Ksenia Palkina Explained

Ksenia Palkina
Ксения Палкина Улукан
Residence:Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Birth Date:13 December 1989
Birth Place:Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union
Height:1.74 m
Turnedpro:September 2008
Retired:2019
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$221,121
Singlestitles:11 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 163 (23 March 2009)
Australianopenresult:Q2 (2009)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (2009)
Wimbledonresult:Q2 (2009)
Usopenresult:Q1 (2008, 2009)
Doublestitles:27 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 164 (12 April 2010)

Ksenia Palkina (Russian: Ксения Палкина Улукан or Ksenia Palkina Ulukan; born 13 December 1989) is a Russian-born Kyrgyzstani former tennis player. Palkina won 11 singles titles and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 March 2009, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 163. On 12 April 2010, she peaked at No. 164 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Personal life

Palkina was born in Khabarovsk Krai to mother Marina and father Nikolay, and has a brother named Nikita. Her favourite surface is clay.

As of November 2019, Palkina has been provisionally suspended by the Tennis Integrity Unit.[1]

ITF Circuit finals

$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.28 January 2006ITF New Delhi, IndiaHard Ankita Bhambri4–6, 3–6
Win1.5 February 2006ITF Muzaffarnagar, IndiaGrass Meghha Vakaria6–2, 7–6(4)
Loss2.11 August 2007ITF Moscow, RussiaClay Anna Lapushchenkova4–6, 3–6
Win2.27 April 2008ITF Namangan, UzbekistanHard Maria Kondratieva6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Win3.22 June 2008ITF Torino, ItalyClay Giulia Gatto-Monticone6–0, 6–4
Loss3.29 June 2008ITF Padova, ItalyClay Nika Ožegović5–7, 3–6
Loss4.15 February 2009ITF Mildura, AustraliaGrass Abigail Spears7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win4.27 March 2010ITF Namangan, UzbekistanHard Ganna Piven3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win5.23 April 2010ITF Almaty, KazakhstanHard (i) Eugeniya Pashkova7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Loss5.5 May 2012ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanHard Sabina Kurbanova2–6, 3–6
Win6.23 February 2013ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanHard (i) Sabina Sharipova7–6(3), 7–6(3)
Loss6.2 March 2013ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanHard (i) Ekaterina Yashina3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win7.11 May 2013ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanClay Kamila Kerimbayeva6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Win8.22 September 2013ITF Antalya, TurkeyHard Caroline Roméo6–3, 6–1
Win9.25 April 2015ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanClay Ksenija Sharifova6–4, 6–4
Win10.17 May 2015ITF Antalya, TurkeyHard Melis Sezer4–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
Win11.22 September 2018ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Clay Maryna Chernyshova1–0 ret.

