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Ekaterina Kosminskaya (Russian: Екатерина Косминская; born 24 June 1988) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.[1]

Ekaterina Kosminskaya
Екатерина Косминская

Country (sports)	Russia
Born	(1988-06-24) 24 June 1988 (age 34) Moscow, Russia
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Penn Quakers
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2005
French Open Junior	2R (2004)
Wimbledon Junior	3R (2005)
US Open Junior	3R (2004, 2005)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	SF (2004)
French Open Junior	2R (2004)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2004, 2005)
US Open Junior	1R (2004, 2005)

Early life

Ekaterina was born to Petr and Irina Kosminskaya on 24 June 1988 in Moscow, Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin received a scholarship for tennis from her foundation. Ekaterina Kosminskaya At age five or six she was sent by her parents to the Luzhniki per the attending the sports club there, coached by her Irina Granaturova.[2]

Career

Kosminskaya had a successful junior career, Her career-high world doubles ranking as a junior was world No. 10. In 2003 Kosminskaya won a prestigious tournament for juniors Orange Bowl partnering Marina Erakovic (Grade A).[3][4] She has won 1 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She decided to follow the college route and was part of the Penn Quakers tennis team from 2006 to 2009.[5]

ITF junior results

Singles (2–0)

Legend (Win/Loss)
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Result	No.	Date	Location	Grade	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	March 2003	Haslevangen, Norway	G4	Carpet	Michaela Johansson	6–2, 6–2
Win	2.	October 2003	Bangkok, Thailand	G2	Hard	Marina Erakovic	7–6, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles (7–4)

Result	No.	Date	Location	Grade	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	May 2002	Alicante, Spain	G5	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	Susan Delport Mandy Septoe	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	2.	January 2003	Västerås, Sweden	G4	Carpet	Anna Chakvetadze	Georgia Smith Melanie South	6–4, 6–0
Win	3.	March 2003	Udmurtia, Russia	G4	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	Alexandra Panova Olga Panova	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Win	4.	May 2003	Prato, Italy	G2	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	Ekaterina Kirianova Irina Kotkina	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1.	July 2003	Essen, Germany	G1	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	Kelly de Beer Nikola Fraňková	3–6, 6–7
Loss	2.	August 2003	Domžale, Slovenia	G3	Clay	Anja Poglajen	Tina Obrez Romina Raonic	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	December 2003	Key Biscayne, Florida, USA	G1	Hard	Marina Erakovic	Andrea Hlaváčková Emma Laine	6–7, 4–6
Win	5.	December 2003	Orange Bowl, Miami, USA	GA	Hard	Marina Erakovic	Victoria Azarenka Olga Govortsova	6–0, 4–6, 7–6
Win	6.	May 2004	Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy	G2	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	Giulia Gabba Verdiana Verardi	1–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	4.	May 2004	Charleroi, Belgium	G1	Clay	Alla Kudryavtseva	Stéphanie Dubois Yasmin Schnack	5–7, 3–6
Win	7.	Sep 2005	Lexington, USA	G1	Hard	Alisa Kleybanova	Julia Cohen Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	7–5, 7–6

References

External links

• Ekaterina Kosminskaya at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ekaterina Kosminskaya at the International Tennis Federation

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