Maria Timofeeva

 ( 2003 Births ) 

Maria Glebovna Timofeeva (mɐˈrʲijə tʲɪmɐˈfʲe(j)ɪvə; born 18 November 2003) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings singles ranking of No. 93, achieved on 1 April 2024 and a best doubles ranking of No. 179, achieved on 13 February 2023.

Timofeeva has won one WTA Tour title in singles at 2023 Budapest Grand Prix. She also earned five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

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Career

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2017–2021 In 2017, she won the Petits As U14 championship in Tarbes, France. In July 2021, she won the $60k President's Cup in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, alongside Alina Charaeva.

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2023–2024: WTA Tour, major & top 100 debuts, First WTA title Timofeeva won her first WTA Tour title on her main-draw debut at the Budapest Grand Prix in July 2023, defeating Kateryna Baindl in three sets in the final. She became only the fourth lucky loser in WTA history to win a singles title and the ninth player to win a title on her tour debut; she was the second to do both at once, following Olga Danilović at the 2018 Moscow River Cup. As a result, she reached the top 125 in the rankings, on 11 September 2023.

Ranked No. 170, she qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making her Grand Slam tournament debut. She defeated Alizé Cornet, former Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki and 10th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia to advance to the fourth round where she lost to Marta Kostyuk. She reached the top 100 on 29 January 2024, moving up 70 positions, becoming the first 2003-born player to enter the Top 100.

Timofeeva qualified for the 2024 Miami Open and defeated Varvara Gracheva, before losing in the second round to 26th seed Linda Nosková.

At the 2024 French Open, she lost in the first round to Wang Yafan in straight sets. Attempting to defend her Budapest Grand Prix title, Timofeeva won her opening match against qualifier Simona Waltert but then lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in round two.

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National representation On 20 October 2025, it was announced that Timofeeva received Uzbekistani citizenship and began representing Uzbekistan in competition. She stated that she and her family had been residing in Tashkent for the prior six months, and that she contacted the Uzbekistan Tennis Federation about a nationality switch on her own accord.

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Personal life She's the granddaughter of , a famous classical pianist.

• At the 2023 US Open, Timofeeva began a blogging YouTube channel, Kiss My Ace, alongside friend and tennis player Ekaterina Kazionova, inspired by the blog of Daria Kasatkina. Maria Timofeeva's older sister, Antonina, is a rock singer who performs under the name Antonia Queen, and she is also a vocal coach.

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Grand Slam performance timeline

Only main-draw results are included in win–loss records.

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Singles

Australian Open	A	4R	3–1
French Open	Q3	1R	0–1
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	0–0
US Open	Q1	Q2	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	3–2	3–2

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WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Grand Slam (–)

WTA 1000 (–)

WTA 500 (–)

WTA 250 (1–0)

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Win	1–0		Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	WTA 250	Clay	Kateryna Baindl	6–3, 3–6, 6–0

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WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Loss	0–1		Changsha Open, China	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	1–6, 2–6

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ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)

$100,000 tournaments (1–0)

$60,000 tournaments (1–0)

$40,000 tournaments (1–1)

$25,000 tournaments (1–2)

$15,000 tournaments (3–1)

Win	1–0	Sep 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Hard	Svenja Ochsner	7–6(3), 7–5
Win	2–0	Feb 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Karin Kennel	7–5, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Feb 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie	5–7, 1–6
Win	3–1	Apr 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Sandra Samir	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Jun 2022	ITF Ra'anana, Israel	25,000	Hard	Polina Kudermetova	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win	4–2	Jun 2022	ITF Ra'anana, Israel	25,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–2	Jan 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	40,000	Hard	Sakura Hosogi	7–5, 6–4
Loss	5–3	Apr 2023	ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia	40,000	Hard (i)	Magali Kempen	5–7, 5–7
Loss	5–4	Apr 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt	25,000	Hard	Tímea Babos	4–6, 1–6
Win	6–4	Jul 2025	Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal	100,000	Hard	Alina Korneeva	6–3, 6–0
Win	7–4	Oct 2025	The Campus Open, Portugal	60,000	Hard	Alexis Blokhina	7–6(7), 7–6(3)

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Doubles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner-ups)

$60,000 tournaments (1–5)

$25,000 tournaments (3–5)

$15,000 tournaments (2–0)

Win	1–0	Feb 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Linda Fruhvirtová	Nina Radovanovic Sopiko Tsitskishvili	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Apr 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Elina Avanesyan	Isabelle Haverlag Merel Hoedt	1–6, 6–4, 10–8
Win	3–0	Jul 2021	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	60,000	Hard	Alina Charaeva	Evgeniya Levashova Laura Pigossi	7–6(5), 2–6, 10–6
Loss	3–1	Aug 2021	Verbier Open, Switzerland	25,000	Hard	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Erika Andreeva Ekaterina Makarova	6–7(2), 1–6
Loss	3–2	Jan 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	25,000	Hard	Amina Anshba	Eudice Chong Cody Wong	0–6, 1–6
Loss	3–3	Jan 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	25,000	Hard	Anna Kubareva	Eudice Chong Han Na-lae	5–7, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Feb 2022	Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan	60,000	Hard (i)	Anna Sisková	Linda Nosková Ekaterina Makarova	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Mar 2022	Nur-Sultan Challenger 2, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard (i)	Anna Sisková	Kamilla Bartone Ekaterina Makarova	6–1, 5–7, 8–10
Loss	3–6	Mar 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Clay	Amina Anshba	Diana Shnaider Amarissa Kiara Tóth	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–6	Apr 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Gozal Ainitdinova	Momoko Kobori Luksika Kumkhum	2–6, 7–5, 10–4
Loss	4–7	Jun 2022	Open de Biarritz, France	60,000	Clay	María Lourdes Carlé	Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova	6–2, 3–6, 12–14
Win	5–7	Jun 2022	ITF Ra'anana, Israel	25,000	Hard	Sofya Lansere	Elena-Teodora Cadar Fanny Stollár	6–3, 7–6(5)
Win	6–7	Jul 2022	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	25,000	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Karolína Kubáňová Ivana Šebestová	6–2, 5–7, 10–3
Loss	6–8	Nov 2022	Meitar Open, Israel	60,000	Hard	Anna Kubareva	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Ekaterina Yashina	3–6, 5–7
Loss	6–9	Feb 2023	Open de Grenoble, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Sofya Lansere	Freya Christie Ali Collins	4–6, 3–6
Loss	6–10	Oct 2025	The Campus Open, Portugal	60,000	Hard	Anna Sisková	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	6–4, 5–7, 7–10

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Categories: 2003 Births, 21st-century Russian Sportswomen, 21st-century Uzbekistani Sportswomen, Living People, Naturalized Citizens Of Uzbekistan, Russian Female Tennis Players, Tennis Players From Moscow, Uzbekistani Female Tennis Players, Uzbekistani People Of Russian Descent

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