Doubles: 52 (27 titles, 25 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner–up1.29 October 2005ITF Mumbai, IndiaHard Nicole Clerico Wilawan Choptang
Thassha Vitayaviroj
7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Winner1.6 November 2005ITF Pune, IndiaHard Nicole Clerico Rushmi Chakravarthi
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
7–5, 7–6(7)
Winner2.28 January 2006ITF New Delhi, IndiaHard Nicole Clerico Ankita Bhambri
Rushmi Chakravarthi
w/o
Runner–up2.4 February 2006ITF Muzaffarnagar, IndiaGrass Nicole Clerico Lee Wei-ping
Lavinia Tananta
w/o
Winner3.11 July 2006ITF Imola, ItalyCarpet Nicole Clerico Maria Luiza Craciun
Elena Vianello
6–3, 6–0
Winner4.18 September 2006ITF Tbilisi, GeorgiaClay Ria Dörnemann Varvara Galanina
Liudmila Nikoyan
6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Winner5.6 November 2006ITF Pune, IndiaHard Isha Lakhani Madura Ranganathan
Nungnadda Wannasuk
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner–up3.19 November 2006ITF Pune, IndiaClay Nicole Clerico Olga Panova
Ágnes Szatmári
2–6, 4–6
Runner–up4.3 March 2007ITF Sant Boi, SpainClay Nicole Clerico Irene Rehberger Bescos
Nuria Sánchez García
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner6.17 September 2007Telavi Open, GeorgiaClay Ria Dörnemann Vasilisa Davydova
Marina Shamayko
6–2, 6–2
Runner–up5.5 May 2008ITF Florence, ItalyClay Martina Caciotti Kyra Nagy
Valentina Sassi
2–6, 3–6
Winner7.11 August 2008ITF Penza, RussiaClay Sofia Shapatava Irina Buryachok
Nikola Fraňková
6–4, 6–4
Winner8.1 May 2009ITF Namangan, UzbekistanHard Albina Khabibulina Çağla Büyükakçay
Pemra Özgen
6–4, 6–7(6), [10–5]
Runner–up6.5 June 2009ITF Bukhara, UzbekistanHard Arina Rodionova Anna Brazhnikova
Marta Sirotkina
6–3, 4–6, [9–11]
Winner9.31 October 2009ITF İstanbul, TurkeyHard (i) Nina Bratchikova Petra Cetkovská
Renata Voráčová
w/o
Runner–up7.16 November 2009ITF Pune, IndiaHard Nina Bratchikova Anastasiya Vasylyeva
Nicole Clerico
6–4, 3–6, [11–13]
Runner-up8.19 April 2010ITF Almaty, KazakhstanHard (i) Anastasiya Prenko Eugeniya Pashkova
Maria Zharkova
6–3, 6–7(9), [7–10]
Winner10.30 July 2010ITF Almaty, KazakhstanHard Albina Khabibulina Yuliya Beygelzimer
Emily Webley-Smith
6–4, 6–4
Runner–up9.14 August 2010ITF Kazan, RussiaHard Albina Khabibulina Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Lesia Tsurenko
2–6, 3–6
Winner11.3 September 2010ITF İstanbul, TurkeyHard Malou Ejdesgaard Gally De Wael
Janina Toljan
6–4, 6–4
Winner12.6 December 2010ITF Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHard Elena Chalova Tetyana Arefyeva
Yuliana Fedak
6–2, 6–4
Runner–up10.2 May 2011ITF Bukhara, UzbekistanHard Nina Bratchikova Han Sung-hee
Liang Chen
6–4, 6–7(5), [5–10]
Runner–up11.5 May 2012ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanHard Maya Gaverova Anastasiya Vasylyeva
Albina Khabibulina
6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Runner–up12.22 September 2012ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanHard Nigina Abduraimova Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova
2–6, 4–6
Runner–up13.2 November 2012ITF İstanbul, TurkeyHard (i) Nigina Abduraimova Çağla Büyükakçay
Pemra Özgen
2–6, 1–6
Winner13.18 March 2013ITF Antalya, TurkeyHard Oksana Kalashnikova Anamika Bhargava
Nicole Melichar
6–1, 6–3
Winner14.25 March 2013ITF Antalya, TurkeyHard Oksana Kalashnikova Başak Eraydın
Abbie Myers
6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Runner–up14.15 April 2013ITF Namangan, UzbekistanHard Valentyna Ivakhnenko Albina Khabibulina
Anastasiya Vasylyeva
3–6, 3–6
Winner15.12 May 2013ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanClay Albina Khabibulina Polina Monova
Anna Smolina
6–2, 6–2
Winner16.1 July 2013ITF Middelburg, NetherlandsClay Veronika Kapshay Fatma Al-Nabhani
Sviatlana Pirazhenka
6–3, 6–3
Winner17.16 September 2013ITF Antalya, TurkeyHard Deniz Khazaniuk Katharina Lehnert
Chantal Škamlová
6–7(5), 7–6(3), [10–8]
Runner–up15.17 November 2013ITF Astana, KazakhstanHard (i) Albina Khabibulina Polina Monova
Alena Tarasova
6–4, 1–6, [6–10]
Winner18.24 February 2014ITF Astana, KazakhstanHard (i) Albina Khabibulina Kamila Kerimbayeva
Veronika Kapshay
6–4, 7–5
Winner19.8 August 2014ITF Astana, KazakhstanHard Ekaterina Yashina Eudice Chong
Anna Grigoryan
7–5, 6–3
Runner–up16.17 November 2014ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanClay Alexandra Grinchishina Polina Pekhova
Albina Khabibulina
w/o
Runner–up17.1 February 2015ITF Aktobe, KazakhstanHard (i) Eva Wacanno Polina Merenkova
Albina Khabibulina
2–6, 6–7(6)
Runner-up18.27 July 2015ITF Astana, KazakhstanHard Başak Eraydın Natela Dzalamidze
Alena Tarasova
0–6, 1–6
Runner-up19.5 December 2016ITF Val Gardena, ItalyHard (i) Anna Remondina Laura-Ioana Andrei
Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic
2–6, 3–6
Winner20.25 March 2017ITF Antalya, TurkeyClay Sofia Shapatava Sandra Jamrichová
Jelena Simić
6–4, 7–5
Winner21.28 July 2017ITF Hua Hin, ThailandHard Luksika Kumkhum Naiktha Bains
Karin Kennel
6–3, 2–6, [14–12]
Winner22.23 September 2017ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanHard Mariana Dražić Dariya Detkovskaya
Zhibek Kulambayeva
7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner23.30 September 2017ITF Shymkent, KazakhstanHard Mariana Dražić Dariya Detkovskaya
Zhibek Kulambayeva
7–5, 6–2
Runner–up20.1 December 2017ITF Indore, IndiaHard Albina Khabibulina Dea Herdželaš
Hsu Ching-wen
2–6, 1–6
Runner–up21.14 January 2018ITF Antalya, TurkeyClay İpek Öz Sofia Shapatava
Anastasiya Vasylyeva
7–5, 0–6, [11–13]
Winner24.16 February 2018ITF Bergamo, ItalyClay (i) Kseniia Bekker Martina Colmegna
Claudia Giovine
6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Runner–up22.17 March 2018ITF Antalya, TurkeyClay Amina Anshba Xenia Knoll
Cornelia Lister
0–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner25.13 July 2018ITF Almaty, KazakhstanHard Daria Kruzhkova Mariana Dražić
Valeriya Zeleva
7–6(3), 6–4
Runner–up23.12 August 2018Ladies Open Hechingen,
Germany
Clay Sofia Shapatava Polina Monova
Chantal Škamlová
4–6, 3–6
Runner–up24.14 September 2018ITF Almaty, KazakhstanClay Albina Khabibulina Maryna Chernyshova
Vlada Ekshibarova
6–7(3), 2–6
Winner26.23 March 2019ITF Antalya, TurkeyClay Daria Mishina Cristina Dinu
Lina Gjorcheska
6–3, 3–6, [12–10]
Runner–up25.27 April 2019ITF Antalya, TurkeyClay Zhang Ying Jenny Dürst
Chiara Grimm
w/o
Winner27.31 August 2019ITF Almaty, KazakhstanHard Sofia Shapatava Tamara Čurović
Alina Silich
6–4, 7–6(3)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITIA - ksenia palkina provisionally suspended independent anti corruption hearing officer.