Elena Ivanovna Pridankina (, born 30 August 2005) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 168, achieved on 19 May 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 70, reached on 27 July 2026.
Pridankina has won one WTA Tour doubles title, at the 2025 Jiangxi Open with Quinn Gleason, and five WTA 125 doubles titles.
Personal life Pridankina's father, Ivan Pridankin, is a former coach of Daniil Medvedev.
Career Ranked No. 179, Pridankina made her WTA Tour debut at the 2024 Guangzhou Open, after entering the main draw as a lucky loser but lost to Caroline Dolehide.
She secured her first WTA Tour win at the 2024 Jiangxi Open defeating Ella Seidel, before losing in the second round to fifth seed Kamilla Rakhimova.
Teaming with Quinn Gleason, Pridankina won her first career doubles title at the 2025 Jiangxi Open, defeating Ekaterina Ovcharenko and Emily Webley-Smith in the final.
She qualified to make her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut at the French Open, losing to Oleksandra Oliynykova in the first round.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (title) LegendWTA 250 (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Nov 2025Jiangxi Open, ChinaWTA 250Hard Quinn Gleason Ekaterina Ovcharenko Emily Webley-Smith6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
WTA 125 finals
Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Mumbai Open, IndiaHard Amina Anshba Arianne Hartono Prarthana Thombare7–6(4), 2–6, [10–7]Loss1–1Makarska Open, CroatiaClay Oksana Kalashnikova Jesika Malečková Miriam Škoch6–2, 3–6, [4–10]Win2–1Jinan Open, ChinaHard Ekaterina Reyngold Rutuja Bhosale Zheng Wushuang 6–1, 6–3Win3–1Mumbai Open, India (2)Hard Polina Iatcenko Nicole Fossa Huergo Mananchaya Sawangkaew7–6(3), 1–6, [10–5]Win 4–1Open Villa de Madrid, SpainClay Irene Burillo Irina Bara Darja Semeņistaja4–6, 6–3, [10–3]Win 5–1Catalonia Open, SpainClay Tang Qianhui Tereza Mihalíková Olivia Nicholls6–1, 6–3
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournaments (1–1)W50 tournaments (0–2)W25 tournaments (0–2)W15 tournaments (5–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 2022ITF Cairo, EgyptW15 Clay Alexandra Iordache 6–1, 6–1Win 2–0 Sep 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Katarína Kuzmová 3–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 3–0 Oct 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Anastasiia Gureva 6–7(5), 6–4, 7–6(2)Win 4–0 Apr 2023ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Wang Meiling 6–3, 6–1Win 5–0 ITF Kursumlijska Banja, SerbiaW15 Clay Mara Guth 7–6(4), ret.Loss 5–1 Dec 2023ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW25 Hard Mariam Bolkvadze 2–6, 1–6Loss 5–2 Feb 2024ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW35 Hard Mariam Bolkvadze 0–6, 3–6Loss 5–3 Mar 2024Trnava Indoor, SlovakiaW50 Hard (i) Anastasiia Gureva 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss 5–4 Aug 2024Zagreb Open, CroatiaW50 Clay Giorgia Pedone 6–2, 2–6, 5–7Win 6–4 ITF Amstetten, AustriaW75 Clay Valeriya Strakhova 6–0, 6–4Loss 6–5 Feb 2025Trnava Indoor, SlovakiaW75 Hard (i) Antonia Ružić 2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournamentsW80 tournamentsW75 tournamentsW40 tournamentsW25 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (8–7)Clay (3–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 2022ITF Cairo, EgyptW15 Clay Elizaveta Shebekina Yasmin Ezzat Dimitra Pavlou 5–7, 3–6Win 1–1 Sep 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Aglaya Fedorova Yasmin Ezzat Aliona Falei 7–5, 6–1Loss 1–2 Oct 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Aglaya Fedorova Anastasia Abbagnato Beatrice Stagno 6–2, 3–6, [5–10]Win 2–2 Oct 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Anastasiia Gureva Cho I-hsuan Cho Yi-tsen 6-7(3), 6–1, [10-6]Win 3–2 Jul 2023ITF Aschaffenburg, GermanyW25 Clay Ivana Šebestová Manon Léonard Lucie Nguyen Tan 2–6, 6–2, [10–5]Loss 3–3 ITF Kursumlijska Banja, SerbiaW15 Clay Mara Guth Eleni Christofi Katarina Jokić 2–6, 3–6Loss 3–4 Oct 2023Internationaux de Poitiers, FranceW80 Hard (i) Ekaterina Maklakova Jessika Ponchet Bibiane Schoofs 5–7, 4–6Win 4–4 ITF Funchal, PortugalW40 Hard Anastasia Kovaleva Yasmine Mansouri Inês Murta 6–2, 6–3Win 5–4 ITF Lousada, PortugalW25 Hard (i) Mara Güth Alicia Melosch Johanna Silva 6–1, 6–1Loss 5–5 ITF Lousada, PortugalW25 Hard (i) Kayla Cross Eliessa Vanlangendonck Stéphanie Visscher walkoverLoss 5–6 Open de Montpellier, FranceW75 Clay Ekaterina Yashina Mariana Dražić Iryna Shymanovich 6–1, 4–6, [8–10]Win 6–6 Aug 2024Přerov Cup, Czech RepublicW75 Clay Julie Štruplová Noma Noha Akugue Sapfo Sakellaridi 6–3, 6–4Win 7–6 Oct 2024Bratislava Open, SlovakiaW75 Hard (i) Isabelle Haverlag Katarína Kužmová Nina Vargová 7–5, 6–2Loss 7–7 Dec 2024Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAEW100 Hard Isabelle Haverlag Anastasia Dețiuc Anastasia Tikhonova 3–6, 7–6(7), [8–10]Loss 7–8 Jan 2025Bengaluru Open, IndiaW100 Hard Amina Anshba Jessie Aney Jessica Failla 2–6, 6–4, [6–10]Win 8–8 Jan 2025Pune Championships, IndiaW75 Hard Alevtina Ibragimova Maria Kozyreva Iryna Shymanovich 6–2, 1–6, [10–8]Loss 8–9 Feb 2025Trnava Indoor, SlovakiaW75 Hard (i) Céline Naef Jesika Malečková Miriam Škoch 7–5, 3–6, [2–10]Win 9–9 Mar 2025Trnava Indoor, SlovakiaW75 Hard (i) Isabelle Haverlag Magali Kempen Jessika Ponchet 6–2, 6–3Win 10–9 Jul 2025Ladies Open Hechingen, GermanyW75 Clay Renáta Jamrichová Feng Shuo Li Zongyu 6–2, 6–2Loss 10–10 Jan 2026ITF Fujairah Championships, UAEW100 Hard Isabelle Haverlag Harriet Dart Maia Lumsden 1–6, 0–6Win 11–10 Mar 2026Open Nantes Atlantique, FranceW50 Hard (i) Kira Pavlova Tiphanie Lemaître Veronika Podrez 6–4, 6–3
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