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| Full name | Amanda Kay Victoria Anisimova |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Born | (2001-08-31)August 31, 2001 (age 24) |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Turned pro | 2016 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Hendrik Vleeshouwers[1] |
| Prize money | US$ 12,892,510 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 208–116 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (January 5, 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 4 (February 2, 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2026) |
| French Open | SF (2019) |
| Wimbledon | F (2025) |
| US Open | F (2025) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | SF (2025) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 4–8 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 386 (June 24, 2019) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2019) |
| French Open | 2R (2019,2021) |
| US Open | 1R (2017) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2020) |
| US Open | 1R (2017,2018,2025) |
| Last updated on: 10 November 2025. | |
Amanda Kay Victoria Anisimova (/ˌænɪsɪˈmoʊvə/;[2] born August 31, 2001) is an American professionaltennis player. She has a career-high singlesranking of world No. 3, achieved in January 2026. Anisimova is a two-timemajor finalist, at the2025 Wimbledon Championships and at the2025 US Open. She has won fourWTA Tour titles, including twoWTA 1000 events.[3]
As a junior, Anisimova was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world, and won the2017 US Open girls' singles title. Her breakthrough came as a 17-year-old in 2019, when she reached the fourth round of theAustralian Open and the semifinals of theFrench Open, at the latter defeating defending champion and world No. 3Simona Halep. In 2022, Anisimova reached the fourth round of theAustralian Open (defeating defending championNaomi Osaka en route) and the quarterfinals of theWimbledon Championships.
Anisimova reached her career-best ranking to date in 2022, before temporarily stepping away from the sport for mental health reasons. Following her return, Anisimova posted her career-best results in 2025, including the Wimbledon and US Open finals, two WTA 1000 titles, and a top-5 ranking.[4] In 2026, she reached the world No. 3 ranking.
Amanda Anisimova was born inFreehold Township, New Jersey,[5] to Olga and Konstantin Anisimov. She has an older sister, Maria, who played college tennis for theUniversity of Pennsylvania while attendingWharton's undergraduate business school.[6] Her parents emigrated fromRussia to the United States.[7][8] They worked in the finance and banking industries, and neither played competitive tennis while growing up.[9][10]
Anisimova started playing tennis at age five. She credits her sister as her inspiration for taking up the sport, saying: "When I was little, she was playing tennis. I always saw her playing, and I wanted to do it too. That's how I got into it and my parents got into it too."[11] Her family moved toFlorida in 2004 when Amanda was very young, so she and her sister would have more opportunities to train and find coaches. Her father long acted as her primary coach while she was a junior, and her mother has also helped coach her. She worked withNick Saviano starting at age 11. Max Fomine, who has also been an assistant coach for theBryan brothers, has served as her traveling coach.[9][10]
Anisimova achieved a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 2 in the world in 2016.[12] Early in her junior career she entered the 2015Abierto Juvenil Mexicano ranked outside the top 300, but unexpectedly won the high-levelGrade A tournament at age 14.[13][14] She continued to excel in 2016, winning the Grade 1Copa del Café and reaching the final at the Grade ACopa Gerdau.[15][16] On the strength of these results, Anisimova was the No. 2 seed at theFrench Open. In her second Grand Slam tournament, she became the first American finalist at the girls' event sinceAshley Harkleroad in 2002. However, she lost the final toRebeka Masarova.[17][18] During the summer, she competed in the USTA Girls' 18s National Championship as the No. 5 seed and finished in 4th place.[19]
As a 15-year-old Anisimova won two more big titles, the first at the Grade-1 Yucatán Cup in late 2016, and the second at the Grade-A Copa Gerdau in early 2017 where she had been a finalist a year earlier.[20][21] Following these titles, she played in only two more ITF junior tournaments that year, both of which were major events.[12] She capped off her junior career by winning her first major title at theUS Open where she defeated fellow AmericanCoco Gauff in the final and did not drop a set during the tournament.[22][23] Anisimova was also a member of the United States team that won the 2017Junior Fed Cup, but did not play in the final tie due to illness.[24]
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In the middle of 2016, Anisimova received a wildcard intoUS Open qualifying, her first professional tournament. She won her debut match against world No. 124,Verónica Cepede Royg, at the age of 14, then lost in the following round.[25] Following her junior title at the 2017Copa Gerdau in February, Anisimova stayed in Brazil and played in a25k event in Curitiba. She reached her first final on the pro tour in her first professional main draw.[26][27] A few weeks later, Anisimova was awarded a wildcard into theMiami Open where she lost toTaylor Townsend, in three sets, in her WTA Tour main-draw debut.[28]
During the clay-court season, Anisimova won the USTA French Open Wildcard Challenge by reaching back-to-back finals at the80k event in Indian Harbour Beach and the60k event in Dothan, Alabama the following week. These results also helped her crack the top 300 of the WTA rankings.[27] In her major debut, she lost her first-round match at theFrench Open toKurumi Nara. Nonetheless, she became the youngest player to participate in the main draw sinceAlizé Cornet in2005.[29] After forgoing the grass-court season, Anisimova continued to play on the ITF Pro Circuit. She broke into the top 200 by capturing her first professional title at the60k event in Sacramento, California towards the end of July while she was still 15 years old.[30][31]
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Anisimova's first two tournaments of the year were the inaugural Challenger Series events atNewport Beach andIndian Wells. She qualified for both main draws, and her semifinal at Indian Wells helped her earn a main-draw wildcard into the WTA Tour event there the following week.[32] At theIndian Wells Open, Anisimova became the youngest player to reach the fourth round sinceNicole Vaidišová in 2005. She defeatedPauline Parmentier for her first WTA Tour match win, No. 23Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and then No. 9Petra Kvitová.[33] Her run ended against No. 5Karolína Plíšková.[34] Anisimova was also awarded a wildcard into theMiami Open. She won her opening match againstWang Qiang despite injuring her right foot in the third set. This injury forced her to withdraw from the tournament and kept her out for four months.[35] At the time, she had risen to a career-high ranking of No. 128 in the world.[36]
Anisimova returned to tennis in July at theSilicon Valley Classic. She qualified for the main draw and won her first match back, which was also against Wang Qiang.[37] She then reached the third round of theCincinnati Open to return to the top 150.[38] After losing her opening match as a wildcard at theUS Open, Anisimova next entered theJapan Women's Open.[39] In her first tournament as a 17-year-old, she qualified for the main draw and made it to her first career WTA final, dropping just one set overall and none in the main draw before the final. She defeated top seed and world No. 41,Zhang Shuai, in the semifinals but lost the final toHsieh Su-wei. With this performance, she cracked the top 100 for the first time.[40][41]
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Anisimova played one tune-up event before theAustralian Open, reaching the quarterfinals at theAuckland Open.[42] Having never won a singles match at a major, Anisimova made it to the fourth round of the Australian Open. She won her first three matches in straight sets, including a victory over one of the favorites for the title in world No. 11,Aryna Sabalenka, losing to eventual finalist Petra Kvitová.[43][44][45] The following two months, she did not record more than a single match win at any of her next four tournaments.[46]
Having skipped the clay-court season the previous year due to injury, Anisimova entered theCopa Colsanitas in Colombia without any match wins on clay at the WTA Tour level. Nonetheless, she won the tournament for her first career title. As the sixth seed, she won four of her five matches in three sets, including the final againstAstra Sharma.[47] Anisimova closed out the clay-court season by becoming the youngest semifinalist at theFrench Open since Vaidišová in2006.[48] During the tournament, she defeated 11th seed Sabalenka again in the second round, and then upset the defending champion and world No. 3, Simona Halep, in the quarterfinals.[49][50] She did not lose a set until the semifinals when she was defeated by the eventual champion and world No. 8,Ashleigh Barty, despite coming from behind to win the first set, after losing the first five games and needing to save two set points in the sixth game.[51] With this result, she rose to No. 26 in the world.[36]
Anisimova had less success in the second half of the season. Her best result was reaching the quarterfinals at theSilicon Valley Classic, where she lost to the eventual champion,Zheng Saisai.[52] She dealt with a back injury during the event, which led her to withdraw from both Premier 5 events within the next month. Late in August, she withdrew from theUS Open following the death of her father.[53] She entered two more tournaments afterward, winning one match in total, and then she ended her year early. Nonetheless, she reached as high as No. 21 in the world near the end of the season.[36] She qualified for theWTA Elite Trophy, the second-tier year-end championships, but did not accept the invitation.[54]
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Anisimova began the year at theAuckland Open, where, after defeatingKateryna Kozlova,Daria Kasatkina, andEugenie Bouchard, she fell toSerena Williams in the semifinals.[55]
Anisimova started the season at theMelbourne Summer Set 2. She made it to the final, her first final appearance since 2019. She won her second career singles title by defeating qualifierAliaksandra Sasnovich in the final.[56] At theAustralian Open, she stunned 22nd seed, Belinda Bencic, in the second round.[57] In the third round, she came from a set down and saved two match points in the final set to upset 2019 and 2021 champion,Naomi Osaka. This marked the second time she has beaten a defending champion at a major, having beaten Simona Halep at the2019 French Open.[58][59] She subsequently lost in the fourth round to world No. 1 and eventual champion, Ashleigh Barty.[60][61] As a result, she moved 19 positions up in the rankings to No. 41 on 31 January 2022.[62]
