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Tetyana Arefyeva

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Tetyana Arefyeva
Тетяна Арефиева
Country (sports) Ukraine
Born (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 33)[1]
Kyiv, Ukraine
Turned pro2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$95,893
Singles
Career record188–170
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 241 (19 March 2012)
Doubles
Career record76–85
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 182 (29 August 2011)

Tetyana Serhiivna Arefyeva (Ukrainian: Тетяна Сергіївна Арефиева) is a Ukrainian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles and two doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Arefyeva began tennis at the age of six and was coached by Igor Dernovskyy. In 2005, she played her first professional match at a $10k tournament in Kyiv where she had received a wildcard.

In 2006, Tetyana played in Kyiv once more, this time advancing past the first round, before losing to Agnese Zucchini in three sets. She also played in Kharkiv and Volos. She qualified for Kharkiv and received a wildcard into Volos. She played in the qualifying draws of all the ITF events in Cairo. She fell in qualifying for all three of them but she won two doubles matches in Cairo.

Arefyeva played lots more tournaments on the ITF Circuit 2007, reaching a quarterfinal at Tampere in Finland. She finished the year ranked at 769. In doubles, Tetyana teamed with Elena Jirnova to reach the final at Gausdal in Norway.

In February 2008, she won her first ITF title at Melilla in Spain. She also reached finals in Astana and Athens but lost to Alice Moroni and Zarina Diyas, respectively. She also reached a final in Arezzo but lost in straight sets. She ended the year ranked 613 in singles and 727 in doubles.

In 2009, Arefyeva became 18 and began a series of successful results. In Portimão in Portugal, she reached the semifinals defeating Stéphanie Vongsouthi en route. She completed back-to-back finals at Antalya and Almaty. She lost in Turkey to Irini Georgatou but won in Almaty, defeating Daria Kuchmina. At a $25k event in Namangan, Uzbekistan, Tetyana reached the final by defeating Ksenia Palkina, Çağla Büyükakçay and Sofia Kvatsabaia. She was defeated in the final by Kristina Antoniychuk, 6–0, 6–1.

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 23 February 2008 ITF Melilla, Spain Hard Bulgaria Dessislava Mladenova 6–1, 7–6
Loss 2. 24 March 2008 ITF Athens, Greece Hard Italy Alice Moroni 3–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 17 November 2008 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas 5–7, 4–6
Loss 4. 13 April 2009 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Greece Eirini Georgatou 3–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win 5. 20 April 2009 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard Russia Daria Kuchmina 6–2, 6–1
Loss 6. 27 April 2009 ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard Ukraine Kristina Antoniychuk 0–6, 1–6
Loss 7. 25 April 2011 ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan Hard Australia Isabella Holland 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 22 July 2007 ITF Gausdal, Norway Hard Ukraine Elena Jirnova Slovenia Maja Kambič
Slovenia Petra Pajalič
6–7(3), 7–5, 3–6
Loss 2. 11 February 2008 ITF Arezzo, Italy Clay Belgium Aude Vermoezen Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Italy Federica Quercia
5–7, 1–6
Loss 3. 13 April 2009 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Ukraine Anastasiya Lytovchenko Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay
Turkey Pemra Özgen
4–6, 2–6
Win 4. 20 April 2009 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard Ukraine Anastasiya Lytovchenko Belarus Ima Bohush
Russia Eugeniya Pashkova
6–4, 6–4
Loss 5. 28 June 2010 ITF Ystad, Sweden Clay Ukraine Anastasiya Lytovchenko Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Finland Emma Laine
1–6, 1–6
Loss 6. 1 November 2010 Ismaning Open, Germany Carpet (i) Ukraine Yuliana Fedak Germany Kristina Barrois
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
1–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 7. 6 December 2010 ITF Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
Hard Ukraine Yuliana Fedak Russia Elena Chalova
Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina
2–6, 4–6
Win 8. 25 April 2011 ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan Hard Russia Eugeniya Pashkova Australia Isabella Holland
United Kingdom Naomi Broady
6–7(1), 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 9. 11 March 2013 ITF Orlando, United States Clay Czech Republic Kateřina Kramperová Czech Republic Nikola Fraňková
Brazil Nathalia Rossi
5–7, 6–2, [8–10]

References

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  1. ^ Player's details. Tetyana Arefyeva itftennis.com Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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