Zhibek Kulambayeva

Zhibek Kulambayeva
Жібек Құламбаева
Country (sports)	Kazakhstan
Born	26 March 2000 (age 24); Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$114,139
Singles
Career record	167–147 (53.2%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 414 (17 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 495 (4 March 2024)
Doubles
Career record	230–98 (70.1%)
Career titles	28 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 139 (18 March 2024)
Current ranking	No. 139 (18 March 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–1
	Last updated on: 18 March 2024.

Last updated April 19, 2024

Zhibek Kulambayeva^{[lower-alpha 1]} (born 26 March 2000) is a Kazakhstani tennis player. Kulambayeva achieved career-high WTA rankings of No. 414 in singles and No. 139 in doubles.

Career

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

In 2021, Kulambayeva became the person with the most trophies in the ITF Women's Circuit with one singles titles and nine doubles titles, a total of ten titles.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2023, Kulambayeva competed with the Kazakhstan team in the United Cup ^[2] and in the Billie Jean King Cup.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups, 1 not finished)

Legend
W25 tournaments (0–1)
W15 tournaments (4–3)

Finals by surface
Clay (4–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2018	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W15	Clay	Daria Lodikova	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 4–6
Finalist^{[lower-alpha 2]}	–NP-	Jan 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	İpek Öz	2–0* canc.
Win	1–1	Sep 2019	ITF Anning, China	W15	Clay	Oleksandra Oliynykova	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Apr 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Elina Avanesyan	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	May 2021	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W15	Clay	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	Denisa Hindova	6–1, 6–3
Win	4–4	May 2023	ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia	W15	Clay	Eleni Christofi	6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 42 (28 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (2–2)
W40/50 tournaments (2–2)
W25/35 tournaments (9–3)
W10/15 tournaments (15–7)

Finals by surface
Hard (7–3)
Clay (21–11)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2016	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W10	Clay	Anna Iakovleva	Yanina Darishina Daria Lodikova	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2016	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W10	Clay	Anna Ukolova	Ulyana Ayzatulina Margarita Lazareva	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 2017	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W15	Clay	Dariya Detkovskaya	Ksenia Palkina Mariana Dražić	5–7, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	0–4	Sep 2017	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W15	Clay	Dariya Detkovskaya	Ksenia Palkina Mariana Dražić	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–4	Apr 2018	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W15	Clay	Dariya Detkovskaya	Polina Bakhmutkina Daria Lodikova	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1–5	Apr 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Katarína Kužmová	Thasaporn Naklo Mananchaya Sawangkaew	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–6	Apr 2019	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W15	Clay	Dariya Detkovskaya	Tamara Čurović Anastasia Zakharova	5–7, 2–6
Loss	1–7	May 2019	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W15	Clay	Vanda Lukács	Maya Tahan Draginja Vuković	w/o
Win	2–7	Sep 2019	ITF Anning, China	W15	Clay	Ma Yexin	Liu Siqi Sheng Yuqi	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–7	Jan 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Ma Yexin	Ksenia Laskutova Anna Ureke	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–7	Jan 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Ma Yexin	Ayaka Okuno Julyette Steur	6–4, 1–6, [10–4]
Win	5–7	Oct 2020	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Gozal Ainitdinova	Yekaterina Dmitrichenko Kamila Kerimbayeva	6–1, 2–6, [12–10]
Win	6–7	Apr 2021	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W15	Clay	Gozal Ainitdinova	Viktoriia Dema Anna Ureke	6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Win	7–7	Apr 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Nicole Fossa Huergo	Elina Avanesyan Oana Gavrilă	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–7	May 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Oana Gavrilă	Yasmin Ezzat Clervie Ngounoue	6–4, 6–0
Win	9–7	May 2021	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W15	Clay	Martyna Kubka	Ekaterina Reyngold Ekaterina Shalimova	7–6⁽³⁾, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	10–7	May 2021	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	W15	Clay	Martyna Kubka	Ekaterina Reyngold Ekaterina Shalimova	6–4, 6–4
Win	11–7	Aug 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Anastasia Sukhotina	Mell Reasco Alica Rusová	6–0, 6–0
Win	12–7	Aug 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Sandra Samir	María Paulina Pérez Mell Reasco	7–5, 6–3
Win	13–7	Oct 2021	ITF Karaganda, Kazakhstan	W25	Hard (i)	Martyna Kubka	Tamara Čurović Elena Malõgina	7–5, 6–4
Win	14–7	Dec 2021	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	W25	Hard	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Anna Danilina 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	Stéphanie Visscher	Zhanel Rustemova Aruzhan Sagandikova	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–1
Loss	16–8	Jun 2022	Internazionali di Brescia, Italy	W60	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Nuria Brancaccio Lisa Pigato	4–6, 1–6
Win	17–8	Jun 2022	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W25	Clay	Prarthana Thombare	Leyre Romero Gormaz 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	Darja Semeņistaja	Lu Jiajing Anita Wagner	6–2, 6–2
Loss	19–10	Jan 2023	Pune Open, India	W40	Hard	Gozal Ainitdinova	Ankita Raina Prarthana Thombare	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	20–10	Apr 2023	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Daria Lodikova	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Martha Matoula	6–1, 6–4
Loss	20–11	Apr 2023	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Sapfo Sakellaridi	Mariana Dražić Anastasia Gasanova	5–7, 4–6
Loss	20–12	May 2023	ITF Båstad, Sweden	W25	Clay	Martyna Kubka	Jenny Dürst Fanny Östlund	4–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, [7–10]
Win	21–12	May 2023	ITF Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia	W25	Clay	Martyna Kubka	Alexandra Azarko Victoria Borodulina	6–3, 6–3
Win	22–12	Jul 2023	Internazionale di Roma, Italy	W60	Clay	Yuliya Hatouka	María Paulina Pérez Yuliana Lizarazo	6–4, 6–4
Loss	22–13	Jul 2023	ITS Cup, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Darja Semeņistaja	Magdaléna Smékalová Tereza Valentová	2–6, 2–6
Loss	22–14	Aug 2023	Kunming Open, China	W40	Clay	Lanlana Tararudee	Guo Hanyu Jiang Xinyu	2–6, 0–6
Win	23–14	Sep 2023	ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic	W60	Clay	Martyna Kubka	Angelica Moratelli Camilla Rosatello	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–4
Win	24–14	Sep 2023	ITF Skopje, North Macedonia	W40	Clay	Justina Mikulskytė	Rina Saigo Yukina Saigo	6–3, 6–4
Win	25–14	Oct 2023	ITF Cherbourg, France	W25+H	Hard (i)	Martyna Kubka	Yasmine Mansouri Lara Salden	6–0, 6–3
Win	26–14	Nov 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W25	Hard	Gao Xinyu	Aliona Falei Polina Iatcenko	6–0, 2–6, [10–7]
Win	27–14	Jan 2024	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	W50	Hard	Sapfo Sakellaridi	Lanlana Tararudee Tsao Chia-yi	w/o
Win	28–14	Feb 2024	ITF Gurgaon, India	W35	Hard	Ankita Raina	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Justina Mikulskytė	6–4, 6–2

