Vlada Ekshibarova ( he, ולדה אקשיברובה; born 14 March 1989; formerly known as Vlada Katic) is an

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

i tennis player. She competed for her native

(born in

Soviet Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; uz, Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi, in Russian: Уз ...

), and now competes for

. She has won eight singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit."Vlada Ekshibarova Women's Doubles Titles"
/ref> On 14 July 2008, Ekshibarova reached her best singles ranking of world No. 352."Vlada Ekshibarova ; Overview"
/ref> On 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 319 in the doubles rankings.

Career

Ekshibarova made her

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debut at the 2004 Tashkent Open, having received a

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into the doubles tournament with

Dilyara Saidkhodjayeva Dilyara Saidkhodjayeva (born 29 January 1990) is an Uzbekistani former professional tennis player. Saidkhodjayeva has career-high WTA rankings of 886 in singles, achieved on 16 July 2007, and 664 in doubles, set on 7 July 2008. Saidkhodjayeva r ...

, but they lost to

Ekaterina Bychkova Ekaterina Andreevna Bychkova (russian: Екатерина Андреевна Бычкова; born 5 June 1985) is an inactive tennis player from Russia. In her career, Bychkova won ten singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 20 F ...

and Maria Goloviznina in the first round. Playing for

at the

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, Ekshibarova had a win–loss record of 1–9. In 2016, she became an

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. In June 2016, Ekshibarova decided to play for Israel instead of Uzbekistan. In December 2017, Ekshibarova won the Israel Tennis Women's Singles Championship, beating

Deniz Khazaniuk Deniz Khazaniuk ( he, דניז חזניוק; born 24 October 1994) is an inactive Israeli tennis player. Khazaniuk has career-high WTA rankings of 200 in singles, achieved on 11 June 2018, and of 445 in doubles, achieved on 16 June 2014. She has ...

7–6, 5–4 (ret.) in the final, and won the Doubles Championship, partnering with

Maya Tahan Maya Tahan ( he, מאיה טחן; born 9 January 1999) is an inactive Israeli tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 578 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in September 2019. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 456 w ...

. In 2018, she played for the

Israel Fed Cup team The Israel women's national tennis team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בגביע הפדרציה) is the representative national team of Israel in Fed Cup competition. In the 2007 Fed Cup, they qualified from the World Group II and World Group Pla ...

, going 0–3 in singles. In

, she has an overall win–loss record of 1–14.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Doubles: 32 (15–17)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekshibarova, Vlada 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Israeli female tennis players Jewish Israeli sportspeople Jewish tennis players Israeli people of Uzbekistani descent Israeli people of Soviet descent Israeli people of Uzbekistani-Jewish descent Israeli people of Soviet-Jewish descent Uzbekistani emigrants to Israel Uzbekistani female tennis players Uzbekistani Jews