Mariam Bolkvadze

Mariam Bolkvadze
მარიამ ბოლქვაძე
	Bolkvadze at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Georgia
Residence	London, England
Born	1 January 1998 (age 26); Batumi, Georgia
Plays	Left (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Simon Ainley
Prize money	US$499,847
Singles
Career record	313–201
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 151 (7 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 228 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021)
French Open	Q2 (2021)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2022)
US Open	2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record	132–87
Career titles	12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 204 (21 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 419 (21 October 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	7–11
	Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Mariam Bolkvadze (Georgian: მარიამ ბოლქვაძე, romanized: mariam bolkvadze, pronounced [maɾiam bolkʰʷadzɛ]; born 1 January 1998) is a tennis player from Georgia.

On 7 March 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 151, and on 21 March 2022, she peaked at No. 204 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for Georgia Fed Cup team, Bolkvadze has a win–loss record of 7–11 in Fed Cup competitions, as of April 2024.

Personal life

Bolkvadze was born in Batumi and at the age of 13 moved to the United Kingdom to further her tennis development.^[2] She stayed initially with her godmother before finding a host family two years later.^[2] Maria Sharapova was her favourite player growing up. She is fluent in Georgian, Russian, and English.^[3]^[4]

Junior career

Bolkvadze began playing tennis at the age of nine and spent much of her teenage years training in London, where she was coached by Otto Buchholdt.^[3] As a junior she played in very few ITF events, instead concentrating on domestic competitions organised by the LTA and continental tournaments run by Tennis Europe. She won the 2013 Aegon Junior International in London, defeating Jodie Burrage in the final. At the European Junior Championships held in Moscow later that year she lost to Fanny Stollar in the round of 64.^[5]

She reached her only final on the ITF Junior World Tour as a qualifier at the G4 Nottingham event in April 2013, where she was runner-up to Freya Christie.^[6]

She was a finalist with American partner Caty McNally in the girls' doubles at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, losing to Usue Maitane Arconada and Claire Liu in straight sets. She played her only junior grand slam draw in singles at the same tournament, coming through qualifying before being defeated by Sofia Kenin in the third round.^[7]

Senior career

2019: Breakthrough at the US Open

Ranked 202 in the world, Bolkvadze entered US Open qualifying and was drawn against eighth seed Heather Watson. After beating her in straight sets, she defeated in the second round Han Na-lae in three tight sets to set up a match against Xu Shilin. By another win she qualified for her first major main draw, and became the fourth Georgian to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, she defeated Bernarda Pera in three sets, before losing to third seed Karolína Plíšková, 1–6, 4–6. With her wins, she reached a new career-high of 152 in the world.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	0–0
French Open	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	0–0
Wimbledon	Q1	NH	Q1	Q2	0–0
US Open	2R	A	Q2	A	1–1
Win–loss	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (8 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W40/W50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (5–7)
Clay (2–2)
Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2014	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	W10	Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	7–5, 6–3
Loss	0–2	Aug 2014	ITF Telavi, Georgia	W10	Hard	Yuliya Kalabina	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Apr 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Lina Gjorcheska	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–2	Apr 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Sofya Zhuk	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–2	Sep 2016	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	W10	Clay	Aleksandra Pospelova	6–4, 7–6⁽¹⁸⁾
Win	4–2	May 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Camila Giangreco Campiz	6–3, 3–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	4–3	May 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Elizabeth Halbauer	3–6, 1–6
Loss	4–4	May 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Magdalena Pantucková	4–6, 1–6
Loss	4–5	Feb 2019	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	W25	Hard (i)	Jessika Ponchet	3–6, 1–6
Loss	4–6	Apr 2019	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	W25	Carpet	Maryna Zanevska	5–7, 2–6
Win	5–6	Apr 2019	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	W25	Carpet	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	6–2, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Loss	5–7	Jun 2021	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	W25	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–7	Jul 2021	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	W60	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	6–8	Jan 2022	GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK	W25	Hard (i)	Sofia Samavati	2–6, 5–5 ret.
Win	7–8	Dec 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W25	Hard	Elena Pridankina	6–2, 6–1
Win	8–8	Jan 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W35	Hard	Elena Pridankina	6–0, 6–3
Loss	8–9	Jul 2024	ITF Corroios, Portugal	W50	Hard	Gabriela Knutson	1–6, 3–6
Loss	8–10	Oct 2024	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	W75	Hard (i)	Simona Waltert	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
W80 tournaments
W60/75 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (9–5)
Clay (2–3)
Carpet (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2014	ITF Netanya, Israel	W10	Hard	Anastasia Pribylova	Pia König Barbora Štefková	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	May 2015	ITF Ashkelon, Israel	W10	Hard	Naomi Totka	Laura Deigman Hélène Scholsen	6–0, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jun 2015	ITF Telavi, Georgia	W10	Hard	Tinatin Kavlashvili	Marianna Natali Seira Shimizu	6–4, 7–5
Win	3–1	Apr 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Nastja Kolar	Oleksandra Korashvili Margarita Lazareva	7–6⁽⁰⁾, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Apr 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Victoria Muntean	Oleksandra Korashvili Margarita Lazareva	5–7, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Aug 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Ana Bianca Mihaila	Sharmada Balu Ana Veselinović	6–4, 6–7⁽²⁾, [8–10]
Loss	3–4	Sep 2016	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	W10	Clay	Tatia Mikadze	Alona Fomina Margarita Lazareva	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–4	Oct 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Alona Fomina	Guadalupe Pérez Rojas Jil Teichmann	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–4	Apr 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Tereza Mihalíková	Bojana Marinković Despina Papamichail	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Apr 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Margaux Bovy	Irina Fetecău Anna Slováková	6–7⁽²⁾, 6–2, [5–10]
Win	6–5	Jul 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W15	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Petia Arshinkova İpek Öz	6–1, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Jul 2017	Telavi Open, Georgia	W15	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Polina Pekhova Maria Solnyshkina	2–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Win	7–6	Mar 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Barbora Štefková	María Paulina Pérez Paula Andrea Pérez	6–2, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Loss	7–7	Sep 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	W25	Carpet	Inês Murta	Katarzyna Piter Valeria Savinykh	3–6, 2–6
Loss	7–8	Apr 2019	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	W25	Carpet	Nastja Kolar	Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith	1–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Win	8–8	Jul 2021	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	W25	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Vlada Koval Anastasia Tikhonova	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–1
Win	9–8	Oct 2021	Internationaux de Poitiers, France	W80	Hard (i)	Samantha Murray Sharan	Audrey Albié Léolia Jeanjean	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–0
Win	10–8	Feb 2022	AK Ladies Open, Germany	W60	Carpet (i)	Samantha Murray Sharan	Susan Bandecchi Simona Waltert	6–3, 7–5
Win	11–8	Oct 2022	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	W60	Hard (i)	Maia Lumsden	Conny Perrin Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–2, 6–3
Win	12–8	Aug 2023	ITF Roehampton, UK	W25	Hard	Lily Miyazaki	Talia Gibson Petra Hule	7–5, 6–3
Loss	12–9	Oct 2023	ITF Sunderland, UK	W25	Hard (i)	Samantha Murray Sharan	Freya Christie Elena Malõgina	0–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	12–10	Oct 2024	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	W75	Hard (i)	Isabelle Haverlag	Jodie Burrage Freya Christie	4–6, 6–3, [5–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2016	Wimbledon	Grass	Caty McNally	Usue Maitane Arconada Claire Liu	2–6, 3–6

