Valentina Yuryevna Ivakhnenko (russian: Валентина Юрьевна Ивахненко; born 27 June 1993) is a Russian former professional
tennis
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player.
On 30 July 2018, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 167, whilst her best doubles ranking by the
WTA was 104 on 28 November 2016.
In September 2014, after
Crimea
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had become part of Russia, Ukraine-born Ivakhnenko switched to Russia. She retired from professional tour 2022.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Doubles: 50 (35 titles, 15 runner–ups)
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1993 births
Living people
Ukrainian female tennis players
Russian female tennis players
People from Yalta
Ukrainian emigrants to Russia
Naturalised citizens of Russia