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Kristina Liutova (Russian:Кристина Лютова; born 2 February 2010) is a Russian tennis player. Liutova has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 126, achieved on 3 August 2026. She has won three titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.
Liutova was born in Moscow, but has lived and trained in Redmond, Washington since 2020 and has a green card.[1][2][3][4] She said in 2025 that she would like to represent the U.S.: "I hope it will be as soon as possible. I want to be with the United States, as soon as I can."[3]
Liutova began 2026 ranked No. 714 in the world.[9] She won a W35 title in Las Vegas in February 2026, without dropping a set.[1][10][11] A few weeks later, she entered the top 500 of the WTA rankings.[12]
In May, Liutova won a W100 tournament in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, defeating Julia Riera in the final.[13] She was the second-youngest winner of a title at that level, behind only Alina Korneeva.[6] This title led to Liutova climbing 119 places in the rankings to a career-high ranking of No. 303 on 18 May 2026.[14]
One month later, in her next tournament, she won her second W100 title in Sumter, South Carolina, defeating 2026 NCAA championReese Brantmeier in the final. She moved up 83 places, to No. 229 in the world.[15][16][17] Liutova won the title without losing a set, and became the youngest woman to win multiple W100 titles.[18]
In July, at the age of 16 and ranked No. 229, she made her WTA Tour debut at the WTA 250 hard court 2026 Memphis Classic after qualifying. She defeated compatriot and top seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, recording her first tour-level win. Liutova became the second 2010s-born player to win a WTA match, after Brazilian Naná Silva.[19] She ultimately in the tournament became the youngest player to reach a WTA Tour final since Coco Gauff at the 2019 Linz Open, and the first player born in the 2010s to advance to a WTA final. Liutova went on to win her first career title against 2025 NCAA championDarja Vidmanova in three sets. She became the youngest WTA champion, as well as the 10th player ever to win a title in her WTA Tour debut (and the first player to do so since Maria Timofeeva won the 2023 Budapest Grand Prix).[20][21][5][22] In the tournament, she defeated three players ranked in the world top 100.[9] As a result of her victory, she reached career-high No. 126 in the rankings on 3 August 2026.[23][24]
↑"Lyutova is lone US representative to win a Junior Orange Bowl title this year". juniororangebowl.org. Junior Orange Bowl. 21 December 2022. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023. Lyutova, who was born in Moscow but moved to Redmond, Wash., a few years ago to train at the Gorin Tennis Academy, has her green card and is allowed to represent the US at USTA tournaments
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