Ksenia Palkina

Ksenia Palkina
Ксения Палкина Улукан

Country (sports)	Kyrgyzstan
Residence	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Born	(1989-12-13) 13 December 1989 Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	September 2008
Retired	2019
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$221,121
Singles
Career record	379–316
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 163 (23 March 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2009)
French Open	Q1 (2009)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2009)
US Open	Q1 (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	320–231
Career titles	27 ITF
Highest ranking	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. Ksenia Palkina has been banned from tennis for 16 years, six years of which is suspended. She has also been fined $100,000 (with $87,500 suspended) after admitting breaching the rules of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).

ITF Circuit finals

$50/60,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$15,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	28 January 2006	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Bhambri	4–6, 3–6
Win	1.	5 February 2006	ITF Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Meghha Vakaria	6–2, 7–6(4)
Loss	2.	11 August 2007	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Anna Lapushchenkova	4–6, 3–6
Win	2.	27 April 2008	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Maria Kondratieva	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Win	3.	22 June 2008	ITF Torino, Italy	Clay	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6–0, 6–4
Loss	3.	29 June 2008	ITF Padova, Italy	Clay	Nika Ožegović	5–7, 3–6
Loss	4.	15 February 2009	ITF Mildura, Australia	Grass	Abigail Spears	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win	4.	27 March 2010	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Ganna Piven	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	23 April 2010	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Eugeniya Pashkova	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	5.	5 May 2012	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard	Sabina Kurbanova	2–6, 3–6
Win	6.	23 February 2013	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Sabina Sharipova	7–6(3), 7–6(3)
Loss	6.	2 March 2013	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Yashina	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	7.	11 May 2013	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Kamila Kerimbayeva	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Win	8.	22 September 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Caroline Roméo	6–3, 6–1
Win	9.	25 April 2015	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Ksenija Sharifova	6–4, 6–4
Win	10.	17 May 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Melis Sezer	4–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
Win	11.	22 September 2018	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	1–0 ret.

