Amanda Kay Victoria Anisimova (/ˈænɪsɪmoʊvə/ AN-ihss-ih-moh-və;[1] Russian: Аманда Анисимова, IPA: [ɐˈmandə ɐˈnʲisʲɪməvə]; born August 31, 2001) is an American professional tennis player.

On the WTA Tour, she rose to prominence at the 2018 Indian Wells Open, where she scored her first top-10 victory at age 16 against Petra Kvitová.

The next time she reached the fourth round of a major was at the 2022 Australian Open when she defeated the defending champion, Naomi Osaka.

She has an older sister, Maria, who played college tennis for the University of Pennsylvania while attending Wharton's undergraduate business school.

Her parents emigrated from Russia to the United States a few years before she was born to give their older daughter better opportunities.

[9] Early in her junior career she entered the 2015 Abierto Juvenil Mexicano ranked outside the top 300, but unexpectedly won the high-level Grade A tournament at age 14.

[16] As a 15-year-old Anisimova won two more big titles, the first at the Grade-1 Yucatán Cup in late 2016, and the second at the Grade-A Copa Gerdau in early 2017 where she had been a finalist a year earlier.

[9] She capped off her junior career by winning her first major title at the US Open where she defeated fellow American Coco Gauff in the final and did not drop a set during the tournament.

[19][20] Anisimova was also a member of the United States team that won the 2017 Junior Fed Cup, but did not play in the final tie due to illness.

[22] Following her junior title at the 2017 Copa Gerdau in February, Anisimova stayed in Brazil and played in a $25k event in Curitiba.

[23][24] A few weeks later, Anisimova was awarded a wildcard into the Miami Open where she lost to Taylor Townsend, in three sets, in her WTA Tour main-draw debut.

She broke into the top 200 by capturing her first career professional title at the $60k event in Sacramento, California towards the end of July while she was still 15 years old.

[27][28] Anisimova's first two tournaments of the year were the inaugural Challenger Series events at Newport Beach and Indian Wells.

She qualified for both main draws, and her semifinal at Indian Wells helped her earn a main-draw wildcard into the WTA Tour event there the following week.

[29] At the Indian Wells Open, Anisimova became the youngest player to reach the fourth round since Nicole Vaidišová in 2005.

Her best result was reaching quarterfinals at the Silicon Valley Classic, where she lost to the eventual champion, Zheng Saisai.

[51] Anisimova began the year at the Auckland Open, where, after defeating Kateryna Kozlova, Daria Kasatkina, and Eugenie Bouchard, she fell to Serena Williams in the semifinals.

After the second set ended, Anisimova was visibly emotional and approached the chair umpire to say that she was ill and retiring from the match.

[71] Seeded 27th at the French Open, she defeated four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, in the first round.

[75] She defeated Harmony Tan in the fourth round to reach the quarterfinals at this major for the first time in her career[76] but lost her match against Simona Halep.

[77][78] In August, Anisimova began on the US Open Series by competing at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose where she beat Karolína Plíšková in the second round.

[87][88] In February, Anisimova competed at the Dubai Championships defeating wildcard and two-time major finalist, Vera Zvonareva, in the first round.

[97] She returned to the Grand Slam tournaments at the Australian Open with wins over 13th seed Liudmila Samsonova,[98] Nadia Podoroska and Paula Badosa to reach the fourth round at this major.

[citation needed] In the beginning of her clay-court season, she entered the Charleston Open using her protected ranking and defeated Alizé Cornet.

[citation needed] At the beginning of the American summer hardcourt swing, at the Washington Open, she qualified for the main draw and reached the quarterfinals with wins over Sloane Stephens and seventh seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

[citation needed] At the newly upgraded WTA 500 Korea Open, Anisimova upset sixth seed Yulia Putintseva in straight sets.

[111] Anisimova won her first WTA 1000 and biggest title of her career at the Qatar Ladies Open defeating Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets.

Her forehand is also strong, and is hit flat with a condensed swing, allowing her to generate sharp angles with this stroke.

She is fast around the court, and her footwork is quick and intricate, allowing her to extend rallies until she can create an opportunity to hit a winner.

The cleanness of her ball-striking, point construction, and powerful groundstrokes make her a formidable opponent on any surface.