National representation

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Bolkvadze made her Fed Cup debut for Georgia in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, when she was 17 years and 37 days old.

Group membership
Round Robin
Play-offs

Matches by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (0–0)

Matches by type
Singles (4–5)
Doubles (2–0)

Matches by setting
Indoors (6–5)
Outdoors (0–0)

Singles (4–5)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2015	Z1 PO	Feb 2015	Budapest (HUN)	Turkey	Hard (i)	Başak Eraydın	W	6–3, 6–3
2019	Z1 RR	Feb 2019	Bath (GBR)	Serbia	Hard (i)	Ivana Jorović	L	3–6, 1–6
				Croatia		Ana Konjuh	L	4–6, 3–6
				Turkey		Çağla Büyükakçay	L	4–6, 1–6
	Z1 PO			Slovenia		Kaja Juvan	L	1–6, 0–3 ret.
2020	Z2 RR	Feb 2020	Helsinki (FIN)	Israel	Hard (i)	Vlada Katic	W	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–1
				Moldova		Anastasia Vdovenco	W	7–5, 6–3
				Tunisia		Ons Jabeur	L	2–6, 2–6
	Z2 PO			Finland		Oona Orpana	W	7–5, 6–4

Doubles (2–0)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2018	Z1 RR	Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Serbia	Hard (i)	Sofia Shapatava	Olga Danilović Bojana Marinković	W	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–3
2019	Z1 RR	Feb 2019	Bath (GBR)	Serbia	Hard (i)	Oksana Kalashnikova	Olga Danilović Ivana Jorović	W	6–3, 7–5

References

^ ^a ^b "Mariam Bolkvadze Bio". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Capo, Steven (12 August 2022). "Decision Making W/ Mariam Bolkvadze" (video). youtube.com. Strand Tennis Center.
^ ^a ^b "Mariam Bolkvadze Biography". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ "Mariam Bolkvadze". EDGE International. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
^ "Mariam Bolkvadze 2013 Tournaments". Tennis Europe. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ "Mariam Bolkvadze Junior Singles Activity". ITF Tennis. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
^ Macpherson, Alex (27 August 2019). "Getting to know US Open 2019 debutantes Bolkvadze, Volynets, Wang Xiyu". WTA Tennis. Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

External links

Mariam Bolkvadze at the Women's Tennis Association
Mariam Bolkvadze at the International Tennis Federation
Mariam Bolkvadze at the Billie Jean King Cup

[bio-1] "Mariam Bolkvadze Bio". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[capo-2] Capo, Steven (12 August 2022). "Decision Making W/ Mariam Bolkvadze" (video). youtube.com. Strand Tennis Center.

[bio2-3] "Mariam Bolkvadze Biography". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

[4] "Mariam Bolkvadze". EDGE International. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

[5] "Mariam Bolkvadze 2013 Tournaments". Tennis Europe. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

[6] "Mariam Bolkvadze Junior Singles Activity". ITF Tennis. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

[gettingtoknow-7] Macpherson, Alex (27 August 2019). "Getting to know US Open 2019 debutantes Bolkvadze, Volynets, Wang Xiyu". WTA Tennis. Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

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