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Irina Gennadyevna Selyutina (Ирина Геннадьевна Селютина; born 7 November 1979) is a former tennis player from Kazakhstan.

Irina Selyutina
Ирина Селютина

Country (sports)	Kazakhstan
Residence	Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
Born	(1979-11-07) 7 November 1979 (age 43) Alma-Ata, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	December 1996
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$420,868
Singles
Career record	183–128 (58.8%)
Career titles	8 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 (62.1%)
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)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–4

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 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).[2] She has a brother, Nickolay.[2] Selyutina began playing tennis at the age of eight, and has been coached by her first coach Valery Kovalyov for her entire career.[2] She graduated from high school in 1996.[2]

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)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	9 May 1999	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Cătălina Cristea	Amélie Cocheteux Janette Husárová	6–1, 6–2
Loss	1.	18 June 2000	Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	Cara Black	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win	2.	13 January 2002	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti	6–2, 6–3
Win	3.	7 April 2002	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Cara Black	Kristie Boogert Magüi Serna	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss	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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	24 November 1996	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Zdeňka Málková	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	12 April 1998	ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Kyra Nagy	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	24 May 1998	ITF Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Paula Hermida	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	21 November 1999	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Holly Parkinson	4–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	18 February 2001	ITF Sutton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Dragana Zarić	6–3, 6–1
Winner	3.	22 April 2001	ITF Allentown, United States	Hard	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	6–4, 6–1
Winner	4.	29 April 2001	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Gabriela Voleková	6–1, 6–4
Winner	5.	6 May 2001	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Ashley Harkleroad	6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	21 October 2001	ITF Southampton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Eva Dyrberg	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	28 October 2001	ITF Dallas, United States	Hard	Milagros Sequera	7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Winner	7.	4 November 2001	ITF Hayward, United States	Hard	Milagros Sequera	7–5, 6–4
Winner	8.	18 November 2001	ITF Hattiesburg, United States	Hard	Seda Noorlander	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	21 July 2002	ITF Oyster Bay, United States	Hard	Cho Yoon-jeong	6–7(5–7), 4–6

Doubles: 28 (20–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	17 November 1996	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Cara Black	Ľudmila Cervanová Zuzana Váleková	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	24 November 1996	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Cara Black	Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	12 January 1997	ITF Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Cara Black	Brie Rippner Paige Yaroshuk	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	12 April 1997	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Cara Black	Virág Csurgó Svetlana Krivencheva	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	24 August 1997	ITF Kiev, Ukraine	Clay	Cara Black	Natalia Egorova Olga Ivanova	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	28 September 1997	ITF Tucumán, Argentina	Clay	Cara Black	Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	24 May 1998	ITF Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Kelly Liggan	Cristina Correia Bruna Colósio	2–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	4 October 1998	ITF Santa Clara, United States	Hard	Cara Black	Maureen Drake Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	7 March 1999	ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Laura Golarsa	Åsa Carlsson Laurence Courtois	3–6, 7–6, 0–6
Winner	8.	31 October 1999	ITF Dallas, United States	Hard	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck	6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	28 November 1999	ITF Nurioopta, Australia	Hard	Louise Pleming	Rachel McQuillan Trudi Musgrave	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	22 July 2000	ITF Mahwah, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Evie Dominikovic Nirupama Sanjeev	4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	30 July 2000	ITF Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck	w/o
Runner-up	4.	11 February 2001	ITF Redbridge, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Tina Križan	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	1–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	15 April 2001	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard (i)	Lisa McShea	Amanda Augustus Sarah Taylor	6–1, 7–5
Winner	12.	22 April 2001	ITF Allentown, United States	Hard (i)	Lisa McShea	Amanda Augustus Zuzana Lešenarová	7–5, 6–3
Winner	13.	29 April 2001	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Amanda Augustus	Zuzana Lešenarová Nicole Melch	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	28 July 2001	ITF Ettenheim, Germany	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Eva Dyrberg Maja Matevžič	w/o
Winner	14.	4 August 2001	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Gisela Riera	6–2, 6–3
Winner	15.	9 September 2001	ITF Denain, France	Clay	Émilie Loit	Debby Haak Jolanda Mens	6–1, 6–3
Winner	16.	21 October 2001	ITF Southampton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Nannie de Villiers	Lubomira Bacheva Elena Tatarkova	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	28 October 2001	ITF Dallas, United States	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Winner	17.	4 November 2001	ITF Hayward, United States	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Amanda Augustus Abigail Spears	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	9 June 2002	ITF Surbiton, Great Britain	Grass	Nannie de Villiers	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	21 July 2002	ITF Oyster Bay, United States	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Jennifer Embry Jessica Lehnhoff	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	18.	28 July 2002	ITF Louisville, United States	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Miho Saeki Renata Voráčová	5–7, 6–1, 7–5
Winner	19.	3 August 2002	ITF Lexington, United States	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	6–7(2–7), 6–2, 7–5
Winner	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)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1997	French Open	Clay	Cara Black	Maja Matevžič Katarina Srebotnik	6–0, 5–7, 7–5
Winner	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 Billie Jean King Cup

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

На других языках

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[de] Irina Seljutina

Irina Gennadjewna Seljutina (russisch Ирина Геннадьевна Селютина; * 7. November 1979 in Alma-Ata, Sowjetunion) ist eine ehemalige kasachische Tennisspielerin.

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[ru] Селютина, Ирина Геннадьевна

Ири́на Генна́дьевна Селю́тина (родилась 7 ноября 1979 года в Алма-Ате, СССР) — казахстанская теннисистка и тренер.[2] Победительница трёх турниров WTA в парном разряде; бывшая вторая ракетка мира в юниорском парном рейтинге; победительница двух юниорских турнира Большого шлема в парном разряде (Roland Garros, Уимблдон-1997); финалистка одного юниорского турнира Большого шлема в парном разряде (US Open-1997); полуфиналистка парного турнира Orange Bowl (1997).

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