kulichkova

Elizaveta Kulichkova
Елизавета Куличкова
	Kulichkova at Roland Garros, 2015
Full name	Elizaveta Dmitrievna Kulichkova
Country (sports)	Russia
Born	12 April 1996 (age 28); Novosibirsk, Russia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 481,929
Singles
Career record	156–89
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 87 (22 February 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2016)
French Open	Q2 (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	14–16
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 312 (18 April 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2015)

Elizaveta Dmitrievna Kulichkova (Russian: Елизавета Дмитриевна Куличкова; born 12 April 1996^[1]) is a Russian former tennis 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,^[2] and in January 2014, won the girls' singles and doubles events at the Australian Open.

Career

Kulichkova made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2014 İstanbul Cup as a qualifier. Having defeated Nadiia Kichenok and Melinda Czink in the preliminary rounds, she lost to Shahar Pe'er in round one. Further first-round exits followed in Hong Kong and Seoul before once again coming through qualifying in Tianjin where she defeated Sílvia Soler Espinosa, before losing to Peng Shuai in the second round.

Kulichkova made her major debut at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships by defeating Yanina Wickmayer (3–6, 7–6, 10–8), before losing to eventual quarterfinalist Madison Keys in the second round (4–6, 6–7). Then, she reached semifinals in Bursa. In the first round at Baku, she was close to defeat top-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova but she lost the final tie-breaker.

For the first time Kulichkova was nominated for the Russia Fed Cup team in 2016 in the World Group play-offs against Belarus. She should have played the last dead rubber with Elena Vesnina, but she was replaced by Daria Kasatkina.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Dalila Jakupović	7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Apr 2013	Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Donna Vekić	4–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	2–1	Jul 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard	Kateryna Kozlova	6–3, 4–6, 6–0
Win	3–1	Dec 2013	ITF Hong Kong	25,000	Hard	Zarina Diyas	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Jan 2014	Burnie International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Misa Eguchi	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Win	4–2	Jun 2014	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Louisa Chirico	7–5, 6–2
Win	5–2	Oct 2014	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Lesley Kerkhove	6–1, 6–0
Win	6–2	Mar 2015	Blossom Cup, China	50,000	Hard	Jeļena Ostapenko	6–1, 5–7, 7–5
Win	7–2	Jul 2016	ITS Cup, Czech Republic	50,000	Clay	Ekaterina Alexandrova	4–6, 6–2, 6–1