| Irina Kotkina | |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Russia |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | $28,714 |
| Singlesrecord: | 83–73 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 400 (20 February 2006) |
| Doublesrecord: | 49–50 |
| Doublestitles: | 4 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 319 (14 November 2005) |
Irina Kotkina (born 19 September 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player.
A right-handed player from Moscow, Kotkina was a top 10 ranked junior. At the 2004 French Open, she and Yaroslava Shvedova were runners-up in the girls' doubles, to Kateřina Böhmová and Michaëlla Krajicek.[1]
On the professional circuit she reached a best singles ranking of 400 in the world. She featured in one WTA Tour main draw, as a wildcard at the 2006 İstanbul Cup, where she retired hurt while trailing Michaëlla Krajicek in the first round, due to an elbow injury.[2]
In her career, Kotkina won four ITF titles, all in doubles.
| $50,000 tournaments | |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ffa07a | Runner-up | 1. | 17 February 2002 | ITF Kaunas, Lithuania | Hard (i) | Katrina Banderę | 6–2, 5–7, 4–6 | |
| bgcolor=#ffa07a | Runner-up | 2. | 15 February 2004 | ITF Albufeira, Portugal | Hard |  Monica Niculescu | 1–6, 6–3, 0–6 | |
| bgcolor=#ffa07a | Runner-up | 3. | 15 August 2004 | ITF Albufeira, Portugal | Hard | Ana Catarina Nogueira | 5–7, 0–6 | |
| bgcolor=#ffa07a | Runner-up | 4. | 22 August 2004 | ITF Coimbra, Portugal | Hard |  Akgul Amanmuradova | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 17 February 2002 | ITF Kaunas, Lithuania | Hard (i) |  Daria Chemarda |  Margit Rüütel Ilona Poljakova | 6–0, 6–3 | |
| Winner | 2. | 8 July 2002 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Clay | Anna Chakvetadze | Daniela Berček Ana Četnik | 7–5, 6–4 | |
| Runner-up | 1. | 23 June 2003 | ITF Elektrostal, Russia | Hard | Daria Chemarda | Iryna Brémond  Olga Savchuk | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 | |
| Runner-up | 2. | 5 July 2003 | ITF Balashikha, Russia | Clay | Iryna Brémond | Daria Chemarda Elena Vesnina | 5–7, 4–6 | |
| Runner-up | 3. | 3 August 2003 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | Olga Panova |  Julia Ács Zsuzsanna Fodor | 7–6(5), 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Winner | 3. | 22 August 2004 | ITF Coimbra, Portugal | Hard | Akgul Amanmuradova | Sarah Raab Sandra Volk | 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 | |
| Runner-up | 4. | 21 September 2004 | ITF Batumi, Georgia | Hard | Anna Bastrikova | Alona Bondarenko Galina Fokina | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Runner-up | 5. | 7 March 2005 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | Clay |  Charlène Vanneste | Romina Oprandi Vanessa Wellauer | 5–7, 2–6 | |
| Winner | 4. | 17 September 2005 | ITF Tbilisi, Georgia | Clay | Olga Panova | Vasilisa Davydova  Pemra Özgen | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |