Valentyna Ivakhnenko

Valentyna Ivakhnenko

Country (sports)	Ukraine (2007–2014)  Russia (2014–present)
Residence	Donetsk, Ukraine
Born	27 June 1993 Yalta, Ukraine
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$133,203
Singles
Career record	190-128
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 217 (20 May 2013)
Current ranking	No. 253 (11 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	Q1 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	170-87
Career titles	0 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 113 (11 April 2016)
Current ranking	No. 113 (11 April 2016)
Last updated on: 11 April 2016.

Valentyna Yuryevna Ivakhnenko (Russian: Валентина Юрьевна Ивахненко; born 27 June 1993) is a professional Ukrainian (until 2014) and Russian (since 2014) tennis player.

On 20 May 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 217 whilst her best doubles ranking was 125 on 18 March 2013.^[1] In September 2014, Ivakhnenko switched to a Russian flag due to being from Yalta.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 April 2016	Katowice Open, Katowice, Poland	Hard (i)	Marina Melnikova	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	6–3, 5–7, [8–10]

ITF finals (24–17)

Singles (4–3)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (4–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	28 March 2010	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–3, 6–0
Winner	2.	4 April 2010	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	6–3, 7–6(5)
Winner	3.	2 October 2010	Bucha, Ukraine	Clay	Oxana Lyubtsova	6–2, 2–0 Ret
Runner-up	1.	3 July 2011	Denain, France	Clay	Teliana Pereira	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	6 August 2011	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Valeria Solovyeva	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	18 August 2013	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Lyudmyla Kichenok	2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	12 December 2015	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	0–6, 3–6

Doubles (20–14)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (8–9) Clay (12–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winners	1.	26 May 2008	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Anastasiya Kyrylova	Yuliya Lyndina Oksana Pavlova	6–3, 6–2
Runners-up	1.	3 July 2010	Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Kateryna Kozlova	Akiko Yonemura Tomoko Yonemura	4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Runners-up	2.	23 July 2010	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Alyona Sotnikova	Kateryna Kozlova Elina Svitolina	3–6, 5–7
Runners-up	3.	21 August 2010	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Clay	Mariya Malkhasyan	Eugeniya Pashkova Maria Zharkova	4–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Runners-up	4.	1 October 2010	Bucha, Ukraine	Clay	Anastasiya Lytovchenko	Yuliya Kalabina Tatiana Kotelnikova	4–6, 5–7
Winners	2.	17 June 2011	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Kateryna Kozlova	Melanie Klaffner Lina Stančiūtė	6–4, 6–3
Winners	3.	17 July 2011	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Kateryna Kozlova	Erika Sema Roxane Vaisemberg	2–6, 7–5, [12–10]
Winners	4.	6 August 2011	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Kateryna Kozlova	Vaszilisza Bulgakova Anna Rapoport	6–3, 6–0
Winners	5.	17 September 2011	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Marina Melnikova	Tímea Babos Magda Linette	6–4, 7–5
Runners-up	5.	30 January 2012	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Maryna Zanevska	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	1–6, 3–6
Runners-up	6.	19 March 2012	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Kateryna Kozlova	Margarita Gasparyan Anna Arina Marenko	6–3 6–7 (7) 6–10
Winners	6.	14 May 2012	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Kateryna Kozlova	Darya Lebesheva Julia Valetova	6–1 6–3
Winners	7.	21 May 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Kateryna Kozlova	Diana Isaeva Ksenia Kirillova	6–2 6–0
Winners	8.	4 June 2012	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Kateryna Kozlova	Veronika Kapshay Teodora Mirčić	7–5 6–3
Runners-up	7.	11 June 2012	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Kateryna Kozlova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	5–7, 5–7
Runners-up	8.	25 June 2012	Rome, Italy	Clay	Julia Cohen	Marie-Ève Pelletier Laura Thorpe	0–6 6–3 8–10
Runners-up	9.	16 July 2012	Donetsk, Ukraine	Hard	Kateryna Kozlova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	2–6, 5–7
Winners	9.	13 August 2012	Kazan, Russia	Clay	Kateryna Kozlova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	6–4 6–7 (6) 10–4
Winners	10.	17 September 2012	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard	Kateryna Kozlova	Nigina Abduraimova Ksenia Palkina	6–2 6–4
Runners-up	10.	15 April 2013	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Albina Khabibulina Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3–6, 3–6
Winners	11.	26 August 2013	Kazan, Russia	Clay	Kateryna Kozlova	Başak Eraydın Veronika Kapshay	6–4 6–1
Winners	12.	16 September 2013	Batumi, Georgia	Clay	Kateryna Kozlova	Christina Shakovets Alona Fomina	6–0 6–4
Winners	13.	25 January 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Veronika Kapshay	Melis Sezer İpek Soylu	3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Winners	14.	2 February 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Veronika Kapshay	Polina Leykina Despina Papamichail	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winners	15.	22 February 2014	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Kateryna Kozlova	Veronika Kudermetova Sviatlana Pirazhenka	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Runners-up	11.	1 September 2014	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Yuliya Kalabina	Anna Danilina Xenia Knoll	1–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Runners-up	12.	15 November 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Polina Monova	Marie Benoît Demi Schuurs	4-6 5-7
Winners	16.	10 April 2015	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Polina Monova	Kamila Kerimbayeva Ksenia Lykina	6-1 6-3
Runners-up	13.	26 April 2015	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Polina Monova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	4-6 3-6
Winners	17.	8 June 2015	Minsk, Belarus	Clay	Polina Monova	Olga Ianchuk Darya Kasatkina	4–6, 6–0, [12–10]
Winners	18.	19 June 2015	Minsk, Belarus	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Pemra Özgen Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–3, 6–0
Winners	19.	12 December 2015	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	Martina Caregaro Réka-Luca Jani	Walkover
Winners	20.	25 December 2015	Pune, India	Hard	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	Hsu Chieh-yu Prarthana Thombare	4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Runners-up	14.	16 April 2016	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Lidziya Marozava	Nigina Abduraimova Barbora Štefková	4–6, 6–1, [6–10]

References

1. "Valentyna Ivakhnenko's Biography". International Tennis Federation.

External links

• Valentyna Ivakhnenko at the Women's Tennis Association
• Valentyna Ivakhnenko at the International Tennis Federation