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Natela Dzalamidze
ნათელა ძალამიძე
Натела Дзаламидзе
Dzalamidze at the 2021 Winners Open
Country (sports) Georgia (2022–)[1]
 Russia (2015–2022)
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1993-02-27) 27 February 1993 (age 31)
Moscow
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 486,689
Singles
Career record213–144
Career titles0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 245 (16 November 2015)
Doubles
Career record361–259
Career titles3 WTA, 3 WTA Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 43 (16 May 2022)
Current rankingNo. 187 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2018, 2022, 2023)
French Open2R (2019)
Wimbledon2R (2017, 2022)
US Open1R (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
Last updated on: 1 November 2024.

Natela Georgiyevna Dzalamidze (Russian: Натела Георгиевна Дзаламидзе, Georgian: ნათელა ძალამიძე, pronounced [natʰala dzalamidze]; born 27 February 1993) is a Russian-born Georgian tennis player.

On 16 November 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 245. On 16 May 2022, she peaked at No. 43 in the WTA doubles rankings.[2] Dzalamidze has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won three WTA Challenger doubles titles with ten singles[3] and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.[4]

Nationality change

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She began representing Georgia, where her father is from, in international competition in June 2022 in order to be able to compete at Wimbledon and the Olympics.[1][5]

Professional career

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Dzalamidze made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup in Germany, in the doubles draw partnering Sviatlana Pirazhenka.[2]

In 2021, she won her first and second doubles titles at the Romanian Open, in October 2021, and the Linz Open in Austria, in November 2021, partnering Kaja Juvan and Kamilla Rakhimova, respectively.[2]

Performance timelines

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Natela Dzalamidze in 2014
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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Doubles

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Current through the 2023 Merida Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open A A 1R A 2R A A 1R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon A A 2R Q1 1R NH A 2R 1R A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R A A 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–4 0–3 0–0 0 / 16 3–16 16%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A 1R A A A 1R 2R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A A NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 4 15 16 8 5 13 25 6 Career total: 94
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Career total: 3
Finals 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 Career total: 7
Overall win–loss 1–2 4–4 11–15 10–15 2–8 2–5 16–12 15–25 7–3 3 / 94 68–89 43%
Year-end ranking 185 103 59 94 165 146 59 62 102 $421,331

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2017 Ladies Linz, Austria International[b] Hard (i) Switzerland Xenia Knoll Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Jul 2021 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay Russia Kamilla Rakhimova New Zealand Erin Routliffe
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [4–10]
Win 1–2 Aug 2021 Cluj-Napoca Open, Romania WTA 250 Clay Slovenia Kaja Juvan Poland Katarzyna Piter
Egypt Mayar Sherif
6–3, 6–4
Win 2–2 Nov 2021 Ladies Linz, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i) Russia Kamilla Rakhimova China Wang Xinyu
China Zheng Saisai
6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Apr 2022 İstanbul Cup, Turkey WTA 250 Clay Kamilla Rakhimova Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 2022 Chennai Open, India WTA 250 Hard Anna Blinkova Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Brazil Luisa Stefani
1–6, 2–6
Win 3–4 Feb 2023 Ladies Linz, Austria (2) WTA 250 Hard (i) Slovakia Viktória Kužmová Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
4–6, 7–5, [12–10]

