Oksana Kalashnikova

Kalashnikova had a remarkable junior career. At age 15, she won the prestigious 2005 Orange Bowl and peaked at No. 11 in the ITF jr. world rankings later that year. The following season she reached the US Open girls' singles semifinal, notably defeating Simona Halep in straight sets, before losing to eventual champion, Kristína Kučová.

Kalashnikova entered the ITF tournament in Astana, where she won the doubles event with Marta Sirotkina against twin sisters Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok.

In November, she and Nina Bratchikova won the doubles title at the Royal Indian Open.

She reached the third round of the French Open on her debut at this major, partnering Alicja Rosolska.

Kalashnikova won her first WTA doubles title at the 2013 Baku Cup, partnering Irina Buryachok against Eleni Daniilidou and Aleksandra Krunić.

After that, she and Alicja Rosolska reached the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open, a prestigious tournament serving as a warm-up for the US Open.

In September, she reached the final of the Ningbo International Tennis Open, a WTA 125 tournament, again partnering Buryachok.

In July, at İstanbul Cup partnering Paula Kania, they reached the final and lost to Misaki Doi and Elina Svitolina.

In July, Kalashnikova entered the Contrexéville Open and won the doubles competition against Constance Sibille & Irina Ramialison, partnering Danka Kovinić.

She then won her second title on WTA Tour at the Bucharest Open, partnering Demi Schuurs. They beat Romanian pairing of Andreea Mitu & Patricia Maria Țig in the final.

In November, she lost two WTA 125 doubles finals, at the Open de Limoges, partnering Margarita Gasparyan, and the Southern California Open, partnering with Tatjana Maria.

She made the third round at the Australian Open for the first time at this major.

She reached her first semifinal at a Premier-level in Indian Wells, partnering Sara Errani.

On 13 June 2016, she reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 43.

At the Australian Open, Kalashnikova reached the third round for the second time at this major, partnering Alycia Parks but lost in straight sets to top seeds and eventual champions Czech duo Kateřina Siniaková and Barbora Krejčíková.^[1]

Partnering Iryna Shymanovich, she reached her first major quarterfinal at Wimbledon, where they lost to 16th seeds Zhang Shuai and Caroline Dolehide in straight sets, in one hour.^[2]

Alongside Nao Hibino, Kalashnikova won the doubles title at the Prague Open with a win over Quinn Gleason and Elixane Lechemia in the final.^[3]

She was selected to play in the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy with Yana Sizikova with whom she had also partnered earlier for the WTA 1000 tournaments during the clay court season. They lost to the eventual champions Beatriz Haddad Maia and Veronika Kudermetova.^[4]

Partnering Kamilla Rakhimova, she reached the final of the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open with wins over Camila Osorio and Ena Shibahara, Marina Stakusic and Valeria Savinykh^[5] then Eden Silva and Samantha Murray Sharan in the semifinals. Kalashnikova and Rakhimova lost the final to Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva.^[6][7]

Current through the 2023 Australian Open.