Khrystyna Antoniichuk or Khrystyna Antoniychuk ( uk, Христина Антонійчук; born 4 September 1990 in

Kolomyia Kolomyia, formerly known as Kolomea ( ua, Коломия, Kolomyja, ; pl, Kołomyja; german: Kolomea; ro, Colomeea; yi, ), is a city located on the Prut River in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), in western Ukraine. It serves as the admi ...

) is a former professional

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from

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 172, which she reached on 22 February 2010. Her career-high in doubles is 279, which she reached on 9 November 2009. On 12 May 2010, it was announced by the

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that Antoniychuk had committed a doping offence, and was suspended from participation in WTA and ITF events until 21 April 2011, after her sample was found to contain the diuretic

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. Antoniychuk's last appearance on the ITF Circuit was in April 2010.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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* * 1990 births Living people Ukrainian female tennis players Doping cases in tennis Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases People from Kolomyia Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast {{Ukraine-tennis-bio-stub