Yana Dmitriyevna Sizikova ( rus, Яна Дмитриевна Сизикова, , ˈjanə ˈsʲizʲɪkəvə; born 12 November 1994) is a Russian
tennis
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player.
She has a career-high ranking of 336 in singles, achieved on 20 June 2016, and on 2 March 2020, she peaked at No. 89 in the doubles rankings of the
WTA.
Sizikova made her
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tourna ...
main-draw debut at the
2018 St. Petersburg Trophy in the doubles tournament, partnering
Dayana Yastremska
Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremska ( uk, Даяна Олександрівна Ястремська; born 15 May 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 21 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). ...
.
In June 2021, she was arrested at Roland Garros after her
French Open doubles first-round loss, amid a
match fixing in tennis
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investigation from
previous year's tournament. The prosecutor's office said her arrest was for "sports bribery and organized fraud for acts likely to have been committed in September 2020." The case was opened by a French police unit specializing in betting fraud and match-fixing, and centered on suspicions about one match at Roland Garros. She has not been officially cleared and the matter remains unresolved.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 15 (3 titles, 12 runner–ups)
Doubles: 76 (44 titles, 32 runner–ups)
Year-end rankings
Awards
* The
Russian Cup in the nomination Student Tennis Players of the Year
See also
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Youssef Hossam
Youssef Hossam ( ar, يوسف حسام; born 3 June 1998) is an Egyptian former professional tennis player who was banned from tennis for life, after he was found guilty of 21 match-fixing and other corruption offences. He was banned in a decisi ...
, tennis player accused of match fixing
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1994 births
Living people
Russian female tennis players
Tennis players from Moscow
Universiade medalists in tennis
Universiade gold medalists for Russia
Universiade bronze medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
Tennis
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Tennis controversies