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2016 Taipei Open, Taiwan Carpet (i) Russia Veronika Kudermetova Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win 2–0 Nov 2018 Mumbai Open, India Hard Russia Veronika Kudermetova Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs
Czech Republic Barbora Štefková
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 2–1 Nov 2018 Taipei Open, Taiwan Carpet (i) Russia Olga Doroshina India Ankita Raina
India Karman Thandi
3–6, 7–5, [12–12] ret.
Win 3–1 Oct 2022 Open de Rouen, France Hard (i) Kamilla Rakhimova Japan Misaki Doi
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
6–2, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 16 (10 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (4–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2009 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Clay Russia Anna Rapoport 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Feb 2012 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Austria Barbara Haas 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–0
Loss 2–1 Feb 2012 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Ksenia Kirillova 5–7, 4–6
Win 3–1 Feb 2013 ITF Netanya, Israel 10,000 Hard Russia Polina Leykina 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Mar 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Austria Melanie Klaffner 1–6, 0–6
Loss 3–3 Nov 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Italy Giulia Bruzzone 3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win 4–3 Dec 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ukraine Alyona Sotnikova 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 4–4 Jan 2014 ITF Kaarst, Germany 10,000 Carpet (i) Slovenia Nastja Kolar 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win 5–4 May 2014 ITF Zielona Góra, Poland 10,000 Clay Germany Justine Ozga 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 6–4 Aug 2014 Tatarstan Open, Russia 10,000 Hard Russia Marta Paigina 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–4 Nov 2014 ITF Sousse, Tunisia 10,000 Hard France Sherazad Reix 7–6(9–7), 6–1
Loss 7–5 Dec 2014 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard Serbia Nina Stojanović 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 7–6 May 2015 ITF Zielona Góra, Poland 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 3–6, 3–6
Win 8–6 Jul 2015 ITF Maaseik, Belgium 10,000 Clay Argentina Catalina Pella 6–1, 5–7, 6–1
Win 9–6 Aug 2015 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard Russia Ksenia Pervak 6–6 ret.
Win 10–6 Nov 2016 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 10,000 Hard Thailand Nudnida Luangnam 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 50 (29 titles, 21 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (16–12)
Clay (13–8)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2010 ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Russia Daria Kuchmina Belarus Ksenia Milevskaya
Ukraine Ganna Piven
6–2, 2–6, [11–9]
Win 2–0 Jul 2011 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Germany Anna Zaja Czech Republic Hana Birnerová
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
7–5, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 2–1 Dec 2011 Siberia Cup, Russia 50,000 Hard (i) Russia Margarita Gasparyan Belarus Darya Kustova
Ukraine Olga Savchuk
0–6, 2–6
Win 3–1 Feb 2012 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Ukraine Khristina Kazimova Spain Rocío de la Torre Sánchez
Germany Christina Shakovets
6–4, 7–5
Loss 3–2 Feb 2012 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Ukraine Khristina Kazimova Croatia Indire Akiki
Ukraine Anastasia Kharchenko
3–6, 3–6
Win 4–2 Feb 2012 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Ukraine Khristina Kazimova Russia Sofia Dmitrieva
Russia Polina Leykina
6–0, 7–6(7–4)
Win 5–2 Mar 2012 ITF Phuket, Thailand 25,000 Hard Russia Marta Sirotkina Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
China Zheng Saisai
6–4, 6–1
Win 6–2 Jul 2012 ITF Vienna, Austria 10,000 Clay Ukraine Anna Shkudun Germany Christina Shakovets
Ukraine Sofiya Kovalets
6–4, 7–5
Loss 6–3 Aug 2012 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
2–6, 3–6
Loss 6–4 Feb 2013 ITF Netanya, Israel 10,000 Hard Russia Aminat Kushkhova Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili
Russia Polina Leykina
4–6, 2–6
Loss 6–5 Mar 2013 ITF Netanya, Israel 10,000 Hard Russia Aminat Kushkhova Russia Polina Leykina
Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich
6–2, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Win 7–5 Jun 2013 ITF Guimarães, Portugal 10,000 Clay Spain Arabela Fernandez Rabener Switzerland Tess Sugnaux
Portugal Rita Vilaça
3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win 8–5 Jul 2013 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Russia Alexandra Artamonova Slovenia Maša Zec Peškirič
Germany Christina Shakovets
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 9–5 Nov 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Ukraine Khristina Kazimova Romania Elena-Teodora Cadar
Spain Arabela Fernandez Rabener
6–4, 6–3
Loss 9–6 Nov 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Ukraine Yuliya Hnateyko United Kingdom Katie Boulter
Belgium Justine De Sutter
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 10–6 Dec 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Ukraine Khristina Kazimova Czech Republic Nikola Horaková
Netherlands Gabriela van de Graaf
6–1, 6–0
Loss 10–7 Mar 2014 ITF Shenzhen, China 10,000 Hard Russia Polina Leykina South Korea Han Na-lae
South Korea Yoo Mi
1–6, 1–6
Loss 10–8 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou Belgium Magali Kempen
Belgium Elke Lemmens
6–1, 5–7, [8–10]
Win 11–8 Apr 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou Greece Despina Papamichail
Greece Maria Sakkari
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [10–5]
Win 12–8 May 2014 ITF Zielona Góra, Poland 10,000 Clay Poland Natalia Siedliska Romania Ana Bianca Mihăilă
