Biography
- Coached by Matteo Donati
- Father's name is Anton; mother's name is Anna; younger brother's name is Ilya (plays ice hockey). Introduced to sport by father; liked it and was soon practicing at Spartak Club in Moscow
- Moved to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy after winning a big Under 14s event; has trained there ever since
- Baseliner whose favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is clay. Australian Open and US Open are favorite tournaments
- Tennis idols were Martina Hingis and Justine Henin - still watches videos of Henin on YouTube
- Also enjoys dancing, music, singing, Sudoku, playing cards and chess
- Person she would most like to meet is Eminem
- Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan in May 2012
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
20Height
5' 4" (1.63m)Birthday
Jan 7, 1995Birthplace
Moscow, Russia
Career Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (3): 2024 - Birmingham; 2021 - Budapest; 2019 - Nürnberg.
Finalist (3): 2021 - Nur-Sultan; 2018 - Guangzhou; 2017 - St. Petersburg.
DOUBLES
Finalist (2): 2024 - Cincinnati (w/Fernandez) 2023 - Osaka (w/Kalinskaya)
ADDITIONAL
Kazakhstani Billie Jean King Cup Team, 2014-19, 2021-24.
Career in Review
In 2024, won her third career title at Birmingham (d. Tomljanovic in final) - her first title win in three years. She also reached QF at Hobart (l. Yuan) and Ningbo (l. eventual champion Kasatkina); found success at Grand Slam level with R16 run at Wimbledon (l. Ostapenko) and 3r run at US Open (l. Paolini)
2023 saw Putintseva reach SF at Guangzhou (l. Linette) and QF at Rabat (l. Riera) and Hobart (l. Blinkova)
Reached two SFs in 2022, at Istanbul (l. eventual champion Potapova) and Budapest (l. Krunic), while made QF at Toronto (l. Pegula)
Highlight of 2021 campaign was lifting second career title, at Budapest (d. Kalinina in F)
Also last season was R-Up at Nur-Sultan (l. Van Uytvanck), advanced to SF at Portoroz and made QFs at Charleston [500], Strasbourg and San Jose
Recorded 300th career win (at all levels) with 1r triumph over Flipkens at 2020 Roland Garros
Standout results of 2020 were QF runs at US Open (l. Brady) - first Kazakh woman to reach last eight in New York - and Rome (l. Halep)
Owns one win over a reigning World No.1, upsetting Osaka on grass at 2019 Birmingham
Won first career title at 2019 Nurnberg (d. Zidansek in F); afterwards rose to No.28 in rankings - one spot off career best No.27 (achieved February 6, 2017)
Best result of 2018 was QF run at Roland Garros (l. Keys)
Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova - first over a Top 5 player - (l. Mladenovic in F); first woman from Kazakhstan to reach a WTA final since Shvedova at 2015 Bogota (l. Pereira)
Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on February 6, 2017 following St Petersburg
In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarterfinals at Roland Garros - or at any major - since Shvedova in 2012, eventually losing to S.Williams in 3s
Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 Charleston
First Top 10 win came over No.10 Petkovic at 2015 Nurnberg (via ret.)
Progressed to maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventual champion Larsson)
In 2014, reached first two WTA QFs, first on clay at Bastad (as qualifier, l. Cepelova) and then on hard at Osaka (l. eventual champion Stosur). Between these two results, scored first Top 20 win - over No.14 Pennetta - during run through qualifying to 2r at Montreal
Made it through to 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2013 Australian Open (d. McHale, l. Suarez Navarro)
Advanced to 2r on WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen (as WC, d. Barbat, l. Jankovic)
On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six doubles titles
Kazakhstan Billie Jean King Cup Team, 2014-19, 2021-22
Professional debut at 2009 Luxembourg ended with defeat to Flipkens in final round of qualifying
