Irina Kornienko
# Irina Kornienko

Irina Kornienko (born 16 January 1978) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

Kornienko, a right-handed player, reached her career-high singles ranking of 452 in 1998.

All of her WTA Tour main-draw appearances came in doubles, which included making the quarterfinals of the 1999 Tashkent Open. She won six ITF doubles titles and had a best doubles ranking of 263 in the world.

In 2005, she married tennis player Igor Kunitsyn.

## ITF finals

### Doubles: 12 (6–6)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Runner-up | 1. | 31 August 1997 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Elena Krutko | Vera Zhukovets Nadejda Ostrovskaya | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 21 June 1998 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hard | Helena Fremuthova | Maret Ani Helen Laupa | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 5 July 1998 | Lohja, Finland | Hard | Helena Fremuthova | Jasmine Choudhury Aliénor Tricerri | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 11 April 1999 | Cerignola, Italy | Clay | Lina Krasnoroutskaya | Jasmine Choudhury Lizzie Jelfs | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Winner | 2. | 4 July 1999 | Tallinn, Estonia | Clay | Ekaterina Sysoeva | Minna Rautajoki Maria Wolfbrandt | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 6 February 2000 | Istanbul 1, Turkey | Hard | Elena Yaryshka | Nataly Cahana Katarina Mišić | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 28 May 2000 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | Elena Voropaeva | Simona Arghire Maria Pavlidou | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2 July 2000 | Istanbul 2, Turkey | Hard | Elena Yaryshka | Valeria Bondarenko Goulnara Fattakhetdinova | 2–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 20 May 2001 | Tel Aviv 1, Israel | Hard | Maria Pavlidou | Evghenia Ablovatchi Yevgenia Savranska | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 27 May 2001 | Tel Aviv 2, Israel | Hard | Maria Pavlidou | Emily Hewson Natasha van der Merwe | w/o |
| Runner-up | 6. | 1 July 2001 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Irini Alevizopoulou | Dina Milosević Lana Popadić | $6–7^{(3)},$ 3–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 5 August 2001 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Līga Dekmeijere | Chiaki Nakajima Ayako Suzuki | 6–1, 6–4 |
