Irina Kotkina (born 19 September 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player.
Biography A right-handed player from Moscow, Kotkina was a top 10 ranked junior. At the 2004 French Open, she and Yaroslava Shvedova were runners-up in the girls' doubles, to Kateřina Böhmová and Michaëlla Krajicek.
On the professional circuit she reached a best singles ranking of 400 in the world. She featured in one WTA Tour main draw, as a wildcard at the 2006 İstanbul Cup, where she retired hurt while trailing Michaëlla Krajicek in the first round, due to an elbow injury.
In her career, Kotkina won four ITF titles, all in doubles.
ITF finals Singles (0–4) $50,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore Runner-up 1. 17 February 2002 ITF Kaunas, Lithuania Hard (i) Katrina Banderę 6–2, 5–7, 4–6 Runner-up 2. 15 February 2004 ITF Albufeira, Portugal Hard Monica Niculescu 1–6, 6–3, 0–6 Runner-up 3. 15 August 2004 ITF Albufeira, Portugal Hard Ana Catarina Nogueira 5–7, 0–6 Runner-up 4. 22 August 2004 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 2–6, 3–6
Doubles (4–5) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. 17 February 2002 ITF Kaunas, Lithuania Hard (i) Daria Chemarda Margit Rüütel Ilona Poljakova 6–0, 6–3Winner 2. 8 July 2002 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Clay Anna Chakvetadze Daniela Berček Ana Četnik 7–5, 6–4Runner-up 1. 23 June 2003 ITF Elektrostal, Russia Hard Daria Chemarda Iryna Brémond Olga Savchuk 3–6, 6–1, 3–6Runner-up 2. 5 July 2003 ITF Balashikha, Russia Clay Iryna Brémond Daria Chemarda Elena Vesnina 5–7, 4–6Runner-up 3. 3 August 2003 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard Olga Panova Julia Ács Zsuzsanna Fodor 7–6(5), 3–6, 4–6Winner 3. 22 August 2004 ITF Coimbra, Portugal Hard Akgul Amanmuradova Sarah Raab Sandra Volk 2–6, 6–1, 6–1Runner-up 4. 21 September 2004 ITF Batumi, Georgia Hard Anna Bastrikova Alona Bondarenko Galina Fokina 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 5. 7 March 2005 ITF Las Palmas, Spain Clay Charlène Vanneste Romina Oprandi Vanessa Wellauer 5–7, 2–6Winner 4. 17 September 2005 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia Clay Olga Panova Vasilisa Davydova Pemra Özgen 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
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