Valentina Yuryevna Ivakhnenko (; born 27 June 1993) is a Russian former professional
tennis
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player.
On 30 July 2018, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 167, whilst her best doubles ranking by the
WTA was 104 on 28 November 2016.
In September 2014, six months after
Crimea
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was
occupied and subsequently annexed by the Russian Federation, Ukrainian-born Ivakhnenko became a naturalized citizen of Russia. She retired from ITF Circuit in 2022.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Doubles: 50 (35 titles, 15 runner–ups)
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1993 births
Living people
Ukrainian female tennis players
Russian female tennis players
People from Yalta
Ukrainian emigrants to Russia
Naturalized citizens of Russia
Ukrainian sportspeople in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian War
21st-century Russian sportswomen
21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen