Mariam Bolkvadze (, ; born 1 January 1998) is a Georgian professional tennis player. On 7 March 2022, she achieved a WTA career-high singles ranking of world No. 151, and on 21 March 2022, she peaked at No. 204 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Playing for the Georgia Fed Cup team, Bolkvadze has a win–loss record of 12–14 in Fed Cup competitions, as of August 2026.
Early life Bolkvadze was born in Batumi. began playing tennis at the age of nine and spent much of her teenage years training in London, after she moved at the age of 13 to the United Kingdom to further her tennis development. She was coached by Otto Buchholdt. She stayed initially with her godmother before finding a host family two years later. Maria Sharapova was her favourite player growing up. She is fluent in Georgian, Russian, and English.
Career 2012–2016: Juniors As a junior Bolkvadze played in very few ITF Circuit events, instead concentrating on domestic competitions organised by the LTA and continental tournaments run by Tennis Europe. She won the 2013 Aegon Junior International in London, defeating Jodie Burrage in the final. At the European Junior Championships held in Moscow later that year she lost to Fanny Stollar in the round of 64.
She reached her only final on the ITF Junior World Tour as a qualifier at the G4 Nottingham event in April 2013, where she was runner-up to Freya Christie.
Bolkvadze was a finalist with American partner Caty McNally in the girls' doubles at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, losing to Usue Maitane Arconada and Claire Liu in straight sets.
2019–2022: Major debut, career-high ranking Ranked No. 202, Bolkvadze entered 2019 US Open qualifying and was drawn against eighth seed Heather Watson. After beating her in straight sets, she defeated in the second round Han Na-lae in three tight sets to set up a match against Xu Shilin. After another win she qualified for her first major main draw, and became the fourth Georgian to do so. In the first round, she defeated Bernarda Pera in three sets, before losing to third seed Karolína Plíšková. With her wins, she reached a new career-high of No. 156, on 9 September 2019.
2024: Two WTA 125 quarterfinals Bolkvadze reached the quarterfinals at the WTA 125 Polish Open in July with wins over top seed Rebecca Šramková and wildcard entrant Gina Feistel. She lost to fifth seed Maya Joint in the last eight.
The following month Bolkvadze repeated her performance by making it through to another WTA 125 quarterfinal, this time at the Barranquilla Open in Columbia, where she defeated Maria Timofeeva and eighth seed Elsa Jacquemot, before losing to fourth seed and eventual champion, Nadia Podoroska.
2026: Wimbledon debut and first win Ranked No. 545 and using protected ranking, following a series of injuries including two torn hamstrings and a hand problem which required surgery, Bolkvadze qualified to make her main-draw debut at Wimbledon and defeated Ajla Tomljanović, becoming the second woman representing Georgia to win a match at Wimbledon, after Anna Tatishvili. She lost to fellow qualifier Ashlyn Krueger in the second round.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles Tournament2019202020212022…2026W–L Australian OpenAQ1Q2Q1A0–0 French OpenAQ1Q2Q1A0–0 WimbledonQ1NHQ1Q22R1–1 US Open2RAQ2AQ31–1Win–loss1–10–00–00–01–12–2
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW40/50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (5–8)Clay (2–2)Carpet (1–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 2014ITF Astana, KazakhstanW10 Hard Vlada Ekshibarova 7–5, 6–3Loss 0–2 Aug 2014ITF Telavi, GeorgiaW10 Hard Yuliya Kalabina 4–6, 4–6Win 1–2 Apr 2015ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW10 Hard Lina Gjorcheska 6–1, 6–4Win 2–2 Apr 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW10 Hard Sofya Zhuk 6–3, 7–5Win 3–2 Sep 2016Batumi Ladies Open, GeorgiaW10 Clay Aleksandra Pospelova 6–4, 7–6(18)Win 4–2 May 2017ITF Cairo, EgyptW15 Clay Camila Giangreco Campiz 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(4)Loss 4–3 May 2018ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Elizabeth Halbauer 3–6, 1–6Loss 4–4 May 2018ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Magdalena Pantucková 4–6, 1–6Loss 4–5 Feb 2019GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UKW25 Hard (i) Jessika Ponchet 3–6, 1–6Loss 4–6 Apr 2019ITF Óbidos, PortugalW25 Carpet Maryna Zanevska 5–7, 2–6Win 5–6 Apr 2019ITF Óbidos, PortugalW25 Carpet Nuria Párrizas Díaz 6–2, 7–6(5)Loss 5–7 Jun 2021ITF Montemor-o-Novo, PortugalW25 Hard Beatriz Haddad Maia 4–6, 4–6Win 6–7 Jul 2021 President's Cup, Kazakhstan W60 Hard Valeria Savinykh 4–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss 6–8 Jan 2022GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UKW25 Hard (i) Sofia Samavati 2–6, 5–5 ret.Win 7–8 Dec 2023ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW25 Hard Elena Pridankina 6–2, 6–1Win 8–8 Jan 