Zhibek Kulambayeva

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Zhibek Kulambayeva
Жібек Құламбаева
Country (sports) Kazakhstan
Born (2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 (age 24)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$142,612
Singles
Career record204–167
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 315 (7 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 315 (7 October 2024)
Doubles
Career record259–112
Career titles32 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 136 (17 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 142 (7 October 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup3–1
Last updated on: 7 October 2024.

Zhibek Kulambayeva[a] (born 26 March 2000) is a Kazakhstani tennis player.

She achieved career-high WTA rankings of No. 315 in singles and No. 136 in doubles.

Career

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Kulambayeva made her debut for the Kazakhstan Fed Cup team in 2018.

In 2021, she became the person with the most trophies in the ITF Women's Circuit with one singles and nine doubles titles, a total of ten titles.[2]

In 2023, Kulambayeva competed with the Kazakhstani team in the United Cup[3] and in the Billie Jean King Cup.


ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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Legend
W25/35 tournaments (0–2)
W15 tournaments (5–3)
Finals by surface
Clay (5–5)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2018 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Russia Daria Lodikova 6–7(5), 4–6
Finalist[b] –NP- Jan 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Turkey İpek Öz 2–0* canc.
Win 1–1 Sep 2019 ITF Anning, China W15 Clay Croatia Oleksandra Oliynykova 6–3, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Apr 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Russia Elina Avanesyan 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 May 2021 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Belarus Kristina Dmitruk 7–5, 6–0
Loss 2–3 Apr 2022 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Tatiana Prozorova 2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 2022 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan W25 Clay Ekaterina Maklakova 4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win 3–4 Mar 2023 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Czech Republic Denisa Hindova 6–1, 6–3
Win 4–4 May 2023 ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia W15 Clay Greece Eleni Christofi 6–3, 6–1
Win 5–4 Jul 2024 ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia W15 Clay Sweden Lisa Zaar 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 5–5 Sep 2024 ITF Punta Cana, Dominican Republic W35 Clay United States Karina Miller 5–7, 7–5, 1–6

Doubles: 48 (32 titles, 16 runner–ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments (3–2)
W40/50 tournaments (4–3)
W25/35 tournaments (10–4)
W10/15 tournaments (15–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–3)
Clay (25–13)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2016 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W10 Clay Russia Anna Iakovleva Russia Yanina Darishina
Russia Daria Lodikova
3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2016 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W10 Clay Russia Anna Ukolova Russia Ulyana Ayzatulina
Russia Margarita Lazareva
2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2017 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Kazakhstan Dariya Detkovskaya Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina
Croatia Mariana Dražić
5–7, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss 0–4 Sep 2017 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Kazakhstan Dariya Detkovskaya Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina
Croatia Mariana Dražić
5–7, 2–6
Win 1–4 Apr 2018 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Kazakhstan Dariya Detkovskaya Russia Polina Bakhmutkina
Russia Daria Lodikova
7–5, 6–4
Loss 1–5 Apr 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Slovakia Katarína Kužmová Thailand Thasaporn Naklo
Thailand Mananchaya Sawangkaew
3–6, 5–7
Loss 1–6 Apr 2019 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Kazakhstan Dariya Detkovskaya Serbia Tamara Čurović
Russia Anastasia Zakharova
5–7, 2–6
Loss 1–7 May 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay Hungary Vanda Lukács Israel Maya Tahan
Serbia Draginja Vuković
w/o
Win 2–7 Sep 2019 ITF Anning, China W15 Clay China Ma Yexin China Liu Siqi
China Sheng Yuqi
6–4, 6–3
Win 3–7 Jan 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay China Ma Yexin Russia Ksenia Laskutova
Russia Anna Ureke
6–4, 6–2
Win 4–7 Jan 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay China Ma Yexin Japan Ayaka Okuno
Germany Julyette Steur
6–4, 1–6, [10–4]
Win 5–7 Oct 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova Kazakhstan Yekaterina Dmitrichenko
Kazakhstan Kamila Kerimbayeva
6–1, 2–6, [12–10]
Win 6–7 Apr 2021 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova Ukraine Viktoriia Dema
Russia Anna Ureke
6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Win 7–7 Apr 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Italy Nicole Fossa Huergo Russia Elina Avanesyan
Romania Oana Gavrilă
6–3, 6–2
Win 8–7 May 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Romania Oana Gavrilă Egypt Yasmin Ezzat
United States Clervie Ngounoue
6–4, 6–0
Win 9–7 May 2021 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Poland Martyna Kubka Russia Ekaterina Reyngold
Russia Ekaterina Shalimova
7–6(3), 5–7, [10–8]
Win 10–7 May 2021 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Poland Martyna Kubka Russia Ekaterina Reyngold
Russia Ekaterina Shalimova
6–4, 6–4
Win 11–7 Aug 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Russia Anastasia Sukhotina Ecuador Mell Reasco
Slovakia Alica Rusová
6–0, 6–0
Win 12–7 Aug 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Egypt Sandra Samir Colombia María Paulina Pérez
Ecuador Mell Reasco
7–5, 6–3
Win 13–7 Oct 2021 ITF Karaganda, Kazakhstan W25 Hard (i) Poland Martyna Kubka Serbia Tamara Čurović
Estonia Elena Malõgina
7–5, 6–4
Win 14–7 Dec 2021 ITF Navi Mumbai, India W25 Hard Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 15–7 Apr 2022 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Anastasia Sukhotina Ekaterina Maklakova
Ksenia Zaytseva
6–1, 6–4
Win 16–7 Apr 2022 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan W15 Clay Netherlands Stéphanie Visscher Kazakhstan Zhanel Rustemova
Kazakhstan Aruzhan Sagandikova
7–6(4), 6–1
Loss 16–8 Jun 2022 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy W60 Clay Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča Italy Nuria Brancaccio
Italy Lisa Pigato
4–6, 1–6
Win 17–8 Jun 2022 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia W25 Clay India Prarthana Thombare Spain Leyre Romero Gormaz
Croatia Tara Würth
w/o
Loss 17–9 Aug 2022 ITF Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan W25 Hard Ekaterina Kazionova Ekaterina Maklakova
Aleksandra Pospelova
6–7(5), 1–6
Win 18–9 Sep 2022 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan W25 Clay Ekaterina Yashina Amina Anshba
Sofya Lansere
7–6(4), 5–7, [10–8]
Win 19–9 Sep 2022 ITF Pula, Italy W25 Clay Latvia Darja Semeņistaja China Lu Jiajing
Bosnia and Herzegovina Anita Wagner
6–2, 6–2
Loss 19–10 Jan 2023 Pune Open, India W40 Hard Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova India Ankita Raina
India Prarthana Thombare
6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win 20–10 Apr 2023 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Daria Lodikova Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
Greece Martha Matoula
6–1, 6–4
Loss 20–11 Apr 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi Croatia Mariana Dražić
Anastasia Gasanova
5–7, 4–6
Loss 20–12 May 2023 ITF Båstad, Sweden W25 Clay Poland Martyna Kubka Switzerland Jenny Dürst
Sweden Fanny Östlund
4–6, 7–6(3), [7–10]
Win 21–12 May 2023 ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia W25 Clay Poland Martyna Kubka Alexandra Azarko
Victoria Borodulina
6–3, 6–3
Win 22–12 Jul 2023 Internazionale di Roma, Italy W60 Clay Yuliya Hatouka Colombia María Paulina Pérez
Colombia Yuliana Lizarazo
6–4, 6–4
Loss 22–13 Jul 2023 ITS Cup, Czech Republic W60 Clay Latvia Darja Semeņistaja Czech Republic Magdaléna Smékalová
Czech Republic Tereza Valentová
2–6, 2–6
Loss 22–14 Aug 2023 Kunming Open, China W40 Clay Thailand Lanlana Tararudee China Guo Hanyu
China Jiang Xinyu
2–6, 0–6
Win 23–14 Sep 2023 Prague Open, Czech Republic W60 Clay Poland Martyna Kubka Italy Angelica Moratelli
Italy Camilla Rosatello
7–6(3), 6–4
Win 24–14 Sep 2023 ITF Skopje, North Macedonia W40 Clay Lithuania Justina Mikulskytė Japan Rina Saigo
Japan Yukina Saigo
6–3, 6–4
Win 25–14 Oct 2023 ITF Cherbourg, France W25+H Hard (i) Poland Martyna Kubka France Yasmine Mansouri
Belgium Lara Salden
6–0, 6–3
Win 26–14 Nov 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard China Gao Xinyu Aliona Falei
Polina Iatcenko
6–0, 2–6, [10–7]
Win 27–14 Jan 2024 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand W50 Hard Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi Thailand Lanlana Tararudee
Chinese Taipei Tsao Chia-yi
w/o
Win 28–14 Mar 2024 ITF Gurugram, India W35 Hard India Ankita Raina Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
Lithuania Justina Mikulskytė
6–4, 6–2
Win 29–14 Apr 2024 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W35 Clay Netherlands Jasmijn Gimbrère Australia Kaylah McPhee
Ksenia Zaytseva
6–4, 7–5
Win 30–14 Aug 2024 ITF Bytom, Poland W50 Clay Italy Nicole Fossa Huergo Ukraine Maryna Kolb
Ukraine Nadiia Kolb
7–6(6), 6–2
Loss 30–15 Sep 2024 ITF Punta Cana, Dominican Republic W35 Clay India Sahaja Yamalapalli Canada Ariana Arseneault
Canada Kayla Cross
1–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win 31–15 Sep 2024 ITF San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina W50 Clay Italy Nicole Fossa Huergo Colombia María Paulina Pérez
Italy Aurora Zantedeschi
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 31–16 Sep 2024 ITF Pilar, Argentina W50 Clay Italy Nicole Fossa Huergo Brazil Carolina Alves
Argentina Julia Riera
4–6, 5–7
Win 32–16 Sep 2024 Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil W75 Clay Italy Nicole Fossa Huergo Greece Eleni Christofi
Italy Aurora Zantedeschi
3–6, 6–2, [10–4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Kazakh: Жібек Құламбаева, romanizedJıbek Qūlambaeva; Russian: Жибек Куламбаева;[1] Russian pronunciation: [ʐɨˈbɛk kʊɫɐmˈba(ɪ̯)ɪvə]
  2. ^ The match was suspended at 2–0 and not finished because of rain.

References

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  1. ^ "Romanizer (from Kazakh and Russian)". baltoslav.eu. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ "8000 players, 34000 matches: The 2021 ITF World Tennis Tour in numbers". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  3. ^ "Kazakhstan United Cup Team". www.unitedcup.com.
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