Irina Kotkina

Irina Kotkina
Country (sports)	Russia
Born	19 September 1986 (age 37); Moscow, Russia
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$28,714
Singles
Career record	83–73
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 400 (20 February 2006)
Doubles
Career record	49–50
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 319 (14 November 2005)

Irina Kotkina (born 19 September 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

Biography

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.

ITF finals

Singles (0–4)

$50,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 February 2002	ITF Kaunas, Lithuania	Hard (i)	Katrina Banderę	6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	15 February 2004	ITF Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Monica Niculescu	1–6, 6–3, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	15 August 2004	ITF Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Ana Catarina Nogueira	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	22 August 2004	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	2–6, 3–6

Doubles (4–5)

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