Yana Buchina

Yana Buchina
Яна Бучина

Yana Buchina
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	February 7, 1992 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$48,605
Singles
Career record	137 - 97
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 334 (12 August 2013)
Current ranking	No. 740 (12 January 2015)
Doubles
Career record	22 - 21
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 569 (05 March 2012)
Current ranking	No. 727 (12 January 2015)
Last updated on: 12 January 2015.

Yana Alexandrovna Buchina (Russian: Яна Бучина; born February 7, 1992) is a junior Russian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 334, which she reached on 12 August 2013. Her highest WTA doubles ranking is 569, which she reached on 05 March 2012.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Personal life

Yana Buchina was born to Alexander and Lillia Buchina.^[17] She was born on February 7, 1992 in Moscow, Russia, where she currently resides.^[17] Yana Buchina speaks Russian and English. Her favourite surfaces are grass and hard.^[17] She is currently coached by her father Alexander Buchin and by Eugenia Maniokova.^[17]

Tennis career

Junior career

In 2009 she played in the third round of the 2009 Australian Open girls' singles event, and the first round of the girls' doubles event, partnering Heather Watson. The duo lost to Viktoria Kamenskaya and Karina Pimkina 7–5, 6–4. She reached the second round of the 2009 French Open girls' event and the semi-finals of the doubles. Yana lost in the third round of girls' singles event and in the third round of the doubles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. And at 2009 US Open, she lost in the final of the singles event to Heather Watson from the Great Britain with a score 6–4 and 6–1 .

In 2010, she lost in the third round of the girls' singles event at the 2010 Australian Open.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 4 (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 April 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	1–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	1 May 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Ekaterine Gorgodze	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	22 April 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Nicola Geuer	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	28 January 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Lee Jin-a	5–7, 3–6

Doubles finals: 3 (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 March 2009	Las Palmas, Spain	Hard	Taja Mohorčič	Lu Jingjing Sun Shengnan	3–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Winner	2.	10 September 2010	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Polina Rodionova	Ani Mijačika Matea Čutura	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	3.	23 April 2014	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Andrea Gámiz	Eugeniya Pashkova Ganna Poznikhirenko	4–6, 1–6

References

1. "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Info | Yana Buchina". sonyericssonwtatour.com. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
2. Voice of Russia, Kremlin Cup International, Retrieved November 7, 2014
3. Voice of Russia, Martina Sirotkina, Retrieved November 7, 2014
4. Sky Sports, Heartbreak for Cornish, Retrieved November 7, 2014
5. CBS Sports, Yana Buchina, Retrieved November 7, 2014
6. MSNBC, included here too, Retrieved November 7, 2014
7. Go Tennis (Russia), Russian tennis database, Retrieved November 7, 2014
8. Tennis Recruiting Net, source, Retrieved November 7, 2014
9. Tennis Recruiting Net,source, Retrieved November 7, 2014
10. Tennis Kalamazoo, Chasing Dream Russian Style, Retrieved November 7, 2014
11. The Telegraph, Australian Open, Retrieved November 7, 2014
12. The Guardian, US Open Order of Play, Retrieved November 7, 2014
13. The Guardian, Heather Watson US Open, Retrieved November 7, 2014
14. The Guardian, US Open, Retrieved November 7, 2014
15. The Guardian, Heather Watson US Open Girls Title, Retrieved November 7, 2014
16. WTA Tennis, Yana Buchina, Retrieved November 7, 2014
17. Yana Buchina at the International Tennis Federation

External links

• Yana Buchina at the Women's Tennis Association
• Yana Buchina at the International Tennis Federation
• Yana Buchina at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile