[2] Elena's father Ivan Pridankin is a former coach of Daniil Medvedev.

[3] In November 2023, Pridankina won her biggest ITF title thus far at a W40 tournament in Funchal, Portugal, partnering with Anastasia Kovaleva.

[4] The following week, she also won the W25 doubles tournament in Lousada, Portugal.

179, Pridankina made her WTA Tour debut at the 2024 Guangzhou Open after entering the main draw as a lucky loser but lost to Caroline Dolehide.

[6][7] She secured her first WTA Tour win at the 2024 Jiangxi Open, defeating Ella Seidel,[8][9] before losing in the second round to fifth seed Kamilla Rakhimova.