Yana Alexandrovna Buchina (; born 7 February 1992) is a former Russian

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player. She won two singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the

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. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 334, achieved on 12 August 2013.

Personal life

Yana Buchina was born to Alexander and Lillia Buchina in Samara, Russia, where she resides. Her favourite surfaces are

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and

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s. She was coached by V. Potapenko and by

Eugenia Maniokova Eugenia Aleksandrovna Maniokova ( rus, Евгения Александровна Манюкова, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪə mənʲʊˈkovə ; born 17 May 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Russia. She is a former world No. 18 in doub ...

Tennis career

Junior career

In 2009, she played in the third round of the Australian Open girls' singles event, and the first round of the girls' doubles event, partnering

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. The duo lost to Viktoria Kamenskaya and Karina Pimkina 7–5, 6–4. She reached the second round of the French Open girls' event and the semi-finals of the doubles. Yana lost in the third round of girls' singles event and in the third round of the doubles at Wimbledon. And at US Open, she lost in the final of the singles event to Briton

, 4–6, 1–6. In 2010, she lost in the third round of the girls' singles event of the Australian Open.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (2–2)

Doubles (1–2)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buchina, Yana 1992 births Living people Russian female tennis players Tennis players from Moscow 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women