Lina Krasnoroutskaya

Lina Krasnoroutskaya
Лина Красноруцкая

Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Obninsk, Russia
Born	(1984-04-29) 29 April 1984 Obninsk, Russia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$947,916
Singles
Career record	131–83
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 25 (19 January 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2004)
French Open	QF (2001)
Wimbledon	4R (2001)
US Open	2R (2001)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Career record	60–54
Career titles	1 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 22 (2 February 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2004)
French Open	2R (2003)
Wimbledon	SF (2003)
US Open	3R (2001, 2003)
Last updated on: 11 June 2012.

Lina Vladimirovna Krasnoroutskaya (Лина Владимировна Красноруцкая; born 29 April 1984) is a former Junior World Number 1 (1999) tennis player. In addition to gaining the coveted top spot, Lina won the US Open Junior title. She has however had a career blighted by injury.

Biography

After a successful year in 2001, when she reached the quarter finals at Roland Garros (seventh youngest player ever to do so) and the Wimbledon last 16, as the world number 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 2002 after. She was not effectively back until February 2003 when she climbed back up the rankings (reached 25) after wins over Monica Seles, Elena Bovina, Nadia Petrova and then world number 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 semi-final appearance at Wimbledon in the doubles with Elena Dementieva (having beaten the Williams sisters on centre court in the 3rd round) and runner-up at the US Open in 2003 in the mixed doubles with Daniel Nestor, who had 3 match points.

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

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2003	US Open	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Katarina Srebotnik Bob Bryan	5–7, 7–5, [10–5]

WTA tour finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 August 2003	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Justine Henin	1–6, 0–6

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 October 2001	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Elena Dementieva	Anna Kournikova Martina Hingis	7–6(7–1), 6–3
Runner-up	2.	4 November 2002	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Tatiana Panova	Kelly Liggan Renata Voráčová	5–7, 6–7
Winner	3.	21 June 2003	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Elena Dementieva	Nadia Petrova Mary Pierce	2–6, 6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	12 April 1999	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Oana-Elena Golimbioschi	6–3 6–0

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 April 1999	Cerignola, Italy	Clay	Irina Kornienko	Jasmine Choudhury Elizabeth Jelfs	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	3 December 2002	Boynton Beach, United States	Clay	Alina Jidkova	Katalin Marosi Samantha Reeves	2–6, 6–7

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2009 US Open (tennis), which ended on 14 September 2009.

External links

• Lina Krasnoroutskaya at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lina Krasnoroutskaya at the International Tennis Federation
• Lina Krasnoroutskaya at the Fed Cup