Mariam_Bolkvadze
Mariam Bolkvadze
Georgian tennis player
Mariam Bolkvadze (Georgian: მარიამ ბოლქვაძე, romanized: mariam bolkvadze, pronounced [maɾiam bolkʰʷadzɛ]; born 1 January 1998) is a tennis player from Georgia.
Bolkvadze at the 2022 French Open | |
| Country (sports) |  Georgia |
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| Residence | London, England[1] |
| Born | (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) Batumi, Georgia |
| Plays | Left (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Simon Ainley[1] |
| Prize money | US$ 470,949 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 294–187 (61.1%) |
| Career titles | 7 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 151 (7 March 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 339 (22 April 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2021) |
| French Open | Q2 (2021) |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2022) |
| US Open | 2R (2019) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 130–85 (60.5%) |
| Career titles | 12 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 204 (21 March 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 432 (22 April 2024) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 7–11 (38.9%) |
| Last updated on: 24 April 2024. | |
On 7 March 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 151, and on 21 March 2022, she peaked at No. 204 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Playing for Georgia Fed Cup team, Bolkvadze has a win–loss record of 7–11 in Fed Cup competitions, as of April 2024.
Bolkvadze was born in Batumi and at the age of 13 moved to the United Kingdom to further her tennis development.[2] She stayed initially with her godmother before finding a host family two years later.[2] Maria Sharapova was her favourite player growing up. She is fluent in Georgian, Russian, and English.[3][4]
Bolkvadze began playing tennis at the age of nine and spent much of her teenage years training in London, where she was coached by Otto Buchholdt.[3] As a junior she played in very few ITF events, instead concentrating on domestic competitions organised by the LTA and continental tournaments run by Tennis Europe. She won the 2013 Aegon Junior International in London, defeating Jodie Burrage in the final. At the European Junior Championships held in Moscow later that year she lost to Fanny Stollar in the round of 64.[5]
She reached her only final on the ITF Junior World Tour as a qualifier at the G4 Nottingham event in April 2013, where she was runner-up to Freya Christie.[6]
She was a finalist with American partner Caty McNally in the girls' doubles at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, losing to Usue Maitane Arconada and Claire Liu in straight sets. She played her only junior grand slam draw in singles at the same tournament, coming through qualifying before being defeated by Sofia Kenin in the third round.[7]
2019: Breakthrough at the US Open
Ranked 202 in the world, Bolkvadze entered US Open qualifying and was drawn against eighth seed Heather Watson. After beating her in straight sets, she defeated in the second round Han Na-lae in three tight sets to set up a match against Xu Shilin. By another win she qualified for her first major main draw, and became the fourth Georgian to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, she defeated Bernarda Pera in three sets, before losing to third seed Karolína Plíšková, 1–6, 4–6. With her wins, she reached a new career-high of 152 in the world.
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Singles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2014 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | W10 | Hard |  Vlada Ekshibarova |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2014 | ITF Telavi, Georgia | W10 | Hard |  Yuliya Kalabina |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Apr 2015 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W10 | Hard |  Lina Gjorcheska |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–2 | Apr 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W10 | Hard | Sofya Zhuk |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 2016 | Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia | W10 | Clay | Aleksandra Pospelova |
6–4, 7–6(18) |
| Win | 4–2 | May 2017 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W15 | Clay |  Camila Giangreco Campiz |
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(4) |
| Loss | 4–3 | May 2018 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay |  Elizabeth Halbauer |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | May 2018 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay |  Magdalena Pantucková |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Feb 2019 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK | W25 | Hard (i) |  Jessika Ponchet |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Apr 2019 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | W25 | Carpet |  Maryna Zanevska |
5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–6 | Apr 2019 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | W25 | Carpet |  Nuria Párrizas Díaz |
6–2, 7–6(5) |
| Loss | 5–7 | Jun 2021 | ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal | W25 | Hard |  Beatriz Haddad Maia |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–7 | Jul 2021 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | W60 | Hard | Valeria Savinykh |
4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–8 | Jan 2022 | GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK | W25 | Hard (i) |  Sofia Samavati |
2–6, 5–5 ret. |
