The Most Famous
TENNIS PLAYERS from Kazakhstan
This page contains a list of the greatest Kazakhstani Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,569 Tennis Players, 2 of which were born in Kazakhstan. This makes Kazakhstan the birth place of the 65th most number of Tennis Players behind The Bahamas, and Uruguay.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kazakhstani Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Kazakhstani Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Elena Likhovtseva (b. 1975)
With an HPI of 39.33, Elena Likhovtseva is the most famous Kazakhstani Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 28 different languages on wikipedia.
Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva (Елена Александровна Лиховцева ; born 8 September 1975) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992, at the age of 16. Together with Mahesh Bhupathi she won the Wimbledon Mixed doubles in 2002 and the Australian Open mixed-doubles championship with Daniel Nestor in 2007. She also was runner-up in a number of other contests, including the 2000 and 2004 US Open – Women's doubles, the French Open mixed doubles in 2003, the Australian Open women's doubles in 2004, the French Open mixed doubles in 2006. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the first round of the women's doubles competition with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova but was defeated in the second.
2. Zarina Diyas (b. 1993)
With an HPI of 30.67, Zarina Diyas is the 2nd most famous Kazakhstani Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages.
Zarina Diyas (Kazakh: Зарина Диас; Russian: Зари́на Ди́яс; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 31 by the WTA. Diyas has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2017 Japan Women's Open, along with nine singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Diyas mostly played on the ITF Circuit until 2014, her breakthrough season. During that year, she started outside the top 150, before progressing into the top 40 by September. This helped her enter tournaments on the WTA Tour more consistently, though she still plays ITF tournaments. She is one of the most successful female tennis players representing Kazakhstan, along with Elena Rybakina and Yulia Putintseva. Diyas became a member of the Kazakhstan Fed Cup team in 2011 and is tied for her country's most singles wins with Yaroslava Shvedova, but with a much better winning percentage. She has a win/loss record of 18–8 (14–5 in singles) as of July 2024.
3. Regina Kulikova (b. 1989)
With an HPI of 24.94, Regina Kulikova is the 3rd most famous Kazakhstani Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Regina Aleksandrovna Kulikova (Russian: Регина Александровна Куликова; born 30 January 1989) is a former professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 65, which she reached in May 2010. Her career-high in doubles is 226, which she attained in May 2011. Her best result on the WTA Tour is her quarterfinal appearance at the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships where she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova. Her biggest victory at a Grand Slam tournament came at the 2011 Australian Open, where she defeated former semifinalist Daniela Hantuchová, in the first round.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Kazakhstani tennis players born between 1975 and 1993. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Kazakhstani tennis players include Elena Likhovtseva, Zarina Diyas, and Regina Kulikova. As of April 2024, 1 new Kazakhstani tennis players have been added to Pantheon including Regina Kulikova.
Living Kazakhstani Tennis Players
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Elena Likhovtseva
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.33
Zarina Diyas
1993 - Present
HPI: 30.67
Regina Kulikova
1989 - Present
HPI: 24.94
