Irina Selyutina

Irina Selyutina
Ирина Селютина
Country (sports)	Kazakhstan
Residence	Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
Born	7 November 1979; Alma-Ata, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	December 1996
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$420,868
Singles
Career record	183–128
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 85 (14 January 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2002)
French Open	1R (2002)
Wimbledon	1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	192–117
Career titles	3 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 31 (20 November 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2001)
French Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	3R (2000)

Irina Gennadyevna Selyutina (Ирина Геннадьевна Селютина; born 7 November 1979) is a Kazakhstani tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 in junior doubles, winning French Open and Wimbledon in 1997 partnering with Cara Black.^[1] Black and Selyutina were also crowned ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion in 1997.^[1] Selyutina has won three WTA Tour doubles titles so far — J&S Cup with Cătălina Cristea in 1999, Canberra Women's Classic with Nannie De Villiers and Porto Open with Black in 2002. She also enjoyed success on ITF Circuit, winning seven singles and twenty doubles events.

Personal life

Selyutina was born to Gennady and Tatyana Selyutina in Alma-Ata (Soviet Union then, Kazakhstan now).^[2] She has a brother, Nickolay.^[2] Selyutina began playing tennis aged eight, and has been coached by her first coach Valery Kovalyov for her entire career.^[2] Selyutina, who graduated from high school in 1996, prefers hard courts.^[2]

Awards

1997 — ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion (with Cara Black)

Career statistics

WTA Tour doubles finals (3–2)

Legend
Grand Slam (0/0)
WTA Tour Championship (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/1)
Tier IV & V (3/1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	9 May 1999	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Cătălina Cristea	Amélie Cocheteux Janette Husárová	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	18 June 2000	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Cara Black	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	2.	13 January 2002	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti	6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	7 April 2002	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Cara Black	Kristie Boogert Magüi Serna	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Runner-up	2.	15 September 2002	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Meilen Tu María Vento-Kabchi	1–6, 6–2, 6–3

ITF Finals

Singles Finals: 12 (7–5)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	24 November 1996	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Zdenka Malková	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	18 May 1998	Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Paula Hermida Velo	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	21 November 1999	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Holly Parkinson	4–6, 0–6
Winner	4.	18 February 2001	Sutton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Dragana Zarić	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	16 April 2001	Allentown, United States	Hard	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	4–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	23 April 2001	Jackson, United States	Clay	Gabriela Voleková	6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	6 May 2001	Dothan, United States	Clay	Ashley Harkleroad	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	15 October 2001	Southampton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Eva Dyrberg	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	28 October 2001	Dallas, United States	Hard	Milagros Sequera	7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Winner	10.	4 November 2001	Hayward, United States	Hard	Milagros Sequera	7–5, 6–4
Winner	11.	18 November 2001	Hattiesburg, United States	Hard	Seda Noorlander	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	12.	21 July 2002	Oyster Bay, United States	Hard	Cho Yoon-jeong	6–7^(4–7), 4–6

Doubles Finals: 28 (20–8)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	17 November 1996	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Cara Black	Ľudmila Cervanová Zuzana Váleková	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	24 November 1996	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Cara Black	Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	12 January 1997	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Cara Black	Brie Rippner Paige Yaroshuk	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	7 April 1997	Athens, Greece	Clay	Cara Black	Virág Csurgó Svetlana Krivencheva	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	24 August 1997	Kiev, Ukraine	Clay	Cara Black	Natalia Egorova Olga Ivanova	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	28 September 1997	Tucumán, Argentina	Clay	Cara Black	Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	18 May 1998	Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Kelly Liggan	Cristina Correia Bruna Colósio	2–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	28 September 1998	Santa Clara County, United States	Hard	Cara Black	Maureen Drake Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	7 March 1999	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Laura Golarsa	Åsa Svensson Laurence Courtois	3–6, 7–6, 0–6
Winner	10.	31 October 1999	Dallas, United States	Hard	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck	6–3, 6–3
Winner	11.	28 November 1999	Nurioopta, Australia	Hard	Louise Pleming	Rachel McQuillan Trudi Musgrave	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	17 July 2000	Mahwah, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Evie Dominikovic Nirupama Sanjeev	4–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	30 July 2000	Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck	W/O
Runner-up	14.	11 February 2001	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Tina Križan	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	1–6, 3–6
Winner	15.	15 April 2001	Columbus, United States	Hard (i)	Lisa McShea	Amanda Augustus Sarah Taylor	6–1, 7–5
Winner	16.	22 April 2001	Allentown, United States	Hard (i)	Lisa McShea	Amanda Augustus Zuzana Lesenarová	7–5, 6–3
Winner	17.	23 April 2001	Jackson, United States	Clay	Amanda Augustus	Zuzana Lesenarová Nicole Melch	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	18.	23 July 2001	Ettenheim, Germany	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Eva Dyrberg Maja Matevžič	walkover
Winner	19.	30 July 2001	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Gisela Riera	6–2, 6–3
Winner	20.	9 September 2001	Denain, France	Clay	Émilie Loit	Debby Haak Jolanda Mens	6–1, 6–3
Winner	21.	21 October 2001	Southampton, Great Britain	Hard (İ)	Nannie de Villiers	Lubomira Bacheva Elena Tatarkova	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	22.	28 October 2001	Dallas, United States	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi	6–7^(4–7), 2–6
Winner	23.	4 November 2001	Hayward, United States	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Amanda Augustus Abigail Spears	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	24.	9 June 2002	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Nannie de Villiers	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	25.	21 July 2002	Oyster Bay, United States	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Jennifer Embry Jessica Lehnhoff	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	26.	28 July 2002	Louisville, United States	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Miho Saeki Renata Voráčová	5–7, 6–1, 7–5
Winner	27.	28 July 2002	Lexington, United States	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 7–5
Winner	28.	22 September 2002	Columbus, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Teryn Ashley Ashley Harkleroad	W/O

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals (2–0)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winners	1997	French Open	Clay	Cara Black	Maja Matevžič Katarina Srebotnik	6–0, 5–7, 7–5
Winners	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Cara Black	Maja Matevžič Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 7–5, 6–3

References

External links

Irina Selyutina at the Women's Tennis Association
Irina Selyutina at the International Tennis Federation
Irina Selyutina at the Fed Cup

Preceded by Michaela Paštiková	ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion (with Cara Black) 1997	Succeeded by Eva Dyrberg

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