2015–17: First steps Blinkova made her debut at the
ITF Circuit at the 10k event in
Kantaoui in February 2015. There, she won her first ITF doubles title. In January 2016, she won her first ITF singles title at a 10k event in Stuttgart. In April 2016, she turned pro and made her
WTA Tour debut at the
Morocco Open, where she was defeated in the first round. In October 2016, she won her first match on the WTA Tour, defeating
Anastasija Sevastova in the first round of
Kremlin Cup. In January 2017, she made
major debut at the
Australian Open through qualifying, where she defeated
Monica Niculescu in the first round, before losing to
Karolína Plíšková in the second. At the
2017 Wimbledon and
US Open, she also reached main draw, but then lost to
Elena Vesnina in the first round of both competition. On her debut at the
2019 French Open as a qualifier, she reached the third round with a win over compatriot
Margarita Gasparyan and an upset over 24th seed Caroline Garcia, but then lost to 14th seed
Madison Keys. In August 2019, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal in singles at the
Bronx Open, where she lost to
Wang Qiang. She followed this with title in
New Haven on the
WTA Challenger Tour. Nearly after that, she reached the semifinal of the
Guangzhou Open, but then lost to
Sofia Kenin. In October, she reached another semifinal at the
Luxembourg Open but lost to later champion
Jeļena Ostapenko. During the year, she did even better in doubles. In February 2019, she lost alongside
Wang Yafan in the doubles final at the
Hua Hin Championships. After that, she reached semifinals of the
Hungarian Open. In April, she enetered another semifinal at the Premier-level
Stuttgart Open. In singles, her best result of the year came at the
Italian Open, where she reached the third round, but then lost to world No. 4, Karolína Plíšková. In doubles, her first significant result came in March at the
Indian Wells Challenger, where she reached the semifinal.) in August, she first played at the
Lexington Challenger, where she reached the semifinals in doubles alongside
Vera Zvonareva. She followed this up with quarterfinals at the
Cincinnati Open alongside
Veronika Kudermetova. In singles, she had lost to eventual semifinalist
Jennifer Brady in the first round. Blinkova qualified for the main draw at the
Italian Open and defeated
Aliona Bolsova in a final-set tiebreak to reach the third round.
2021: Out of top 100 . Blinkova started her year with consecutive losses at the
Grampians Trophy and the
Australian Open, before clinching her first win of the year over former top-ten player
Andrea Petkovic in the first round of the
Phillip Island Trophy. However, she managed to reach the doubles semifinals of the
Gippsland Trophy with
Veronika Kudermetova, but lost to
Chan Hao-ching/
Latisha Chan 9–11 in the match tiebreak. With compatriot
Anastasia Potapova she reached her third tour doubles final at the Phillip Island Trophy, losing to
Ankita Raina and
Kamilla Rakhimova. She reached her first semifinal of the year at the
Bol Ladies Open, a WTA 125 event, as the top seed. However, she lost to
Jasmine Paolini winning just four games. At the
Wimbledon Championships, Blinkova beat
Tímea Babos in the first round before falling to world No. 1,
Ashleigh Barty, on centre court. Blinkova reached the doubles semifinals of the
Cincinnati Open with
Aliaksandra Sasnovich, defeating top seeds
Hsieh Su-wei/
Elise Mertens in the second round. She lost in the opening round of the
US Open to
Valentini Grammatikopoulou.
2022: First WTA Tour title Blinkova reached her first singles final since 2019 at the 60k
Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, defeating
Océane Dodin for her first top-100 win since August 2021, before losing to
Ana Bogdan in the final. She followed it up with another W60 final at the
Open de l'Isère, where she beat the top seed
Arantxa Rus before she lost to
Katie Boulter in the final. As a qualifier, Blinkova won her first career singles title at the
Transylvania Open, defeating Jasmine Paolini in the final.
2023: Second French Open third round, first top-5 win Blinkova defeated
Ysaline Bonaventure and fifth seed
Caroline Garcia, her first top-5 win, to reach the third round of the
French Open for the second time. She lost to
Elina Svitolina in three sets.
2024: Longest tiebreak and third round at Australian Open, first top-3 win At the
Australian Open, she defeated previous year runner-up
Elena Rybakina in the longest tiebreak in a singles match at a major in the
Open era, in the final set of their second-round match. Blinkova won the tiebreak 22–20 and saved six match points, before converting on her tenth match point to advance to the third round of this major for the first time. The 42-point match-tiebreak supplanted the 38-point tiebreaks played by Lesia Tsurenko and Ana Bogdan the previous summer at Wimbledon and by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Roddick 20-18 at the 2007 Australian Open. She lost in the third round to 26th seed Jasmine Paolini. In September, partnering with
Mayar Sherif, Blinkova won the doubles at the
Jasmin Open, defeating
Alina Korneeva and
Anastasia Zakharova in the final. The following month, she was runner-up in the singles at the
WTA 125 Abierto Tampico in Mexico, losing to
Marina Stakusic in the final.
2025: Second WTA Tour title At the
Linz Open, Blinkova defeated qualifier
Sinja Kraus and second seed Elina Svitolina to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to eighth seed
Clara Tauson. Partnering
Yuan Yue, she won the doubles title at the
ATX Open, defeating
McCartney Kessler and
Zhang Shuai in the final. At the WTA 1000
Miami Open, Blinkova overcame
Kamilla Rakhimova and 13th seed
Diana Shnaider to reach the third round, where she lost to 23rd seed
Marta Kostyuk. In June, at the
Eastbourne Open, she defeated
Marie Bouzková and
Lulu Sun to make it through to the quarterfinals, where she lost to
Maya Joint. Blinkova reached her third WTA Tour final at the
Jiangxi Open thanks to straight sets wins over qualifier
Chloé Paquet, sixth seed
Anna Bondár third seed
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