Galina Fokina () (born 17 January 1984) is a Russian former
tennis player
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Fokina has won a total of 35 titles 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 ...
. Her career-high
WTA rankings are world number 168 in singles and number 79 in doubles, both achieved in 2002.
In 2004, she took part in the
Hyderabad Open but lost in the second round of the
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tou ...
event to
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli (; born 2 October 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open. She also ...
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Fokina retired from professional tennis in 2013.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (11–5)
Doubles (24–12)
References
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Kournikova Loses in 1st Round of Kremlin Cup, ''The Moscow Times'', 4 October 2001 (Reuters)
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, GoTennis.ru
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Tennis players from Moscow
Russian female tennis players
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
21st-century Russian women
20th-century Russian women