Oksana Selekhmeteva

As a junior, Selekhmeteva posted a 78–44 win–loss record in singles and 83–31 in doubles, and reached as high as world No. 7 in the combined junior rankings in January 2021.^[2]

She won two junior Grand Slam doubles titles (each on a different surface) with two different partners – 2019 US Open with Kamilla Bartone^[3] and 2021 French Open with Alexandra Eala.^[4][5][6] She also finished runner-up at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Bartone.

She competed for the Russian team at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, reaching quarterfinals as an unseeded player and being the only player to win a set off eventual gold medalist, Kaja Juvan.^[7]

• Australian Open: 1R (2020)
• French Open: SF (2021)
• Wimbledon: 2R (2019)
• US Open: SF (2019)

• Australian Open: QF (2020)
• French Open: W (2021)
• Wimbledon: F (2019)
• US Open: W (2019)

In 2018, Selekhmeteva competed in her first professional tournament at the $15k event in Sant Cugat, qualifying for the main draw defeating two top 800 oppositions despite being unranked.^[8] It was her only professional tournament of the year.

She played more ITF tournaments in 2019 while simultaneously competing in the junior events. She made her WTA Tour debut at the St. Petersburg Trophy but lost to world No. 194, Magdalena Fręch, in a tight three-setter.^[9] She then backed it up with her first quarterfinal at the $25k level, defeating third seed Olga Ianchuk to reach the quarterfinals at the RWB Ladies Cup.

The Russian competed in her second WTA Tour tournament at the Kremlin Cup having received another wild card into the qualifying draw. This time, she lost to good friend Polina Kudermetova, in straight sets.^[10]

Selekhmeteva ended the year ranked 781, having accumulated a 10–8 win–loss record at the professional level.^[11]

She had to wait until September to reach her first singles quarterfinal of the year at the $25k event in Marbella^[12] after the tour was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her first professional ITF title came at the same tournament, alongside Alina Charaeva.^[13] She reached another $25k quarterfinal in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, this time defeating top 300 players Daniela Seguel and Amandine Hesse.^[14]

Selekhmeteva ended the year with a 17–8 win–loss record in singles, and three doubles titles (14–1 win–loss).^[11]

Selekhmeteva reached her first professional singles final at the $15k event in Manacor, defeating good friend Alex Eala along the way.^[15] She defeated Suzan Lamens in straight sets in the final.^[16] In doubles, she enjoyed a 19-match winning streak which started from 2020, picking up two titles in Manacor alongside Ángela Fita Boluda.

After reaching the semifinals of the French Open in the junior tournament and winning the doubles title alongside Eala,^[4] she concentrated on her professional career and did not play any more junior events. Her first event after was the $60k Open de Montpellier, reaching the biggest quarterfinal of her career after losing just 15 games, including qualifying. She lost to second seed Mayar Sherif, in straight sets. She entered the $100k Grand Est Open 88, where she qualified for the main draw and earned the biggest win of her career over world No. 98, Martina Trevisan, Roland Garros quarterfinalist a year ago, in the first round. Three consecutive great runs ended with a runner-up result at the $60k Open de Biarritz, winning six consecutive matches in straight sets from qualifying to reach her biggest career final.^[17] She lost to top seed Francesca Jones in the final, but won the doubles title alongside Kamilla Bartone.^[18] With these results, Selekhmeteva cracked the top 400 for the first time in her career.

Despite having a month's break, Selekhmeteva returned to reach yet another $60k quarterfinal, this time at the ITF Maspalomas where she fell to Sherif once again, though this time she won a set.^[19] She also won the biggest doubles title of her career at this tournament with Elina Avanesyan.^[20] She continued to achieve good results, making the singles semifinals at the $80k Open de Valencia, earning two top 200 wins in the process despite needing to qualify for the main draw. Her run ended in the hands of the eventual champion Trevisan.^[21] Another doubles final followed, this time partnering Ángela Fita Boluda.^[22]

She then reached semifinals of the $80k Le Neubourg event, losing to Anna Bondár in straight sets. By virtue of her results, Selekhmeteva received a wild card into the qualifying draw of the Kremlin Cup where she stunned Arina Rodionova for her first WTA tournament match win.^[23] She sealed a spot in her first WTA Tour main draw, defeating Diana Shnaider in straight sets.^[24] In the first round, she faced world No. 32, Veronika Kudermetova, in the biggest match of her career, but fell in an entertaining three-set battle.^[25][26]

Selekhmeteva went through qualifying at the 2022 French Open to make her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut,^[27] losing in the first round to Kaja Juvan.^[28] She also qualified for the 2023 Australian Open and lost again in the first round.^[29]

As a qualifier, she recorded her first WTA Tour main draw wins in two years, to reach the quarterfinals at the 2024 Prague Open with wins over Barbora Palicová^[30] and Kathinka von Deichmann^[31] before losing to Laura Samson in three sets. As a result she returned to the top 200 on the rankings on 29 July 2024 moving up 50 positions.^[32][33]

Selekhmeteva qualified for the 2025 French Open after three years absence, defeating Lola Radivojevic in the last qualifying round.^[34] She lost to Markéta Vondroušová in the first round.^[35] Selekhmeteva qualified for the 2025 US Open for the first time, defeating Ayana Akli in the last qualifying round. She lost to eventual quarterfinalist Markéta Vondroušová in the first round.^[36]

In September 2025, Selekhmeteva won her first WTA 125 title at the Open Internacional de San Sebastián with straight sets victory over Anouk Koevermans in the final.^[37] The following month she claimed her second title at this level by winning the Internazionali di Tennis Città di Rovereto, defeating Lucrezia Stefanini in the final. As a result she reached the top 100 in the WTA singles rankings on 27 October 2025.^[38][39]

Only main-draw results are included in win–loss records.^[40]

Current through the 2026 Madrid Open.