Anna Alexandrovna Lapushchenkova (; born 24 October 1986) is a former Russian
tennis
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player.
Career
Lapushchenkova began competing occasionally on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmental ...
in October 2002, shortly before her 16th birthday. She started to compete regularly early in 2005; and after at first seeming to reach a plateau around world No. 300 in the first half of 2007. She had risen rapidly to No. 140 in January 2008, and to a career-high of No. 93 in May 2010.
She won five $50k titles, one $75k, two $25k, and three $10k titles, and reached the final of one $100k event. She has also beaten several top 100-calibre players at lesser events and in qualifying rounds for
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
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events.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
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1986 births
Living people
Tennis players from Moscow
Russian female tennis players
21st-century Russian women
20th-century Russian women