52 Facts About Amanda Anisimova

Amanda Anisimova has a career-high singles ranking of world No 16 achieved on 31 March 2025.

Amanda Anisimova won her first career title at the Copa Colsanitas in April 2019 at age 17.

Amanda Anisimova was born in Freehold Township, New Jersey to Olga Anisimova and Konstantin Anisimov.

Amanda Anisimova has an older sister, Maria, who played college tennis for the University of Pennsylvania while attending Wharton's undergraduate business school.

Amanda Anisimova's parents emigrated from Russia to the United States a few years before she was born to give their older daughter better opportunities.

Amanda Anisimova's father long acted as her primary coach while she was a junior, and her mother has helped coach her.

Amanda Anisimova achieved a career-high ITF junior ranking of No 2 in the world in 2016.

Amanda Anisimova continued to excel in 2016, winning the Grade 1 Copa del Cafe and reaching the final at the Grade A Copa Gerdau.

Amanda Anisimova capped off her junior career by winning her first major title at the US Open where she defeated fellow American Coco Gauff in the final and did not drop a set during the tournament.

Amanda Anisimova was a member of the United States team that won the 2017 Junior Fed Cup, but did not play in the final tie due to illness.

Amanda Anisimova won her debut match against world No 124, Veronica Cepede Royg, at the age of 14, then lost in the following round.

Amanda Anisimova reached her first final on the pro tour in her first professional main draw.

At the Indian Wells Open, Amanda Anisimova became the youngest player to reach the fourth round since Nicole Vaidisova in 2005.

Amanda Anisimova defeated Pauline Parmentier for her first WTA Tour match win, No 23 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and then No 9 Petra Kvitova.

Amanda Anisimova won her opening match against Wang Qiang despite injuring her right foot in the third set.

Amanda Anisimova then reached the third round of the Cincinnati Open to return to the top 150.

Amanda Anisimova defeated top seed and world No 41, Zhang Shuai, in the semifinals and lost the final to Hsieh Su-wei.

Amanda Anisimova played one tune-up event before the Australian Open, reaching the quarterfinals at the Auckland Open.

Amanda Anisimova won her first three matches in straight sets, including a victory over one of the favorites for the title in world No 11, Aryna Sabalenka, losing to eventual finalist Petra Kvitova.

Amanda Anisimova closed out the clay-court season by becoming the youngest semifinalist at the French Open since Vaidisova in 2006.

Amanda Anisimova did not lose a set until the semifinals when she was defeated by the eventual champion and world No 8, Ashleigh Barty, despite coming from behind to win the first set, after losing the first five games and needing to save two set points in the sixth game.

Amanda Anisimova had less success in the second half of the season.

Amanda Anisimova dealt with a back injury during the event, which led her to withdraw from both Premier 5 events within the next month.

Amanda Anisimova entered two more tournaments afterward, winning one match in total, and then she ended her year early.

Amanda Anisimova began the year at the Auckland Open, where, after defeating Kateryna Kozlova, Daria Kasatkina, and Eugenie Bouchard, she fell to Serena Williams in the semifinals.

Amanda Anisimova started the season at the Melbourne Summer Set 2.

Amanda Anisimova made it to the final, her first final appearance since 2019.

Amanda Anisimova won her second career singles title by defeating qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final.

Amanda Anisimova subsequently lost in the fourth round to world No 1 and eventual champion, Ashleigh Barty.

Amanda Anisimova reached the semifinals where she lost to Ons Jabeur.

Amanda Anisimova lost in the quarterfinals to qualifier Ekaterina Alexandrova.

Amanda Anisimova reached the fourth round where she lost to Leylah Fernandez.

Amanda Anisimova started her grass-court season at the Bad Homburg Open.

Amanda Anisimova defeated Harmony Tan in the fourth round to reach the quarterfinals at this major for the first time in her career but lost her match against Simona Halep.

Amanda Anisimova lost in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist Shelby Rogers.

Amanda Anisimova beat Liudmila Samsonova in the first round, and was defeated in the second by Beatriz Haddad Maia.

At the Madrid Open, Amanda Anisimova lost in the first round to qualifier Arantxa Rus.

Amanda Anisimova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in her return to tennis at the Auckland Open.

Amanda Anisimova returned to the Grand Slam tournaments at the Australian Open with wins over 13th seed Liudmila Samsonova, Nadia Podoroska and Paula Badosa to reach the fourth round at this major.

Amanda Anisimova was the lowest-ranked women's singles finalist at the tournament in 40 years, since Alycia Moulton in 1984.

Amanda Anisimova lost the final in three sets to Jessica Pegula but returned to the top 50, moving more than 80 positions up from No 132 on 12 August 2024.

Amanda Anisimova secured a main-draw wildcard for the US Open by winning the US Open Wildcard Challenge.

Amanda Anisimova retired while trailing in her second round match against Viktoriya Tomova.

Amanda Anisimova won her first WTA 1000 and biggest title of her career at the Qatar Open by defeating Jelena Ostapenko in the final in straight sets.

At the 2025 Charleston Open Amanda Anisimova reached the quarterfinals defeating tenth seed Yulia Putintseva.

Amanda Anisimova is an aggressive baseliner, with powerful groundstrokes from both wings.

Amanda Anisimova's forehand is strong, and is hit flat with a condensed swing, allowing her to generate sharp angles with this stroke.

Amanda Anisimova can hit her forehand effectively at any ball height, rendering her forehand deadly on any surface.

Amanda Anisimova is fast around the court, and her footwork is quick and intricate, allowing her to extend rallies until she can create an opportunity to hit a winner.

Amanda Anisimova is currently dating Tyler Roos, a former The Amazing Race Australia contestant and the son of Australian rules football legend Paul Roos.

Amanda Anisimova took a break from professional tennis in 2023, citing mental health concerns and burnout, and returned to the sport in 2024.

Amanda Anisimova is sponsored by Nike for clothing and shoes, and by Wilson for racquets.