Irina Kornienko

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

Irina Kornienko

Country (sports)	Russia
Born	16 January 1978
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$30,464
Singles
Career record	80–118
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 quarter-finals 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