CUSA Player of the Year (2025, 2024)
SEC Newcomer of the Year (2026)
Second Team All-SEC (2026)
First Team Singles All-CUSA (2025, 2024)
First Team Doubles All-CUSA (2025, 2023)
NCAA Singles Championship Selection (2024-25)
ITA Southeast Regional Singles Champion (2024)
CUSA All-Freshman Team (2023)
As a Senior
Spring 2026: Named SEC Newcomer of the Year ... Named second team All-SEC ... Recorded 19-6 dual match singles record and 8-4 SEC record ... Played primarily at the No. 2 singles position ... Went 30-4 in doubles in dual matches ... Played primarily at the No. 3 doubles position ... Earned seven ranked singles victories during the spring including over No. 18 Julia Garcia Ruiz ... Earned singles victories in the Tigers' top 10 win over No. 6 Texas and No. 10 LSU in the NCAA Tournament ... Finished season with career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 21
Fall 2025: Achieved career-high ITA singles ranking of No. 66 in preseason rankings ... Achieved career-high ITA doubles ranking of No. 28 in preseason rankings alongside partner Ava Esposito
Prior to Auburn
Transferred after three seasons at Florida International ... Named Conference USA Player of the Year in 2024 and 2025 ... Singles first team All-CUSA in 2024 and 2025 ... Doubles first team All-CUSA in 2023 and 2025 ... 2024 ITA Southeast Regional Singles Champion ... Posted 13-2 dual match singles record and 13-7 dual match doubles in 2025 with FIU ... Played primarily at the No. 1 singles position and between the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles positions at FIU ... Prior to college, reached No. 36 in the ITF World Junior Rankings ... Competed in junior Austrailian Open, junior French Open and junior U.S. Open ... Reached third round in singles at both the Australian Open and U.S. Open
Personal
Full name is Ekaterina Khairutdinova ... Goes by Katya ... Hometown is Krasnodar, Russia ... Born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia ... Parents are Vladimir and Nina Khairutdinova ... Attended high school at Stolichmy-KIT in Moscow, Russia ... Enjoys spending time with friends, watching movies, shopping and eating in her free time ... Favorite animal is a raccoon ... Birthday is March 13
| Khairutdinova's Career Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Singles | Doubles | ||||||||||||||
| Season | Overall | Dual | SEC | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Overall | Dual | SEC | #1 | #2 | #3 |
| 2022-23* | 10-12 | 7-9 | -- | -- | 7-8 | 0-1 | -- | -- | -- | 16-8 | 9-4 | -- | 9-4 | -- | -- |
| 2023-24* | 23-5 | 18-3 | -- | 9-1 | 9-2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20-9 | 13-5 | -- | 1-3 | 12-2 | -- |
| 2024-25* | 21-6 | 13-2 | -- | 13-2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 19-8 | 13-7 | 5-5 | 8-2 | -- | -- |
| 2025-26 | 19-6 | 19-6 | 8-4 | 4-0 | 15-6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 30-5 | 30-4 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 26-3 |
| Career | 73-29 | 57-20 | 8-4 | 27-3 | 31-16 | 0-1 | -- | -- | -- | 84-30 | 64-20 | 12-2 | 19-9 | 15-2 | 25-3 |
* at Florida International