Ksenia Palkina (Russian: Ксения Палкина Улукан or Ksenia Palkina Ulukan; born 13 December 1989) is a Russian-born Kyrgyzstani former tennis player. Palkina won 11 singles titles and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 March 2009, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 163. On 12 April 2010, she peaked at No. 164 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Personal life
Palkina was born in Khabarovsk Krai to mother Marina and father Nikolay, and has a brother named Nikita. Her favourite surface is clay.
As of November 2019, Palkina has been provisionally suspended by the Tennis Integrity Unit. Ksenia Palkina has been banned from tennis for 16 years, six years of which is suspended. She has also been fined $100,000 (with $87,500 suspended) after admitting breaching the rules of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Doubles: 52 (27 titles, 25 runner-ups)
References
External links
- Ksenia Palkina at the Women's Tennis Association
- Ksenia Palkina at the International Tennis Federation
- Ksenia Palkina at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
- Ksenia Palkina at ESPN.com
