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player. She achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of 122 on 15 July 2019 and a doubles ranking of 372 on 31 October 2022. Flink owns one doubles title on the

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Career highlights

ITF Circuit

On the

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, Flink achieved a new career-high ranking of world No. 6, following her win at the Grade-A Copa Gerdau in Brazil in March 2013. Later that year, she achieved more success, reaching the final at the

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and winning the

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WTA Tour

Flink made her

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debut at the 2012 Baku Cup, where she lost in the first round of the singles tournament to

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from Thailand, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6. In doubles, she partnered up with

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to reach the quarterfinals, where they lost to

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and

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, 4–6, 2–6.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Notes

References

External links

* * 1996 births Living people Russian female tennis players {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub