Lina Vladimirovna Krasnoroutskaya (Russian: Лина Владимировна Красноруцкая listen; born 29 April 1984) is a retired tennis player. She is a former junior world No. 1 (1999), and in addition, she won the US Open junior title. Krasnoroutskaya, however, had a career blighted by injury.

Lina Krasnoroutskaya
Лина Красноруцкая
Full nameLina Vladimirovna Krasnoroutskaya
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceObninsk, Russia
Born (1984-04-29) 29 April 1984 (age 40)
Obninsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$947,916
Singles
Career record131–83
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 25 (19 January 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2004)
French OpenQF (2001)
Wimbledon4R (2001)
US Open2R (2001)
Doubles
Career record60–54
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 22 (2 February 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2004)
French Open2R (2003)
WimbledonSF (2003)
US Open3R (2001, 2003)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2004)
US OpenF (2003)
Team competitions
Fed Cup0–1

Early life

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Krasnoroutskaya was born in the Crimean city of Kerch to Vladimir and Marina, the former being also her tennis coach.[1] She also has interest is windsurfing. While growing up, she admired Andre Agassi because of his positive attitude.[1]

Junior career

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In January 1998, Krasnorutskaya won Les Petits As, an unofficial world championship for U14 players.[2] She kept dominating the U14 circuit in the Tennis Europe Junior Tour throughout the rest of the year as she successfully defended all three of her 1997 titles; in Geneva, Arezzo, and Moscow;[3] and then reached the final of the European Junior Championships in both singles and doubles, beating Scarlett Werner in the former, while losing the latter paired with Galina Fokina.[4]

In that same year, and despite still being only 14, she began competing in the U16 circuit and won titles in Louvain-la-Neuve, La Hulpe, and Baden-Baden.[3] She ended the 1998 season as the No. 1, thus becoming the first player in the history of the Tennis Europe U14 circuit to successfully defend a year-end No. 1 position (1997 and 1998).[3]

She also had a successful run on the ITF Junior Circuit, where she also dominated, winning the Girls' U.S. Open, ending the year as the No. 1 junior in the world.[3]

Professional career

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She turned pro in the following year, in 1999, and in her first WTA Tour tournament in Luxembourg, she reached the semi-finals with a series of remarkable comebacks over Magdalena Maleeva (trailed 6–3, 5–2) and Silvia Farina (trailed 6–0, 3–1).[1] She then won her first and only victory in singles in a senior tournament, an ITF tournament in San Severo, Italy, beating Oana Elena Golimbioschi in the final, 6–3, 6–0.[1] She was ranked No. 163 in her first season-ending ranking.[1]

After a successful year in 2001, when she reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros (seventh youngest player ever to do so) and the Wimbledon last 16, as the world No. 34, she was badly injured at the 2002 Australian Open when she obtained an invite from Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play the Hong Kong Ladies Challenge after. She was not effectively back until February 2003 when she climbed back up the rankings (reached 25th) after wins over Monica Seles, Elena Bovina, Nadia Petrova and then-world No. 1, Kim Clijsters.

However, a shoulder injury at the end of 2003, then a liver condition in 2004, followed by stomach problems at the start of 2005 meant that she had considered (March 2005) whether to continue on the pro tour. In June 2005, she announced she would be returning, but that the return would be delayed until after the birth of her first baby in November 2005.

Despite her injuries, she has earned almost $1 million in prize money, has represented her country at both junior and senior level, reached a WTA Tier I final in Canada (2003), a semifinal appearance at Wimbledon in the doubles with Elena Dementieva (having beaten the Williams sisters on centre court in the third round) and runner-up at the US Open in 2003 in the mixed-doubles with Daniel Nestor, who had three match points.

She is a commentator on Russian TV, for NTV Plus.

Grand Slam finals

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Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2003 US Open Hard   Daniel Nestor   Katarina Srebotnik
  Bob Bryan
5–7, 7–5, [10–5]

WTA career finals

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Singles: 1 runner-up

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Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss Aug 2003 Canada Masters, Toronto Tier I Hard   Justine Henin-Hardenne 1–6, 0–6

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tier I (0–1)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Oct 2001 Kremlin Cup, Russia Carpet (i)   Elena Dementieva   Anna Kournikova
  Martina Hingis
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss 2. Nov 2002 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard   Tatiana Panova   Kelly Liggan
  Renata Voráčová
5–7, 6–7(7–9)
Win 1. Jun 2003 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass   Elena Dementieva   Nadia Petrova
  Mary Pierce
2–6, 6–3, 6–4

ITF finals

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Singles (1–0)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 12 April 1999 ITF San Severo, Italy Clay   Oana Elena Golimbioschi 6–3, 6–0

Doubles (0–2)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 5 April 1999 ITF Cerignola, Italy Clay   Irina Kornienko   Jasmine Choudhury
  Lizzie Jelfs
5–7, 5–7
Loss 2. 3 December 2002 ITF Boynton Beach, United States Clay   Alina Jidkova   Katalin Marosi
  Samantha Reeves
2–6, 6–7

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 W-L
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R Q3 3R Q3 2–4
French Open 1R QF A 2R A A 5–3
Wimbledon 1R 4R A 2R 1R A 4–4
US Open 1R 2R A 1R A A 1–3
Win–loss 0–4 8–4 0–1 2–3 2–2 N/A 12–14

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Lina Krasnoroutskaya player profile". WTA. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ^ "The winners of Les Petits As". lespetitsas.com. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "30 years of the Tennis Europe Junior Tour". kungenskanna.com. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ^ "European Junior Championships 14 & Under". tenniseurope.org. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
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