| Win | 7–8 | Dec 2023 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W25 | Hard |  Elena Pridankina |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–8 | Jan 2024 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W35 | Hard | Elena Pridankina |
6–0, 6–3 |
Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | May 2014 | ITF Netanya, Israel | W10 | Hard | Anastasia Pribylova |
 Pia König Barbora Štefková |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | May 2015 | ITF Ashkelon, Israel | W10 | Hard |  Naomi Totka |
 Laura Deigman Hélène Scholsen |
6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2015 | ITF Telavi, Georgia | W10 | Hard | Tinatin Kavlashvili |
 Marianna Natali  Seira Shimizu |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–1 | Apr 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W10 | Hard |  Nastja Kolar |
 Oleksandra Korashvili Margarita Lazareva |
7–6(0), 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Apr 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W10 | Hard | Victoria Muntean |
Oleksandra Korashvili Margarita Lazareva |
5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Aug 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W10 | Hard |  Ana Bianca Mihaila |
 Sharmada Balu  Ana Veselinović |
6–4, 6–7(2), [8–10] |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2016 | Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia | W10 | Clay | Tatia Mikadze |
Alona Fomina Margarita Lazareva |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Oct 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W10 | Hard | Alona Fomina |
 Guadalupe Pérez Rojas  Jil Teichmann |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–4 | Apr 2017 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W15 | Clay |  Tereza Mihalíková |
 Bojana Marinković  Despina Papamichail |
7–6(7), 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Apr 2017 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W15 | Clay | Margaux Bovy |
Irina Fetecău Anna Slováková |
6–7(2), 6–2, [5–10] |
| Win | 6–5 | Jul 2017 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Ekaterine Gorgodze |
 Petia Arshinkova  İpek Öz |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–6 | Jul 2017 | Telavi Open, Georgia | W15 | Clay | Ekaterine Gorgodze |
 Polina Pekhova Maria Solnyshkina |
2–6, 6–1, [7–10] |
| Win | 7–6 | Mar 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Barbora Štefková |
 María Paulina Pérez Paula Andrea Pérez |
6–2, 7–6(6) |
| Loss | 7–7 | Sep 2018 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | W25 | Carpet |  Inês Murta |
 Katarzyna Piter Valeria Savinykh |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7–8 | Apr 2019 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | W25 | Carpet | Nastja Kolar |
Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith |
1–6, 6–2, [9–11] |
| Win | 8–8 | Jul 2021 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | W25 | Hard | Ekaterina Yashina |
Vlada Koval Anastasia Tikhonova |
7–6(7), 6–1 |
| Win | 9–8 | Oct 2021 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | W80 | Hard (i) | Samantha Murray Sharan |
Audrey Albié Léolia Jeanjean |
7–6(5), 6–0 |
| Win | 10–8 | Feb 2022 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | W60 | Carpet (i) | Samantha Murray Sharan |
Susan Bandecchi Simona Waltert |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 11–8 | Oct 2022 | Trnava Indoor, Slovakia | W60 | Hard (i) | Maia Lumsden |
Conny Perrin  Diāna Marcinkēviča |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 12–8 | Aug 2023 | ITF Roehampton, UK | W25 | Hard | Lily Miyazaki |
 Talia Gibson Petra Hule |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 12–9 | Oct 2023 | ITF Sunderland, UK | W25 | Hard (i) | Samantha Murray Sharan |
Freya Christie  Elena Malõgina |
0–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
Girls' doubles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | Caty McNally |
Usue Maitane Arconada Claire Liu |
2–6, 3–6 |
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup
Bolkvadze made her Fed Cup debut for Georgia in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, when she was 17 years and 37 days old.
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Singles (4–5)
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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| 2015 | Z1 PO | Feb 2015 | Budapest (HUN) | Turkey |
Hard (i) | Başak Eraydın | W | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2019 | Z1 RR | Feb 2019 | Bath (GBR) | Serbia |
Hard (i) | Ivana Jorović | L | 3–6, 1–6 |
 Croatia |
Ana Konjuh | L | 4–6, 3–6 | |||||
| Turkey |
Çağla Büyükakçay | L | 4–6, 1–6 | |||||
| Z1 PO | Slovenia |
Kaja Juvan | L | 1–6, 0–3 ret. | ||||
| 2020 | Z2 RR | Feb 2020 | Helsinki (FIN) |  Israel |
Hard (i) | Vlada Katic | W | 7–6(5), 6–1 |
 Moldova |
Anastasia Vdovenco | W | 7–5, 6–3 | |||||
 Tunisia |
Ons Jabeur | L | 2–6, 2–6 | |||||
| Z2 PO |  Finland |
Oona Orpana | W | 7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles (2–0)
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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| 2018 | Z1 RR | Feb 2018 | Tallinn (EST) | Serbia |
Hard (i) | Sofia Shapatava | Olga Danilović Bojana Marinković |
W | 6–7(7), 7–6(7), 6–3 |
| 2019 | Z1 RR | Feb 2019 | Bath (GBR) | Serbia |
Hard (i) | Oksana Kalashnikova | Olga Danilović Ivana Jorović |
W | 6–3, 7–5 |
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- "Mariam Bolkvadze". EDGE International. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- "Mariam Bolkvadze 2013 Tournaments". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- "Mariam Bolkvadze Junior Singles Activity". ITF Tennis. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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