Irina Kotkina
# Irina Kotkina

Irina Kotkina (born 19 September 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

## Biography

A right-handed player from Moscow, Kotkina was a top 10 ranked junior. At the 2004 French Open, she and Yaroslava Shvedova were runners-up in the girls' doubles, to Kateřina Böhmová and Michaëlla Krajicek.

On the professional circuit she reached a best singles ranking of 400 in the world. She featured in one WTA Tour main draw, as a wildcard at the 2006 İstanbul Cup, where she retired hurt while trailing Michaëlla Krajicek in the first round, due to an elbow injury.

In her career, Kotkina won four ITF titles, all in doubles.

## ITF finals

### Singles (0–4)

* $50,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Runner-up | 1. | 17 February 2002 | ITF Kaunas, Lithuania | Hard (i) | Katrina Banderę | 6–2, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 15 February 2004 | ITF Albufeira, Portugal | Hard | Monica Niculescu | 1–6, 6–3, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 15 August 2004 | ITF Albufeira, Portugal | Hard | Ana Catarina Nogueira | 5–7, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 22 August 2004 | ITF Coimbra, Portugal | Hard | Akgul Amanmuradova | 2–6, 3–6 |

### Doubles (4–5)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Winner | 1. | 17 February 2002 | ITF Kaunas, Lithuania | Hard (i) | Daria Chemarda | Margit Rüütel Ilona Poljakova | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 8 July 2002 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Clay | Anna Chakvetadze | Daniela Berček Ana Četnik | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 23 June 2003 | ITF Elektrostal, Russia | Hard | Daria Chemarda | Iryna Brémond Olga Savchuk | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 5 July 2003 | ITF Balashikha, Russia | Clay | Iryna Brémond | Daria Chemarda Elena Vesnina | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 3 August 2003 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | Olga Panova | Julia Ács Zsuzsanna Fodor | $7–6^{(5)},$ 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 22 August 2004 | ITF Coimbra, Portugal | Hard | Akgul Amanmuradova | Sarah Raab Sandra Volk | 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 21 September 2004 | ITF Batumi, Georgia | Hard | Anna Bastrikova | Alona Bondarenko Galina Fokina | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 7 March 2005 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | Clay | Charlène Vanneste | Romina Oprandi Vanessa Wellauer | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 17 September 2005 | ITF Tbilisi, Georgia | Clay | Olga Panova | Vasilisa Davydova Pemra Özgen | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
