Tatiana Yurevna Perebiynis ( ua, Тетяна Юріївна Перебийніс; born 15 December 1982) is a former professional

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player from

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. She reached the Wimbledon junior girls' singles final in 2000, and won the Wimbledon juniors doubles final that same year. In 2008, she reached her career-high ranking of world No. 55.

Biography

Tatiana Perebiynis was coached by her husband, Dimitriy "Dima" Zadorozhniy. They married on 15 October 2005 in

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singles title but she has a runner-up in single when she lost to Australian Alicia Molik in Stockholm in 2004. She did, however, win six WTA tournaments in doubles. Her most notable doubles titles are her two victories at the J&S Cup in

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, partnering with

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(2005) and

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(2007). Her best performance at a

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tournament came at Wimbledon in 2005, when she partnered with Australia's Paul Hanley in mixed doubles. The pair reached the final, losing in straight sets to

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and

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. The following year, she partnered with fellow Ukrainian Yuliana Fedak for the qualifying event of women's doubles at Wimbledon. The pair qualified for the event, then reached the semi-finals where they lost to

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and

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. While Perebiynis was a talented junior and a respected doubles player, she has had less success in singles on the main tour. Though she swiftly climbed up the ranks early in her career, reaching the third round at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2004, her tennis career faltered when she was diagnosed with a viral infection in mid-2005. She was forced out of competition for over six months and, as a result, her ranking dropped to outside of the top 200. In October 2007, Perebiynis re-entered the top 100 after qualifying for the

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, jumping over 30 places to 97 in the rankings. Tatiana Perebiynis antwerpen 2008

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 11 (6–5)

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Singles performance timeline

¹Doha became a Tier I event in 2008. San Diego and Zurich are no longer Tier I events.

Top 10 wins

External links

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