The 21st century
Russia · born Samara, 1991 · right-handed · Wimbledon quarter-finalist 2016 and 2025
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Wimbledon singles quarter-finals, 2016 and 2025
9
Years between those two quarter-finals
2007
Wimbledon debut, as a wildcard
11
Career-high WTA ranking, November 2021
Born in Samara on 3 July 1991, Pavlyuchenkova was world junior No. 1 in January 2006 and won three junior majors: the Australian Open in 2006 and 2007 and the US Open in 2006. As a professional she won 12 WTA singles titles, six in doubles and one in mixed, and reached a career-high ranking of No. 11 in November 2021, the year she lost the French Open final to Barbora Krejčíková and won Olympic mixed doubles gold in Tokyo with Andrey Rublev. Her brother Alexander, a former professional, often travels with her and advises on her game. She was part of the Russian team that won the 2020-21 Billie Jean King Cup. In 2026 she played no grass-court matches and did not appear at Wimbledon.
| Wimbledon singles | Quarter-final 2016 and 2025; third round 2008, 2010, 2021; second round 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015; first round 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 |
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| Wimbledon 2016 | Beat 27th seed CoCo Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-3 in the fourth round for her first quarter-final, then lost to Serena Williams in straight sets |
| Wimbledon 2025 | Beat 31st seed Ashlyn Krueger, Naomi Osaka and Sonay Kartal 7-6 (3), 6-4; lost the quarter-final to Amanda Anisimova 6-1, 7-6 (9), after saving two match points and holding four set points in the tiebreak |
| Wimbledon doubles | Quarter-final 2014 |
| Other grass events | Eastbourne semi-final 2025, her first on grass, after saving six match points against Viktoriya Tomova. No grass-court titles |
"I think we're losing a little bit of the charm of actually having human beings."
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Tokyo 2021
Months after her first major final in Paris, she and Andrey Rublev won the Olympic mixed doubles. In the final against their compatriots Aslan Karatsev and Elena Vesnina they had to save a match point before taking the gold medal.
Source: WikipediaRoland-Garros 2023
Back from injury on a protected ranking, she reached the Paris quarter-finals, and a reporter suggested a Wimbledon wildcard. A year after the All England Club had barred Russian and Belarusian players, she laughed: "Are you serious? Do you think after the situation last year they would give me a wild card this year?" Then she added: "I can try and ask. Fingers crossed."
Source: Tennis MajorsEastbourne 2025
Her best grass week outside Wimbledon began with a match she should have lost: against Viktoriya Tomova she saved six match points. She went on to her first semi-final on grass, at 33, and arrived at Wimbledon with her form on the surface finally matching her game.
Source: Tennis MajorsWimbledon 2025 · Fourth round
At 4-4 in the first set against Sonay Kartal, on game point, a Kartal backhand landed clearly long and the electronic system made no call. The point was replayed, Kartal broke and served for the set. "You took the game away from me," Pavlyuchenkova told the umpire. Wimbledon blamed operator error. She saved a set point and won 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Source: WTAWimbledon 2025
Into her second Wimbledon quarter-final at 34, she spoke frankly about the years between: "I think I had poor mentality, back in the past. Not always, but majority of the times." Against Amanda Anisimova she lost the first set 6-1, then saved two match points and four set points before losing the tiebreak 11-9.
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