Notes

↑ Kazakh: Жібек Құламбаева, romanized: Jıbek Qūlambaeva; Russian: Жибек Куламбаева;^[1]Russian pronunciation: [ʐɨˈbɛkkʊɫɐmˈba(ɪ̯)ɪvə]
↑ The match was suspended at 2–0 and never finished because of rain.

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References

↑ "Romanizer (from Kazakh and Russian)". baltoslav.eu. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
↑ "Kazakhstan United Cup Team". www.unitedcup.com.

External links

Zhibek Kulambayeva at the Women's Tennis Association
Zhibek Kulambayeva at the International Tennis Federation
Zhibek Kulambayeva at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[2] Kazakh: Жібек Құламбаева, romanized: Jıbek Qūlambaeva; Russian: Жибек Куламбаева;^[1]Russian pronunciation: [ʐɨˈbɛkkʊɫɐmˈba(ɪ̯)ɪvə]

[4] The match was suspended at 2–0 and never finished because of rain.

[1] "Romanizer (from Kazakh and Russian)". baltoslav.eu. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[3] "Kazakhstan United Cup Team". www.unitedcup.com.

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v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female singles tennis players from Central Asia
as of 8 April 2024
1. Elena Rybakina (4 ) 2. Yulia Putintseva (50 2) 3. Nigina Abduraimova (240 ) 4. Zhibek Kulambayeva (483 19) 5. Aruzhan Sagandikova (804 5)
6. Gozal Ainitdinova (858 1) 7. Anna Danilina (939 ) 8. Sevil Yuldasheva (1107 2) 9. Vladislava Andreevskaya (1156 ) 10. Sandugash Kenzhibayeva (1190 )

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Kazakhstani female singles tennis players
as of 18 March 2024
1. Elena Rybakina (4 ) 2. Yulia Putintseva (68 11) 3. Zhibek Kulambayeva (470 25) 4. Aruzhan Sagandikova (804 2) 5. Gozal Ainitdinova (883 69)
6. Anna Danilina (936 1) 7. Sandugash Kenzhibayeva (1185 31) 8. Sonja Zhiyenbayeva (1242 21) 9. Asylzhan Arystanbekova (1299 ) 10. Tatyana Nikolenko (1318 )

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Kazakhstani female doubles tennis players
as of 18 March 2024
1. Anna Danilina (44 ) 2. Zhibek Kulambayeva (139 2) 3. Yulia Putintseva (360 3) 4. Elena Rybakina (538 24) 5. Gozal Ainitdinova (677 24)
6. Sandugash Kenzhibayeva (853 3) 7. Aruzhan Sagandikova (904 4) 8. Zhanel Rustemova (959 44) 9. Mariya Sinitsyna (1062 9) 10. Sonja Zhiyenbayeva (1091 9)