Background and career
Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (Russian: Анна Сергеевна Данилина; born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 by the WTA.
Danilina is a Grand Slam tournament mixed-doubles champion, having won the 2023 US Open with Harri Heliövaara. In doubles, she is a finalist in the 2022 and 2026 editions of the Australian Open, with Beatriz Haddad Maia and Aleksandra Krunić, respectively. Playing with Krunić, she also reached the 2025 and 2026 French Open finals.
Danilina has won ten WTA Tour and three WTA Challenger doubles titles. She has also won one singles title and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In singles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 269.
Danilina represented Russia, her nation of birth, until March 2011 when at the age of 15 she switched allegiance to represent Kazakhstan. As a junior, she reached a combined world ranking of No. 3 in February 2013. Along with Haddad Maia, Danilina attained her women's doubles breakthrough, reaching the final of the 2022 Australian Open, before falling to Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková, in three sets.
