Irina Selyutina
Introduction '''Irina Gennadyevna Selyutina''' (Ирина Геннадьевна Селютина; born 7 November 1979) is a former tennis player from Kazakhstan.She is a former world No. 1 in junior doubles, winning French Open and Wimbledon in 1997, partnering with Cara Black. Black and Selyutina were also crowned ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion in 1997.Selyutina won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour – 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 the ITF Women's Circuit, winning eight singles and 20 doubles events.
Personal life Selyutina was born to Gennady and Tatyana Selyutina in Alma-Ata (Soviet Union then, Kazakhstan now). She has a brother, Nickolay. Selyutina began playing tennis at the age of eight, and has been coached by her first coach Valery Kovalyov for her entire career. She graduated from high school in 1996.
WTA career finals ===Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)=== Legend Grand Slam (0/0) Tier I (0/0) Tier II (0/0) Tier III (0/1) Tier IV & V (3/1)ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1.9 May 1999 Warsaw, Poland Clay  Cătălina Cristea  Amélie Cocheteux   Janette Husárová 6–1, 6–2Loss 1.18 June 2000 Birmingham, Great Britain Grass  Cara Black  Rachel McQuillan   Lisa McShea 6–2, 2–6, 6–3Win 2.13 January 2002 Canberra, Australia Hard  Nannie de Villiers  Samantha Reeves   Adriana Serra Zanetti 6–2, 6–3Win 3.7 April 2002 Porto, Portugal Clay  Cara Black  Kristie Boogert   Magüi Serna 7–6(8–6), 6–4Loss 2.15 September 2002 Waikoloa, United States Hard  Nannie de Villiers  Meilen Tu   María Vento-Kabchi 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
ITF Circuit finals  $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments===Singles: 13 (8–5)===OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1.24 November 1996 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay  Zdeňka Málková  6–2, 6–4Runner-up 1.12 April 1998 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard  Kyra Nagy 4–6, 1–6Runner-up 2.24 May 1998 ITF Azeméis, Portugal Hard  Paula Hermida 1–6, 1–6Runner-up 3.21 November 1999 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard  Holly Parkinson 4–6, 0–6Winner 2.18 February 2001 ITF Sutton, Great Britain Hard (i)  Dragana Zarić 6–3, 6–1Winner 3.22 April 2001 ITF Allentown, United States Hard  Evgenia Kulikovskaya 6–4, 6–1Winner 4.29 April 2001 ITF Jackson, United States Clay  Gabriela Voleková 6–1, 6–4Winner 5.6 May 2001 ITF Dothan, United States Clay  Ashley Harkleroad 6–4, 6–2Winner 6.21 October 2001 ITF Southampton, Great Britain Hard (i)  Eva Dyrberg 2–6, 6–4, 6–3Runner-up 4.28 October 2001 ITF Dallas, United States Hard  Milagros Sequera 7–5, 2–6, 0–6Winner 7.4 November 2001 ITF Hayward, United States Hard  Milagros Sequera 7–5, 6–4Winner 8.18 November 2001 ITF Hattiesburg, United States Hard  Seda Noorlander 6–2, 6–1Runner-up 5.21 July 2002 ITF Oyster Bay, United States Hard  Cho Yoon-jeong  6–7(5–7), 4–6===Doubles: 28 (20–8)===OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1.17 November 1996 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay  Cara Black   Ľudmila Cervanová   Zuzana Váleková 4–6, 6–4, 6–3Winner 2.24 November 1996 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay  Cara Black  Miriam D'Agostini   Vanessa Menga 3–6, 6–3, 6–2Winner 3.12 January 1997 ITF Delray Beach, United States Hard  Cara Black  Brie Rippner   Paige Yaroshuk 6–3, 6–3Winner 4.12 April 1997 ITF Athens, Greece Clay  Cara Black  Virág Csurgó   Svetlana Krivencheva 6–3, 6–4Winner 5.24 August 1997 ITF Kiev, Ukraine Clay  Cara Black  Natalia Egorova   Olga Ivanova 6–2, 6–4Winner 6.28 September 1997 ITF Tucumán, Argentina Clay  Cara Black  Miriam D'Agostini   Vanessa Menga 6–3, 6–1Runner-up 1.24 May 1998 ITF Azeméis, Portugal Hard  Kelly Liggan  Cristina Correia   Bruna Colósio 2–6, 4–6Winner 7.4 October 1998 ITF Santa Clara, United States Hard   Cara Black  Maureen Drake   Lindsay Lee-Waters 6–4, 5–7, 6–3Runner-up 2.7 March 1999 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard  Laura Golarsa  Åsa Carlsson   Laurence Courtois 3–6, 7–6, 0–6Winner 8.31 October 1999 ITF Dallas, United States Hard   Emmanuelle Gagliardi  Samantha Reeves   Jessica Steck 6–3, 6–3Winner 9.28 November 1999 ITF Nurioopta, Australia Hard   Louise Pleming  Rachel McQuillan   Trudi Musgrave 6–4, 6–4Runner-up 3.22 July 2000 ITF Mahwah, United States Hard  Lisa McShea  Evie Dominikovic   Nirupama Sanjeev 4–6, 4–6Winner 10.30 July 2000 ITF Salt Lake City, United States Hard  Lisa McShea  Samantha Reeves   Jessica Steck w/oRunner-up 4.11 February 2001 ITF Redbridge, Great Britain Hard (i)  Tina Križan  Julie Pullin   Lorna Woodroffe 1–6, 3–6Winner 11.15 April 2001 ITF Columbus, United States Hard (i)  Lisa McShea  Amanda Augustus   Sarah Taylor 6–1, 7–5Winner 12.22 April 2001 ITF Allentown, United States Hard (i)  Lisa McShea  Amanda Augustus   Zuzana Lešenarová 7–5, 6–3Winner 13.29 April 2001 ITF Jackson, United States Clay  Amanda Augustus  Zuzana Lešenarová   Nicole Melch 6–3, 6–3Runner-up 5.28 July 2001 ITF Ettenheim, Germany Clay  Katalin Marosi  Eva Dyrberg   Maja Matevžič w/oWinner 14.4 August 2001 ITF Saint-Gaudens, France Clay  Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor  Lourdes Domínguez Lino   Gisela Riera 6–2, 6–3Winner 15.9 September 2001 ITF Denain, France Clay  Émilie Loit  Debby Haak   Jolanda Mens 6–1, 6–3Winner 16.21 October 2001 ITF Southampton, Great Britain Hard (i)  Nannie de Villiers  Lubomira Bacheva   Elena Tatarkova 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 6–2Runner-up 6.28 October 2001 ITF Dallas, United States Hard  Nannie de Villiers  Rika Hiraki   Nana Miyagi 6–7(4–7), 2–6Winner 17.4 November 2001 ITF Hayward, United States Hard  Nannie de Villiers  Amanda Augustus   Abigail Spears 6–0, 7–5Runner-up 7.9 June 2002 ITF Surbiton, Great Britain Grass  Nannie de Villiers  Julie Pullin   Lorna Woodroffe 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 8.21 July 2002 ITF Oyster Bay, United States Hard  Nana Miyagi  Jennifer Embry   Jessica Lehnhoff 6–4, 4–6, 3–6Winner 18.28 July 2002 ITF Louisville, United States Hard  Nana Miyagi  Miho Saeki   Renata Voráčová 5–7, 6–1, 7–5Winner 19.3 August 2002 ITF Lexington, United States Hard  Nana Miyagi  Rachel McQuillan   Lisa McShea 6–7(2–7), 6–2, 7–5Winner 20.22 September 2002 ITF Columbus, United States Hard  Lisa McShea  Teryn Ashley   Ashley Harkleroad w/o
Awards * 1997 – ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion (with Cara Black)
Junior Grand Slam finals ===Girls' doubles (2–0)===OutcomeYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1997 French Open Clay  Cara Black  Maja Matevžič   Katarina Srebotnik 6–0, 5–7, 7–5Winner 1997 Wimbledon Grass  Cara Black  Maja Matevžič   Katarina Srebotnik 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
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