Polina Kudermetova

At the Australian Open, Kudermetova advanced to her first Grand Slam tournament main draw on her qualifying debut by defeating Anastasia Gasanova,[2] Katie Boulter,[3] and Asia Muhammad.

[7] At the Korea Open, she reached the quarterfinals defeating sixth seed Alycia Parks[8] and Kathinka von Deichmann,[9] before losing to Yanina Wickmayer.

[17] Kudermetova reached her first WTA Tour singles semifinal at the Mérida Open with wins over second seed Nadia Podoroska,[18] Varvara Lepchenko[19] and Nina Stojanović,[20] before losing in the last four to Ann Li.

[21] As top seed, Kudermetova was runner-up at the W100 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai, losing to wildcard entrant Jodie Burrage in the final.

[36] She is the younger sister of professional tennis and former top-ten player, Veronika Kudermetova, and daughter of Russian national ice hockey champion Eduard Kudermetov.