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Alina Alekseevna Charaeva (Russian: Алина Алексеевна Чараева; born 27 May 2002) is a Russian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 126, achieved on 6 April 2026, by the WTA. She has reached her career-high doubles ranking of No. 203 on 28 July 2025. Charaeva has won one WTA 125 singles title as well as eight singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women’s Circuit.

Career

Charaeva made her WTA Tour debut at the 2019 Kremlin Cup, having received a wildcard into the doubles main-draw, partnering with Sofya Lansere.[1]

At the 2023 WTA Andorrà Open, Charaeva entered as a wildcard and defeated third seed Océane Dodin in three sets to reach the second round,[2] where she lost to Heather Watson.[3]

She reached her first WTA 125 final at the 2025 Huzhou Open, losing to Veronika Erjavec.[4]

Charaeva qualified to make her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at the 2025 Pan Pacific Open, but lost to Jaqueline Cristian in the first round.[5]

She won her maiden WTA 125 title at the 2026 Dow Tennis Classic, defeating Guo Hanyu in the final.[6]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2025 Huzhou Open, China Clay Slovenia Veronika Erjavec 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2026 Midland Classic, United States Hard (i) China Guo Hanyu 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments
W75 tournaments
W50 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2018 ITF Vinaròs, Spain W15 Clay Spain Júlia Payola 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Sep 2020 ITF Marbella, Spain W25 Clay China Zheng Qinwen 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Sep 2021 ITF Johannesburg, South Africa W25 Clay Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp 2–0 ret.
Win 3–1 Nov 2022 ITF Castellon, Spain W15 Clay Germany Natalia Siedliska 7–6(4), 6–3
Win 4–1 Nov 2022 ITF Nules, Spain W15 Clay Spain Noelia Bouzó Zanotti 6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–2 Oct 2023 ITF Baza, Spain W25 Hard Croatia Lea Bošković 3–6, 2–6
Win 5–2 Nov 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard Maria Bondarenko 7–5, 6–3
Win 6–2 Dec 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard Spain Guiomar Maristany 6–2, 6–4
Win 7–2 Aug 2024 ITF Ourense, Spain W50 Hard Japan Haruka Kaji 7–6(7), 6–1
Loss 7–3 Oct 2024 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain W100 Hard Anastasia Zakharova 3–6, 1–6
Win 8–3 May 2025 ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia W75 Clay Serbia Teodora Kostović 6–4, 7–6(5)

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments
W60 tournaments
W50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 ITF Pula, Italy W25 Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Netherlands Eva Vedder
Netherlands Stéphanie Visscher
7–6(1), 6–3
Win 2–0 Sep 2020 ITF Marbella, Spain W25 Clay Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva Romania Miriam Bulgaru
France Victoria Muntean
6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Oct 2020 ITF Platja d’Aro, Spain W15 Clay Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva Spain Alba Carrillo Marín
Spain Júlia Payola
5–7, 6–1, [10–5]
Win 4–0 Jul 2021 President’s Cup, Kazakhstan W60 Hard Russia Maria Timofeeva Russia Evgeniya Levashova
Brazil Laura Pigossi
7–6(5), 2–6, [10–6]
Win 5–0 Feb 2024 Pretoria International, South Africa W50 Hard Russia Ekaterina Reyngold South Africa Isabella Kruger
South Africa Zoë Kruger
6–0, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss 5–1 Jul 2024 ITF Horb, Germany W35 Clay Japan Yuki Naito Czech Republic Aneta Kučmová
Slovenia Nika Radišić
4–6, 7–6(3), [2–10]
Loss 5–2 Oct 2024 ITF Baza, Spain W35 Clay France Nahia Berecoechea Germany Tayisiya Morderger
Germany Yana Morderger
3–6, 6–7(1)
Win 6–2 Oct 2024 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain W100 Hard Russia Ekaterina Reyngold Germany Mina Hodzic
Germany Caroline Werner
6–2, 7–6(2)
Loss 6–3 Mar 2025 ITF Terrassa, Spain W35 Clay France Yasmine Mansouri Czech Republic Aneta Kučmová
Germany Caroline Werner
6–3, 1–6, [6–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2020 French Open Clay France Elsa Jacquemot 6–4, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2019 French Open Clay Russia Anastasia Tikhonova United States Chloe Beck
United States Emma Navarro
1–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ Alex Macpherson. “Moscow 2019: Wednesday’s Order of Play and Match Points”. www.wtatennis.com.
  2. ^ “Andorrà Open: Charaeva reaches second round, beats second seed Dodin”. Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  3. ^ “Andorrà Open: Watson moves into quarter-finals”. Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  4. ^ “Slovenians Erjavec, Juvan soar to WTA 125 titles; Selekhmeteva wins too”. Women’s Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  5. ^ “Cristian comes through Tokyo opener against qualifier Charaeva”. Women’s Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  6. ^ “Charaeva captures breakthrough WTA 125 title in Midland”. Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 April 2026.