Marta Sirotkina

Marta Aleksandrovna Sirotkina (Russian: Марта Александровна Сироткина, born 22 March 1991) is a former Russian tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 115, which she reached on 25 February 2013.[1] In doubles, she reached No. 141 on 18 February 2013.[1]

Marta Sirotkina
Марта Сироткина
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1991-03-22) 22 March 1991
Moscow, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 199,379
Singles
Career record214–122
Career titles0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 115 (25 February 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2013, 2014)
French OpenQ1 (2014)
WimbledonQ3 (2012)
US OpenQ1 (2012, 2013)
Doubles
Career record116–64
Career titles0 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 141 (18 February 2013)

Career highlights

Apart from ITF professional successes, Sirotkina has won Bronze medals in the Moscow Winter Championships (Singles and Doubles) in 2009, later winning a Gold medal in the Russian Championships. Marta has won Silver medals in the Moscow Championships and Gold in the "Cup of Russia" Doubles tournament.

2011

So far in 2011, Sirotkina has won three ITF titles in singles. She won two ITF $10,000 tournaments in Bath, Somerset, and Antalya, Turkey, and an $25,000 tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.

Sirotkina began 2011 with a bang in Bath, beating the top seed on way to capturing the Aegon Pro Series $10,000 title, while in the $25,000 event the following week she beat two higher ranked players to make the main draw where she destroyed former world top-20 star Anna-Lena Grönefeld before falling in the quarterfinals to Claire Feuerstein.

Sirotkina competed in the ITF $25,000 Aegon GB Pro-Series Foxhills on 11 July 2011, seeded 5th. Sirotkina defeated Daneika Borthwick in the first round and Samantha Murray in the second round. In the quarterfinals, Sirotkina was defeated by the first seed, Vitalia Diatchenko.

Sirotkina participated in the Tatarstan Open in singles and in doubles. Ksenia Lykina was her doubles partner. In the first round of the singles, Sirotkina defeated Valeria Solovyeva. In the second round, she lost to the 3rd seed, Anastasiya Yakimova. In the doubles, Sirotkina and Lykina lost to the second seeds, Ekaterina Ivanova and Andreja Klepač, in the semifinals, after defeating the 4th seeds, Tetyana Arefyeva and Eugeniya Pashkova in the first round and Natela Dzalamidze and Mandy Minella in the quarterfinals.

Sirotkina competed in the 2011 Summer Universiade in both singles and doubles. In the singles, Sirotkina lost in the third round to eventual bronze-medalist Yoo Mi. Sirotkina partnered with Ksenia Lykina in the doubles and they won a bronze medal.

Sirotkina competed in the Singles Qualifying of the Tashkent Open. She was seeded 4th. Sirotkina defeated Viktoriya Karmenova, and in the second round Lyudmyla Kichenok. In the final round, she lost to Aleksandra Krunić.

Personal life

Marta is completing her studies at the Moscow Institute for Sports and Fitness Studies, she is funded by a sports-academic scholarship from the Yeltsin Fund. As well as her native Russian she speaks English and Spanish, having attended the Spanish Immersion High School in Moscow. She has one older brother. She likes playing on hardcourt surfaces but her favourite and most comfortable surface is grass.[2]

In October 2010, Hiberno International and Marta signed a long term management agreement that will bring her to the heights she has the ability to reach. Marta has begun the upward curve needed by undergoing an intensive training camp in the Republic of Ireland at the Tennis Ireland BNP-Paribas National Academy in Dublin under the guidance of the Internationally respected Garry Cahill (former Ireland Fed Cup team captain and current Ireland Davis Cup team captain).[3]

She lives in London with her partner, former 2011 US Open – Boys' Singles champion Oliver Golding.[4]

