Tetyana Arefyeva


Tetyana Serhiivna Arefyeva is a Ukrainian tennis player. She began tennis at the age of 6 and is coached by Igor Dernovskyy. She mainly plays on the ITF Women's Circuit.

2005

Tetyana played her first professional tournament at the $10,000 tournament in Kiev. She received a wildcard into the tournament.

2006

Tetyana played in Kiev once more, this time advancing past the first round, before losing to Agnese Zucchini 6–1, 0–6, 6–3. She also played in Kharkiv and Volos. She qualified for Kharkiv and received a wildcard into Volos. She played in the qualifying draws of all the ITF Cairo tournaments. She fell in qualifying for all three of them. But she won two doubles matches in Cairo.

2007

Tetyana played lots more tournaments on the ITF Circuits, reaching a quarter final at Tampere in Finland. She finished the year ranked at 769. In doubles Tetyana teamed with Elena Jirnova to reach the final at Gausdal in Norway.

2008

In February 2008 Tetyana won her first ITF title at Melilla in Spain. She also reached finals in Astana and Athens but she lost in the final to Alice Moroni and Zarina Diyas respectively. She also reached a final in Arezzo but lost 7–5, 6–1. She ended the year ranked 613 in singles and 727 in doubles.

2009

In 2009 Tetyana became 18 and began a series of successful results. In Portimão in Portugal, she reached the semi-final defeating Stéphanie Vongsouthi en route. She lost to Sandra Soler-Sola in the semi-final 4–6, 6–1, 6–0. She completed back-to-back finals at Antalya-Belek and Almaty She lost in Turkey to Irini Georgatou but won Almaty, defeating Daria Kuchmina. At the $25,000 event in Namangan, Uzbekistan Tetyana reached the final by defeating Ksenia Palkina, Çağla Büyükakçay and Sofia Kvatsabaia. She lost in the final to Kristina Antoniychuk 6–0, 6–1.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.23 February 2008Melilla, SpainHard Dessislava Mladenova6–1, 7–6
Runner-up2.24 March 2008Athens, GreeceHard Alice Moroni3–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.17 November 2008Astana, KazakhstanHard Zarina Diyas5–7, 4–6
Runner-up4.13 April 2009Antalya, TurkeyHard Eirini Georgatou3–6, 7–6, 5–7
Winner5.20 April 2009Almaty, KazakhstanHard Daria Kuchmina6–2, 6–1
Runner-up6.27 April 2009Namangan, UzbekistanHard Kristina Antoniychuk0–6, 1–6
Runner-up7.25 April 2011Karshi, UzbekistanHard Isabella Holland5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 9 (2–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.22 July 2007Gausdal, NorwayHard Elena Jirnova Maja Kambič
Petra Pajalič
6–7, 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up2.11 February 2008Arezzo, ItalyClay Aude Vermoezen Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Federica Quercia
5–7, 1–6
Runner-up3.13 April 2009Antalya, TurkeyHard Anastasiya Lytovchenko Çağla Büyükakçay
Pemra Özgen
4–6, 2–6
Winner4.20 April 2009Almaty, KazakhstanHard Anastasiya Lytovchenko Ima Bohush
Eugeniya Pashkova
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up5.28 June 2010Ystad, SwedenClay Anastasiya Lytovchenko Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Emma Laine
1–6, 1–6
Runner-up6.1 November 2010Ismaning, GermanyCarpet Yuliana Fedak Kristina Barrois
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
1–6, 6–7
Runner-up7.6 December 2010Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHard Yuliana Fedak Elena Chalova
Ksenia Palkina
2–6, 4–6
Winner8.25 April 2011Karshi, UzbekistanHard Eugeniya Pashkova Isabella Holland
Naomi Broady
6–7, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up9.11 March 2013Orlando, United StatesClay Kateřina Kramperová Nikola Fraňková
Nathalia Rossi
5–7, 6–2, 8–10