Varvara Alexandrovna Flink (; born 13 December 1996) is an inactive Russian
tennis
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player.
Flink achieved a career-high
WTA singles ranking of 122 on 15 July 2019, and a doubles ranking of 372 on 31 October 2022. She owns one doubles title on the
WTA Challenger Tour. Flink won the first of her six ITF singles titles on 21 May 2017. In doubles, she won two ITF titles. The first was in Monastir, Tunisia in 2012. She reached two singles semifinals in 2013, one in
Dubrovnik
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and the other in
Seoul
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.
Career highlights
ITF Circuit
On the
ITF Junior Circuit, Flink achieved a new career-high ranking of world No. 6, following her win at the Grade-A Copa Gerdau in Brazil in March 2013. Later that year, she achieved more success, reaching the final at the
Osaka Mayor's Cup
The Osaka Mayor's Cup is an ITF Grade A junior tennis tournament. It is held annually in Osaka.
Champions
Boys Singles
Boys Doubles
Girls Singles
Girls Doubles
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and winning the
Dunlop Orange Bowl. She ended the year ranked world No. 3 junior, in January 2014, she became world No. 2.
ITF junior profile
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WTA Tour
Flink made her WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...
debut at the 2012 Baku Cup, where she lost in the first round of the singles tournament to Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn (, , ; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai former tennis player. Born in Los Angeles, she turned professional in 1994, and has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles.
Tanasugarn's career-high WTA ranking is No. 19, achiev ...
from Thailand, in three sets. In doubles, she partnered up with Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (née Mayr; born 8 November 1986) is a retired Austrian tennis player.
Mayr-Achleitner won 17 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 4 May 2009, she reached her best singles r ...
to reach the quarterfinals, where they lost to Eva Birnerova and Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti (born 5 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
On 13 June 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55. On 13 February 2012, she peaked at No. 68 in the doubles rankings.
She won one sin ...
, in straight sets.
Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''
Singles
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Notes
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Russian female tennis players
21st-century Russian sportswomen
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