ITF finals statistics

Singles: 20 (12–8)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1 November 2009 Stockholm, Sweden Hard Lyudmyla Kichenok 3–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 11 April 2010 Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–3, 6–1
Winner 2. 12 September 2010 Madrid, Spain Hard Naomi Broady 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 7 November 2010 Antalya, Turkey Hard Martina Balogova 6–2, 6–0
Winner 4. 11 December 2010 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Mihaela Buzărnescu 6–0, 6–0
Winner 5. 19 March 2011 Bath, United Kingdom Hard Giulia Gatto-Monticone w/o
Winner 6. 24 April 2011 Antalya, Turkey Hard Yana Buchina 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up 2. 7 May 2011 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Nikola Hofmanova 4–6, 5–7
Winner 7. 4 June 2011 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Luksika Kumkhum 6–4, 6–3
Winner 8. 18 February 2012 Linköping, Sweden Hard (i) Milana Špremo 6–1, 6–3
Winner 9. 1 April 2012 Phuket, Thailand Hard Claire Feuerstein 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 10. 27 May 2012 Karuizawa, Japan Grass Junri Namigata 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up 3. Jul 2012 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Maria João Koehler 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 3 February 2013 Eilat, Israel Hard Elina Svitolina 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up 5. 26 August 2013 Kazan, Russia Hard Anna-Lena Friedsam 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 21 September 2013 Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Hard Alison Van Uytvanck 5–7, 1–6
Winner 11. 3 November 2013 Barnstaple, United Kingdom Hard (i) Kristýna Plíšková 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up 7. 21 December 2013 Ankara, Turkey Hard (i) Vitalia Diatchenko 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner 12. 16 August 2014 Woking, United Kingdom Hard Ana Bogdan 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 8. 1 February 2015 Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) Amy Bowtell 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 17 (12–5)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 17 May 2009 St. Petersburgh, Russia Hard (i) Yuliya Kalabina Avgusta Tsybysheva
Maria Zharkova
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 23 May 2009 Moscow, Russia Clay Yuliya Kalabina Maria Kondratieva
Arina Rodionova
5–7, 1–6
Winner 2. 5 June 2009 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Anna Brazhnikova Ksenia Palkina
Arina Rodionova
3–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Winner 3. 11 April 2010 Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Anna Brazhnikova Audrey Bergot
Chanel Simmonds
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 29 May 2010 Grado, Italy Clay Karina Pimkina Han Xinyun
Lu Jingjing
6–1, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner-up 3. 11 September 2010 Madrid, Spain Hard Jennifer Ren Naomi Broady
Emily Webley-Smith
2–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 30 October 2010 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Ekaterina Bychkova
Iryna Brémond
6–3, 6–1
Winner 5. 6 November 2010 Antalya, Turkey Hard Nigina Abduraimova Julia Samuseva
Ekaterina Yakovleva
3–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Winner 6. 13 November 2010 Antalya, Turkey Hard Nikola Fraňková Daria Salnikova
Nicola Slater
3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Runner-up 4. 24 April 2011 Antalya, Turkey Hard Maria Zharkova Laura-Ioana Andrei
Sylwia Zagórska
1–6, 6–7(0–7)
Runner-up 5. 18 February 2012 Linköping, Sweden Hard (i) Margarita Lazareva Dejana Raickovic
Alina Wessel
6–1, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner 7. 25 February 2012 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Oksana Kalashnikova Tatiana Kotelnikova
Lidziya Marozava
7–6, 4–6, [11–9]
Winner 8. 24 March 2012 Phuket, Thailand Hard Natela Dzalamidze Chin-Wei Chan
Zheng Saisai
6–4, 6–1
Winner 9. 21 April 2012 Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Naomi Broady
Paula Kania
6–2, 7–5
Winner 10. 28 July 2012 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiia Kichenok
3–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Winner 11. 15 July 2013 Woking, Great Britain Hard Tara Moore Kanae Hisami
Mari Tanaka
4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Winner 12. 8 March 2014 Preston, Great Britain Hard (i) Tara Moore Timea Bacsinszky
Kristina Barrois
3–6, 6–1, [13–11]

References

  1. "Marta Sirotkina stats on WTA official site". WTA. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. "Marta Sirotkina full profile" (PDF). Hiberno International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. "Marta Sirotkina signs with Hiberno International". Hiberno International. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  4. https://www.spaziotennis.com/wftw/interview-with-oliver-golding-us-open-junior-champion-early-retired-and-now-back-to-pro-tennis/50168
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