Oleksandra Oliynykova

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Oleksandra Oliynykova
Oliynykova at the 2026 Transylvania Open
Full nameOleksandra Denysivna Oliynykova
Native name
Олександра Денисівна Олійникова
Country (sports) Croatia (2017–2022)
 Ukraine (2022–present)
ResidenceKyiv, Ukraine
Born (2001-01-03) 3 January 2001
Kyiv, Ukraine
Prize moneyUS$ 687,011
Singles
Career record300–148
Career titles3 WTA 125, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 49 (22 June 2026)
Current rankingNo. 49 (22 June 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2026)
French Open3R (2026)
Wimbledon1R (2026)
US OpenQ1 (2025)
Doubles
Career record61–55
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 663 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 1,624 (22 June 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2026)
Last updated on: 24 June 2026.

Oleksandra Denysivna Oliynykova (Ukrainian: Олександра Денисівна Олійникова; born 3 January 2001) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 49 in singles, achieved on 22 June 2026, and 663 in doubles, achieved on 6 May 2024. She has won three WTA 125 singles titles as well as ten singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Early life

Oliynykova was born and raised in Kyiv. At the age of eight, she and her family moved to Odesa. In 2011, when Oliynykova was 10 years old, she and her family fled to Croatia after her father publicly criticized the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych. Her family would have been able to return to Ukraine after the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, which saw the removal of Yanukovych from office; they stayed in Croatia, however, where she obtained Croatian citizenship.[1][2][3]

Oliynykova continued to live and train in Zagreb, but as of 2026 was living and training in Kyiv, describing herself as the only Ukrainian professional tennis player to continue training in Ukraine following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[1][2]

Career

2022: Turning professional

Oliynykova began representing Ukraine in 2022. That October, she won her second ITF title at the W15 tournament in Heraklion.[4]

2024: First WTA 125 win

In August, she won the W35 tournament in Køge, defeating Deborah Chiesa in the final.[5] Later that month, she reached the final of the W35 Țiriac Foundation Trophy in Bistrița, but lost to Patricia Maria Țig.[6] In October, she won her second title of the year at the W35 tournament in Heraklion.[7]

The following month, she qualified for the main draw of the Copa LP Chile and defeated Martina Capurro Taborda in the first round for her first WTA 125-level victory.[8]

2025: Three WTA 125 titles, top 100

In May, she won the W35 Fortevillage trophy in Santa Margherita di Pula, but later lost her ranking points and was fined by the WTA for not withdrawing from the qualifiers of the Open de Saint-Malo, for which she was registered as an alternate, in time.[9][10] The following week, however, she won another title in Santa Margherita di Pula.[11] Later that month, she also won the W50 tournament in Portorož, defeating Kajsa Rinaldo Persson in the final for her biggest title to date.[12]

In September, Oliynykova won her first WTA 125 title at the Tolentino Open, defeating Nuria Brancaccio in the final.[13][14] In November, Oliynykova defeated Mayar Sherif in the final at the Tucumán Open to claim her second WTA 125 title.[15] The following week, Oliynykova won the WTA 125 Copa Chile, overcoming Léolia Jeanjean in the final and moving into the top 100 at world No. 95 for the first time, on 24 November 2025.[16][17]

2026: Major & BJK Cup debuts, WTA Tour semifinal, top 50

Oliynykova made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open where she directly entered the main draw,[18] but lost to defending champion Madison Keys.[19] In February at the Transylvania Open, Oliynykova recorded wins over Mayar Sherif,[20] eighth seed Anna Bondár[21] and fourth seed Wang Xinyu to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal,[22]which she lost to top seed Emma Raducanu in three sets.[23] The following month she made it through to the final at the Antalya Challenger 2, losing in three sets to fellow Ukrainian player Anhelina Kalinina.[24]

Oliynykova made her debut for the Ukraine Billie Jean King Cup team team in their qualifier against Poland in Gliwice in April, defeating Linda Klimovičová in a dead rubber match after her team had already won the overall tie.[25]

At the Italian Open, she defeated Petra Martić for her first win at WTA 1000 level. [26] Oliynykova then advanced when 18th seed Clara Tauson retired due to injury during their second round match,[27] before losing to 13th seed Linda Nosková in the third round.[28] Oliynykova overcame qualifier Elena Pridankina[29].and Kimberly Birrell to reach the third round at French Open,[30] at which point she lost to 20th seed Diana Shnaider.[31]

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2025 Tolentino Open, Italy Clay Italy Nuria Brancaccio 6–2, 6–0
Win 2–0 Nov 2025 Challenger Tucumán, Argentina Clay Egypt Mayar Sherif 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–0 Nov 2025 Colina Challenger, Chile Clay France Léolia Jeanjean 7–5, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Mar 2026 Antalya Challenger, Turkey Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 3–6, 6–3, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments (1–0)
W50 tournaments (1–0)
W35 tournaments (4–1)
W15 tournaments (4–4)
Finals by surface
Clay (10–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay Poland Anna Hertel 7–6(3), 7–6(4)
Loss 1–1 Jun 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay Romania Oana Gavrilă 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 2019 ITF Anning, China W15 Clay Kazakhstan Zhibek Kulambayeva 3–6, 5–7
Loss 1–3 Dec 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay United States Chiara Scholl 2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Win 2–3 Oct 2022 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay Hungary Vanda Lukács 6–4, 1–0 ret.
Win 3–3 Nov 2022 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay Germany Silvia Ambrosio 6–3, 7–5
Loss 3–4 Apr 2023 ITF Telde, Spain W15 Clay Italy Laura Mair 5–7, 2–6
Win 4–4 Apr 2023 ITF Telde, Spain W15 Clay Lithuania Klaudija Bubelytė 6–3, 6–1
Win 5–4 Jul 2024 ITF Køge, Denmark W35 Clay Italy Deborah Chiesa 6–7(3), 6–0, 6–3
Loss 5–5 Aug 2024 ITF Bistrița, Romania W35 Clay Romania Patricia Maria Țig 1–6, 1–6
Win 6–5 Oct 2024 ITF Heraklion, Greece W35 Clay Romania Irina Bara 6–4, 6–1
Win 7–5 Apr 2025 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay Italy Dalila Spiteri 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Win 8–5 May 2025 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay Ekaterina Makarova 6–4, 6–0
Win 9–5 May 2025 ITF Portorož, Slovenia W50 Clay Sweden Kajsa Rinaldo Persson 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 10–5 Jul 2025 ITF The Hague, Netherlands W75 Clay Italy Jessica Pieri 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
W35 tournaments (2–3)
W15 tournaments (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay Darya Astakhova Greece Anna Arkadianou
Elina Nepliy		 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay Israel Lina Glushko Hungary Dorka Drahota-Szabó
Slovakia Laura Svatíková		 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jan 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi Vasilisa Aponasenko
Italy Nicole Fossa Huergo		 6–2, 6–2
Win 2–2 Oct 2022 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay United Kingdom Lauryn John-Baptiste Italy Ginevra Parentini
North Macedonia Aleksandra Simeva		 6–0, 6–1
Loss 2–3 May 2023 ITF Varberg, Sweden W15 Clay Denmark Olivia Gram Ukraine Daria Lopatetska
Ukraine Daria Yesypchuk		 walkover
Loss 2–4 Feb 2024 ITF Antalya, Turkey W35 Clay Romania Cristina Dinu Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
Latvia Daniela Vismane		 4–6, 0–6

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