Polina Iatcenko
Polina Vyacheslavovna Iatcenko is a Russian tennis player. 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.
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.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.In September 2022 she won a singles title in Sharm-el-Sheikh defeating Jacqueline Cabaj Awad in the final in straight sets. 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.
In January 2024, she lost to Croatian Lucija Ćirić Bagarić in the final of the ITF W25 tournament in Monastir, Tunisia.
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.
In March 2025, she reached the doubles final at the ITF W35 tournament in Gurugram, India, with her partner Mariia Tkacheva.
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.
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.
In September 2025, she won her first WTA 125 title at the Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open – Singles|Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open], defeating Gabriela Knutson in the final.
Iatcenko made her WTA Tour debut at the 2025 [Chennai Open – Singles|2025 Chennai Open], recording wins over Alina Charaeva via retirement and Katarzyna Kawa to reach the quarterfinals, at which point her run was ended by Lanlana Tararudee.
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (1 titles)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner–ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win | 1–0 | 2022 [ITF Women's World Tennis Tour |Feb 2022] | ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Darya Shauha | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win | 2–0 | 2022 ITF Women's [World Tennis Tour |Sep 2022] | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard |  Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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