Elvina Kalieva

Elvina Kalieva (born July 27, 2003) is an American tennis player. Kalieva has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 120, achieved on August 10, 2026. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 194, reached in February 2023.

Personal life She is the younger sister of Ottawa Senators forward Arthur Kaliyev.

Career highlights 2015: Juniors Kalieva earned her first USTA Gold Ball at the Girls 12s National Clay Court Championships in 2015.

2017–2021: Pro beginnings Kalieva made her Grand Slam tournament main draw debut at the 2021 US Open, after receiving a wildcard for the mixed doubles event with Bruno Kuzuhara.

2022–2023: WTA Tour and WTA 1000 debuts

The following year, she made her WTA Tour and WTA 1000 debuts at the 2022 Indian Wells Open as a wildcard, losing in the first round to Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets. but lost to Taylor Townsend.

2024–2026: Miami Open debut & first WTA Tour match win Wins over Varvara Lepchenko and Mona Barthel saw Kalieva in June 2024 reach the quarterfinals at the WTA 125 Open Internacional de Valencia, where she was defeated by eventual champion Ann Li. She gained entry to the main draw of the 2024 Tennis in Cleveland as a lucky loser, going out in the first round against Clara Burel.

Kalieva qualified for her third WTA 1000 main draw at the 2026 Miami Open defeating Diane Parry. She recorded her first WTA Tour win defeating alternate Dalma Galfi, before losing to 21st seed Elise Mertens in the second round.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2025Open de San Sebastián, Spain Clay Gabriela Lee Anastasia Tikhonova Tara Würth 3–6, 0–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W60 tournaments (1–2)W50 tournaments (0–1)W25/35 tournaments (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Clay (2–2)

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW80 tournaments (1–0)W60/75 tournaments (1–2)W40 tournaments (1–0)W35 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (2–1)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up)