Irina Kuzmina-Rimša Explained

Irina Kuzmina-Rimša
Birth Date:	16 January 1986
Birth Place:	Riga, Latvia
Turnedpro:	2003
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed forehand)
Careerprizemoney:	$61,484
Singlestitles:	2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 307 (13 October 2008)
Doublestitles:	8 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 193 (13 July 2009)
Team:	yes
Fedcupresult:	19–13

Irina Kuzmina-Rimša (born 16 January 1986) is a Latvian former professional tennis player.

Over her career, she won two singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 13 October 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 307. On 13 July 2009, she peaked at No. 193 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for Latvia Fed Cup team, Kuzmina has accumulated a 19–13 record in Fed Cup competition.

After retiring from professional tennis, she became a beach tennis player.^[1]

ITF finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	15 August 2005	ITF Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Emma Laine	0–6, 2–6
Win	2.	30 May 2006	ITF Olecko, Poland	Clay	Olga Brózda	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3.	8 June 2007	ITF Birkerød, Denmark	Clay	Elena Pioppo	2–6, 0–6
Win	4.	25 June 2007	ITF Oslo, Norway	Clay	Eva-Maria Hoch	6–4, 3–0 ret.
Loss	5.	24 November 2007	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	0–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss	6.	19 January 2009	ITF Kaarst, Germany	Carpet (i)	Sarah Gronert	6–2, 4–6, 5–7

Doubles (8–11)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	10 August 2003	ITF Gdynia, Poland	Clay	Monika Schneider	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Alicja Rosolska	5–7, 2–6
Loss	2.	17 August 2003	ITF Oulu, Finland	Clay	Kateryna Bondarenko	Nicole Melch Yvonne Meusburger	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	3.	12 September 2004	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Kristina Movsesyan	Sofia Melikishvili Svetlana Mossiakova	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	4.	7 November 2004	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Sofia Avakova	Michaëlla Krajicek Jolanda Mens	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	24 May 2005	ITF Olecko, Poland	Clay	Alise Vaidere	Olga Brózda Natalia Kołat	7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	30 January 2006	ITF Belfort, France	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Lopes	Kristina Barrois Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	1–6, 1–6
Win	7.	9 May 2006	ITF Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Oksana Uzhylovska	Justine Ozga Urszula Radwańska	6–0, 6–1
Loss	8.	30 May 2006	ITF Olecko, Poland	Clay	Alise Vaidere	Olga Brózda Natalia Kołat	2–6, 3–6
Win	9.	2 June 2007	ITF Olecko, Poland	Clay	Yuliya Hnateyko	Volha Duko Aleksandra Malyarchikova	6–1, 6–1
Loss	10.	8 June 2007	ITF Birkerød, Denmark	Clay	Zora Vlckova	Elena Pioppo Alice Balducci	7–6^(7), 2–6, 0–6
Loss	11.	19 November 2007	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sheila Solsona-Carcasona	Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova Stefanie Haidner	3–6, 7–6^(8), [3–10]
Win	12.	27 January 2008	ITF Grenoble, France	Hard (i)		Barbora Krtičková Lucie Šípková	6–0, 7–5
Win	13.	11 July 2008	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Oxana Lyubtsova	Irina Buryachok Patricia Mayr	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	14.	4 August 2008	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Vitalia Diatchenko Maria Kondratieva	0–6, 4–6
Loss	15.	30 August 2008	ITF Vlaardingen, Netherlands	Clay	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Teodora Mirčić	1–6, 2–6
Win	16.	8 February 2009	ITF Belfort, France	Carpet (i)	Oxana Lyubtsova	Youlia Fedossova Virginie Pichet	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	17.	24 June 2009	ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Eugeniya Pashkova	Alenka Hubacek Kairangi Vano	7–6, 7–6
Loss	18.	12 October 2009	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	Carpet (i)	Veronika Kapshay	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–2, 2–6, [3–10]
Win	19.	26 July 2010	ITF Tampere, Finland	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Amandine Hesse Monika Tůmová	6–4, 6–2

Notes and References

1. News: Irina Kuzmina-Rimša ITF Beach Tennis. www.itftennis.com.