Arlinda Rushiti

Arlinda Rushiti

Country (sports)	Kosovo
Born	(1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 26)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$71,507
Singles
Career record	246–198
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 352 (9 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 541 (21 July 2025)
Doubles
Career record	50–68
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 444 (19 May 2025)
Current ranking	No. 510 (21 July 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	40–58
Last updated on: 7 April 2025.

Arlinda Rushiti (born 27 March 1999) is a Kosovar tennis player.

She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 352, achieved on 9 January 2023.

Playing for Kosovo Fed Cup team, she has a win/loss record of 21–22 (as of May 2024).

Career

She made her debut for the Kosovo Fed Cup team in 2018, her results including a win in the singles and doubles in a 4–0 win against Mozambique that year, her nations first match win in the competition. ^[1] She was named female player of the year for 2018 by the Kosovo Tennis Federation. ^[2]

In January 2022, she reached her first singles final at the W25 level of the 2022 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, competing in Monastir, Tunisia, having come through qualifying, although in the final she was defeated by the Russian Irina Khromacheva, in three sets. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2023, she played as Kosovo competed for the first time in Group II of the Billie Jean King Cup, and alongside Adriana Lekaj, won a deciding doubles runner against the Republic of Ireland to secure a 2-1 match victory to retain their status at that level. ^[5] This marked her return to the competition for Kosovo, after a four-year absence. ^[6]

She won her singles and doubles match, again with Lekaj, as they defeated both Georgia and Malta in the competition in April 2024. ^{[7] [8]} Those results helped them retain their place in Group II, but following defeats to Estonia, Egypt and Bosnia-Herzegovina they did not gain promotion, with Rushiti losing in singles and doubles to experienced players Kaia Kanepi of Estonia and Maiar Sherif of Egypt. ^[9]

Personal life

As of 2022, she is based in Switzerland. ^[10]

ITF finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner–ups)

Legend W25 tournaments (0–1) W15 tournaments (1–3)

Finals by surface Hard (1–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	0–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W25	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Jul 2024	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(2)
Loss	1–3	Oct 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Anastasia Gasanova	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–4	Nov 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Lee Eun-hye	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend W25/35 tournaments (1–2) W15 tournaments (3–1)

Finals by surface Hard (4–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2022	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	W25	Hard	Tess Sugnaux	Nefisa Berberović Lu Jiajing	2–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Jan 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W25	Hard	Kathleen Kanev	Kristina Dmitruk Irina Shymanovich	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Oct 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Elena-Teodora Cadar	Aleksandra Pospelova Daria Zelinskaya	2–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	1–3	Jul 2024	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz	Nanari Katsumi Haine Ogata	3–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win	2–3	Nov 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Yasmine Ezzat	Mirjana Jovanović Diana Yakovleva	7–6(6), 6–3
Win	3–3	Apr 2025	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Marie Weckerle	Amelia Rajecki Ranah Akua Stoiber	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–3	May 2025	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	W35	Hard	Alice Robbe	Naiktha Bains Holly Hutchinson	3–6, 6–4, [10–5]

References

1. "Kosovo's successes in the Fed Cup are related to Arlinda". Koha.net. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
2. "Bajraliu and Rushiti, the best tennis players of 2018". Koha.net. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
3. "Arlinda Rushiti e ka mposhtur rusen Ekaterina Kazionova në turneun ITF World Tennis Tour". Zeri.info. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
4. "Tennis player Arlinda Rushiti's extraordinary result on the Magic Tour". Periskopi.com. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
5. "Tennis: Kosovo defeats Ireland, remains in the same "league"". Koha.net. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
6. "Arlinda Rushiti rikthehet për të përfaqësuar Kosovën në tenis". albimfi.ch (in Albanian). 28 January 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
7. "Kosovo's tennis players with an important victory over Georgia". Koha.net. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
8. "Kosovo's tennis players beat Malta". Koha.net. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
9. "Two wins and three losses for Kosovo's tennis players in the World Cup". Koha.net. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
10. "Arlinda Rushiti eliminates the top seed in the "ITF World Tennis Tour"". Zeri.info (in Albanian). 2 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2025.

External links

• Arlinda Rushiti at the Women's Tennis Association
• Arlinda Rushiti at the International Tennis Federation
• Arlinda Rushiti at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
• Arlinda Rushiti at ESPN.com