Mariya Koryttseva

Mariya Koryttseva
Марія Коритцева
	Koryttseva (left), with doubles partner Vera Dushevina, at the 2008 Fortis Championships Luxembourg
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Kharkiv, Ukraine
Born	25 May 1985 (age 39); Kiev, Soviet Union
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 900,588
Singles
Career record	285–220
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 50 (18 August 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008)
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2008–2010)
US Open	1R (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	221–153
Career titles	6 WTA, 19 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 39 (23 June 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2008)
French Open	3R (2008)
Wimbledon	3R (2009)
US Open	2R (2011)
	Last updated on: 11 November 2012.

Mariya Koryttseva (Ukrainian: Марія Коритцева, born 25 May 1985) is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on 18 August 2008.

Career

Koryttseva made a surprising run to the final of the 2007 Sunfeast Open, held in Kolkata, India, in September 2007. En route to her appearance in the final, she beat Monique Adamczak, Vania King, who had defeated the number one seed Marion Bartoli in the previous round, Tatiana Poutchek and Anne Keothavong. Her run came to an end at the hands of Maria Kirilenko, who beat her 6–0, 6–2 in the final. She lost the doubles finals as well.

She has won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour, two coming at Palermo, where she won with Giulia Casoni in 2005, and again with Darya Kustova in 2007. She won the 2008 ASB Classic with Lilia Osterloh. She was also the runner-up in doubles at Kolkata in 2007, where she lost the singles final, and lost the doubles final with Alberta Brianti to Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva.

On the ITF Tour, where she has played the majority of her career, she has won six singles titles and nineteen doubles titles. One of these came at the $100k event in Kharkiv.

In the second round of qualifying for the 2008 Kremlin Cup Koryttseva beat Anastasia Pivovarova 6-3 6-7 7-5 in 3 hours and 55 minutes, making it the third longest match in the open era.

Performance timeline

Singles

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through to the 2010 French Open.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Australian Open	1R	1R	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
French Open	LQ	1R	1R	2R	LQ	LQ	A
Wimbledon	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	A
U.S. Open	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	LQ	A

WTA career finals

Singles 2 (0-2)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 September 2007	Kolkata, India	Carpet (i)	Maria Kirilenko	0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	13 July 2008	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	2–6, 3–6

Doubles 10 (6-4)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (6–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	24 July 2005	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	2.	22 July 2007	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Darya Kustova	Alice Canepa Karin Knapp	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	12 October 2007	Kolkata, India	Hard	Alberta Brianti	Alla Kudryavtseva Vania King	6–1, 6–4
Winner	3.	6 January 2008	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	Martina Müller Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	17 February 2008	Vina del Mar, Chile	Clay	Julia Schruff	Alicja Rosolska Līga Dekmeijere	7–5, 6–3
Winner	4.	21 September 2008	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Sun Tiantian Yan Zi	6–3, 4–6, 10–8
Runner-up	3.	20 October 2008	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Sorana Cîrstea Marina Eraković	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up	4.	13 July 2009	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Darya Kustova	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	27 February 2011	Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	Raluca Olaru	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	5–7, 7–5, [10–6]
Winner	6.	24 July 2011	Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Monica Niculescu Galina Voskoboeva	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]