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 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 qualifying, 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, but then lost to Elena Vesnina in the first round of both competition.[8][9] During the 2017 season, she won two $100K events on the ITF Circuit in doubles event, in Ilkley and St. Petersburg.[7]

Blinkova at the 2019 Wimbledon

In February 2018, she reached the 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, 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, 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, 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 February, she won the Hua Hin Championships, alongside Wang Yafan. After that, she reached semifinal of the Hungarian Open. In April, she reached another semifinal at the Premier-level Stuttgart Open.[9] She then won $60K, $80K and $100K events, respectivelly, on the ITF Circuit.[7] In September, she won the 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 best result of the year came at the Italian Open, where she reached the third round, but then lost to world No. 4, Karolína Plíšková.[17] In doubles, her first significant result came in March at the Indian Wells Challenger, where she reached the 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 the 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 the semifinal. They lost to eventual champions Laura Siegemund/Vera Zvonareva.[18]

Current after the season of 2021.