In February, Anisimova played at theDubai Championships but fell in the first round of qualifying toMadison Brengle. InDoha, she lost in the second round toJeļena Ostapenko.[63] In March, she competed atIndian Wells where she beat compatriotEmma Navarro.[64] In the second round, she facedLeylah Fernandez: Anisimova won the first set 6–2, and in the second, she had a 5–4 lead and had match points, but Fernandez saved all four match points and took the second set to a tiebreaker. Fernandez won the tiebreaker 7–0. After the second set ended, Anisimova visibly emotional approached the chair umpire to say that she was ill and retiring from the match.[65] At theMiami Open, she was beaten in the first round byShelby Rogers.[66]
Anisimova started her clay-court season at theCharleston Open. Seeded 15th, she stunned top seed Aryna Sabalenka in the third round.[67] She reached the semifinals where she lost toOns Jabeur.[68] InMadrid, she upset Aryna Sabalenka, in the first round for her fifth career top-10 victory.[69] In the third round, she beatVictoria Azarenka for the tenth top-20 win of her career.[70][71] She lost in the quarterfinals to qualifierEkaterina Alexandrova.[72] At theItalian Open, she beat Belinda Bencic in the second round.[73] She then upsetDanielle Collins in the third round.[74] In the quarterfinals, she lost to Aryna Sabalenka, her first loss to Sabalenka having led their head-to-head 4–0.[75] Seeded 27th at theFrench Open, she defeated four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, in the first round.[76] She reached the fourth round where she lost to Leylah Fernandez.[77]
Anisimova started her grass-court season at theBad Homburg Open. Seeded sixth, she reached the quarterfinals where she lost to Simona Halep.[78] Seeded 20th atWimbledon, she came from a set down to defeatCoco Gauff in the third round.[79] She defeatedHarmony Tan in the fourth round to reach the quarterfinals at this major for the first time in her career[80] but lost her match against Simona Halep.[81][82]
In August, Anisimova began on theUS Open Series by competing at theSilicon Valley Classic in San Jose where she beat Karolína Plíšková in the second round.[83] She lost in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist Shelby Rogers.[84] At theCanadian Open in Toronto, she was defeated in the second round by 14th seed and last year finalist, Karolína Plíšková.[85] At theCincinnati Open, she ousted Daria Kasatkina in the first round.[86]
Anisimova started her season inAdelaide. Atthe first tournament, she lost in the first round toVeronika Kudermetova.[87] Atthe second Adelaide event, she fell in the final round of qualifying toJil Teichmann. However, due toJessica Pegula withdrawing from the tournament due to change of schedule, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser.[88] She beatLiudmila Samsonova in the first round,[89] and was defeated in the second byBeatriz Haddad Maia.[90] Seeded 28th at theAustralian Open, she lost in round one toMarta Kostyuk, in straight sets.[91][92]
In February, Anisimova competed atDubai defeating wildcard and two-time major finalist,Vera Zvonareva, in the first round.[93] She was beaten in her second-round match by Victoria Azarenka despite having a 5–3 lead in the third set.[94] In March, she played at theIndian Wells Open. Seeded 31st, she lost in the second round toLinda Nosková.[95] InMiami, she retired during her first-round match against Madison Brengle.[96]
At theMadrid Open, Anisimova lost in the first round to qualifierArantxa Rus.[97] On May 5th, she announced on her Instagram account that she would be taking an indefinite break from tennis, citing burnout and concerns for her mental health.[98][99][100]
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Anisimova beatAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova in her return to tennis at theAuckland Open.[101]She returned to the Grand Slam tournaments at theAustralian Open with wins over 13th seed Liudmila Samsonova,[102]Nadia Podoroska, andPaula Badosa to reach the fourth round at this major.[103]
In the beginning of her clay-court season, she entered theCharleston Open using her protected ranking and defeated Alizé Cornet.[104]
At the beginning of the American summer hardcourt swing at theWashington Open, she qualified for the main draw and reached her first quarterfinal in two years with wins overSloane Stephens and seventh seed Pavlyuchenkova.[105] Using protected ranking again, she made her first career WTA 1000 final at theCanadian Open in Toronto, defeatingCaroline Dolehide, and upsetting two Russian seeds, fifth seed Daria Kasatkina[106] and tenth seedAnna Kalinskaya by retirement, and finally second seed, Aryna Sabalenka,[107] and eighth seed Emma Navarro. She was the lowest-ranked women's singles finalist at the tournament in 40 years, sinceAlycia Moulton in 1984.[108] Anisimova lost the final in three sets to Jessica Pegula but returned to the top 50, moving more than 80 positions up from No. 132 on 12 August 2024.[62]She secured a main-draw wildcard for theUS Open by winning the US Open Wildcard Challenge.[109][110]
