Erika Andreeva
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Erika Aleksandrovna Andreeva (Russian: Эрика Александровна Андреева, IPA: [ˈɛrʲɪkə ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvnə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvə], born 24 June 2004) is a Russian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 65, reached on 21 October 2024. She also has a best doubles ranking of No. 274, achieved on 11 December 2023. Andreeva has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.
History
2020–21: First ITF Circuit title
In November 2020, Andreeva won her first senior ITF Circuit title at the $15k event in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. A month later, she won another ITF title, this time at the $15k Cairo, Egypt.
In March 2021, she won her third $15k tournament.
2022: WTA Tour & major debuts
In May 2022, she played her first significant final on the ITF Circuit, at the $100k La Bisbal d'Emporda, but lost after winning the first set.
Andreeva made her WTA Tour debut at the Ladies Open Lausanne after qualifying. There she recorded her first WTA Tour-level win, after dropping only three games against Anna Blinkova, in the first round.
She made her major debut at the 2022 US Open, winning her three qualifying matches to earn a spot in the main draw where she lost in the first round to Petra Kvitová.
2023: WTA 1000 debut and first win
Ranked No. 135 at the inaugural ATX Open in Austin, Texas, she reached the main draw as lucky loser and defeated Harriet Dart in the longest match of the season thus far, lasting three hours and 32 minutes. Next, she lost to Anna-Lena Friedsam in another match that lasted more than three hours.
She received a wildcard for the main draw on her WTA 1000 debut at the Miami Open, defeating fellow wildcard Ashlyn Krueger in the first round before losing to Magdalena Fręch.
Andreeva got into main draw at the French Open as a lucky loser but went out in the first round to Emma Navarro.
2024: Top 100, first major match win
Andreeva entered the top 100, after reaching the second round of the Qatar Ladies Open as a qualifier. She also qualified for the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open but lost to Danielle Collins, in straight sets. She received a wildcard for the main draw at the Miami Open where she lost to Elina Avanesyan.
Andreeva lost in the final round of qualifying at Wimbledon but was given a place in the main draw as a lucky loser, going on to beat Emina Bektas in the first round to secure her first win at a major, before losing her next match to Donna Vekić. At the US Open, she defeated Yuan Yue in the first round but lost to seventh seed Zheng Qinwen.
Partnering Séléna Janicijevic, Andreeva reached the doubles final at the WTA 125 Open de Limoges, losing to Elsa Jacquemot and Margaux Rouvroy.