Polina Kudermetova

At the Australian Open, Kudermetova advanced to her first Grand Slam tournament main draw on her qualifying debut by defeating Anastasia Gasanova, Katie Boulter, and Asia Muhammad. She lost to wildcard Olivia Gadecki in the first round.

She recorded her first WTA main-draw win at the Libéma Open over Yuan Yue, but lost her next match to Liudmila Samsonova.

At the Korea Open, she reached the quarterfinals defeating sixth seed Alycia Parks and Kathinka von Deichmann, before losing to Yanina Wickmayer.

At the newly upgraded Korea Open, ranked No. 163, Kudermetova made her debut at the WTA 500-level as a lucky loser and defeated qualifier Priscilla Hon in the first round, and seventh seed Ekaterina Alexandrova to reach the quarterfinals where she lost to third seed Beatriz Haddad Maia. As a result she reached a new career-high ranking in the top 130 on 23 September 2024.

Partnering Alina Korneeva, she was runner-up in doubles at the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico, losing to Carmen Corley and Rebecca Marino in the final.

Kudermetova reached her first WTA Tour singles semifinal at the Mérida Open with wins over second seed Nadia Podoroska, Varvara Lepchenko and Nina Stojanović, before losing in the last four to Ann Li.

As top seed, Kudermetova was runner-up at the W100 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai, losing to wildcard entrant Jodie Burrage in the final. Despite the defeat, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 106 the day after the tournament finished on 9 December 2024.

Having made it through qualifying, Kudermetova reached her first WTA final at the Brisbane International, defeating Wang Xinyu, 13th seed Liudmila Samsonova, third seed Daria Kasatkina (her first win against a top-10 ranked player), Ashlyn Krueger and Anhelina Kalinina. She lost the championship match to World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka in three sets. She made her top 100 debut on 6 January 2025, climbing 50 positions up in the rankings to world No. 57.

Kudermetova defeated Elena Micic in the final qualifying round at the Australian Open to make it into her second Grand Slam tournament main-draw. She lost to 23rd seed Magdalena Fręch in the first round.