Maria Timofeeva

Maria Timofeeva
Timofeeva at the 2023 US Open
Full nameMaria Glebovna Timofeeva
Country (sports) Russia (2017–2025)
 Uzbekistan (Oct 2025–)
ResidenceTashkent, Uzbekistan
Born (2003-11-18) 18 November 2003 (age 22)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,387,946
Singles
Career record241–139
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 63 (12 October 2026)
Current rankingNo. 63 (12 October 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2024)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2026)
US Open2R (2026)
Doubles
Career record90–57
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (13 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 512 (14 September 2026)
Last updated on: 19 September 2026.

Maria Glebovna Timofeeva (Russian: Мари́я Гле́бовна Тимофе́ева, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə tʲɪmɐˈfʲe(j)ɪvə]; born 18 November 2003) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 63, achieved on 12 October 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 179, achieved on 13 February 2023.

Timofeeva has won one WTA Tour title in singles at the 2023 Budapest Grand Prix. She also earned eight singles and six doubles titles on the ITF World Tour.

Career

2017–2021

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

2023–2024: Major, WTA Tour& top 100 debuts, WTA title

Timofeeva at the 2023 Wimbledon qualifying

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.

2025: Nationality change

On 20 October 2025, Timofeeva changed her nationality to Uzbekistan.

2026: Wimbledon debut and first win, first WTA 125 title

She won her maiden WTA 125-level singles title in Istanbul.

She made her main-draw debut at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships with a win over wildcard entrant Heather Watson. It was her first major main draw since reaching the first round at Roland Garros in 2024. She recorded her first main-draw win over Beatriz Haddad Maia.

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.

Personal life

She's the granddaughter of Liubov Timofeeva [fr], 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.

In August 2023, then-Russian tennis player Maria Timofeeva revealed in an interview that Carlos Alcaraz had frequently messaged her on social media during their junior tournament days in 2018, though she did not reciprocate at the time.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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

Singles

Tournament 2023 2024 2025 2026 W–L
Australian Open A 4R Q2 Q1 3–1
French Open Q3 1R A Q2 0–1
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 A 2R 1–1
US Open Q1 Q2 Q1 2R 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 5–4

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2023 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary WTA 250 Clay Ukraine Kateryna Baindl 6–3, 3–6, 6–0

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2025 Changsha Open, China Clay Slovenia Veronika Erjavec 1–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2026 İstanbul Open, Turkey Clay Croatia Donna Vekić 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jun 2026 Makarska Open, Croatia Clay Latvia Darja Semeņistaja 6–2, 6–3
Win 3–1 Sep 2026 Porto Open, Portugal Hard United States Reese Brantmeier 7–6(10–8), 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W60 tournaments (2–0)
W40 tournaments (1–1)
W25 tournaments (1–2)
W15 tournaments (3–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Hard Switzerland Svenja Ochsner 7–6(3), 7–5
Win 2–0 Feb 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Switzerland Karin Kennel 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Feb 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Romania Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie 5–7, 1–6
Win 3–1 Apr 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Egypt Sandra Samir 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Jun 2022 ITF Ra'anana, Israel W25 Hard Polina Kudermetova 6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win 4–2 Jun 2022 ITF Ra'anana, Israel W25 Hard Valeria Savinykh 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–2 Jan 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W40 Hard Japan Sakura Hosogi 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Apr 2023 ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia W40 Hard (i) Belgium Magali Kempen 5–7, 5–7
Loss 5–4 Apr 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt W25 Hard Hungary Tímea Babos 4–6, 1–6
Win 6–4 Jul 2025 Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal W100 Hard Alina Korneeva 6–3, 6–0
Win 7–4 Oct 2025 The Campus Open, Portugal W60 Hard United States Alexis Blokhina 7–6(7), 7–6(3)
Win 8–4 Apr 2026 Chiasso Open, Switzerland W60 Clay Italy Lisa Pigato 6–2, 6–3

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

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–5)
W25 tournaments (3–5)
W15 tournaments (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Czech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová France Nina Radovanovic
Georgia (country) Sopiko Tsitskishvili		 6–1, 6–2
Win 2–0 Apr 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Russia Elina Avanesyan Netherlands Isabelle Haverlag
Netherlands Merel Hoedt		 1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 3–0 Jul 2021 President's Cup, Kazakhstan W60 Hard Russia Alina Charaeva Russia Evgeniya Levashova
Brazil Laura Pigossi		 7–6(5), 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 3–1 Aug 2021 Verbier Open, Switzerland W25 Hard Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Russia Erika Andreeva
Russia Ekaterina Makarova		 6–7(2), 1–6
Loss 3–2 Jan 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard Russia Amina Anshba Hong Kong Eudice Chong
Hong Kong Cody Wong		 0–6, 1–6
Loss 3–3 Jan 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard Belarus Anna Kubareva Hong Kong Eudice Chong
South Korea Han Na-lae		 5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Feb 2022 Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan W60 Hard (i) Czech Republic Anna Sisková Czech Republic Linda Nosková
Ekaterina Makarova		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Mar 2022 Nur-Sultan Challenger 2, Kazakhstan W25 Hard (i) Czech Republic Anna Sisková Latvia Kamilla Bartone
Ekaterina Makarova		 6–1, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss 3–6 Mar 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W25 Clay Amina Anshba Diana Shnaider
Hungary Amarissa Kiara Tóth		 4–6, 2–6
Win 4–6 Apr 2022 ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand W25 Hard Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova Japan Momoko Kobori
Thailand Luksika Kumkhum		 2–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss 4–7 Jun 2022 Open de Biarritz, France W60 Clay Argentina María Lourdes Carlé Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova		 6–2, 3–6, [12–14]
Win 5–7 Jun 2022 ITF Ra'anana, Israel W25 Hard Russia Sofya Lansere Romania Elena-Teodora Cadar
Hungary Fanny Stollár		 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 6–7 Jul 2022 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany W25 Clay Irina Khromacheva Czech Republic Karolína Kubáňová
Czech Republic Ivana Šebestová		 6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss 6–8 Nov 2022 Meitar Open, Israel W60 Hard Anna Kubareva Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Ekaterina Yashina		 3–6, 5–7
Loss 6–9 Feb 2023 Open de Grenoble, France W60 Hard (i) Sofya Lansere United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Ali Collins		 4–6, 3–6
Loss 6–10 Oct 2025 The Campus Open, Portugal W60 Hard Czech Republic Anna Sisková Portugal Francisca Jorge
Portugal Matilde Jorge		 6–4, 5–7, [7–10]

References

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  20. ↑ "I'm honored to officially announce that I have just received my Uzbek citizenship and starting from today I'm gonna be proudly representing Uzbekistan!". 20 October 2025.
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  24. ↑ "«Во время игр подбадриваю Машу по-русски». Кто входит в команду одной из сенсаций АО" ["During Games, I Encourage Masha in Russian." Who Is on the Team of One of the Sensations of AO [the same abbreviation as JSC in the Russian language]]. championat.com (in Russian). Moscow. Retrieved 23 June 2024. The person who regrets Maria's choice most is her famous grandmother, the outstanding Soviet pianist and People's Artist of Russia Liubov Timofeeva. During her performing career, Liubov Borisovna toured in more than 40 countries, including the USA, France, Argentina and Germany. She performed with best orchestras including the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Saxon State Kapelle and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. The tennis player's grandmother has released more than 40 discs with recordings, and also wrote an autobiography "The Symphony of My Life."
  25. ↑ "Lubov Timofeyeva - "Next to her", documentary (in Russian)". YouTube (in Russian). 2000. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
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