Eugenia Aleksandrovna Maniokova ( rus, Евгения Александровна Манюкова, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪə mənʲʊˈkovə ; born 17 May 1968) is a retired professional

tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...

from

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. She is a former world No. 18 in doubles.

Biography

Maniokova is best known for winning the mixed doubles event at the

1993 French Open The 1993 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 97th staging of the French Open, and the second Gran ...

partnering

Andrei Olhovskiy Andrei Stanislavovich Olhovskiy (russian: Андре́й Станисла́вович Ольхо́вский; ; born 15 April 1966) is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989. Career Olhovskiy represented the Sovie ...

. In her career, she won four titles in women's doubles on the

WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tou ...

, and three titles in singles and 24 in women's doubles on the

ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental ...

. Maniokova represented

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at both the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

and

1992 Federation Cup The 1992 Federation Cup was the 30th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. For the first time, qualifying rounds were split among three regional zones, each sending teams to the main World Group tour ...

, due to the separation of the Soviet Union. Maniokova retired after playing at the 1996 French Open.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles (1 title)

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 8 (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

ITF finals

Singles (3–3)

Doubles (20–5)

Other finals

Singles (2-1)

Doubles (0-1)

Mixed (1-0)

References

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