# Deniz Khazaniuk

Deniz Khazaniuk (Hebrew: דניז חזניוק; born 24 October 1994) is an Israeli former tennis player.
Khazaniuk has career-high WTA rankings of 200 in singles, achieved on 11 June 2018, and of 445 in doubles, achieved on 16 June 2014. She has won 21 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2016, Khazaniuk won the Israeli Singles Championship.

## Biography

Khazaniuk was born in Ashkelon, Israel. Her father German Hazniuk is an orthopedist at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, and her mother Larissa who imports tennis equipment, both immigrated to Israel from Ukraine. When she was four years old the family moved to Netanya, Israel, where she lives. Her younger sister Stefany Khazaniuk is a former tennis player who currently works as a pitch-side reporter for Israel's Sport 5 Channel, and she has been in a relationship with Yair Netanyahu, son of the noted current Prime Minister of Israel.
In December 2016, Khazaniuk won the Israeli Singles Championship at 22 years of age, defeating Maya Tahan in the final.
In May 2019, she defeated world No. 87, Madison Brengle, at the ITF/USTA $100k in Charleston, South Carolina.
Playing for the Israel Fed Cup team, Khazaniuk has a win–loss record of 2–2, all in singles play.

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 35 (21 titles, 14 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $60,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $15,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (19–11)
* Clay (1–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2011 | ITF Mytilene, Greece | 10,000 | Hard | Ofri Lankri | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2011 | ITF Athens, Greece | 10,000 | Clay | Maria Sakkari | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Dec 2011 | ITF Solapur, India | 10,000 | Hard | Anna Shkudun | 3–6, 6–4, 0–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2012 | ITF Westende, Belgium | 10,000 | Hard | Irina Ramialison | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6$^{(5)}$ |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2012 | ITF Acre, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Natalia Kołat | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 2013 | ITF Ashkelon, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Ksenia Kirillova | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–2 | May 2013 | ITF Ashkelon, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Ksenia Kirillova | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 6–2 | May 2013 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Ekaterina Tour | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–2 | Jun 2013 | ITF Ra'anana, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Ester Masuri | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–2 | Jun 2013 | ITF Herzliya, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Keren Shlomo | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–2 | Aug 2013 | ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium | 10,000 | Clay | Oleksandra Korashvili | 6–3, 7–6$^{(6)}$ |
| Win | 10–2 | Mar 2014 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | 10,000 | Hard | Alix Collombon | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 10–3 | Apr 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | İpek Soylu | 5–7, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Loss | 10–4 | Jul 2014 | ITF Imola, Italy | 15,000 | Carpet | Katy Dunne | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 10–5 | Dec 2014 | ITF Tel Aviv, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Barbora Štefková | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 10–6 | May 2015 | ITF Ashkelon, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Saray Sterenbach | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 11–6 | May 2015 | ITF Acre, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Ofri Lankri | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 12–6 | May 2015 | ITF Netanya, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Ofri Lankri | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 12–7 | Jun 2015 | ITF Ramat Gan, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Lou Brouleau | 3–6, 6–2, 6–7$^{(6)}$ |
| Win | 13–7 | Jun 2015 | ITF Ramat Gan, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Ofri Lankri | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 14–7 | Sep 2015 | ITF Kiryat Gat, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Ana Veselinović | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 15–7 | Sep 2015 | ITF Tiberias, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Naomi Totka | 6–0, 7–5 |
| Loss | 15–8 | Oct 2015 | ITF Tel Aviv, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Olga Doroshina | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 15–9 | Oct 2015 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Marta Paigina | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 16–9 | Dec 2015 | ITF Ramat Gan, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Olga Doroshina | 7–6$^{(6)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 16–10 | Sep 2016 | Telavi Open, Georgia | 25,000 | Clay | Veronika Kudermetova | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 16–11 | Sep 2016 | ITF Bucha, Ukraine | 25,000 | Clay | Anastasiya Komardina | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 17–11 | Dec 2016 | ITF Ramat Gan, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Miriam Kolodziejová | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 17–12 | Dec 2016 | ITF Ramat Gan, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Marta Paigina | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 18–12 | Apr 2017 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard | Sofya Zhuk | w/o |
| Win | 19–12 | Oct 2017 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | Conny Perrin | 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 19–13 | Oct 2017 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | Conny Perrin | 6–7$^{(11)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 20–13 | May 2018 | ITF Osprey, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Sophie Chang | 6–4, 4–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 21–13 | May 2019 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 6–1, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 21–14 | Jul 2019 | ITF Evansville, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Grace Min | 6–7, 6–4, 5–7 |

### Doubles (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 26 April 2013 | ITF Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | Ksenia Kirillova | Eva Wacanno Alina Wessel | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | 23 August 2013 | ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium | Clay | Amandine Hesse | Tatiana Búa Daniela Seguel | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3. | 21 September 2013 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Ksenia Palkina | Katharina Lehnert Chantal Škamlová | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 7–6$^{(3)}$, [10–8] |
| Loss | 4. | 22 May 2015 | ITF Netanya, Israel | Hard | Vlada Ekshibarova | Ofri Lankri Alona Pushkarevsky | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5. | 24 October 2015 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Corinna Dentoni | Sean Lodzki Ester Masuri | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Loss | 6. | 21 February 2016 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | Carpet (i) | Maria Marfutina | Ysaline Bonaventure Xenia Knoll | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7. | 6 October 2018 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | Hard | Estelle Cascino | Tereza Mihalíková Julia Terziyska | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 2–6, [7–10] |