Irina Kotkina (born 19 September 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player.
Biography
A right-handed player from Moscow, Kotkina was a top 10 ranked junior. At the
2004 French Open
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, she and
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia.
She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...
were runners-up in the girls' doubles, to
Kateřina Böhmová and
Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek ( cz, Michaela Krajíčková; born 9 January 1989) is a Dutch former tennis player. She won three singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one WTA 125 doubles title, and 14 singles and 22 doubles titles on ...
.
On the professional circuit she reached a best singles ranking of 400 in the world. She featured in one
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.
WTA Tour tou ...
main draw, as a wildcard at the
2006 İstanbul Cup, where she retired hurt while trailing Michaëlla Krajicek in the first round, due to an elbow injury.
In her career, Kotkina won four
ITF titles, all in doubles.
ITF finals
Singles (0–4)
Doubles (4–5)
References
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1986 births
Living people
Russian female tennis players
Tennis players from Moscow
20th-century Russian women
21st-century Russian women