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Tetiana Luzhanska

Tetiana Luzhanska
Native nameТетяна Лужанська
Country (sports) Ukraine (2006–2011)
 United States (2012–2013)
ResidenceBradenton, Florida
Born (1984-09-04) September 4, 1984 (age 40)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
Turned pro2006
Retired2013
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$240,381
Singles
Career record240–210
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 131 (26 September 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2012)
French OpenQ3 (2008)
WimbledonQ3 (2011)
US OpenQ3 (2010)
Doubles
Career record206–134
Career titles20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 99 (12 February 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (2007)

Tetiana Luzhanska[a] (born September 4, 1984) is a former tennis player. Luzhanska has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 131, achieved on 26 September 2011, and a highest WTA doubles ranking of 99, set on 12 February 2007. In her career, she won two singles titles and twenty doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

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Luzhanska won singles titles at $25k tournaments in Monterrey and Saltillo, Mexico. During the 2007 season, she won six doubles titles at $25k tournaments on the ITF Circuit.

In August 2007, Luzhanska and Chan Chin-wei reached the doubles final at the WTA Tier IV event Nordic Light Open in Stockholm, losing to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, in a close three-setter.

Luzhanska retired from professional tennis in 2013.

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Legend
Tier III, IV & V (0–1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Aug 2007 Nordic Light Open, Sweden Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
1–6, 7–5, [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Oct 2000 ITF Ashkelon, Israel Hard Israel Tzipora Obziler 1–4, 3–1, 1–4, 1–4
Win 1. Oct 2007 ITF Monterrey, Mexico Hard Argentina María Irigoyen 6–3, 6–2
Win 2. Oct 2007 ITF Saltillo, Mexico Hard Argentina María José Argeri 6–3, 7–5
Loss 2. Apr 2008 ITF Jackson, United States Clay Argentina Soledad Esperón 7–6, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 3. Oct 2008 ITF Augusta, United States Hard Indonesia Sandy Gumulya 0–6, 6–7
Loss 4. Jan 2011 ITF Pingguo, China Hard China Lu Jingjing 4–6, 5–7
Loss 5. Jun 2011 ITF Boston, United States Hard Slovenia Petra Rampre 4–6, 7–5, 4–6

Doubles: 36 (20 titles, 16 runner-ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (15–14)
Clay (5–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Aug 2000 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard Israel Yael Glitzenshtein Germany Susi Bensch
Switzerland Lucia Tallo
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2. Oct 2000 ITF Ashkelon, Israel Hard Israel Yael Glitzenshtein Netherlands Linda Akkerman
Netherlands Anouk Sinnige
1–4, 4–5(7), 2–4
Win 1. Aug 2001 ITF Harrisonburg, United States Hard South Africa Lara Van Rooyen Canada Aneta Soukup
Latvia Anžela Žguna
7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 3. Jun 2004 ITF Inyo County, United States Hard Colombia Paula Zabala United States Tamara Encina
United States Alison Ojeda
3–6, 3–6
Win 2. Sep 2004 ITF Tunica, United States Clay Canada Aneta Soukup Latvia Lïga Dekmeijere
Belarus Natallia Dziamidzenka
6–2, 6–1
Win 3. Oct 2005 ITF Pelham, United States Clay Slovakia Kristína Michalaková United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Kristen Schlukebir
7–6(2), 6–4
Win 4. Apr 2006 ITF Hammond, United States Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma
6–1, 6–3
Win 5. Apr 2006 ITF Pelham, United States Clay Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma United States Tiffany Dabek
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
6–4, 6–1
Win 6. Jun 2006 ITF Allentown, United States Hard United States Carly Gullickson United States Julie Ditty
United States Ansley Cargill
6–3, 6–4
Win 7. Aug 2006 ITF Washington, United States Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
United States Varvara Lepchenko
6–2, 1–6, 6–0
Win 8. Oct 2006 ITF Houston, United States Hard United States Julie Ditty United States Laura Granville
United States Carly Gullickson
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win 9. Jan 2007 ITF Tampa, United States Hard Germany Angelika Bachmann Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Olga Blahotová
7–5, 6–2
Win 10. Jan 2007 ITF Fort Walton Beach, United States Hard Germany Angelika Bachmann Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
United States Sunitha Rao
7–5, 6–7(7), 7–6(4)
Loss 4. Mar 2007 ITF Orange, United States Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
3–6, 1–6
Win 11. Apr 2007 ITF Hammond, United States Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Serbia Teodora Mirčić
Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–1, 7–6(3)
Win 12. May 2007 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma South Korea Lee Jin-a
South Korea Yoo Mi
6–1, 6–4
Loss 5. May 2007 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
5–7, 4–6
Win 13. Jul 2007 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard Australia Monique Adamczak Slovakia Stanislava Hrozenská
Russia Maria Kondratieva
6–4, 6–4
Win 14. Jul 2007 ITF Rome, Italy Clay Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Ukraine Irina Buryachok
Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
7–6(7), 6–4
Loss 6. Jan 2008 ITF La Quinta, United States Hard Germany Angelika Bachmann United States Carly Gullickson
United States Shenay Perry
1–6, 4–6
Loss 7. Mar 2008 Las Vegas Open, United States Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Hungary Melinda Czink
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
3–6, 2–6
Loss 8. Mar 2008 ITF Redding, United States Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei United States Angela Haynes
United States Abigail Spears
4–6, 3–6
Win 15. Apr 2008 Dothan Pro Classic, United States Clay Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
Canada Stéphanie Dubois
6–1, 6–3
Loss 9. Mar 2009 ITF Hammond, United States Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei South Africa Surina De Beer
United States Lilia Osterloh
4–6, 3–6
Loss 10. May 2009 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States Clay United States Lilia Osterloh Canada Heidi El Tabakh
Austria Melanie Klaffner
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 11. Jun 2009 ITF El Paso, United States Hard Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves United States Christina Fusano
India Shikha Uberoi
3–6, 5–7
Loss 12. Jun 2009 Waterloo Challenger, Canada Clay Canada Heidi El Tabakh United States Alexandra Mueller
United States Allie Will
2–6, 1–6
Win 16. Jul 2009 Lexington Challenger, United States Hard Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen United States Jacqueline Cako
United States Alison Riske
6–3, 6–2
Win 17. Jun 2010 ITF Boston, United States Hard United States Kimberly Couts United States Lindsay Lee-Waters
United States Megan Moulton-Levy
6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 13. Jul 2010 ITF Grapevine, United States Hard United States Kimberly Couts United States Lindsay Lee-Waters
United States Megan Moulton-Levy
2–6, 5–7
Win 18. Nov 2010 Phoenix Classic, United States Hard United States CoCo Vandeweghe United States Julia Boserup
United States Sloane Stephens
7–5, 6–4
Loss 14. Feb 2011 ITF Surprise, United States Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Japan Remi Tezuka
Japan Shuko Aoyama
3–6, 1–6
Win 19. Jun 2011 ITF Boston, United States Hard United States Alexandra Mueller Canada Sharon Fichman
Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
7–6(3), 6–3
Loss 15. Sep 2011 Beijing Challenger, China Hard China Zheng Saisai Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
2–6, 3–6
Win 20. Sep 2011 Ningbo International, China Hard China Zheng Saisai Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
China Han Xinyun
6–4, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss 16. Sep 2012 Ningbo International, China Hard China Zheng Saisai Japan Shuko Aoyama
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
2–6, 5–7

Notes

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  1. ^ Ukrainian: Тетяна Лужанська, romanizedTetiana Luzhanska
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