Alina Korneeva

2021–22: First junior events

Korneeva finished runner-up at the European Junior Championships under-14 girls singles to the Czech player Tereza Valentová.^[4][5]

On the ITF Junior Circuit, in 2022 Korneeva's tally of six singles titles saw her claim the most singles titles in girls’ tennis that year.^[6] Korneeva won her first $15k event in Casablanca in September, defeating Laura Hietaranta in the final.^[7]

2023: No. 1 junior, WTA Tour debut

Korneeva had success in her junior major debut at the Australian Open, reaching the semifinals of the girls' doubles with partner Mirra Andreeva, and defeating Andreeva in three sets in the final of the girls' singles.^[8] Before their final, Andreeva said, "She is a really good friend of mine, my best friend."^[9] After the match, Korneeva told her on court, "It's not our last battle. We will have a lot of good matches when you will win, when I will win...it was a hard battle."^[10][11] In the quarterfinals of the girls singles, Korneeva defeated second seed Tereza Valentová, who 18 months prior, had defeated Korneeva in the under-14 girls singles final at the European Junior Championships.^[12]

In March, Korneeva qualified for the main draw of the W60 event in Pretoria and won the tournament, defeating Tímea Babos in the final, in straight sets. At age 15 years, eight months and 18 days, Korneeva became the fifth youngest player in history to win a tournament at 60k-level or above.^[13]

On 1 May, Korneeva became No. 1 in the junior world rankings.^[14]

In June, she won her second junior major title, defeating Lucciana Pérez in the final of the French Open, in straight sets, becoming the first player since Magdalena Maleeva in 1990 to win the first two Grand Slam tournaments in girls' singles in the same year.^[15] Together with Sara Saito, Korneeva also reached the final of the girls' doubles, losing to Tyra Caterina Grant and Iva Jovic.^[16]

In July, Korneeva qualified for the main draw and won the W100 Figueira da Foz Open, defeating French player Carole Monnet in the final 6–0, 6–0, and becoming the youngest player to win a W100 title.^[17] Together with Anastasia Tikhonova, she also reached the final of the same event in doubles.^[18]

In October, she qualified for the Hong Kong Open making her WTA Tour debut, and defeated compatriot Valeria Savinykh for her first tour match win.^[19] She lost to Linda Fruhvirtová in the second round.^[20]

On 22 October, Korneeva won the 2023 ITF World Tour Junior Finals, defeating Sara Saito in the final.^[21]

2024: Major debut and first win, WTA Tour doubles final

In the last round of qualifying at the Australian Open, Korneeva defeated Anna Bondár in straight sets to qualify for the main draw, making her major debut.^[22] She defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo in the first round,^[23] before losing in the second round to tenth-seed Beatriz Haddad Maia.^[24]

At the Jasmin Open, Korneeva reached her first career final in doubles, partnering Anastasia Zakharova. They lost to Anna Blinkova and Mayar Sherif, in three sets.^[25]

Partnering Polina Kudermetova, she was runner-up at the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico, losing to Carmen Corley and Rebecca Marino in the final.^[26]

Korneeva reached her first WTA Tour singles semifinal at the Mérida Open with wins over Alycia Parks,^[27] fifth seed Anna Blinkova^[28] and Sara Sorribes Tormo.^[29] She lost in the last four to Zeynep Sönmez.^[30]

2025: Three ITF Tour titles

In July, Korneeva reached the final of the W100 Figueira da Foz Open, where she lost to Maria Timofeeva. As a result, she re-entered top 200 in the WTA rankings. She then won the titles of W50 Leira and W50 Evora events in Portugal back-to-back in September to reach world No. 156. Korneeva also won the title of the W75 Slovak Open, defeating Lucie Havlíčková in the final.

She then qualified for the main draw of Guangzhou, before losing to sixth seed Yulia Putintseva in the first round.

