Zhibek Kulambayeva

Zhibek Kulambayeva (born 26 March 2000) is a Kazakh tennis player. She achieved career-high WTA rankings of 292 in singles and No. 102 in doubles.

In September 2025, partnering with Veronika Erjavec, she has won her biggest title at the WTA 125 Huzhou Open in China.

Career overview Kulambayeva made her debut for the Kazakhstan Fed Cup team in 2018.

In 2021, she became the person with the most trophies in the ITF Women's Circuit with one singles and nine doubles titles, a total of 10 titles. Kulambayeva made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2021 Astana Open, losing to eventual champion Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round.

In 2023, Kulambayeva competed with the Kazakhstani team in the United Cup and in the Billie Jean King Cup.

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceClay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 2026 Iași Open, Romania WTA 250 Clay Alina Charaeva Anastasia Dețiuc Irina Khromacheva 6–4, 2–6, [5–10]

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendW25/35 tournaments (0–2)W15 tournaments (7–3)Finals by surfaceClay (7–5)

Doubles: 60 (40 titles, 20 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (3–0)W60/75 tournaments (3–4)W40/50 tournaments (6–4)W25/35 tournaments (11–5)W10/15 tournaments (17–7)Finals by surfaceHard (8–3)Clay (32–17)