Trained at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior; previous coaches included Andrei Cheshnokov (Elena Vesnina's former coach) and Evgenia Kulikovskaya Nominated for 2019 WTA Newcomer of the Year Award Started playing tennis aged five and favorite surface is hard.

SINGLES Winner (8): 2024 - Brisbane, Abu Dhabi, Suttgart; 2023 - Indian Wells, Rome; 2022 - Wimbledon; 2020 - Hobart; 2019 - Bucharest. Finalists (11): 2024 - Doha, Miami; 2023 - Australian Open, Miami; 2022 - Adelaide, Portoroz; 2020 - Shenzhen, St. Petersburg, Dubai, Strasbourg; 2019 - Nanchang. DOUBLES Finalist (2): 2023 - Adelaide 2 (w/Pavlyuchenkova); 2021 - Indian Wells (w/Kudermetova).

Won three titles from five finals in 2024, tasting success at Brisbane, Abu Dhabi and Stuttgart and finishing R-Up at Doha and Miami. Qualified for her second WTA Finals and defeated WTA World No.1 Sabalenka in the group stage

Reached second Grand Slam final at 2023 Australian Open (l. Sabalenka in 3s); made Top-10 debut following tournament (January 30, 2023). Also in 2023 won first two WTA 1000 title at Indian Wells and Rome and finished R-Up at Miami. Qualified for first WTA Finals, going 1-2 in group stage.

Lifted maiden major at 2022 Wimbledon (d. Jabeur in F)

In 2022 also finished R-Up at Adelaide (l. Barty) and Portoroz (l. Siniakova)

Best result of 2021 were SFs at Eastbourne, Olympics and Chicago [500], and QFs at Abu Dhabi, Roland Garros, San Jose and Ostrava

Opened 2020 season by reaching the championship match at four of her first five tournaments, including a title run at Hobart (d. Zhang in F)

Made first final appearance at a Premier-level tournament with R-Up finish at St. Petersburg (l. Bertens); was rewarded with Top 20 debut at No.19 following run in Russia (February 17, 2020)

First win over a Top-5 ranked opponent came over No.3 Ka.Pliskova during R-Up finish at 2020 Dubai

Won back-to-back Slam matches for the first time during 3r showing at 2020 Australian Open (l. Barty)

Won maiden WTA singles title at 2019 Bucharest (d. Tig in F), breaking into Top 100 for the first time in the following week's rankings at No.65 (July 22, 2019)

Also in 2019, went on to make Top 50 debut on September 16, 2019, after reaching second career final at Nanchang (l. Peterson), produced SF appearances at Luxembourg and 's-Hertogenbosch, and made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 Roland Garros, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. Siniakova)

Finished 2019 campaign with 57-21 win-loss record (across all levels) to end season at No.37, up from 2018's final ranking of No.191. On the ITF Circuit in 2019, lifted silverware on three occasions: back-to-back at $25k Moscow-RUS and $25k Kazan-RUS, and at $60k ITF/Launceston-AUS

Highlights of 2018 included reaching maiden WTA QF at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges) and clinching title at $15k ITF/Kazan-RUS

First Top 10 win came over No.7 Garcia at 2018 St. Petersburg

Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at 2017 Moscow (as qualifier, l. Begu in 1r)

Professional debut came at $10k ITF/Antalya-TUR in 2014