2024ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW35 Hard Elena Pridankina 6–0, 6–3Loss 8–9 Jul 2024ITF Corroios, PortugalW50 Hard Gabriela Knutson 1–6, 3–6Loss 8–10 Oct 2024 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK W75 Hard (i) Simona Waltert 4–6, 2–6Loss 8–11 Feb 2025ITF Herrenschwanden, SwitzerlandW35 Carpet (i) Anna Rogers 3–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 8–12 Mar 2025 ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia W75 Hard (i) Tereza Valentová 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 23 (12 titles, 11 runner-ups) LegendW80 tournamentsW60/75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (9–5)Clay (2–3)Carpet (1–3) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 2014ITF Netanya, IsraelW10 Hard Anastasia Pribylova Pia König Barbora Štefková 3–6, 2–6Win 1–1 May 2015ITF Ashkelon, IsraelW10 Hard Naomi Totka Laura Deigman Hélène Scholsen 6–0, 6–2Win 2–1 Jun 2015ITF Telavi, GeorgiaW10 Hard Tinatin Kavlashvili Marianna Natali Seira Shimizu 6–4, 7–5Win 3–1 Apr 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW10 Hard Nastja Kolar Oleksandra Korashvili Margarita Lazareva 7–6(0), 7–5Loss 3–2 Apr 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW10 Hard Victoria Muntean Oleksandra Korashvili Margarita Lazareva 5–7, 3–6Loss 3–3 Aug 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW10 Hard Ana Bianca Mihaila Sharmada Balu Ana Veselinović 6–4, 6–7(2), [8–10]Loss 3–4 Sep 2016Batumi Ladies Open, GeorgiaW10 Clay Tatia Mikadze Alona Fomina Margarita Lazareva 4–6, 2–6Win 4–4 Oct 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW10 Hard Alona Fomina Guadalupe Pérez Rojas Jil Teichmann 6–2, 6–3Win 5–4 Apr 2017ITF Cairo, EgyptW15 Clay Tereza Mihalíková Bojana Marinković Despina Papamichail 7–6(7), 6–3Loss 5–5 Apr 2017ITF Cairo, EgyptW15 Clay Margaux Bovy Irina Fetecău Anna Slováková 6–7(2), 6–2, [5–10]Win 6–5 Jul 2017ITF Istanbul, TurkeyW15 Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze Petia Arshinkova İpek Öz 6–1, 6–3Loss 6–6 Jul 2017Telavi Open, GeorgiaW15 Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze Polina Pekhova Maria Solnyshkina 2–6, 6–1, [7–10]Win 7–6 Mar 2018ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Barbora Štefková María Paulina Pérez Paula Andrea Pérez 6–2, 7–6(6)Loss 7–7 Sep 2018ITF Óbidos, PortugalW25 Carpet Inês Murta Katarzyna Piter Valeria Savinykh 3–6, 2–6Loss 7–8 Apr 2019ITF Óbidos, PortugalW25 Carpet Nastja Kolar Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith 1–6, 6–2, [9–11]Win 8–8 Jul 2021ITF Astana, KazakhstanW25 Hard Ekaterina Yashina Vlada Koval Anastasia Tikhonova 7–6(7), 6–1Win 9–8 Oct 2021 Internationaux de Poitiers, France W80 Hard (i) Samantha Murray Sharan Audrey Albié Léolia Jeanjean 7–6(5), 6–0Win 10–8 Feb 2022 AK Ladies Open, Germany W60 Carpet (i) Samantha Murray Sharan Susan Bandecchi Simona Waltert 6–3, 7–5Win 11–8 Oct 2022 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia W60 Hard (i) Maia Lumsden Conny Perrin Diāna Marcinkēviča 6–2, 6–3Win 12–8 Aug 2023ITF Roehampton, UKW25 Hard Lily Miyazaki Talia Gibson Petra Hule 7–5, 6–3Loss 12–9 Oct 2023ITF Sunderland, UKW25 Hard (i) Samantha Murray Sharan Freya Christie Elena Malõgina 0–6, 6–4, [4–10]Loss 12–10 Oct 2024 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom W75 Hard (i) Isabelle Haverlag Jodie Burrage Freya Christie 4–6, 6–3, [5–10]Loss 12–11 Feb 2025ITF Herrenschwanden, SwitzerlandW35 Carpet (i) Sinja Kraus Ekaterina Ovcharenko Emily Webley-Smith 6–7(1), 6–2, [9–11]
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Girls' doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2016 Wimbledon Grass Caty McNally Usue Maitane Arconada Claire Liu 2–6, 3–6
National representation Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup Bolkvadze made her Fed Cup debut for Georgia in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, when she was 17 years and 37 days old. Group membershipRound RobinPlay-offsMatches by surfaceHard (6–5)Clay (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (4–5)Doubles (2–0)Matches by settingIndoors (6–5)Outdoors (0–0)
Singles (4–5) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore2015Z1 PO Feb 2015 Budapest (HUN) Turkey Hard (i) Başak EraydınW 6–3, 6–3 2019 Z1 RR Feb 2019 Bath (GBR) Serbia Hard (i) Ivana JorovićL 3–6, 1–6 Croatia Ana KonjuhL 4–6, 3–6 Turkey Çağla BüyükakçayL 4–6, 1–6Z1 PO Slovenia Kaja JuvanL 1–6, 0–3 ret. 2020 Z2 RR Feb 2020 Helsinki (FIN) Israel Hard (i) Vlada KaticW 7–6(5), 6–1 Moldova Anastasia VdovencoW 7–5, 6–3 Tunisia Ons JabeurL 2–6, 2–6Z2 PO Finland Oona OrpanaW 7–5, 6–4
Doubles (2–0) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore2018Z1 RR Feb 2018 Tallinn (EST) Serbia Hard (i) Sofia Shapatava Olga Danilović Bojana MarinkovićW 6–7(7), 7–6(7), 6–32019Z1 RR Feb 2019 Bath (GBR) Serbia Hard (i) Oksana Kalashnikova Olga Danilović Ivana JorovićW 6–3, 7–5
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