Mariam Bolkvadze
მარიამ ბოლქვაძე
Bolkvadze at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Georgia
ResidenceLondon, England[1]
Born (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998
Batumi, Georgia
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
CoachSimon Ainley[1]
Prize moneyUS$458,487
Singles
Career record275–184 (59.9%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (7 March 2022)
Current rankingNo. 656 (11 December 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2021)
French OpenQ2 (2021)
WimbledonQ2 (2022)
US Open2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record129–85 (60.3%)
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 204 (21 March 2022)
Current rankingNo. 441 (11 December 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup7–11 (38.9%)
Last updated on: 11 December 2023.

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.

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 9 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: 14 (7 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (2–2)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2014 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 10,000 Hard Uzbekistan Vlada Ekshibarova 7–5, 6–3
Loss 0–2 Aug 2014 ITF Telavi, Georgia 10,000 Hard Russia Yuliya Kalabina 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Apr 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska 6–1, 6–4
Win 2–2 Apr 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Sofya Zhuk 6–3, 7–5
Win 3–2 Sep 2016 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia 10,000 Clay Russia Aleksandra Pospelova 6–4, 7–6(18)
Win 4–2 May 2017 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Paraguay Camila Giangreco Campiz 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(4)
Loss 4–3 May 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay United States Elizabeth Halbauer 3–6, 1–6
Loss 4–4 May 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Czech Republic Magdalena Pantucková 4–6, 1–6
Loss 4–5 Feb 2019 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 25,000 Hard (i) France Jessika Ponchet 3–6, 1–6
Loss 4–6 Apr 2019 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Belgium Maryna Zanevska 5–7, 2–6
Win 5–6 Apr 2019 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Spain Nuria Párrizas Díaz 6–2, 7–6(5)
Loss 5–7 Jun 2021 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal 25,000 Hard Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia 4–6, 4–6
Win 6–7 Jul 2021 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 60,000 Hard Russia Valeria Savinykh 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 6–8 Jan 2022 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK 25,000 Hard (i) Denmark Sofia Samavati 2–6, 5–5 ret.
Win 7–8 Dec 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 25,000 Hard Elena Pridankina 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (9–4)
Clay (2–3)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2014 ITF Netanya, Israel 10,000 Hard Russia Anastasia Pribylova Austria Pia König
Czech Republic Barbora Štefková
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2015 ITF Ashkelon, Israel 10,000 Hard Hungary Naomi Totka United Kingdom Laura Deigman
Belgium Hélène Scholsen
6–0, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jun 2015 ITF Telavi, Georgia 10,000 Hard Georgia (country) Tinatin Kavlashvili Italy Marianna Natali
Japan Seira Shimizu
6–4, 7–5
Win 3–1 Apr 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Slovenia Nastja Kolar Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili
Russia Margarita Lazareva
7–6(0), 7–5
Loss 3–2 Apr 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard France Victoria Muntean Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili
Russia Margarita Lazareva
5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Aug 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Romania Ana Bianca Mihaila India Sharmada Balu
Montenegro Ana Veselinović
6–4, 6–7(2), [8–10]
Loss 3–4 Sep 2016 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia 10,000 Clay Georgia (country) Tatia Mikadze Ukraine Alona Fomina
Russia Margarita Lazareva
4–6, 2–6
Win 4–4 Oct 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Ukraine Alona Fomina Argentina Guadalupe Pérez Rojas
Switzerland Jil Teichmann
6–2, 6–3
Win 5–4 Apr 2017 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Serbia Bojana Marinković
Greece Despina Papamichail
7–6(7), 6–3
Loss 5–5 Apr 2017 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Belgium Margaux Bovy Romania Irina Fetecău
Czech Republic Anna Slováková
6–7(2), 6–2, [5–10]
Win 6–5 Jul 2017 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 15,000 Clay Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze Bulgaria Petia Arshinkova
Turkey İpek Öz
6–1, 6–3
Loss 6–6 Jul 2017 Telavi Open, Georgia 15,000 Clay Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze Belarus Polina Pekhova
Russia Maria Solnyshkina
2–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Win 7–6 Mar 2018 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Czech Republic Barbora Štefková Colombia María Paulina Pérez
Colombia Paula Andrea Pérez
6–2, 7–6(6)
Loss 7–7 Sep 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Portugal Inês Murta Poland Katarzyna Piter
Russia Valeria Savinykh
3–6, 2–6
Loss 7–8 Apr 2019 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Slovenia Nastja Kolar Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
1–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Win 8–8 Jul 2021 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard Russia Ekaterina Yashina Russia Vlada Koval
Russia Anastasia Tikhonova
7–6(7), 6–1
Win 9–8 Oct 2021 Internationaux de Poitiers, France 80,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan France Audrey Albié
France Léolia Jeanjean
7–6(5), 6–0
Win 10–8 Feb 2022 AK Ladies Open, Germany 60,000 Carpet (i) United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan Switzerland Susan Bandecchi
Switzerland Simona Waltert
6–3, 7–5
Win 11–8 Oct 2022 Trnava Women's Indoor, Slovakia 60,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Maia Lumsden Switzerland Conny Perrin
Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–2, 6–3
Win 12–8 Aug 2023 ITF Roehampton, UK 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Yuriko Miyazaki Australia Talia Gibson
Australia Petra Hule
7–5, 6–3
Loss 12–9 Oct 2023 ITF Sunderland, Great Britain 25,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan United Kingdom Freya Christie
Estonia Elena Malõgina
0–6, 6–4, [4–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 Wimbledon Grass United States Caty McNally United States Usue Maitane Arconada
United States 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 (3–4)
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 Turkey Hard (i) Başak Eraydın W 6–3, 6–3
2019 Z1 RR Feb 2019 Bath (GBR) Serbia Serbia Hard (i) Ivana Jorović L 3–6, 1–6
Croatia Croatia Ana Konjuh L 4–6, 3–6
Turkey Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay L 4–6, 1–6
Z1 PO Slovenia Slovenia Kaja Juvan L 1–6, 0–3 ret.
2020 Z2 RR Feb 2020 Helsinki (FIN) Israel Israel Hard (i) Vlada Katic W 7–6(5), 6–1
Moldova Moldova Anastasia Vdovenco W 7–5, 6–3
Tunisia Tunisia Ons Jabeur L 2–6, 2–6
Z2 PO Finland 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 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 Serbia Hard (i) Oksana Kalashnikova Olga Danilović
Ivana Jorović
W 6–3, 7–5

Notes

    References

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