Russian citizens make up the tennis player’s family. On June 17, 1999, in Moscow, Russia, a tennis star was born to her parents. In June 2018, after initially cracking the top 200, she switched federations from Russia to Kazakhstan.

On her official Instagram account, where she goes by the username @lenarybakina and has 89.000 followers, we can see the sweet picture of the athlete with the flag of Kazakhstan.