Irina Kornienko

Irina Kornienko (born 16 January 1978) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

Irina Kornienko

Country (sports)	Russia
Born	(1978-01-16) 16 January 1978 (age 46)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$30,464
Singles
Career record	80–118
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 452 (26 October 1998)
Doubles
Career record	86–75
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 263 (11 October 1999)

Kornienko, a right-handed player, reached her career-high singles ranking of 452 in 1998.^[1]

All of her WTA Tour main-draw appearances came in doubles, which included making the quarterfinals of the 1999 Tashkent Open.^[2] She won six ITF doubles titles and had a best doubles ranking of 263 in the world.^[3]

In 2005, she married tennis player Igor Kunitsyn.^[4]

ITF finals

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	31 August 1997	Kyiv, Ukraine	Clay	Elena Krutko	Vera Zhukovets   Nadejda Ostrovskaya	1–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	21 June 1998	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard	Helena Fremuthova	Maret Ani   Helen Laupa	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	5 July 1998	Lohja, Finland	Hard	Helena Fremuthova	Jasmine Choudhury   Aliénor Tricerri	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	11 April 1999	Cerignola, Italy	Clay	Lina Krasnoroutskaya	Jasmine Choudhury   Lizzie Jelfs	5–7, 5–7
Winner	2.	4 July 1999	Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Ekaterina Sysoeva	Minna Rautajoki   Maria Wolfbrandt	6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	6 February 2000	Istanbul 1, Turkey	Hard	Elena Yaryshka	Nataly Cahana   Katarina Mišić	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	28 May 2000	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Elena Voropaeva	Simona Arghire   Maria Pavlidou	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	2 July 2000	Istanbul 2, Turkey	Hard	Elena Yaryshka	Valeria Bondarenko   Goulnara Fattakhetdinova	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	4.	20 May 2001	Tel Aviv 1, Israel	Hard	Maria Pavlidou	Evghenia Ablovatchi   Yevgenia Savranska	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	27 May 2001	Tel Aviv 2, Israel	Hard	Maria Pavlidou	Emily Hewson   Natasha van der Merwe	w/o
Runner-up	6.	1 July 2001	Athens, Greece	Clay	Irini Alevizopoulou	Dina Milosević   Lana Popadić	6–7^(3), 3–6
Winner	6.	5 August 2001	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Līga Dekmeijere	Chiaki Nakajima   Ayako Suzuki	6–1, 6–4

References

1. "Tennis Abstract: Irina Kornienko WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com.
2. "Scoreboard". Montreal Gazette. 10 June 1999.
3. "Titles". www.itftennis.com.
4. "Игорь КУНИЦЫН: не представляю, как сложилась бы моя жизнь без тенниса". Журнал БОСС (in Russian). 11 November 2012.

External links

• Irina Kornienko at the Women's Tennis Association
• Irina Kornienko at the International Tennis Federation