Elena Ivanovna Pridankina (Russian: Елена Ивановна Приданкина, born 30 August 2005) is a Russian tennis player.[1]

Elena Pridankina
Full nameElena Ivanovna Pridankina
Country (sports) Russia
Born (2005-08-30) 30 August 2005 (age 19)
Vidnoye, Russia
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$80,076
Singles
Career record127–49
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (21 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 179 (28 October 2024)
Doubles
Career record68–40
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 138 (14 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 139 (28 October 2024)
Last updated on: 28 October 2024.

Pridankina has career-high rankings by the WTA of world No. 179 in singles and No. 138 in doubles, achieved in October 2024.[2]

Personal life

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Elena's father Ivan Pridankin is a former coach of Daniil Medvedev.[3]

Career

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In November 2023, Pridankina won her biggest ITF title thus far at a W40 tournament in Funchal, Portugal, partnering with Anastasia Kovaleva.[4] The following week, she also won the W25 doubles tournament in Lousada, Portugal.[5]

Ranked No. 179, Pridankina made her WTA Tour debut at the 2024 Guangzhou Open after entering the main draw as a lucky loser but lost to Caroline Dolehide.[6][7]

She secured her first WTA Tour win at the 2024 Jiangxi Open, defeating Ella Seidel,[8][9] before losing in the second round to fifth seed Kamilla Rakhimova.[10]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
W75 tournaments
W50 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (3–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay   Alexandra Iordache 6–1, 6–1
Win 2–0 Sep 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard   Katarína Kuzmová 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Oct 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard   Anastasiia Gureva 6–7(5), 6–4, 7–6(2)
Win 4–0 Apr 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard   Wang Meiling 6–3, 6–1
Win 5–0 Sep 2023 ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia W15 Clay   Mara Guth 7–6(4), ret.
Loss 5–1 Dec 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W25 Hard   Mariam Bolkvadze 2–6, 1–6
Loss 5–2 Feb 2024 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 Hard   Mariam Bolkvadze 0–6, 3–6
Loss 5–3 Mar 2024 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia W50 Hard (i)   Anastasiia Gureva 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–4 Aug 2024 Zagreb Open, Croatia W50 Clay   Giorgia Pedone 6–2, 2–6, 5–7
Win 6–4 Aug 2024 Amstetten, Austria W75 Clay   Valeriya Strakhova 6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Legend
W80 tournaments
W75 tournaments
W40 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay   Elizaveta Shebekina   Yasmin Ezzat
  Dimitra Pavlou
5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard   Aglaya Fedorova   Yasmin Ezzat
  Aliona Falei
7–5, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Oct 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard   Aglaya Fedorova   Anastasia Abbagnato
  Beatrice Stagno
6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 2–2 Oct 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard   Anastasiia Gureva   Cho I-hsuan
  Cho Yi-tsen
6-7(3), 6–1, [10-6]
Win 3–2 Jul 2023 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany W25 Clay   Ivana Šebestová   Manon Léonard
  Lucie Nguyen Tan
2–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss 3–3 Sep 2023 ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia W15 Clay   Mara Guth   Eleni Christofi
  Katarina Jokić
2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Oct 2023 Internationaux de Poitiers, France W80 Hard (i)   Ekaterina Maklakova   Jessika Ponchet
  Bibiane Schoofs
5–7, 4–6
Win 4–4 Nov 2023 ITF Funchal, Portugal W40 Hard   Anastasia Kovaleva   Yasmine Mansouri
  Inês Murta
6–2, 6–3
Win 5–4 Nov 2023 ITF Lousada, Portugal W25 Hard (i)   Mara Guth   Alicia Melosch
  Johanna Silva
6–1, 6–1
Loss 5–5 Nov 2023 ITF Lousada, Portugal W25 Hard (i)   Kayla Cross   Eliessa Vanlangendonck
  Stéphanie Visscher
w/o
Loss 5–6 Jul 2024 Open de Montpellier, France W75 Clay   Ekaterina Yashina   Mariana Dražić
  Iryna Shymanovich
6–1, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 6–6 Aug 2024 Přerov Cup, Czech Republic W75 Clay   Julie Štruplová   Noma Noha Akugue
  Sapfo Sakellaridi
6–3, 6–4
Win 7–6 Oct 2024 Slovak Open, Slovakia W75 Hard (i)   Isabelle Haverlag   Katarína Kužmová
  Nina Vargová
7–5, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ "Гурьева Анастасия Вячеславовна". rustennistur.com (in Russian). RTT. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Elena Pridankina | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  3. ^ "Елена Приданкина победила на международных соревнованиях по теннису". mst.mosreg.ru.
  4. ^ "Inês Murta sagra-se vice-campeã de pares do Madeira Ladies Open". www.raquetc.com. 18 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Mara Guth e Elena Pridankina vencem final de pares". novumcanal.pt (in Portuguese). 25 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Alex Eala qualifies for WTA Guangzhou Open main draw". Rappler.
  7. ^ "2024 Guangzhou; Dolehide advances past lucky loser Pridankina into Guangzhou second round". WTATennis. 22 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Pridankina garners first tour-level win in Jiujiang opening round". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Jiangxi Open: Pridankina books spot in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Jiangxi Open: Rakhimova into last eight". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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