2026: First WTA 125 title, Wimbledon debut and WTA 1000 breakthrough

Korneeva started the year winning the title at the W75 event in Manama, Bahrain beating Fiona Ferro in the final, in straight sets.

In February 2026, Korneeva won her first WTA 125 title at the Oeiras Indoors defeating Darja Vidmanova in the final.^[31] She defeated Lilli Tagger to qualify for the Italian Open for her first WTA 1000 at Rome.^[32] Korneeva secured her spot in the main draw at the 2026 French Open for the first time when she defeated Julia Riera in straight sets, in the final round of qualifying on 21 May 2026.^[33] She registered her second major win in the first round beating Elisabetta Cocciaretto, in straight sets.^[34] She lost to compatriot Anna Kalinskaya in the next round but climbed 21 spots after this performance, making her top-100 debut at No. 96, on 8 June 2026. She defeated Fiona Crawley in straight sets to make her debut at Wimbledon.

In July, Korneeva reached the semifinals of the inaugural Athens Open, her second WTA Tour-level semifinal.^[35]She defeated Aoi Ito , second seed Ann Li and Tereza Valentova, before losing to fourth seed Maria Sakkari, 1–6, 5–7. The run lifted her to a new career-high ranking of world No. 75 on 20 July.

At the Canadian Open in Toronto in August, Korneeva came through qualifying and reached the fourth round of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time. She defeated 23rd seed Emma Navarro 6–2, 6–2 in the second round for her first top-30 win, then defeated 13th seed Iva Jovic in two sets for her first top-20 victory. She advanced to the round of 16, before losing to fourth seed Coco Gauff, in straight sets.^[36]

Singles

Current through 2026 Wimbledon Championships.

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2024	Jasmin Open, Tunisia	WTA 250	Hard	Anastasia Zakharova	Anna Blinkova Mayar Sherif	6–2, 1–6, [8–10]

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	Feb 2026	Oeiras Indoors, Portugal	Hard (i)	Darja Viďmanová	7–5, 6–1

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2024	Abierto Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Polina Kudermetova	Carmen Corley Rebecca Marino	3–6, 3–6

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Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2022	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	W15	Clay	Laura Hietaranta	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Mar 2023	ITF Pretoria, South Africa	W60	Hard	Tímea Babos	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	3–0	Jul 2023	Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal	W100	Hard	Carole Monnet	6–0, 6–0
Loss	3–1	Sep 2023	ITF Le Neubourg, France	W80	Hard	Céline Naef	6–4, 2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win	4–1	Sep 2024	Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal	W100	Hard	Anastasia Zakharova	6–1, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Jul 2025	Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal	W100	Hard	Maria Timofeeva	3–6, 0–6
Win	5–2	Sep 2025	ITF Leiria, Portugal	W50	Hard	Linda Fruhvirtová	6–1, 7–5
Win	6–2	Sep 2025	ITF Évora, Portugal	W50	Hard	Kaitlin Quevedo	6–3, 6–1
Win	7–2	Sep 2025	Bratislava Open, Slovakia	W75	Hard (i)	Lucie Havlíčková	7–6(9–7), 7–5
Win	8–2	Jan 2026	ITF Manama, Bahrain	W75	Hard	Fiona Ferro	6–4, 6–0

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Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2022	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W25	Hard	Polina Iatcenko	Jenny Dürst Park So-hyun	6–1, 6–7(1–7), [10–5]
Loss	1–1	Jul 2023	Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal	W100	Hard	Anastasia Tikhonova	Eudice Chong Arianne Hartono	3–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Sep 2023	ITF Le Neubourg, France	W80	Hard	Fiona Ferro	Maryna Kolb Nadiya Kolb	7–6(9–7), 7–5

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Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2023	Australian Open	Hard	Mirra Andreeva	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 7–5
Win	2023	French Open	Clay	Lucciana Pérez	7–6(7–4), 6–3

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2023	French Open	Clay	Sara Saito	Tyra Caterina Grant Clervie Ngounoue	3–6, 2–6

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