Maria Timofeeva

Maria Glebovna Timofeeva (Мари́я Гле́бовна Тимофе́ева; born 18 November 2003) is a Russian professional tennis player.

Timofeeva has career-high WTA rankings of No. 93 in singles and No. 179 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour along with five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

2017–2021
In 2017, she won the Petits As U14 championship in Tarbes, France. In July 2021, she won the $60k President's Cup in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, alongside Alina Charaeva.

2023–24: WTA Tour and major debuts, top 100
Timofeeva won her first WTA Tour title on her main-draw debut at the Budapest Grand Prix in July 2023, defeating Kateryna Baindl in three sets in the final. She became only the fourth lucky loser in WTA history to win a singles title and the ninth player to win a title on her tour debut; she was the second to do both at once, following Olga Danilović at the 2018 Moscow River Cup. As a result, she reached the top 125 in the rankings, on 11 September 2023.

Ranked No. 170, she qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making her Grand Slam debut. She defeated Alizé Cornet, former Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki and tenth seed Beatriz Haddad Maia to advance to her first fourth round on her major debut. She reached the top 100 on 29 January 2024, moving up 70 positions.

Personal life
She's the granddaughter of Liubov Timofeeva, internationally famous classical pianist. At the 2023 US Open, Timofeeva began a blogging YouTube channel, Kiss My Ace, alongside friend and tennis player Ekaterina Kazionova, inspired by the blog of Daria Kasatkina. Maria Timofeeva's older sister, Antonina, is a rock singer who performs under the name Antonia Queen, and she is also a vocal coach.