Polina Iatcenko

Polina Iatcenko
Full namePolina Vyacheslavovna Iatcenko
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceVoronezh, Russia
Born (2003-12-10) 10 December 2003
Murmansk, Russia
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$103,561
Singles
Career record169–85
Career titles1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 181 (27 October 2025)
Current rankingNo. 181 (27 October 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2026)
French Open Junior3R (2021)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record86–49
Career titles1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 218 (22 September 2025)
Current rankingNo. 243 (27 October 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior2R (2021)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2021)
Last updated on: 27 October 2025.

Polina Vyacheslavovna Iatcenko (Russian: Полина Вячеславовна Яценко, born 10 December 2003) is a Russian tennis player.[1] She has a career high singles ranking of 181, achieved on 27 October 2025, and best doubles ranking of 218, reached on 22 September 2025.[2][3]

Early life

Iatcenko was born on 10 December 2003 in Murmansk. Later, she moved with her family to the village of Novopodkletnoye in the Ramonsky District of the Voronezh Region. Iatcenko started playing tennis with the support of her family at the age of eight. In addition to her native Russian, she speaks fluent English.[4]

Career

In February 2022, she won the silver medal at the Russian Cup in doubles with partner Elena Pridankina. They lost to Ksenia Laskutova and Maria Timofeeva in the final.[5] In September 2022 she won a singles title in Sharm-el-Sheikh defeating Jacqueline Cabaj Awad in the final in straight sets.[6] In March 2023, she won a singles W15 title at Sharm-el-Sheikh defeating Katarína Kužmová in the final, and at the same venue that month won a doubles title alongside Kužmová in women's doubles.

In August 2023, she won the title by defeating Belarusian Aliona Falei in the President's Cup final held in Astana, Kazakhstan.[7]

In January 2024, she lost to Croatian Lucija Ćirić Bagarić in the final of the ITF W25 tournament in Monastir, Tunisia.[8]

Playing alongside Riya Bhatia she reached the final of the women’s doubles at the W50 Funchal tournament in Portugal in a November 2024 where they lost to British pair Ella McDonald and Holly Hutchinson.[9] In March 2025, she reached the doubles final at the ITF W35 tournament in Gurugram, India, with her partner Mariia Tkacheva. [10]

In April 2025, she became the champion in singles and played in the finals in doubles at the ITF W35 tennis tournament held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. [11]

In June 2025, Iatcenko won her first major title in doubles at the ITF W50 tournament in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, with her Belarusian partner Aliona Falei.[12]

In September 2025, she won her first WTA 125 title at the Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open, defeating Gabriela Knutson in the final.[13]

Iatcenko made her WTA Tour debut at the 2025 Chennai Open, recording wins over Alina Charaeva via retirement[14] and Katarzyna Kawa[15] to reach the quarterfinals, at which point her run was ended by Lanlana Tararudee.[16]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2025 Caldas da Rainha, Portugal Hard Gabriela Knutson 6–2, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2026 WTA 125 Mumbai, India Hard Elena Pridankina Nicole Fossa Huergo
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
7–6(3), 1–6, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner–ups)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments (2–1)
W15 tournaments (5–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt W15 Hard Darya Shauha w/o
Win 2–0 Sep 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Jacqueline Cabaj Awad 7–6(6), 6–2
Win 3–0 Oct 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Vivian Yang 6–1, 6–1
Win 4–0 Mar 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Katarína Kužmová 6–4, 6–2
Win 5–0 Mar 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Emilie Lindh 6–2, 2–2 ret.
Win 6–0 Jul 2023 President's Cup, Kazakhstan W25 Hard Aliona Falei 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–1 Jan 2024 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W35 Hard Lucija Ćirić Bagarić 5–7, 2–6
Win 7–1 Apr 2025 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 Hard Viktória Hrunčáková 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments (0–1)
W50 tournaments (1–1)
W25/35 tournaments (3–4)
W15 tournaments (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–8)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2022 ITF Kazan, Russia W15 Hard Daria Kudashova Anna Ukolova
Kseniya Yersh
7–6(0), 3–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Mar 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Darya Shauha Lee Pei-chi
Lee Ya-hsin
3–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 Nov 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W25 Hard Alina Korneeva Jenny Dürst
Park So-hyun
6–1, 6–7(1), [10–5]
Win 2–2 Mar 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Sandra Samir Back Da-yeon
Jeong Bo-young
6–4, 7–5
Win 3–2 Mar 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Katarína Kužmová Pauline Courcoux
Camille Moga
6–4, 6–0
Win 4–2 Apr 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Aliona Falei Evgeniya Burdina
Ekaterina Shalimova
6–4, 7–5
Loss 4–3 Oct 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard Aliona Falei Gao Xinyu
Zhibek Kulambayeva
0–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win 5–3 Nov 2023 ITF Limassol, Cyprus W25 Hard Anastasiia Gureva Katy Dunne
Leonie Küng
Walkover
Loss 5–4 Nov 2024 ITF Funchal, Portugal W50 Hard Riya Bhatia Holly Hutchinson
Ella McDonald
6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss 5–5 Nov 2024 ITF Lousada, Portugal W35 Hard Hanne Vandewinkel Yuliya Hatouka
Zhibek Kulambayeva
3–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win 6–5 Dec 2024 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 Hard Katarína Kužmová Kamilla Bartone
Andreea Prisăcariu
6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–6 Mar 2025 ITF Gurugram, India W35 Hard Polina Iatcenko Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Reyngold
6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 6–7 Apr 2025 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 Hard Aliona Falei Katarína Kužmová
Mariia Tkacheva
4–6, 3–6
Win 7–7 Jun 2025 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal W50 Hard Aliona Falei Iveta Dapkutė
Weronika Ewald
6–3, 7–5
Loss 7–8 Sep 2025 ITF Féminin Le Neubourg, France W75 Hard Sofya Lansere Naiktha Bains
Rutuja Bhosale
2–6, 6–1, [6–10]

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