Ksenia Palkina (russian: Ксения Палкина Улукан or Ksenia Palkina Ulukan; born 13 December 1989) is a Russian-born Kyrgyzstani former
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. Palkina won 11 singles titles and 27 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 23 March 2009, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 163. On 12 April 2010, she peaked at No. 164 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Personal life
Palkina was born in
Khabarovsk Krai to mother Marina and father Nikolay, and has a brother named Nikita.
Her favourite surface is clay.
As of November 2019, Palkina has been provisionally suspended by the
Tennis Integrity Unit.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Doubles: 52 (27 titles, 25 runner-ups)
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1989 births
Living people
People from Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Sportspeople from Bishkek
Russian emigrants to Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent
Kyrgyzstani female tennis players
Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan
Match fixing in tennis
Expatriate sportspeople in Italy