They moved after travelling to the city for a youth tournament, attracted by the local availability of tennis courts compared to Russia.

[13][note 1] In June, Alexandrova competed at the Wimbledon Championships, which was botht the first grass-court tournament of her career and her Grand Slam debut.

After her Wimbledon run, Alexandrova returned to clay and reached the final of the ITS Cup, a $50k event, losing to compatriot and top seed Elizaveta Kulichkova in three sets.

She received direct entry into the Australian Open main draw for the first time in her career, but lost to compatriot and 30th seed Ekaterina Makarova in the first round.

[23] Making her first French Open main-draw appearance, she defeated Kateřina Siniaková before falling short to eventual semifinalist and world No.

[25] In August, Alexandrova qualified for a Premier 5 tournament for the first time at the Rogers Cup and reached the second round, losing to world No.

In November, Alexandrova returned to the Open de Limoges as the defending champion and lost in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Antonia Lottner.

At the Australian Open, she was beaten by fellow hard hitting Madison Keys in the second round, winning just one game in the process.

Sailing through the qualifying rounds with the loss of just four games, Alexandrova defeated compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets to reach her first WTA semifinal.

[32] She ended the season by tradition at Limoges, winning the title for the second time in her career, after beating Evgeniya Rodina in straight sets.

[13][note 1] She began her season at the Shenzhen Open, where she lost in the second round to eventual champion and top seed Aryna Sabalenka.

[35] Playing in a WTA Tour main draw at home for the first time, Alexandrova prevailed in the qualifying rounds before reaching the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Trophy where she fell to Sabalenka, in straight sets once again.

59 after a semifinal run at the Hungarian Ladies Open where she held five match points against eventual champion Alison Van Uytvanck.

[37] With her best result at a Premier Mandatory event, Alexandrova reached the third round of the Indian Wells Open by beating world No.

[38] She did not perform well on clay courts, except at the French Open, reaching the third round of a major tournament for the first time in her career.

[39] In the grass-court season, Alexandrova made it into the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne International and Rosmalen Championships, losing there to eventual champions Karolína Plíšková[40] and Alison Riske, respectively.

[citation needed] Alexandrova reached her second career WTA Tour semifinal at the Korea Open, where she beat Kristie Ahn in the quarterfinals by hitting a personal-record 22 aces.

[46] Making her main-draw debut at the Kremlin Cup, the Russian made the quarterfinals although her run was eventually stopped by the in-form Karolína Muchová.

[61] The tournament was held at the USTA BJK National Tennis Center for the first time, lowering the risk of the transmission of the virus behind closed doors.

[78] Competing as the top seed at the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, she reached the quarterfinals where she was defeated by compatriot and eventual finalist, Margarita Gasparyan.

[80] At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Alexandrova made it to the quarterfinals in a WTA Tour clay tournament for the first time in her career where she was defeated by second seed Simona Halep.

She ended a three-match losing streak at the US Open, defeating former Grand Slam finalist Sara Errani in the first round with 42 winners.

Alexandrova suffered early exits in both Indian Wells and Miami losing to Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka, respectively, in the second rounds.

[13][note 1] Alexandrova eventually turned her underwhelming season around and reached the semifinals of the Charleston Open, defeating Allie Kiick, Zheng Qinwen, Karolína Plíšková and Magda Linette in route.

Following a second-round exit in Stuttgart to Anett Kontaveit, she reached her first WTA 1000 semifinals in Madrid as a qualifier cruising past Ostapenko and Anisimova in route.

[13][note 1] She won her second tour title at the Rosmalen Open cruising past Dayana Yastremska, Anhelina Kalinina, Caty McNally, Veronika Kudermetova and Aryna Sabalenka dropping only one set.

[105] She continued her great run of form in Ostrava as she surges into the semifinals with wins over Victoria Azarenka, Daria Kasatkina and Tereza Martincová.

Seeded 19th at the Australian Open, Alexandrova defeated Ysaline Bonaventure and Taylor Townsend, before falling to Magda Linette in the third round.

[107] In Miami, she reached the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 for a second time, defeating ninth seed Belinda Bencic and Bianca Andreescu by retirement en route.

[13][note 1] She won her second grass-court title at the Rosmalen Championships as the defending champion with a win over compatriot Veronika Kudermetova.