Belarus Sviatlana Pirazhenka
6–4, 6–1
Win 13–8 Jun 2014 ITF Breda, Netherlands 15,000 Clay Belarus Sviatlana Pirazhenka Netherlands Demi Schuurs
Netherlands Eva Wacanno
6–4, 6–1
Loss 13–9 Jun 2014 ITF Brussels, Belgium 10,000 Clay Romania Diana Buzean Italy Alice Matteucci
Italy Camilla Rosatello
4–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss 13–10 Aug 2014 Neva Cup, Russia 25,000 Clay Russia Anastasia Pivovarova Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
Belarus Ilona Kremen
1–6, 3–6
Win 14–10 Aug 2014 Tatarstan Open, Russia 10,000 Hard Russia Alena Tarasova Russia Kseniia Bekker
Russia Anastasia Frolova
6–1, 6–1
Win 15–10 Nov 2014 ITF Sousse, Tunisia 10,000 Hard Austria Janina Toljan United Kingdom Francesca Stephenson
Netherlands Mandy Wagemaker
6–2, 6–1
Win 16–10 Nov 2014 ITF Sousse, Tunisia 10,000 Hard Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili United Kingdom Harriet Dart
United Kingdom Francesca Stephenson
6–3, 6–1
Win 17–10 Nov 2014 ITF Sousse, Tunisia 10,000 Hard Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jelena Simić
6–3, 6–1
Loss 17–11 Feb 2015 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard (i) Russia Veronika Kudermetova Belarus Lidziya Marozava
Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva
4–6, 4–6
Loss 17–12 May 2015 ITF Zielona Góra, Poland 10,000 Clay Russia Margarita Lazareva Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
2–6, 2–6
Win 18–12 Aug 2015 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard Russia Alena Tarasova Turkey Başak Eraydın
Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina
6–0, 6–1
Win 19–12 Aug 2015 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Clay Russia Veronika Kudermetova Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
6–3, 6–3
Loss 19–13 Aug 2015 Neva Cup, Russia 25,000 Clay Russia Veronika Kudermetova Germany Carolin Daniels
Belarus Lidziya Marozava
4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Win 20–13 Sep 2015 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia 25,000 Hard Russia Alena Tarasova Russia Angelina Gabueva
Ukraine Elizaveta Ianchuk
5–7, 6–1, [10–7]
Loss 20–14 Nov 2015 Bendigo International, Australia 50,000 Hard Japan Hiroko Kuwata United States Lauren Embree
United States Asia Muhammad
5–7, 3–6
Win 21–14 Jan 2016 ITF Daytona Beach, United States 25,000 Clay Russia Veronika Kudermetova Canada Sharon Fichman
Canada Carol Zhao
6–4, 6–3
Loss 21–15 Jan 2016 ITF Wesley Chapel, United States 25,000 Clay Russia Veronika Kudermetova United States Ingrid Neel
Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Loss 21–16 Feb 2016 ITF New Delhi, India 25,000 Hard Russia Veronika Kudermetova Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen
Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
0–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Win 22–16 Apr 2016 ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Russia Veronika Kudermetova Russia Ksenia Lykina
Russia Polina Monova
4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win 23–16 Jun 2016 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard Russia Veronika Kudermetova Russia Anna Morgina
Ukraine Ganna Poznikhirenko
6–1, 6–2
Win 24–16 Jul 2016 Reinert Open, Germany 50,000 Clay Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova Japan Kanae Hisami
Japan Kotomi Takahata
6–2, 6–1
NP [c] –– Jul 2016 Bursa Cup, Turkey 50,000 Clay Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
cancelled
Win 25–16 Jul 2016 President's Cup, Kazakhstan (2) 25,000 Hard Russia Veronika Kudermetova Russia Polina Monova
Russia Yana Sizikova
6–2, 6–3
Win 26–16 Sep 2016 Telavi Open, Georgia 25,000 Clay Russia Veronika Kudermetova Georgia (country) Tatia Mikadze
Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
6–4, 6–2
Win 27–16 Jun 2017 Open de Marseille, France 100,000 Clay Russia Veronika Kudermetova Hungary Dalma Gálfi
Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 28–16 Jul 2017 President's Cup, Kazakhstan (3) 100,000 Hard Russia Veronika Kudermetova Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure
United Kingdom Naomi Broady
6–2, 6–0
Loss 28–17 Jun 2018 Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom 100,000 Grass Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva United States Asia Muhammad
United States Maria Sanchez
6–4, 3–6, [1–10]
Win 29–17 Jun 2019 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Serbia Nina Stojanović Japan Kyōka Okamura
Serbia Dejana Radanović
6–3, 6–3
Loss 29–18 Jan 2020 ITF Kazan, Russia 25,000 Hard (i) Russia Yana Sizikova Russia Ekaterina Yashina
Russia Anastasia Zakharova
2–6, 4–6
Loss 29–19 Feb 2020 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard (i) Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou Russia Sofya Lansere
Russia Kamilla Rakhimova
1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 29–20 Apr 2021 ITF Oeiras, Portugal 25,000 Clay Russia Sofya Lansere Netherlands Suzan Lamens
Russia Marina Melnikova
3–6, 1–6
Loss 29–21 Nov 2023 Open de Valencia, Spain 100,000 Clay Spain Aliona Bolsova Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Romania Andreea Mitu
5–7, 4–6

Notes

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  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  3. ^ doubles final cancelled after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt

References

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  1. ^ a b "Russian tennis player avoids Wimbledon ban with change of nationality". Sunday Times. June 16, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Natela Dzalamidze | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  3. ^ "Natela Dzalamidze Women's Singles Titles". ITF. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Natela Dzalamidze Women's Doubles Titles". ITF. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Dzalamidze says Georgia switch was for Olympics, Wimbledon just a bonus". Reuters. 21 June 2022.
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