Ksenia Palkina (Russian: Ксения Палкина Улукан or Ksenia Palkina Ulukan; born 13 December 1989) is a Russian-born Kyrgyzstani former tennis player. Palkina won 11 singles titles and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 March 2009, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 163. On 12 April 2010, she peaked at No. 164 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Ksenia Palkina
Ксения Палкина Улукан
Country (sports) Kyrgyzstan
ResidenceBishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Born (1989-12-13) 13 December 1989 (age 34)
Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned proSeptember 2008
Retired2019
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$221,121
Singles
Career record379–316
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 163 (23 March 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2009)
French OpenQ1 (2009)
WimbledonQ2 (2009)
US OpenQ1 (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record320–231
Career titles27 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 164 (12 April 2010)

Personal life

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Palkina was born in Khabarovsk Krai to mother Marina and father Nikolay, and has a brother named Nikita.[1] Her favourite surface is clay.[1]

As of November 2019, Palkina has been provisionally suspended by the Tennis Integrity Unit. Ksenia Palkina has been banned from tennis for 16 years, six years of which is suspended. She has also been fined $100,000 (with $87,500 suspended) after admitting breaching the rules of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).[2]

ITF Circuit finals

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$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 28 January 2006 ITF New Delhi, India Hard   Ankita Bhambri 4–6, 3–6
Win 1. 5 February 2006 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass   Meghha Vakaria 6–2, 7–6(4)
Loss 2. 11 August 2007 ITF Moscow, Russia Clay   Anna Lapushchenkova 4–6, 3–6
Win 2. 27 April 2008 ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard   Maria Kondratieva 6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Win 3. 22 June 2008 ITF Torino, Italy Clay   Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6–0, 6–4
Loss 3. 29 June 2008 ITF Padova, Italy Clay   Nika Ožegović 5–7, 3–6
Loss 4. 15 February 2009 ITF Mildura, Australia Grass   Abigail Spears 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win 4. 27 March 2010 ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard   Ganna Piven 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 5. 23 April 2010 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard (i)   Eugeniya Pashkova 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 5. 5 May 2012 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Hard   Sabina Kurbanova 2–6, 3–6
Win 6. 23 February 2013 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Hard (i)   Sabina Sharipova 7–6(3), 7–6(3)
Loss 6. 2 March 2013 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Hard (i)   Ekaterina Yashina 3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 7. 11 May 2013 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Clay   Kamila Kerimbayeva 6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Win 8. 22 September 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard   Caroline Roméo 6–3, 6–1
Win 9. 25 April 2015 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Clay   Ksenija Sharifova 6–4, 6–4
Win 10. 17 May 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard   Melis Sezer 4–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
Win 11. 22 September 2018 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Clay   Maryna Chernyshova 1–0 ret.

Doubles: 52 (27 titles, 25 runner-ups)

