Irina Selyutina

Irina Selyutina
Ирина Селютина

Country (sports)	Kazakhstan
Residence	Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
Born	(1979-11-07) 7 November 1979 Alma-Ata, Soviet Union
Height
Turned pro	December 1996
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$420,868
Singles
Career record	183–128
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 85 (14 January 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2002)
French Open	1R (2002)
Wimbledon	1R (2002)
Doubles
Career record	192–117
Career titles	3 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 31 (20 November 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2001)
French Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	3R (2000)

Irina Gennadyevna Selyutina (Ирина Геннадьевна Селютина; born 7 November 1979) is a Kazakhstani tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 in junior doubles, winning French Open and Wimbledon in 1997 partnering with Cara Black. Black and Selyutina were also crowned ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion in 1997. Selyutina has won three WTA Tour doubles titles so far — J&S Cup with Cătălina Cristea in 1999, Canberra Women's Classic with Nannie De Villiers and Porto Open with Black in 2002. She also enjoyed success on ITF Circuit, winning seven singles and twenty doubles events.

Personal life

Selyutina was born to Gennady and Tatyana Selyutina in Alma-Ata (Soviet Union then, Kazakhstan now). She has a brother, Nickolay. Selyutina began playing tennis aged eight, and has been coached by her first coach Valery Kovalyov for her entire career. Selyutina, who graduated from high school in 1996, prefers hard courts.

Awards

• 1997 — ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion (with Cara Black)

Career statistics

WTA Tour doubles finals (3–3)

Legend
Grand Slam (0/0)
WTA Tour Championship (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/1)
Tier III (0/1)
Tier IV & V (3/1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winners	1.	9 May 1999	Warsaw	Clay	Cătălina Cristea	Amélie Cocheteux Janette Husárová	6–1, 6–2
RU	1.	5 March 2000	Scottsdale	Hard	Cara Black	Lindsay Davenport Martina Hingis	cancelled
RU	2.	18 June 2000	Birmingham	Grass	Cara Black	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Winners	2.	13 January 2002	Canberra	Hard	Nannie De Villiers	Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti	6–2, 6–3
Winners	3.	7 April 2002	Porto	Clay	Cara Black	Kristie Boogert Magüi Serna	7–6(8–6), 6–4
RU	3.	15 September 2002	Waikoloa	Hard	Nannie De Villiers	Meilen Tu María Vento-Kabchi	1–6, 6–2, 6–3

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals (2–0)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winners	1997	French Open	Clay	Cara Black	Maja Matevžič Katarina Srebotnik	6–0, 5–7, 7–5
Winners	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Cara Black	Maja Matevžič Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 7–5, 6–3

External links

• Irina Selyutina at the Women's Tennis Association
• Irina Selyutina at the Fed Cup

Preceded by Michaela Paštiková

ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion (with Cara Black) 1997

Succeeded by Eva Dyrberg