Maria Timofeeva

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In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Glebovna and the family name is Timofeeva.

Maria Timofeeva
File:Maria Timofeeva (2023 US Open) 01 (cropped).jpg
Timofeeva at the 2023 US Open
Full nameMaria Glebovna Timofeeva
Country (sports)File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan (Oct 2025–)
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (2017–2025)
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 moneyUS$ 804,954
Singles
Career record204–122
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 93 (1 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 143 (15 December 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2024)
French Open1R (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2023, 2024)
US OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record89–54
Career titles0
6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (13 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 414 (1 December 2025)
Last updated on: 15 December 2025.

Maria Glebovna Timofeeva (Russian: Мари́я Гле́бовна Тимофе́ева, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə tʲɪmɐˈfʲe(j)ɪvə];[1] born 18 November 2003) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 93, achieved on 1 April 2024 and a best doubles ranking of No. 179, achieved on 13 February 2023.

Timofeeva has won one WTA Tour title in singles at 2023 Budapest Grand Prix. She also earned five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

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2017–2021

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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: WTA Tour, major & top 100 debuts, First WTA title

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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.[2] 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.[3]

Ranked No. 170, she qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making her Grand Slam tournament debut.[4][5] She defeated Alizé Cornet, [6] former Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki[7] and 10th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia[8] to advance to the fourth round where she lost to Marta Kostyuk.[9] She reached the top 100 on 29 January 2024, moving up 70 positions, becoming the first 2003-born player to enter the Top 100.[10]

Timofeeva qualified for the 2024 Miami Open and defeated Varvara Gracheva,[11] before losing in the second round to 26th seed Linda Nosková.[12]

At the 2024 French Open, she lost in the first round to Wang Yafan in straight sets.[13] Attempting to defend her Budapest Grand Prix title, Timofeeva won her opening match against qualifier Simona Waltert[14] but then lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in round two.[15]

Personal life

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She's the granddaughter of Liubov Timofeeva (fr), a famous classical pianist.[16][17][18] 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.[3][19]

National representation

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On 20 October 2025, it was announced that Timofeeva received Uzbekistani citizenship and would begin representing Uzbekistan in competition.[20][21][22] 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.[23][24]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# 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 are included in win–loss records.[25]

Singles

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

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Legend
Grand Slam (–)
WTA 1000 (–)
WTA 500 (–)
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (–)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (–)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (–)
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 Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2025 Changsha Open, China Clay Slovenia Veronika Erjavec 1–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$40,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$15,000 tournaments (3–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Switzerland Svenja Ochsner 7–6(3), 7–5
Win 2–0 Feb 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Switzerland Karin Kennel 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Feb 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Romania Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie 5–7, 1–6
Win 3–1 Apr 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Egypt Sandra Samir 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Jun 2022 ITF Ra'anana, Israel 25,000 Hard File:Flag placeholder.svg Polina Kudermetova 6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win 4–2 Jun 2022 ITF Ra'anana, Israel 25,000 Hard File:Flag placeholder.svg Valeria Savinykh 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–2 Jan 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 40,000 Hard Japan Sakura Hosogi 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Apr 2023 ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia 40,000 Hard (i) Belgium Magali Kempen 5–7, 5–7
Loss 5–4 Apr 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt 25,000 Hard Hungary Tímea Babos 4–6, 1–6
Win 6–4 Jul 2025 Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal 100,000 Hard File:Flag placeholder.svg Alina Korneeva 6–3, 6–0
Win 7–4 Oct 2025 The Campus Open, Portugal 60,000 Hard United States Alexis Blokhina 7–6(7), 7–6(3)

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

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Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–5)
$25,000 tournaments (3–5)
$15,000 tournaments (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Czech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová France Nina Radovanovic
Georgia (country) Sopiko Tsitskishvili 		6–1, 6–2
Win 2–0 Apr 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 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 60,000 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 25,000 Hard Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Russia Erika Andreeva
Russia Ekaterina Makarova 		6–7(2), 1–6
Loss 3–2 Jan 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 25,000 Hard Russia Amina Anshba Hong Kong Eudice Chong
Hong Kong Cody Wong 		0–6, 1–6
Loss 3–3 Jan 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 25,000 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 60,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Anna Sisková Czech Republic Linda Nosková
File:Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Makarova 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Mar 2022 Nur-Sultan Challenger 2, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Anna Sisková Latvia Kamilla Bartone
File:Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Makarova 		6–1, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss 3–6 Mar 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay File:Flag placeholder.svg Amina Anshba File:Flag placeholder.svg Diana Shnaider
Hungary Amarissa Kiara Tóth 		4–6, 2–6
Win 4–6 Apr 2022 ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand 25,000 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 60,000 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 25,000 Hard Russia Sofya Lansere Romania Elena-Teodora Cadar
Hungary Fanny Stollár 		6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 6–7 Jul 2022 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany 25,000 Clay File:Flag placeholder.svg Irina Khromacheva Czech Republic Karolína Kubáňová
Czech Republic Ivana Šebestová 		6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss 6–8 Nov 2022 Meitar Open, Israel 60,000 Hard File:Flag placeholder.svg Anna Kubareva Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
File:Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Yashina 		3–6, 5–7
Loss 6–9 Feb 2023 Open de Grenoble, France 60,000 Hard (i) File:Flag placeholder.svg Sofya Lansere United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Ali Collins 		4–6, 3–6
Loss 6–10 Oct 2025 The Campus Open, Portugal 60,000 Hard Czech Republic Anna Sisková Portugal Francisca Jorge
Portugal Matilde Jorge 		6–4, 5–7, [7–10]

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