Elizaveta Kulichkova
Elizaveta Dmitrievna Kulichkova is a Russian former tennis player.
She won seven singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 22 February 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87. On 18 April 2016, she peaked at No. 312 in the doubles rankings.
Kulichkova was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in May 2012, and in January 2014, won the girls' singles and doubles events at the Australian Open.
Career
Kulichkova made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour at the 2014 İstanbul Cup as a qualifier. Having defeated Nadiia Kichenok and Melinda Czink in the preliminary rounds, she lost to Shahar Pe'er in round one. Further first-round exits followed in Hong Kong and Seoul before once again coming through qualifying in Tianjin, where she defeated Sílvia Soler Espinosa, before losing to Peng Shuai in the second round.Kulichkova made her major debut at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships by defeating Yanina Wickmayer before losing to further quarterfinalist Madison Keys in the second round. Then she reached semifinals in Bursa, and in Baku she was close to defeat, in the first round, seed No. 1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, but she lost the final tie-breaker.
For the first time Kulichkova was nominated for the Russia Fed Cup team in 2016 in the World Group play-offs against Belarus, where she should have played the last dead rubber with Elena Vesnina, but she was replaced by Daria Kasatkina.
ITF finals
Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner–ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard |  Dalila Jakupović | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2013 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard |  Donna Vekić | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2013 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 25,000 | Hard |  Kateryna Kozlova | 6–3, 4–6, 6–0 |
| Win | 3–1 | Dec 2013 | ITF Hong Kong | 25,000 | Hard |  Zarina Diyas | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2014 | ITF Burnie, Australia | 50,000 | Hard |  Misa Eguchi | 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jun 2014 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay |  Louisa Chirico | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–2 | Oct 2014 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard |  Lesley Kerkhove | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Win | 6–2 | Mar 2015 | ITF Quanzhou, China | 50,000 | Hard |  Jeļena Ostapenko | 6–1, 5–7, 7–5 |
| Win | 7–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF Olomouc, Czech Republic | 50,000 | Clay |  Ekaterina Alexandrova | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2013 | ITF Bucha, Ukraine | 25,000 | Carpet | Anhelina Kalinina |  Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva | 6–7, 2–6 |