Ksenia Palkina Ulukan

Ksenia Palkina Ulukan
Ксения Палкина Улукан

Country (sports)	Kyrgyzstan
Residence	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Born	(1989-12-13) December 13, 1989 Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	September 2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$175,732
Singles
Career record	268–206
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	163 (16 March 2009)
Current ranking	407 (10 August 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2009)
French Open	Q1 (2009)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2009)
US Open	Q1 (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	198–135
Career titles	19 ITF
Highest ranking	164 (12 April 2010)
Current ranking	511 (10 August 2015)
Last updated on: 11 August 2015.

Ksenia Palkina Ulukan (née: Palkina; Russian: Ксения Палкина Улукан; born 13 December 1989) is a Kyrgyzstani tennis player.

Palkina Ulukan has won eight singles and nineteen doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 23 March 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 163. On 12 April 2010, she peaked at world number 164 in the doubles rankings.

Biography

Coached by husband – Çağdaş Ulukan and mother, Marina … Father's name is Nikolay; has one brother, Nikita … Began playing tennis at age 4 … Favorite shot is backhand; favorite surfaces are grass, hard … Enjoys all tournaments; favorite city is home … Enjoys watching comedy; favorite author is Den Braun … Likes spending time with friends and family because tennis doesn't give her enough time to see them.

Personal life

Palkina was born to Marina and had a brother named Nikita.^[1] She currently resides in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.^[1] Her favourite surface is clay.^[1]

Career statistics

Singles Finals: 14 (8–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 January 2006	New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Bhambri	4–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	February 5, 2006	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Meghha Vakaria	6–2, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	3.	18 August 2007	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Anna Lapushchenkova	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	April 27, 2008	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Maria Kondratieva	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	June 22, 2008	Torino, Italy	Clay	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	23 June 2008	Padova, Italy	Clay	Nika Ožegović	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	9 February 2009	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Abigail Spears	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	Mar 27, 2010	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Ganna Piven	3–6 6–4 6–4
Winner	9.	April 19, 2010	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Eugeniya Pashkova	7–5 4–6 6–4
Runner-up	10.	30 April 2012	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard	Sabina Kurbanova	2–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	February 18, 2013	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Sabina Sharipova	7–6 (7) 7–6 (7)
Runner-up	12.	25 February 2013	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Yashina	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	13.	May 6, 2013	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Kamila Kerimbayeva	6–3 5–7 6–1
Winner	14.	September 22, 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Caroline Roméo	6–3, 6–1

Doubles Finals: 36 (19–17)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 October 2005	Mumbai , India	Hard	Nicole Clerico	Wilawan Choptang Thassha Vitayaviroj	7–5 5–7 3–6
Winner	2.	6 November 2005	Pune, India	Hard	Nicole Clerico	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	7–5 7–6(7)
Winner	3.	28 January 2006	New Delhi, India	Hard	Nicole Clerico	Ankita Bhambri Rushmi Chakravarthi	W/O
Runner-up	4.	4 February 2006	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Nicole Clerico	Lee Wei-ping Lavinia Tananta	W/O
Winner	5.	11 July 2006	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Nicole Clerico	Maria Luiza Craciun Elena Vianello	6–3 6–0
Winner	6.	18 September 2006	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Ria Dörnemann	Varvara Galanina Liudmila Nikoyan	6–4 3–6 6–0
Winner	7.	6 November 2006	Pune, India	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Madura Ranganathan Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–3 4–6 6–4
Runner-up	8.	19 November 2006	Pune, India	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Olga Panova Ágnes Szatmári	2–6 4–6
Runner-up	9.	3 March 2007	Sant Boi, Spain	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Irene Rehberger Bescos Nuria Sánchez García	6–4 3–6 4–6
Winner	10.	17 September 2007	Telavi, Georgia	Clay	Ria Dörnemann	Vasilisa Davydova Marina Shamayko	6–2 6–2
Runner-up	11.	05 May 2008	Florence, Italy	Clay	Martina Caciotti	Kyra Nagy Valentina Sassi	2–6 3–6
Winner	12.	11 August 2008	Penza, Russia	Clay	Sofia Shapatava	Irina Buryachok Nikola Fraňková	6–4 6–4
Winner	13.	1 May 2009	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Albina Khabibulina	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	6–4 6–7 10–5
Runner-up	14.	5 June 2009	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Anna Brazhnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–3 4–6 9–11
Winner	15.	31 October 2009	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Nina Bratchikova	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	w/o
Runner-up	16.	16 November 2009	Pune, India	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Anastasiya Vasylyeva Nicole Clerico	6–4 3–6 11–13
Runner-up	17.	19 April 2010	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Anastasiya Prenko	Eugeniya Pashkova Maria Zharkova	6–3 6–7 7–10
Winner	18.	30 July 2010	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard	Albina Khabibulina	Yuliya Beygelzimer Emily Webley-Smith	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	19.	14 August 2010	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Albina Khabibulina	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Lesia Tsurenko	2–6, 3–6
Winner	20.	3 September 2010	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Malou Ejdesgaard	Gally De Wael Janina Toljan	6–4 6–4
Winner	21.	06 December 2010	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Elena Chalova	Tetyana Arefyeva Yuliana Fedak	6–2 6–4
Runner-up	22.	02 May 2011	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Han Sung-hee Liang Chen	6–4 6–7(5) 4–6
Runner-up	23.	5 May 2012	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard	Maya Gaverova	Anastasiya Vasylyeva Albina Khabibulina	6–3 1–6 6–10
Runner-up	24.	22 September 2012	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nigina Abduraimova	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	2–6 4–6
Runner-up	25.	2 November 2012	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Nigina Abduraimova	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	2–6 1–6
Winner	26.	18 March 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Anamika Bhargava Nicole Melichar	6–1 6–3
Winner	27.	25 March 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Başak Eraydın Abbie Myers	6–4 4–6 10–8
Runners-up	28.	15 April 2013	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	Albina Khabibulina Anastasiya Vasylyeva	3–6 3–6
Winner	29.	12 May 2013	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Albina Khabibulina	Polina Monova Anna Smolina	6–2 6–2
Winner	30.	1 July 2013	Middelburg, Netherlands	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Fatma Al-Nabhani Sviatlana Pirazhenka	6–3 6–3
Winner	31.	16 September 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Deniz Khazaniuk	Katharina Lehnert Chantal Škamlová	6–7 7–6 10–8
Runner-up	32.	17 November 2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Albina Khabibulina	Polina Mosova Alena Tarasova	6–4 1–6 6–10
Winner	33.	24 February 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Albina Khabibulina	Kamila Kerimbayeva Veronika Kapshay	6–4 7–5
Winner	34.	08 August 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Eudice Chong Anna Grigoryan	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	35.	17 November 2014	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Alexandra Grinchishina	Polina Pekhova Albina Khabibulina	W/O
Runner-up	36.	1 February 2015	Aktobe, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Eva Wacanno	Polina Merenkova Albina Khabibulina	2-6 6-7

References

External links

• Ksenia Palkina Ulukan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ksenia Palkina Ulukan at the International Tennis Federation
• Ksenia Palkina Ulukan at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile