# Maria Timofeeva

Maria Glebovna Timofeeva (Russian: Мари́я Гле́бовна Тимофе́ева, IPA:; born 18 November 2003) is a Russian professional tennis player.
Timofeeva has career-high WTA rankings of No. 93 in singles and No. 179 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour along with five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

## Career
### 2017–2021

In 2017, she won the Petits As U14 championship in Tarbes, France. In July 2021, she won the $60k President's Cup in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, alongside Alina Charaeva.

### 2023–24: WTA Tour, Grand Slam and top 100 debuts

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. 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.
Ranked No. 170, she qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making her Grand Slam tournament debut. She defeated Alizé Cornet, former Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki and 10th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia to advance to the fourth round where she lost to Marta Kostyuk. She reached the top 100 on 29 January 2024, moving up 70 positions, becoming the first 2003-born player to enter the Top 100.
Timofeeva qualified for the 2024 Miami Open and defeated Varvara Gracheva, before losing in the second round to 26th seed Linda Nosková.
At the 2024 French Open, she lost in the first round to Wang Yafan in straight sets. Attempting to defend her Budapest Grand Prix title, Timofeeva won her opening match against qualifier Simona Waltert but then lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in round two.

## Personal life

She's the granddaughter of Liubov Timofeeva [fr], internationally famous classical pianist. 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.

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

### Singles

| 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
### Singles: 1 (title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam
* WTA 1000
* WTA 500
* WTA 250 (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2023 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | WTA 250 | Clay | Kateryna Baindl | 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $40,000 tournaments (1–1)
* $25,000 tournaments (1–2)
* $15,000 tournaments (3–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Hard | Svenja Ochsner | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Feb 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Karin Kennel | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Feb 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Apr 2021 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | Sandra Samir | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jun 2022 | ITF Ra'anana, Israel | 25,000 | Hard | Polina Kudermetova | 6–4, 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jun 2022 | ITF Ra'anana, Israel | 25,000 | Hard | Valeria Savinykh | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–2 | Jan 2023 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 40,000 | Hard | Sakura Hosogi | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Apr 2023 | ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia | 40,000 | Hard (i) | Magali Kempen | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Apr 2023 | ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Tímea Babos | 4–6, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

* Legend
* $60,000 tournaments (1–4)
* $25,000 tournaments (3–4)
* $15,000 tournaments (2–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | Linda Fruhvirtová | Nina Radovanovic Sopiko Tsitskishvili | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 2021 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | Elina Avanesyan | Isabelle Haverlag Marel Hoedt | 1–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Win | 3–0 | Jul 2021 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 60,000 | Hard | Alina Charaeva | Evgeniya Levashova Laura Pigossi | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 2–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 3–1 | Aug 2021 | Verbier Open, Switzerland | 25,000 | Hard | Diāna Marcinkēviča | Erika Andreeva Ekaterina Makarova | 6–7$^{(2)}$, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2022 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 25,000 | Hard | Anna Kubareva | Eudice Chong Han Na-lae | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2022 | Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Anna Sisková | Linda Nosková Ekaterina Makarova | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Mar 2022 | Nur-Sultan Challenger 2, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Anna Sisková | Kamilla Bartone Ekaterina Makarova | 6–1, 5–7, [8–10] |
| Loss | 3–5 | Mar 2022 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 25,000 | Clay | Amina Anshba | Diana Shnaider Amarissa Kiara Tóth | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Apr 2022 | ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Gozal Ainitdinova | Momoko Kobori Luksika Kumkhum | 2–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
| Loss | 4–6 | Jun 2022 | Open de Biarritz, France | 60,000 | Clay | María Lourdes Carlé | Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova | 6–2, 3–6, [12–14] |
| Win | 5–6 | Jun 2022 | ITF Ra'anana, Israel | 25,000 | Hard | Sofya Lansere | Elena-Teodora Cadar Fanny Stollár | 6–3, 7–6$^{(5)}$ |
| Win | 6–6 | Jul 2022 | ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Irina Khromacheva | Karolína Kubáňová Ivana Šebestová | 6–2, 5–7, [10–3] |
| Loss | 6–7 | Nov 2022 | Meitar Open, Israel | 60,000 | Hard | Anna Kubareva | Valentini Grammatikopoulou Ekaterina Yashina | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 6–8 | Feb 2023 | Open de l'Isère, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Sofya Lansere | Freya Christie Ali Collins | 4–6, 3–6 |