Polina Leykina

Polina Alekseyevna Leykina (Russian: Полина Алексеевна Лейкина; born 20 September 1994) is a Russian tennis player.^[1][2]

Polina Leykina
Полина Лейкина

Full name	Polina Alekseyevna Leykina
Country (sports)	Russia
Born	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 30) Moscow, Russia
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 175,529
Singles
Career record	379–288
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 184 (1 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 1020 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q1 (2016)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2016)
US Open	Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	212–195
Career titles	19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 230 (28 December 2015)
Current ranking	No. 889 (30 June 2025)
Last updated on: 06 July 2025.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 184 in singles, achieved on 1 August 2016, and 230 in doubles, set on 28 December 2015.^[2] Leykina has won eleven singles titles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Early and personal life

Leykina was born in Moscow, Russia. She started playing tennis at the age of seven on the initiative of her father. Her father first sent her to badminton, but later changed his mind. In addition to her passion for sports, she enjoys reading books, walking in nature with friends, and traveling.^[3]

Career

In September 2015, she became the champion at the ITF W25 tournament held in Clermont-Ferrand, France, defeating Swiss Viktorija Golubic in the final.^[4]

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2016 Morocco Open, in the doubles event partnering Yulia Putintseva.^[5]

In July 2016, she advanced to the second round of the WTA Tour main draw 2016 BRD Bucharest Open, in Bucharest, Romania, by defeating Chinese tennis player Xu Shilin in the first round.^[6] She was defeated by number six seeded Montenegrin Danka Kovinić in the second round.^[7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments (3–2) $10/15,000 tournaments (8–5)

