Anna Blinkova

Blinkova at the 2017 French Open qualifications

Blinkova made her debut at the ITF Women's Circuit at the $10K event in Kantaoui in February 2015. There she won her first ITF doubles title. In January 2016, she won her first ITF singles title at the $10K event in Stuttgart.[7] In April 2016, she turned pro[8] and made her WTA Tour debut at the Morocco Open, where she was defeated in the first round.[9] In October 2016, she won her first match on the WTA Tour, defeating Anastasija Sevastova in the first round of Kremlin Cup. In January 2017, she made Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open through qualifications, but then lost to Karolína Plíšková in the first round of the main-draw. At the 2017 Wimbledon and US Open, she also reached main-draw through qualifications, but lost to Elena Vesnina in the first round of the both competition.[8][9] During the season of 2017, she also won two $100K events on the ITF Women's Circuit in doubles event, Ilkley and St. Petersburg.[7]

Blinkova at the 2019 Wimbledon

In the February 2018, she reached third round of the Premier 5 Qatar Open, defeating Elena Vesnina and Kristina Mladenovic, before she lost to world No. 7 Caroline Garcia.[9][4] In May 2018, she won her first WTA doubles title at the Morocco Open, partnering with Raluca Olaru.[4] Blinkova entered top 100 for the first time in both singles and doubles in 2018.[10]

At the 2019 French Open, she reached third round after the major win over Caroline Garcia,[11] but then lost to Madison Keys.[12] In August 2019, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal in singles at the Bronx Open, where she lost to Wang Qiang.[9] She followed this with title in New Haven at the WTA Challenger.[13] Nearly after that, she reached semifinal of the Guangzhou Open, but then lost to Sofia Kenin.[14] In October 2019, she reached another semifinal at the Luxembourg Open, but lost to later champion Jeļena Ostapenko.[15] During the year, she done even better in doubles. In January, she won title at the Hua Hin Championships, alongside Wang Yafan. Nearly after that, she reached semifinal of the Hungarian Ladies Open. In April, she reached semifinal of the Premier-level Stuttgart Open.[9] She then won $60K, $80K and $100K events, respectivelly, on the ITF Women's Circuit.[7] In September, she won WTA Challenger New Haven.[13]

Blinkova continued to made better results in doubles than singles. Despite not producing good results in singles during the season, Blinkova started year with her first career top 10 win, defeating Belinda Bencic in the first round of the Shenzhen Open.[16] In singles, her biggest result of the year, came at the Italian Open, where she reached third round, but then lost to world No. 4 Karolína Plíšková.[17] In doubles, her first significant result came in March at the WTA Challenger Indian Wells, where she reached semifinal.[9] Then six month absence of the WTA Tour happened due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. When tennis came back in August, she first played at the Top Seed Open, where she reached semifinal. She followed this with quarterfinal of the Cincinnati Open, alongside Veronika Kudermetova.[9] Things then went even better at the US Open, where Blinkova and Kudermetova reached semifinal. They lost to later champions Laura Siegemund-Vera Zvonareva in the semifinal match.[18]

Current after the 2021 Grampians Trophy.

Notes

• ¹ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.