Anastasia Andreyevna Kulikova (Russian: Анастасия Андреевна Куликова; born 15 February 2000) is a Russian-born tennis player who is competing for Finland.

Anastasia Kulikova
Анастасия Куликова
Kulikova at the 2022 French Open
Full nameAnastasia Andreyevna Kulikova
Country (sports) Russia (2014–18)
 Finland (2018–)
Born (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 24)
Ryazan, Russia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 172,575
Singles
Career record222–114 (66.1%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (13 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 340 (15 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ3 (2022)
WimbledonQ1 (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record39–22 (63.9%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 581 (9 August 2021)
Current rankingNo. 1353 (15 April 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup14–4
Last updated on: 15 April 2024.

Kulikova has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 179, achieved on 13 June 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 581, reached on 9 August 2021. Kulikova has won eight singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, she has a career-high combined ranking of 69, achieved on 8 January 2018.

Kulikova made her Fed Cup debut for Finland in 2019.[1]

At the 2022 French Open, she upset top qualifying seed Anastasia Potapova in the second round.[2] She failed to qualify into the main draw falling to Ysaline Bonaventure in the third round of the qualifying competition.

Grand Slam performance

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Singles

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Tournament 2022 W–L
Australian Open A 0–0
French Open Q3 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 0–0
US Open Q1 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 15 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Legend
W50 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–6)
Clay (2–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2018 ITF Stockholm, Sweden W15 Hard (i)   Tiffany William 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 2018 ITF Stockholm, Sweden W15 Hard (i)   Jacqueline Cabaj Awad 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Jan 2019 ITF Stuttgart, Germany W15 Hard (i)   Laura Ioana Paar 3–6, 1–6
Win 3–1 Jul 2019 Tampere Open, Finland W15 Hard (i)   Victoria Kalaitzis 6–4, 6–7(2), 6–3
Win 4–1 Jul 2019 ITF Savitaipale, Finland W15 Clay   Ekaterina Kazionova 4–6, 7–6(3) 6–2
Win 5–1 Nov 2019 ITF Stockholm, Sweden W15 Hard (i)   Elena Malõgina 7–5, 6–3
Loss 5–2 Dec 2019 ITF Milovice, Czech Republic W15 Hard (i)   Kaia Kanepi 4–6, 3–6
Win 6–2 Dec 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Yuriko Miyazaki 7–6(6), 6–4
Win 7–2 Mar 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Suzan Lamens 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 7–3 Mar 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Angelica Raggi 6–7(4), 4–6
Loss 7–4 May 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Anna Kubareva 1–6, 3–6
Loss 7–5 Sep 2021 ITF Leiria, Portugal W25 Hard   Jessika Ponchet 6–7(3), 0–6
Loss 7–6 Dec 2021 ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic W25 Carpet (i)   Sarah Beth Grey 2–6, 2–6
Win 8–6 May 2022 ITF Split, Croatia W25 Clay   Yuki Naito 7–6(4), 6–1
Loss 8–7 Dec 2022 ITF Solapur, India W25 Hard   Priska Madelyn Nugroho 4–6, 2–6
Win 9–7 Oct 2023 ITF Istanbul, Turkey W25 Hard (i)   Martyna Kubka 6–4, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2017 ITF Stockholm, Sweden W15 Hard (i)   Elena Malõgina   Malene Helgø
  Fanny Östlund
6–2, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Nov 2017 ITF Helsinki, Finland W15 Hard (i)   Elena Malõgina   Naïma Karamoko
  Tess Sugnaux
5–7, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 2018 ITF Stockholm, Sweden W15 Hard (i)   Elena Malõgina   Alexandra Viktorovitch
  Lisa Zaar
5–7, 5–7
Win 2–2 Jul 2019 ITF Pärnu, Estonia W15 Clay   Elena Malõgina   Saara Orav
  Katriin Saar
3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss 2–3 Jul 2019 Tampere Open, Finland W15 Hard (i)   Isabella Bozicevic   Polina Bakhmutkina
  Noel Saidenova
2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 2019 Royal Cup, Montenegro W25 Clay   Evgeniya Levashova   Amina Anshba
  Anastasia Dețiuc
6–2, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss 2–5 Nov 2020 ITF Ortisei, Italy W15 Hard (i)   Federica di Sarra   Suzan Lamens
  Kimberley Zimmermann
6–3, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 2–6 Mar 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Yasmine Mansouri   Isabelle Haverlag
  Anastasia Pribylova
3–6, 1–6

References

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  1. ^ Sakari Lund (15 April 2019). "Tällä viikolla tehdään suomalaista tennishistoriaa – tästä on kyse Helsingissä pelattavassa Fed Cupissa". www.yle.fi.
  2. ^ "Kulikova upsets No.1 seed; Noskova wins at French Open qualifying".
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