Polina Vyacheslavovna Iatcenko (, born 10 December 2003) is a Russian

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player. She has a career high singles ranking of 295 achieved on 1 April 2024. Iatcenko was born on December 10, 2003 in

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. Later, she moved with her family to the village of Novopodkletnoye in the Ramonsky District of the

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Region. She started playing tennis with the support of her family at the age of 8. In addition to her native Russian, she speaks fluent English.

Career

In February 2022, she won the silver medal at the Russian Cup in doubles with partner

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. They lost to Ksenia Laskutova and

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in the final. In September 2022 she won a singles title in Sharm-el-Sheikh defeating

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in the final in straight sets. In March 2023, she won a singles W15 title at Sharm-el-Sheikh defeating Katarína Kužmová in the final, and at the same venue that month won a doubles title alongside Kužmová in women's doubles. In August 2023, she won the title by defeating Belarusian Aliona Falei in the

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final held in

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, Kazakhstan. In January 2024, she lost to Croatian

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in the final of the ITF W25 tournament in Monastir, Tunisia. Playing alongside

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she reached the final of the women’s doubles at the W50

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tournament in Portugal in a November 2024 where they lost to British pair Ella McDonald and Holly Hutchinson. In March 2025, she reached the doubles final at the ITF W35 tournament in

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, India, with her partner Mariia Tkacheva. In April 2025, she became the champion in singles and played in the finals in doubles at the ITF W35 tennis tournament held in

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, Egypt. In June 2025, she won her first major title in doubles at the ITF W50 tournament in

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, Portugal, with her Belarusian partner Aliona Falei.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner–ups)

Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)

References

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