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	29 October 2005	ITF Mumbai, India	Hard	Nicole Clerico	Wilawan Choptang Thassha Vitayaviroj	7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	6 November 2005	ITF Pune, India	Hard	Nicole Clerico	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	7–5, 7–6(7)
Winner	2.	28 January 2006	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Nicole Clerico	Ankita Bhambri Rushmi Chakravarthi	w/o
Runner–up	2.	4 February 2006	ITF Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Nicole Clerico	Lee Wei-ping Lavinia Tananta	w/o
Winner	3.	11 July 2006	ITF Imola, Italy	Carpet	Nicole Clerico	Maria Luiza Craciun Elena Vianello	6–3, 6–0
Winner	4.	18 September 2006	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Ria Dörnemann	Varvara Galanina Liudmila Nikoyan	6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Winner	5.	6 November 2006	ITF Pune, India	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Madura Ranganathan Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner–up	3.	19 November 2006	ITF Pune, India	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Olga Panova Ágnes Szatmári	2–6, 4–6
Runner–up	4.	3 March 2007	ITF Sant Boi, Spain	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Irene Rehberger Bescos Nuria Sánchez García	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	17 September 2007	Telavi Open, Georgia	Clay	Ria Dörnemann	Vasilisa Davydova Marina Shamayko	6–2, 6–2
Runner–up	5.	5 May 2008	ITF Florence, Italy	Clay	Martina Caciotti	Kyra Nagy Valentina Sassi	2–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	11 August 2008	ITF Penza, Russia	Clay	Sofia Shapatava	Irina Buryachok Nikola Fraňková	6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	1 May 2009	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Albina Khabibulina	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	6–4, 6–7(6), [10–5]
Runner–up	6.	5 June 2009	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Anna Brazhnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–3, 4–6, [9–11]
Winner	9.	31 October 2009	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Nina Bratchikova	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	w/o
Runner–up	7.	16 November 2009	ITF Pune, India	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Anastasiya Vasylyeva Nicole Clerico	6–4, 3–6, [11–13]
Runner-up	8.	19 April 2010	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Anastasiya Prenko	Eugeniya Pashkova Maria Zharkova	6–3, 6–7(9), [7–10]
Winner	10.	30 July 2010	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard	Albina Khabibulina	Yuliya Beygelzimer Emily Webley-Smith	6–4, 6–4
Runner–up	9.	14 August 2010	ITF Kazan, Russia	Hard	Albina Khabibulina	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Lesia Tsurenko	2–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	3 September 2010	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Malou Ejdesgaard	Gally De Wael Janina Toljan	6–4, 6–4
Winner	12.	6 December 2010	ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Elena Chalova	Tetyana Arefyeva Yuliana Fedak	6–2, 6–4
Runner–up	10.	2 May 2011	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Han Sung-hee Liang Chen	6–4, 6–7(5), [5–10]
Runner–up	11.	5 May 2012	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard	Maya Gaverova	Anastasiya Vasylyeva Albina Khabibulina	6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Runner–up	12.	22 September 2012	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nigina Abduraimova	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	2–6, 4–6
Runner–up	13.	2 November 2012	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Nigina Abduraimova	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	2–6, 1–6
Winner	13.	18 March 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Anamika Bhargava Nicole Melichar	6–1, 6–3
Winner	14.	25 March 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Başak Eraydın Abbie Myers	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Runner–up	14.	15 April 2013	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	Albina Khabibulina Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3–6, 3–6
Winner	15.	12 May 2013	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Albina Khabibulina	Polina Monova Anna Smolina	6–2, 6–2
Winner	16.	1 July 2013	ITF Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Fatma Al-Nabhani Sviatlana Pirazhenka	6–3, 6–3
Winner	17.	16 September 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Deniz Khazaniuk	Katharina Lehnert Chantal Škamlová	6–7(5), 7–6(3), [10–8]
Runner–up	15.	17 November 2013	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Albina Khabibulina	Polina Monova Alena Tarasova	6–4, 1–6, [6–10]
Winner	18.	24 February 2014	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Albina Khabibulina	Kamila Kerimbayeva Veronika Kapshay	6–4, 7–5
Winner	19.	8 August 2014	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Eudice Chong Anna Grigoryan	7–5, 6–3
Runner–up	16.	17 November 2014	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Alexandra Grinchishina	Polina Pekhova Albina Khabibulina	w/o
Runner–up	17.	1 February 2015	ITF Aktobe, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Eva Wacanno	Polina Merenkova Albina Khabibulina	2–6, 6–7(6)
Runner-up	18.	27 July 2015	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Başak Eraydın	Natela Dzalamidze Alena Tarasova	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	19.	5 December 2016	ITF Val Gardena, Italy	Hard (i)	Anna Remondina	Laura-Ioana Andrei Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	2–6, 3–6
Winner	20.	25 March 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Sofia Shapatava	Sandra Jamrichová Jelena Simić	6–4, 7–5
Winner	21.	28 July 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	Naiktha Bains Karin Kennel	6–3, 2–6, [14–12]
Winner	22.	23 September 2017	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard	Mariana Dražić	Dariya Detkovskaya Zhibek Kulambayeva	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner	23.	30 September 2017	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard	Mariana Dražić	Dariya Detkovskaya Zhibek Kulambayeva	7–5, 6–2
Runner–up	20.	1 December 2017	ITF Indore, India	Hard	Albina Khabibulina	Dea Herdželaš Hsu Ching-wen	2–6, 1–6
Runner–up	21.	14 January 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	İpek Öz	Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva	7–5, 0–6, [11–13]
Winner	24.	16 February 2018	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Clay (i)	Kseniia Bekker	Martina Colmegna Claudia Giovine	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Runner–up	22.	17 March 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Amina Anshba	Xenia Knoll Cornelia Lister	0–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner	25.	13 July 2018	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard	Daria Kruzhkova	Mariana Dražić Valeriya Zeleva	7–6(3), 6–4
Runner–up	23.	12 August 2018	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Sofia Shapatava	Polina Monova Chantal Škamlová	4–6, 3–6
Runner–up	24.	14 September 2018	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	Clay	Albina Khabibulina	Maryna Chernyshova Vlada Ekshibarova	6–7(3), 2–6
Winner	26.	23 March 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Daria Mishina	Cristina Dinu Lina Gjorcheska	6–3, 3–6, [12–10]
Runner–up	25.	27 April 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Zhang Ying	Jenny Dürst Chiara Grimm	w/o
Winner	27.	31 August 2019	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard	Sofia Shapatava	Tamara Čurović Alina Silich	6–4, 7–6(3)

External links

• Ksenia Palkina at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ksenia Palkina at the International Tennis Federation
• Ksenia Palkina at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Ksenia Palkina at ESPN.com