Ksenia Efremova
Country (sports) France
ResidenceAlpes-Maritimes, France
Born (2009-04-29) 29 April 2009
Moscow, Russia
Prize money$2,793
Singles
Career record6–2 (75.0%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 1105 (8 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 1105 (8 January 2024)
Last updated on: 8 January 2024.

Ksenia Efremova (born 28 April 2009) is a French tennis player.[1][2]

Early and personal life

Born in Moscow, Russia in 2009,[3] she is the daughter of former professional tennis player Julia Efremova and former amateur player Alexey Efremov. She started playing tennis at three years-old and was coached by her mother.[4] Her family, including her brothers Alexei and Vladimir, moved from Russia to near Nice in Alpes-Maritimes in 2019.[5] Her father died from Lymphoma in 2021.[6]

In September 2023, she became a French national.[7]

Career

Junior career

Efremova was in the spotlight from an early age as a “tennis prodigy”.[8] From 2019, she trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in the South of France.[9]

By the age of eleven years-old, she was competing in the 14 year-old age group.[10] As a 13-year-old, in October 2022 she won the Masters Tennis Europe in the under-14 category in Monte-Carlo. It was her sixth title of the season on the U14 Tennis Europe circuit.[11] In January 2023, she was a finalist of the Petits As in Tarbes.[12][13]

Senior career

2023

In November 2023, aged 14 years-old, Efremova won her first WTA point, coming through qualifying and beating the Italian Camilla Zanolini, and the third seed Yidi Yang, in Monastir.[14] The following month she won her first ITF title, defeating German Selina Dal in the final, in Monastir.[15] She won the title without losing a set in the tournament.[16] At 14 years, 8 months, 3 days she became the youngest player to win an ITF tournament since Sesil Karatantcheva (14 years, 4 months, 6 days), 20 years previously.[17]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2023 ITF Monastir 15,000 Hard Germany Selina Dal 7–6(5), 6–0

References

  1. ↑ "Ksenia Efremova". itf. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ksenia Efremova". wta. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ksenia Efremova, future star of women's tennis, becomes French national". Tennismajors. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Grez, Matias (January 18, 2022). "Ksenia Efremova: 12-year-old Russian tennis prodigy has 'incredible potential,' says Patrick Mouratoglou". CNN. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Penoignon, Cristophe (5 September 2023). "PORTRAIT. Tennis: who is Ksenia Efremova, 14-year-old future world star naturalized French?". Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Bisti, Riccardo (3 March 2022). "Russia is crying, but there is Ksenia on the horizon". Tennismagazineutalia. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Gothot, Samuel (6 September 2023). "Who is Ksenia Efremova, the naturalized French tennis nugget and "ready to do anything to win"?". Leparisien. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ksenia Efremova: Is Russian prodigy the future of women's tennis?". cnn. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "In the Spotlight: Ksenia Efremova". Tennis Europe. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Julia Efremova, Raising a Champion #3 – Into Ksenia Efremova's dreams". Tennis Majors. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Rouquette, Cedric (October 28, 2022). "Ksenia Efremova wins the Masters Tennis Europe U14". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Ksenia Efremova wins at Saint-Grégoire, not Raphaël Vaksmann". Tennisactu. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  13. ↑ Marcinkowski, Valentin (27 January 2023). "Petits As de Tarbes: Ksenia Efremova, it's now or never!". ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "14-year-old Ksenia Efremova already has two WTA points". Tennisactu.net. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  15. ↑ Roussel, Vincent (31 December 2023). "FRENCHWOMAN KSENIA EFREMOVA, 14 YEARS OLD, ALREADY TITLED AS A PRO, DURING THE ITF TOURNAMENT IN MONASTIR!". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Ksenia Efremova, 14 years and 8 months, wins her first ITF". Tennisactu. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "At 14 years old, the young Frenchwoman Ksenia Efremova wins the ITF tournament in Monastir". Ouest-France. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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