Irina Aleksandrovna Glimakova (russian: Ирина Александровна Глимакова; born 17 June 1993) is a Russian former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. and currently a professional

Beach tennis ''For the sport called "beach paddleball", see Matkot. For other sports called "paddleball", see Paddleball (sport).'' Beach tennis is a game combining elements of tennis and volleyball and played on a beach. Forms Beach tennis Beach tennis ...

player.

Tennis career

She has won three doubles 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 ...

. On 24 October 2011, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 491. Glimakova retirement from professional tennis in 2014. She decided to follow the

was part of the.

Beach Tennis career

Since 2014 she is a professional Beach Tennis player.On 19 September 2016, she reached her best ranking world No. 9 ranking. In 2019 October Glimakova partnering Daria Churakova she played for Russia in the

2019 World Beach Games The 2019 World Beach Games, ( ar, 2019 ألعاب شاطئ العالم) officially known as the ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 and commonly known as Qatar 2019, was the inaugural edition of the international beach and water multi-sport event ...

in Doha (Qatar) where she won the bronze medal in women's doubles.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glimakova, Irina Russian female tennis players 1993 births Living people Female tennis players playing beach tennis