At the newly upgraded WTA 500Korea Open, Anisimova upset sixth seedYulia Putintseva in straight sets.[111] She retired while trailing in her second round match againstViktoriya Tomova.[112][113]Having received a bye in the first round at theWTA 1000 China Open, Anisimova defeatedCamila Osorio[114] and ninth seed Daria Kasatkina[115] to make it through to the fourth round, where she lost to fifth seedZheng Qinwen in three sets.[116]
Seeded third, Anisimova defeated wildcard entrantDaria Saville[117] andAnna Bondár to reach her first quarterfinal of the season at theHobart International,[118][119] but withdrew from the tournament due to illness prior to the start of her last-eight match against sixth-seedElina Avanesyan.[120]
Anisimova won her firstWTA 1000 title at theQatar Ladies Open by defeating Jelena Ostapenko in the final, in straight sets.[121] As a result, she reached the top 20 in the singles rankings at world No. 18, on 17 February 2025.[62][3][122]
At theCharleston Open, she advanced to the quarterfinals defeating tenth seed Yulia Putintseva.[123] Next, she upset fourth-seeded Emma Navarro,[124] before she had to retire in her semifinal match against Sofia Kenin. Following theFrench Open, where she reached round four for the third time, defeating 22nd seedClara Tauson, Anisimova made her top 15 debut on 9 June 2025.[125]
At the newly upgraded WTA 500Queen's Club Championships, Anisimova reached her first grass-court semifinal, defeating third seed Emma Navarro.[126][127] She reached her first final on grass courts defeating top seed Zheng Qinwen.[128][129] As a result, her ranking rose to No. 12.
Seeded 13th atWimbledon, Anisimovadouble-bageled Yulia Putintseva in the first round. She defeatedRenata Zarazúa andDalma Gálfi to reach the fourth round, where she recovered from a setback in the final set to defeat 30th seed Linda Nosková to advance to the quarterfinals for the second time. Facing Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Anisimova recovered from being down in the second-set tiebreak (after holding two match points), saving five set points in the tiebreak to reach her first major semifinal in six years and ensuring a top-10 ranking. She then upset world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, in three sets to advance to her first major final,[130] where she lost toIga Świątek by a "double bagel" in whatThe Guardian called "the most one-sided final in 114 years".[131] Nonetheless, Anisimova made her top 10 debut following the tournament, as her ranking climbed to world No. 7 on 14 July 2025.[62]
In September, she beat Iga Świątek in the quarterfinals in a rematch of the Wimbledon final, and then Naomi Osaka in the semifinals to reach theUS Open final.[132] Anisimova lost in straight sets to Aryna Sabalenka with the second set reaching a tiebreak. However, she recorded a new career-high ranking of world No. 4, on 8 September 2025.[62]
Following her win againstJasmine Paolini in the quarterfinals of theChina Open, Anisimova qualified for theWTA Finals for the first time. She advanced to the semifinals with wins over Świątek andMadison Keys, but lost to Sabalenka in the semifinal match in three sets.
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Anisimova is an aggressive baseliner, with powerful groundstrokes from both wings. Her two-handed backhand is her most potent weapon, and is hit consistently with depth, speed, and power; she produces many winners with her backhand down-the-line. Her forehand is also strong, and is hit flat with a condensed swing, allowing her to generate sharp angles with this stroke. She can hit her forehand effectively at any ball height, rendering her forehand deadly on any surface. She is fast around the court, and her footwork is quick and intricate, allowing her to extend rallies until she can create an opportunity to hit a winner.
Anisimova took a break from professional tennis in May 2023, citing mental health concerns and burnout, and returned to the sport in January 2024.[98][101]
Anisimova is sponsored byNike for clothing and shoes,[133] and byWilson for racquets. She is also sponsored byGatorade and Therabody.[134][135]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 4R | 1R | A | 4R | 1R | 4R | 2R | QF | 0 / 7 | 14–7 | 67% |
| French Open | A | 1R | A | SF | 3R | 1R | 4R | A | 2R | 4R | 0 / 7 | 14–7 | 67% | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 2R | NH | 1R | QF | A | Q3 | F | 0 / 4 | 11–4 | 73% | |
| US Open | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | F | 0 / 6 | 9–6 | 60% | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 9–3 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 10–4 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 16–4 | 4–1 | 0 / 24 | 48–24 | 67% |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Career total: 4 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Career total: 9 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 764 | 192 | 95 | 24 | 30 | 78 | 23 | 359 | 36 | 4 | $12,892,510 | |||
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2025 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Iga Świątek | 0–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 2025 | US Open | Hard |  Aryna Sabalenka | 3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2024 | Canadian Open | Hard |  Jessica Pegula | 3–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
| Win | 2025 | Qatar Open | Hard |  Jeļena Ostapenko | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2025 | China Open | Hard |  Linda Noskova | 6–0, 2–6, 6–2 |
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