Elvina Kalieva (born July 27, 2003) is an American tennis player. Kalieva has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 120, achieved on August 10, 2026. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 194, reached in February 2023.
Personal life She is the younger sister of Ottawa Senators forward Arthur Kaliyev.
Career highlights 2015: Juniors Kalieva earned her first USTA Gold Ball at the Girls 12s National Clay Court Championships in 2015.
2017–2021: Pro beginnings Kalieva made her Grand Slam tournament main draw debut at the 2021 US Open, after receiving a wildcard for the mixed doubles event with Bruno Kuzuhara.
2022–2023: WTA Tour and WTA 1000 debuts
The following year, she made her WTA Tour and WTA 1000 debuts at the 2022 Indian Wells Open as a wildcard, losing in the first round to Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets.
At the WTA 1000 2023 Guadalajara Open, Kalieva entered the main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round replacing fifth seed Belinda Bencic, but lost to Taylor Townsend.
2024–2026: Miami Open debut & first WTA Tour match win Wins over Varvara Lepchenko and Mona Barthel saw Kalieva in June 2024 reach the quarterfinals at the WTA 125 Open Internacional de Valencia, where she was defeated by eventual champion Ann Li. She gained entry to the main draw of the 2024 Tennis in Cleveland as a lucky loser, going out in the first round against Clara Burel.
Kalieva qualified for her third WTA 1000 main draw at the 2026 Miami Open defeating Diane Parry. She recorded her first WTA Tour win defeating alternate Dalma Galfi, before losing to 21st seed Elise Mertens in the second round.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament202120222023202420252026W–L Australian OpenAAAQ1AQ30–0 French OpenAAAQ1AQ10–0 WimbledonAQ1AQ1AQ20–0 US OpenQ2Q1Q2AA0–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2025Open de San Sebastián, Spain Clay Gabriela Lee Anastasia Tikhonova Tara Würth 3–6, 0–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W60 tournaments (1–2)W50 tournaments (0–1)W25/35 tournaments (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Clay (2–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2021Rancho Santa Fe Open, United StatesW60 Hard Rebecca Peterson 4–6, 0–6Loss 0–2 May 2022Pelham Pro Classic, United StatesW60 Clay María Lourdes Carlé 1–6, 1–6Loss 0–3 Jul 2022Dallas Summer Series, United StatesW25 Hard Katrina Scott 1–6, 0–6Win 1–3 May 2023ITF Warmbad Villach, AustriaW25 Clay Julie Štruplová 4–6, 6–2, 6–1Win 2–3 Jun 2023ITF Říčany, Czech RepublicW60 Clay Misaki Doi 7–6(2), 6–0Loss 2–4 Oct 2024ITF Hilton Head Island, United StatesW35 Hard Anastasiya Lopata 3–6, 2–6Loss 2–5 Dec 2024ITF Tampa, United StatesW50 Clay Caty McNally 4–6, 5–7Loss 2–6 Oct 2025Guanajuato Open, MexicoW100 Hard Marina Stakusic 2–6, 2–6Win 3–6 Jan 2026San Diego Open, United StatesW100 Hard Elizabeth Mandlik 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW80 tournaments (1–0)W60/75 tournaments (1–2)W40 tournaments (1–0)W35 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (2–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 2022Pelham Pro Classic, United StatesW60 Clay Reese Brantmeier Carolyn Ansari Ariana Arseneault 5–7, 1–6Win 1–1 Sep 2022Berkeley Club Challenge, United StatesW60 Hard Peyton Stearns Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa 7–6(5), 7–6(5)Win 2–1 Oct 2022Rancho Santa Fe Open, United StatesW80 Hard Katarzyna Kawa Marcela Zacarías Giuliana Olmos 6–1, 3–6, [10–2]Win 3–1 Jun 2023ITF Otočec, SloveniaW40 Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze Kayla Cross Sofia Sewing 6–2, 6–3Win 4–1 Jan 2024ITF Naples, United StatesW35 Clay Maria Kozyreva Isabelle Haverlag Lia Karatancheva 6–0, 6–0Loss 4–2 Jul 2025Lexington Open, United StatesW75 Hard Alana Smith Ayana Akli Eryn Cayetano 6–4, 2–6, [4–10]
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2021US OpenHard Reese Brantmeier Ashlyn Krueger Robin Montgomery7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
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