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Tetyana Arefyeva

Tetyana Arefyeva
Тетяна Арефиева
Country (sports) Ukraine Ukraine
Born (1991-09-03) 3 September 1991 (age 25)
Kiev, Ukraine
Turned pro 2005
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 95,011
Singles
Career record 186–168
Career titles 0 WTA (2 ITF)
Highest ranking No. 241 (19 March 2012)
Current ranking No. 264 (7 October 2013)
Doubles
Career record 76–81
Career titles 0 WTA (2 ITF)
Highest ranking No. 182 (29 August 2011)
Current ranking No. 460 (7 October 2013)
Last updated on: 12 October 2013.

Tetyana Arefyeva (Ukrainian: Тетяна Арефиева) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She began tennis at the age of 6 and is coached by Igor Dernovskyy. She mainly plays on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Tetyana played her first professional tournament at the $10,000 tournament in Kiev. She received a wildcard into the tournament.

Tetyana played in Kiev once more, this time advancing past the first round, before losing to Agnese Zucchini 6–1, 0–6, 6–3. 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 Cairo tournaments. She fell in qualifying for all three of them. But she managed to win two doubles matches in Cairo.

Tetyana played lots more tournaments on the ITF Circuits, reaching a quarter final 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 Tetyana won her first ITF title at Melilla in Spain. She also reached finals in Astana and Athens but she lost in the final to Alice Moroni and Zarina Diyas respectively. She also reached a final in Arezzo but lost 7–5, 6–1. She ended the year ranked 613 in singles and 727 in doubles.

In 2009 Tetyana became 18 and began a series of successful results. In Portimão in Portugal she reached the semi final defeating Stéphanie Vongsouthi en route. She lost to Sandra Soler-Sola in the semi final 4–6, 6–1, 6–0. She completed back-to-back finals at Antalya-Belek and Almaty She lost in Turkey to Irini Georgatou but won Almaty, defeating Daria Kuchmina. At the $25,000 event in Namangan, Uzbekistan Tetyana reached the final by defeating Ksenia Palkina, Çağla Büyükakçay and Sofia Kvatsabaia. She lost in the final to Kristina Antoniychuk 6–0, 6–1.


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