Polina Kudermetova About

Brisbane finalist at 21, No. 97 at 23: Kudermetova's second climb

Six years behind her sister on tour, and on a slower road. Veronika Kudermetova had already been a top-10 player by the time Polina, born June 4, 2003, played a tour-level main draw; the younger Kudermetova, a right-hander competing for Uzbekistan, joined the ITF circuit in 2018 and only reached that level in 2023, qualifying into her first Slam draw.

The game is hard-court equipment: flat, early-struck groundstrokes off both wings, a serve that buys few free points at a 4.1 percent ace rate, and a return that outperforms the delivery, as evidenced by 41.9 percent of return points won against 53.8 percent on serve across her career on record. Holding is the leak at 60.7 percent, so she wins by out-returning rather than out-serving.

January 2025 was the jump. Through qualifying in Brisbane, she notched a first top-10 win over then-No. 9 Daria Kasatkina and pushed Aryna Sabalenka to three sets in the final, losing 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Two months later she handled No. 19 Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5, 6-2 at Indian Wells and leads that matchup 2-0 on record. The ranking peaked at No. 54 on April 14, 2025, but the rest of that year returned 5-13, including a 2-6, 2-6 loss to her sister in Madrid.

As of mid-August 2026 she sits at No. 97 on 788 WTA points, up from No. 167 to open the season and 37 places below where she stood a year earlier. The 3-6 campaign's high point came at the Washington Open, a 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-0 win over No. 42 Cristina Bucsa before Elina Svitolina edged her 7-6(4), 6-4. A knee injury has her expected back Aug. 29, 2026, with the ledger unchanged: one final, no titles.

Polina Kudermetova at a glance

Polina Kudermetova is 23 years old, is from Uzbekistan, plays right-handed, and is ranked No. 104 in the WTA rankings.