Elina Avanesyan

She defeated French wildcard Léolia Jeanjean in the second round and qualifier Clara Tauson in the third, becoming the first lucky loser at Roland Garros in the last 16 in 35 years since 1988 and only the fifth overall at this Major.

As a result she reached the top 80 rising 54 positions in the rankings on 12 June 2023.

She made her WTA 500 debut at the German Open also as a lucky loser, and defeated eighth seed Daria Kasatkina.

As a result she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 64 on 26 June 2024.

She finished the year ranked No. 75 on 6 November 2023.

On her debut at the 2024 Australian Open she recorded two wins over Zhuoxuan Bai and eight seed Maria Sakkari, her first top 10 win.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Current through the 2023 Jiangxi Open.

Elina Araratovna Avanesyan (Элина Араратовна Аванесян; born 17 September 2002) is a Russian professional tennis player.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 62 in singles and 223 in doubles.

She has won five singles and nine doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit.

Avanesyan is of Armenian origin.

Avanesyan won her first big ITF title at the 2021 Reinert Open as a lucky loser.

She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, where she reached the quarterfinals, and her Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at the 2022 US Open.

She also made her debut at the WTA 1000 level at the Italian Open as a qualifier and also entered the main draw of the new WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open as a lucky loser.

Ranked No. 134, Avanesyan made her debut at the French Open as a lucky loser.

In the first round, she upset 12th seed Belinda Bencic for her first Major and top-20 win.