Finals by surface Hard (5–3) Clay (6–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2012	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2013	ITF Netanya, Israel	10,000	Hard	Natela Dzalamidze	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2013	ITF Athens, Greece	10,000	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Jan 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Zhang Ling	1–6, 5–7
Win	2–3	Mar 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Ema Mikulčić	6–2, 6–7(3), 7–5
Win	3–3	May 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Nina Stojanović	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Win	4–3	Jun 2014	ITF Civitavecchia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Martina Caregaro	7–5, 6–4
Win	5–3	Oct 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Jil Teichmann	6–2, 6–0
Win	6–3	Jul 2015	ITF Knokke, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Sofie Oyen	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–3	Aug 2015	Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia	25,000	Clay	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6–4, 6–3
Loss	7–4	Sep 2015	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Tamara Zidanšek	3–6, 2–6
Win	8–4	Sep 2015	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Viktorija Golubic	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	8–5	Aug 2017	ITF Moscow, Russia	15,000	Clay	Iryna Shymanovich	2–6, 4–6
Win	9–5	Sep 2017	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	25,000	Clay	Akgul Amanmuradova	6–3, 6–3
Loss	9–6	Oct 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Kaja Juvan	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win	10–6	May 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Julia Avdeeva	6–1, 6–0
Win	11–6	Aug 2022	ITF Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	15,000	Clay	Pia Lovrič	6–2, 6–3
Loss	11–7	Aug 2023	ITF Baku, Azerbaijan	15,000	Hard	Yaroslava Bartashevich	5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 35 (19 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (10–10) Clay (9–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2012	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Sofia Dmitrieva	Natela Dzalamidze Khristina Kazimova	0–6, 6–7(4)
Win	1–1	Feb 2013	ITF Netanya, Israel	10,000	Hard	Oleksandra Korashvili	Natela Dzalamidze Aminat Kushkhova	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–1	Mar 2013	ITF Netanya, Israel	10,000	Hard	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Natela Dzalamidze Aminat Kushkhova	2–6, 7–6(4), [10–8]
Win	3–1	Apr 2013	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Jana Fett Bernarda Pera	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–1	Apr 2013	ITF Šibenik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Cindy Burger Anna Klasen	3–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss	4–2	Jun 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Lidziya Marozava	Christina Shakovets Julia Stamatova	2–6, 0–6
Win	5–2	Jul 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Lidziya Marozava	Maryna Kolb Nadiya Kolb	7–6(2), 7–5
Win	6–2	Jul 2013	ITF Izmir, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Anett Kontaveit	Hülya Esen Lütfiye Esen	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–2	Sep 2013	ITF Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Rebecca Šramková Natalia Vajdová	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–2	Sep 2013	ITF Athens, Greece	10,000	Hard	Aminat Kushkhova	Franziska Koenig Lisa Sabino	7–5, 6–3
Loss	8–3	Oct 2013	ITF Athens, Greece	10,000	Hard	Darya Shulzhanok	Lucy Brown Alina Wessel	0–6, 3–6
Loss	8–4	Jan 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Veronika Kapshay	6–7, 2–6
Loss	8–5	Mar 2014	ITF Shenzhen, China	10,000	Hard	Natela Dzalamidze	Han Na-lae Yoo Mi	1–6, 1–6
Loss	8–6	Mar 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Csilla Borsányi Ilka Csöregi	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	9–6	Apr 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Marie Benoît Kimberley Zimmermann	6–2, 6–2
Loss	9–7	May 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Lucy Brown	Lisa Sabino Nina Stojanović	3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Loss	9–8	Aug 2014	ITF Leipzig, Germany	10,000	Clay	Diana Bogoliy	Olga Doroshina Conny Perrin	5–7, 4–6
Loss	9–9	Aug 2014	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	10,000	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	Conny Perrin Chanel Simmonds	3–6, 0–6
Win	10–9	Oct 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Diana Bogoliy	Giulia Bruzzone Elena-Teodora Cadar	6–2, 6–1
Loss	10–10	Feb 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Diana Bogoliy	Kamila Kerimbayeva Aminat Kushkhova	3–6, 1–6
Win	11–10	Jun 2015	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Alona Fomina Anastasiya Vasylyeva	7–5, 7–5
Win	12–10	Aug 2015	ITF Kazan, Russia	10,000	Clay	Oleksandra Korashvili	Anastasia Frolova Polina Merenkova	walkover
Win	13–10	Oct 2015	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Başak Eraydın	Cristina Dinu Jana Fett	7–5, 6–7(2), [10–5]
Loss	13–11	Dec 2015	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	25,000	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Anna Morgina Nina Stojanović	3–6, 5–7
Win	14–11	Jul 2018	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	25,000	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	Emma Laine Chiara Scholl	7–6(4), 7–5
Win	15–11	Aug 2019	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	25,000	Clay	Marine Partaud	Akgul Amanmuradova Albina Khabibulina	6–4, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss	15–12	Nov 2019	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Claudia Hoste Ferrer	Alba Carrillo Marín Celia Cerviño Ruiz	6–7(6), 1–6
Win	16–12	Dec 2022	ITF Oberpullendorf, Austria	15,000	Hard (i)	Sofiia Nagornaia	Veronika Bokor Laura Radaković	6–4, 7–6(9)
Win	17–12	Jan 2023	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Ekaterina Ovcharenko	Hurricane Tyra Black Doğa Türkmen	6–2, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss	17–13	Jul 2023	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W25	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Cristina Dinu Valeriya Strakhova	6–4, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	17–14	Aug 2023	ITF Baku, Azerbaijan	W15	Hard	Nadezda Khalturina	Mariya Sinitsyna Arina Solomatina	1–6, 6–7(5)
Win	18–14	Mar 2024	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W15	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	Irene Lavino Sapfo Sakellaridi	4–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Loss	18–15	Oct 2024	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W35	Clay	Elina Nepliy	Ilinca Amariei Elena Korokozidi	3–6, 3–6
Loss	18–16	May 2025	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Mia Chudejová	Alicia Dudeney Patricija Paukštytė	0–6, 4–6
Win	19–16	Jun 2025	ITF Hillcrest, South Africa	W15	Hard	Astrid Cirotte	Gloriana Nahum Zhao Yichen	6–4, 6–3