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Outcome No. Date Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner–up 1. 29 October 2005 ITF Mumbai, India Hard   Nicole Clerico   Wilawan Choptang
  Thassha Vitayaviroj
7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Winner 1. 6 November 2005 ITF Pune, India Hard   Nicole Clerico   Rushmi Chakravarthi
  Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
7–5, 7–6(7)
Winner 2. 28 January 2006 ITF New Delhi, India Hard   Nicole Clerico   Ankita Bhambri
  Rushmi Chakravarthi
w/o
Runner–up 2. 4 February 2006 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass   Nicole Clerico   Lee Wei-ping
  Lavinia Tananta
w/o
Winner 3. 11 July 2006 ITF Imola, Italy Carpet   Nicole Clerico   Maria Luiza Craciun
  Elena Vianello
6–3, 6–0
Winner 4. 18 September 2006 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia Clay   Ria Dörnemann   Varvara Galanina
  Liudmila Nikoyan
6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Winner 5. 6 November 2006 ITF Pune, India Hard   Isha Lakhani   Madura Ranganathan
  Nungnadda Wannasuk
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner–up 3. 19 November 2006 ITF Pune, India Clay   Nicole Clerico   Olga Panova
  Ágnes Szatmári
2–6, 4–6
Runner–up 4. 3 March 2007 ITF Sant Boi, Spain Clay   Nicole Clerico   Irene Rehberger Bescos
  Nuria Sánchez García
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 6. 17 September 2007 Telavi Open, Georgia Clay   Ria Dörnemann   Vasilisa Davydova
  Marina Shamayko
6–2, 6–2
Runner–up 5. 5 May 2008 ITF Florence, Italy Clay   Martina Caciotti   Kyra Nagy
  Valentina Sassi
2–6, 3–6
Winner 7. 11 August 2008 ITF Penza, Russia Clay   Sofia Shapatava   Irina Buryachok
  Nikola Fraňková
6–4, 6–4
Winner 8. 1 May 2009 ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard   Albina Khabibulina   Çağla Büyükakçay
  Pemra Özgen
6–4, 6–7(6), [10–5]
Runner–up 6. 5 June 2009 ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard   Arina Rodionova   Anna Brazhnikova
  Marta Sirotkina
6–3, 4–6, [9–11]
Winner 9. 31 October 2009 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard (i)   Nina Bratchikova   Petra Cetkovská
  Renata Voráčová
w/o
Runner–up 7. 16 November 2009 ITF Pune, India Hard   Nina Bratchikova   Anastasiya Vasylyeva
  Nicole Clerico
6–4, 3–6, [11–13]
Runner-up 8. 19 April 2010 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard (i)   Anastasiya Prenko   Eugeniya Pashkova
  Maria Zharkova
6–3, 6–7(9), [7–10]
Winner 10. 30 July 2010 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard   Albina Khabibulina   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Emily Webley-Smith
6–4, 6–4
Runner–up 9. 14 August 2010 ITF Kazan, Russia Hard   Albina Khabibulina   Ekaterina Dzehalevich
  Lesia Tsurenko
2–6, 3–6
Winner 11. 3 September 2010 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard   Malou Ejdesgaard   Gally De Wael
  Janina Toljan
6–4, 6–4
Winner 12. 6 December 2010 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard   Elena Chalova   Tetyana Arefyeva
  Yuliana Fedak
6–2, 6–4
Runner–up 10. 2 May 2011 ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard   Nina Bratchikova   Han Sung-hee
  Liang Chen
6–4, 6–7(5), [5–10]
Runner–up 11. 5 May 2012 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Hard   Maya Gaverova   Anastasiya Vasylyeva
  Albina Khabibulina
6–3, 1–6, [6–10]
Runner–up 12. 22 September 2012 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Hard   Nigina Abduraimova   Valentyna Ivakhnenko
  Kateryna Kozlova
2–6, 4–6
Runner–up 13. 2 November 2012 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard (i)   Nigina Abduraimova   Çağla Büyükakçay
  Pemra Özgen
2–6, 1–6
Winner 13. 18 March 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard   Oksana Kalashnikova   Anamika Bhargava
  Nicole Melichar
6–1, 6–3
Winner 14. 25 March 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard   Oksana Kalashnikova   Başak Eraydın
  Abbie Myers
6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Runner–up 14. 15 April 2013 ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard   Valentyna Ivakhnenko   Albina Khabibulina
  Anastasiya Vasylyeva
3–6, 3–6
Winner 15. 12 May 2013 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Clay   Albina Khabibulina   Polina Monova
  Anna Smolina
6–2, 6–2
Winner 16. 1 July 2013 ITF Middelburg, Netherlands Clay   Veronika Kapshay   Fatma Al-Nabhani
  Sviatlana Pirazhenka
6–3, 6–3
Winner 17. 16 September 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard   Deniz Khazaniuk   Katharina Lehnert
  Chantal Škamlová
6–7(5), 7–6(3), [10–8]
Runner–up 15. 17 November 2013 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard (i)   Albina Khabibulina   Polina Monova
  Alena Tarasova
6–4, 1–6, [6–10]
Winner 18. 24 February 2014 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard (i)   Albina Khabibulina   Kamila Kerimbayeva
  Veronika Kapshay
6–4, 7–5
Winner 19. 8 August 2014 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard   Ekaterina Yashina   Eudice Chong
  Anna Grigoryan
7–5, 6–3
Runner–up 16. 17 November 2014 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Clay   Alexandra Grinchishina   Polina Pekhova
  Albina Khabibulina
w/o
Runner–up 17. 1 February 2015 ITF Aktobe, Kazakhstan Hard (i)   Eva Wacanno   Polina Merenkova
  Albina Khabibulina
2–6, 6–7(6)
Runner-up 18. 27 July 2015 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard   Başak Eraydın   Natela Dzalamidze
  Alena Tarasova
0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 19. 5 December 2016 ITF Val Gardena, Italy Hard (i)   Anna Remondina   Laura-Ioana Andrei
  Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic
2–6, 3–6
Winner 20. 25 March 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay   Sofia Shapatava   Sandra Jamrichová
  Jelena Simić
6–4, 7–5
Winner 21. 28 July 2017 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand Hard   Luksika Kumkhum   Naiktha Bains
  Karin Kennel
6–3, 2–6, [14–12]
Winner 22. 23 September 2017 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Hard   Mariana Dražić   Dariya Detkovskaya
  Zhibek Kulambayeva
7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner 23. 30 September 2017 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan Hard   Mariana Dražić   Dariya Detkovskaya
  Zhibek Kulambayeva
7–5, 6–2
Runner–up 20. 1 December 2017 ITF Indore, India Hard   Albina Khabibulina   Dea Herdželaš
  Hsu Ching-wen
2–6, 1–6
Runner–up 21. 14 January 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay   İpek Öz   Sofia Shapatava
  Anastasiya Vasylyeva
7–5, 0–6, [11–13]
Winner 24. 16 February 2018 ITF Bergamo, Italy Clay (i)   Kseniia Bekker   Martina Colmegna
  Claudia Giovine
6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Runner–up 22. 17 March 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay   Amina Anshba   Xenia Knoll
  Cornelia Lister
0–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner 25. 13 July 2018 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard   Daria Kruzhkova   Mariana Dražić
  Valeriya Zeleva
7–6(3), 6–4
Runner–up 23. 12 August 2018 Ladies Open Hechingen,
Germany
Clay   Sofia Shapatava   Polina Monova
  Chantal Škamlová
4–6, 3–6
Runner–up 24. 14 September 2018 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Clay   Albina Khabibulina   Maryna Chernyshova
  Vlada Ekshibarova
6–7(3), 2–6
Winner 26. 23 March 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay   Daria Mishina   Cristina Dinu
  Lina Gjorcheska
6–3, 3–6, [12–10]
Runner–up 25. 27 April 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay   Zhang Ying   Jenny Dürst
  Chiara Grimm
w/o
Winner 27. 31 August 2019 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard   Sofia Shapatava   Tamara Čurović
  Alina Silich
6–4, 7–6(3)

References

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  1. ^ a b Ksenia Palkina at the International Tennis Federation  
  2. ^ "ITIA - ksenia palkina provisionally suspended independent anti corruption hearing officer".
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