Liudmila Nikoyan (Armenian: Լյուդմիլա Նիկոյանը; born 1 August 1979) is a Russian born former Armenian tennis player.

Liudmila Nikoyan
Լյուդմիլա Նիկոյանը
Country (sports) Russia (1997–2001)
 Armenia (2001–2010)
Born (1979-08-01) 1 August 1979 (age 45)
Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Turned pro1997
Retired2010
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$27,157
Singles
Career record55–101
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 500 (9 October 2000)
Doubles
Career record105–121
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 347 (15 May 2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup21–7

In her career, Nikoyan won five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 October 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 500. On 15 May 2000, she peaked at No. 347 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Armenia Fed Cup team, Nikoyan has a win–loss record of 21–7.

In 2010, Nikoyan retired from the professional tour. She became a beach tennis player.[1]

ITF finals

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Doubles (5–11)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–6)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 23 May 1999 Horb, Germany Hard   Liina Suurvarik   Esther Brunn
  Camilla Kremer
1–6, 6–7(2)
Winner 1. 12 July 1999 Brussels, Belgium Clay   Līga Dekmeijere   Ségolène Berger
  Victoria Courmes
6–7(6), 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 9 August 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard   Ekaterina Sysoeva   Nadejda Ostrovskaya
  Ekaterina Paniouchkina
0–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 24 April 2000 Cerignola, Italy Clay   Maria Boboedova   Maria Elena Camerin
  Mara Santangelo
w/o
Runner-up 3. 30 October 2000 Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i)   Raissa Gourevitch   Eva Birnerová
  Alexandra Zerkalova
4–2, 5–3, 3–5, 2–4, 0–4
Runner-up 4. 3 June 2001 Warsaw, Poland Clay   Yuliya Beygelzimer   Martina Babáková
  Lenka Snajdrova
4–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 23 July 2002 Horb, Germany Clay   Svetlana Mossiakova   Ruxandra Marin
  Delia Sescioreanu
7–6(4), 6–1
Runner-up 5. 30 March 2004 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Olena Antypina   Raissa Gourevitch
  Ekaterina Kozhokina
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 6. 20 June 2005 Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay   Kristina Movsesyan   Kelly de Beer
  Jessie de Vries
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 20 June 2006 Alcobaça, Portugal Hard   Natalia Pervitskaya   Melissa Berry
  Natalia Orlova
7–6(5), 6–7(3), 1–6
Winner 4. 26 June 2006 Amarante, Portugal Hard   Lucia Gonzalez   Natalia Pervitskaya
  Jenny Swift
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 17 September 2006 Tbilisi, Georgia Hard   Varvara Galanina   Yulia Solonitskaya
  Amina Rakhim
5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 9. 22 September 2006 Tbilisi, Georgia Hard   Varvara Galanina   Ria Dörnemann
  Ksenia Palkina
4–6, 6–3, 0–6
Runner-up 10. 14 October 2007 Espinho, Portugal Clay   Inna Sokolova   Romana Tabak
  Sylwia Zagórska
6–3, 1–6, [4–10]
Runner-up 11. 24 February 2008 Portimão, Portugal Hard   Elena Chalova   Émilie Bacquet
  Chayenne Ewijk
w/o
Winner 5. 21 February 2009 Portimão, Portugal Hard   Diana Isaeva   Raquel Piltcher
  Roxane Vaisemberg
7–6(5), 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "Liudmila Nikoian ITF Beach Tennis". www.itftennis.com.
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