Irina Kuzmina-Rimša

Irina Kuzmina-Rimša
Country (sports)	Latvia
Born	16 January 1986; Riga, Latvia
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed forehand)
Prize money	$61,240
Singles
Career record	150–135
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 307 (13 October 2008)
Doubles
Career record	105–99
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 193 (13 July 2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	19–13

Irina Kuzmina-Rimša (born 16 January 1986) is a retired Latvian tennis player.

In her career, she won two singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 13 October 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 307. On 13 July 2009, she peaked at number 193 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Kuzmina has a 19–13 record for Latvia in Fed Cup competition.

After retiring from the professional tennis, Kuzmina-Rimša became a beach tennis player.

ITF finals

Singles (2–4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 August 2005	Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Emma Laine	0–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	30 May 2006	Olecko, Poland	Clay	Olga Brózda	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	8 June 2007	Birkerød, Denmark	Clay	Elena Pioppo	2–6, 0–6
Winner	4.	25 June 2007	Oslo, Norway	Clay	Eva-Maria Hoch	6–4, 3–0 ret.
Runner-up	5.	24 November 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	0–6, 0–2 ret.
Runner-up	6.	19 January 2009	Kaarst, Germany	Carpet (i)	Sarah Gronert	6–2, 4–6, 5–7

Doubles (8–11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 August 2003	Gdynia, Poland	Clay	Monika Schneider	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Alicja Rosolska	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	17 August 2003	Oulu, Finland	Clay	Kateryna Bondarenko	Nicole Melch Yvonne Meusburger	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Winner	3.	12 September 2004	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Kristina Movsesyan	Sofia Melikishvili Svetlana Mossiakova	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	7 November 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Sofia Avakova	Michaëlla Krajicek Jolanda Mens	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	24 May 2005	Olecko, Poland	Clay	Alise Vaidere	Olga Brózda Natalia Kołat	7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	30 January 2006	Belfort, France	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Lopes	Kristina Barrois Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	1–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	9 May 2006	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Oksana Uzhylovska	Justine Ozga Urszula Radwańska	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	30 May 2006	Olecko, Poland	Clay	Alise Vaidere	Olga Brózda Natalia Kołat	2–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	2 June 2007	Olecko, Poland	Clay	Yuliya Hnateyko	Volha Duko Aleksandra Malyarchikova	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	8 June 2007	Birkerød, Denmark	Clay	Zora Vlckova	Elena Pioppo Alice Balducci	7–6^(9–7), 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	11.	19 November 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sheila Solsona-Carcasona	Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova Stefanie Haidner	3–6, 7–6^(10–8), [3–10]
Winner	12.	27 January 2008	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Vasilisa Davydova	Barbora Krtičková Lucie Šípková	6–0, 7–5
Winner	13.	11 July 2008	Rome, Italy	Clay	Oxana Lyubtsova	Irina Buryachok Patricia Mayr	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	14.	4 August 2008	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Vitalia Diatchenko Maria Kondratieva	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	15.	30 August 2008	Vlaardingen, Netherlands	Clay	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Teodora Mirčić	1–6, 2–6
Winner	16.	8 February 2009	Belfort, France	Carpet (i)	Oxana Lyubtsova	Youlia Fedossova Virginie Pichet	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner	17.	24 June 2009	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Eugeniya Pashkova	Alenka Hubacek Kairangi Vano	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	18.	12 October 2009	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Carpet (i)	Veronika Kapshay	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–2, 2–6, [3–10]
Winner	19.	26 July 2010	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Amandine Hesse Monika Tůmová	6–4, 6–2

External links

Irina Kuzmina-Rimša at the Women's Tennis Association
Irina Kuzmina-Rimša at the International Tennis Federation
Irina Kuzmina-Rimša at the Billie Jean King Cup

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