| Country | Russia | ||||||
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| Residence | Moscow, Russia | ||||||
| Born | March 22, 1991 Moscow, Russia |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||
| Turned pro | 2007 | ||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||
| Career prize money | USA$54,123 | ||||||
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| Career record | 127 - 70 | ||||||
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 7 ITF | ||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 218 (November 14, 2011) | ||||||
| Current ranking | No. 218 (November 14, 2011) | ||||||
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| Career record | 79 - 48 | ||||||
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 6 ITF | ||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 223 (May 17, 2010) | ||||||
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| Last updated on: November 19, 2011. | |||||||
Marta Sirotkina (Russian: Марта Сироткина, born March 22, 1991) is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 218, which she reached on November 14, 2011.[1] Her career high in doubles is No.223, which she reached on May 17, 2010.[1]
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Apart from ITF professional successes, Marta has won Bronze medals in the Moscow Winter Championships (Singles and Doubles) in 2009, later winning a Gold medal in the Russian Championships. Marta has won Silver medals in the Moscow Championships and Gold in the “Cup of Russia” Doubles tournament.
So far in 2011, Marta has won 3 ITF titles in singles. She won two ITF $10,000 tournaments in Bath, Great Britain and Antalya, Turkey and a ITF $25,000 tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.
Marta began 2011 with a bang in Bath, beating the top seed on way to capturing the AEGON Pro Series $10k title, while in the $25k event the following week she beat 2 higher ranked players to make the main draw where she destroyed former World top-20 star Anna-Lena Grönefeld before falling in the quarterfinals to Claire Feuerstein.
Marta competed in the ITF $25K AEGON GB Pro-Series Foxhills on the 11th July 2011. Marta was seeded 5th. Marta defeated Daneika Borthwick in the first round and Samantha Murray in the second round. In the quarterfinals, Marta was defeated by the 1st seed, Vitalia Diatchenko 6–2, 6–2.
Marta participated in the 2011 Tatarstan Open in singles and in doubles. Ksenia Lykina is her doubles partner. In the first round of the singles, Marta defeated Valeria Solovieva, 6–2, 6–2. In the second round, she lost to the 3rd seed, Anastasiya Yakimova, 6–4 5–7 6–7(3). In the doubles, Sirotkina and Lykina lost to the second seeds, Ekaterina Ivanova and Andreja Klepač, 3–6, 1–6 in the semifinals, after defeating the 4th seeds, Tetyana Arefyeva and Eugeniya Pashkova in the first round and Natela Dzalamidze and Mandy Minella in the quarterfinals.
Marta competed in the 2011 Summer Universiade in both singles and doubles. In the singles, Marta lost in the third round to eventual bronze-medalist Yoo Mi. Marta partenered Ksenia Lykina in the doubles and they won a bronze medal.
Marta cometed in the Singles Qualifying of the 2011 Tashkent Open. She was seeded 4th. In the first round, Marta defeated Viktoriya Karmenova 6–2, 6–0. In the next round, Marta defeated Lyudmyla Kichenok 7–5, 7–5. In the final round, she lost to Aleksandra Krunić.
Marta is completing her studies at the Moscow Institute for Sports and Fitness Studies, she is funded by a sports-academic scholarship from the Yeltsin Fund. As well as her native Russian she speaks English and Spanish, having attended the Spanish Immersion High School in Moscow. She has one older brother. She likes playing on hardcourt surfaces but her favourite and most comfortable surface is grass.[2]
In October 2010, Hiberno International and Marta signed a long term management agreement that will bring Marta to the heights she has the ability to reach. Marta has begun the upward curve needed by undergoing an intensive training camp in the Republic of Ireland at the Tennis Ireland BNP-Paribas National Academy in Dublin under the guidance of the Internationally respected Garry Cahill (former Ireland Fed Cup team captain and current Ireland Davis Cup team captain).[3]
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 1 November 2009 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard | Lyudmyla Kichenok | 3–6 3–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 11 April 2010 | Ain Elsokhna-Suiz, Egypt | Clay | Ekaterine Gorgodze | 6–3 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 12 September 2010 | Madrid, Spain | Hard | Naomi Broady | 4–6 6–4 6–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 7 November 2010 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Martina Balogova | 6–2 6–0 |
| Winner | 5. | 11 December 2010 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Mihaela Buzarnescu | 6–0 6–0 |
| Winner | 6. | 19 March 2011 | Bath, Great Britain | Hard | Giulia Gatto-Monticone | W/O |
| Winner | 7. | 24 April 2011 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Yana Buchina | 6–1 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 7 May 2011 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Hard | Nikola Hofmanova | 4–6 5–7 |
| Winner | 9. | 4 June 2011 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Luksika Kumkhum | 6–4 6–3 |
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 17 May 2009 | St. Petersburgh, Russia | Hard | Yuliya Kalabina | Avgusta Tsybysheva Maria Zharkova |
6–1 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 23 May 2009 | Moscow, Russia | Clay | Yuliya Kalabina | Maria Kondratieva Arina Rodionova |
5–7 1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 5 June 2009 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Hard | Anna Brazhnikova | Ksenia Palkina Arina Rodionova |
3–6 6–4 [11–9] |
| Winner | 4. | 11 April 2010 | Ain Elsokhna-Suiz, Egypt | Clay | Anna Brazhnikova | Audrey Bergot Chanel Simmonds |
6–3 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 29 May 2010 | Grado, Italy | Clay | Karina Pimkina | Xinyun Han Jing-Jing Lu |
6–1 4–6 [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 11 September 2010 | Madrid, Spain | Hard | Jennifer Ren | Naomi Broady Emily Webley-Smith |
2–6 3–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 30 October 2010 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Oksana Kalashnikova | Ekaterina Bychkova Iryna Bremond |
6–3 6–1 |
| Winner | 8. | 6 November 2010 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Nigina Abduraimova | Julia Samuseva Ekaterina Yakovleva |
3–6 6–1 [10–7] |
| Winner | 8. | 13 November 2010 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Nikola Frankova | Daria Salnikova Nicola Slater |
3–6 7–5 [10–5] |
| Runner-up | 9. | 24 April 2011 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Maria Zharkova | Laura-Ioana Andrei Sylwia Zagorska |
1–6 6–7(0) |