Kamilla Rakhimova

Rakhimova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2019 Baltic Open, where she received a wildcard for the main draw but lost to Latvian wildcard Diāna Marcinkēviča.^[2]

She made her major debut as a qualifier at the 2020 French Open,^[3] and defeated Shelby Rogers in the first round.^[4] Rakhimova lost to 20th seed Maria Sakkari in her next match.^[5]

Partnering Ankita Raina, Rakhimova won her first WTA Tour doubles title at the Phillip Island Trophy, defeating Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Potapova in the final.^[6]

She entered the US Open as a lucky loser and defeated Kristina Mladenovic^{[citation needed]} and 32nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova,^[7] to make the singles third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. Rakhimova then lost to eighth seed Barbora Krejčíková in straight sets.^[8]

Rakhimova won her second WTA Tour doubles title at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, partnering Natela Dzalamidze.^[9] As a result, she moved 26 positions up into the top 70 in doubles, on 15 November 2021.^[1]

Following a semifinal showing at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, where she defeated second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia en route,^[10] but lost to defending champion Tatjana Maria,^[11] she reached the top 100 at world No. 96, on 11 April 2022.^[12]

She qualified for the 2023 Monterrey Open and defeated sixth seed Kateřina Siniaková, before losing to Ysaline Bonaventure.^[13] As a result, she rose to world No. 89 on 6 March 2023. She made back to back semifinals at the 2023 Copa Colsanitas but lost to Peyton Stearns.^[14]

At the 2023 French Open, she reached her second major third round but lost to Aryna Sabalenka, in straight sets.^[15][16] Despite the result, she climbed to world No. 65 on 12 June 2023.^[1]

In July 2023, Rakhimova made her debut at Wimbledon but lost to Cristina Bucșa.^[17] She was runner-up at the WTA 125 2023 Golden Gate Open, losing to Wang Yafan in the final.^[18] At the 2023 US Open, she reached the third round in doubles, partnering Elina Avanesyan as an alternate pair, defeating 10th seeded pair of Jeļena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok,^[19][20] but lost to eight seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Wang Xinyu.^[21]

She made the quarterfinals, for a third successive year, at the 2024 Copa Colsanitas.^[22] Rakhimova reached the semifinals at the Rabat Grand Prix^[23] but lost to Mayar Sherif.^[24]

At the 2024 US Open, she again entered the main draw as a lucky loser, but was defeated in the first round to top seed Iga Świątek.^[25]

Seeded fifth, Rakhimova won her first WTA 125 title at Guadalajara defeating qualifier Samantha Murray Sharan,^[26] Taylah Preston,^[27] second seed Martina Trevisan,^[28] Emiliana Arango^[29] and fourth seed Tatjana Maria.^[30][31]

At the Guadalajara Open, she defeated third seed Viktoria Azarenka by retirement to reach her first WTA 500 quarterfinal,^[32] which she lost to Camila Osorio.^[33] At the same tournament, partnering Oksana Kalashnikova, she reached the final, losing to Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva.^[34][35]

Rakhimova entered the main draw of the WTA 1000 China Open as a lucky loser making her debut at this tournament and defeating Kimberly Birrell in the first round in a rematch of the final qualifying round which she had lost.^[36] She was eliminated in the second round by fifth seed Zheng Qinwen.^[37]

Having entered the main draw as a qualifier, Rakhimova reached the quarterfinals at the Eastbourne Open, defeating fellow qualifier Elisabetta Cocciaretto^[38] and sixth seed Peyton Stearns,^[39] before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets.^[40] The following week, she made it into the third round at Wimbledon for the first time, with wins over Aoi Ito^[41] and fourth seed Jasmine Paolini.^[42] Her run was ended by 30th seed Linda Nosková.^[43] In December, she won her second WTA 125 singles title at Open Angers Arena Loire, defeating Tamara Korpatsch in the final.^[44]

On 28 November 2025, it was announced that Rakhimova had changed her sporting nationality from Russia to Uzbekistan.^[45][46]

Rakhimova is of Volga Tatar and Bashkir descent; her mother is from Uzbekistan, while her father is from Ufa.^[47][48] Her mother Rufina Rakhimova (née Yalalova) was a youth tennis player for the Uzbek SSR.^[46] She has an elder brother named Timur, who was born in Tashkent, while Kamilla herself was born in Yekaterinburg.^[46]

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[49]

Current through the 2026 Madrid Open.