# Irina Selyutina

Irina Gennadyevna Selyutina (Ирина Геннадьевна Селютина; born 7 November 1979) is a former tennis player from Kazakhstan.
She is a former world No. 1 in junior doubles, winning French Open and Wimbledon in 1997, partnering with Cara Black. Black and Selyutina were also crowned ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion in 1997. Selyutina won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour – J&S Cup with Cătălina Cristea in 1999, Canberra Women's Classic with Nannie De Villiers and Porto Open with Black in 2002. She also enjoyed success on the ITF Women's Circuit, winning eight singles and 20 doubles events.

## Personal life

Selyutina was born to Gennady and Tatyana Selyutina in Alma-Ata (Soviet Union then, Kazakhstan now). She has a brother, Nickolay. Selyutina began playing tennis at the age of eight, and has been coached by her first coach Valery Kovalyov for her entire career. She graduated from high school in 1996.

## WTA career finals
### Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0/0)
* Tier I (0/0)
* Tier II (0/0)
* Tier III (0/1)
* Tier IV & V (3/1)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 9 May 1999 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay | Cătălina Cristea | Amélie Cocheteux Janette Husárová | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1. | 18 June 2000 | Birmingham, Great Britain | Grass | Cara Black | Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | 13 January 2002 | Canberra, Australia | Hard | Nannie de Villiers | Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 3. | 7 April 2002 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | Cara Black | Kristie Boogert Magüi Serna | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | 15 September 2002 | Waikoloa, United States | Hard | Nannie de Villiers | Meilen Tu María Vento-Kabchi | 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 |

## ITF Circuit finals

* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 13 (8–5)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 24 November 1996 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Zdeňka Málková | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 12 April 1998 | ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Kyra Nagy | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 24 May 1998 | ITF Azeméis, Portugal | Hard | Paula Hermida | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 21 November 1999 | ITF Mount Gambier, Australia | Hard | Holly Parkinson | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 18 February 2001 | ITF Sutton, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Dragana Zarić | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 22 April 2001 | ITF Allentown, United States | Hard | Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 29 April 2001 | ITF Jackson, United States | Clay | Gabriela Voleková | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 6 May 2001 | ITF Dothan, United States | Clay | Ashley Harkleroad | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 6. | 21 October 2001 | ITF Southampton, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Eva Dyrberg | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 28 October 2001 | ITF Dallas, United States | Hard | Milagros Sequera | 7–5, 2–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 4 November 2001 | ITF Hayward, United States | Hard | Milagros Sequera | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 18 November 2001 | ITF Hattiesburg, United States | Hard | Seda Noorlander | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 21 July 2002 | ITF Oyster Bay, United States | Hard | Cho Yoon-jeong | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 28 (20–8)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 17 November 1996 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Cara Black | Ľudmila Cervanová Zuzana Váleková | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 24 November 1996 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Cara Black | Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 12 January 1997 | ITF Delray Beach, United States | Hard | Cara Black | Brie Rippner Paige Yaroshuk | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 12 April 1997 | ITF Athens, Greece | Clay | Cara Black | Virág Csurgó Svetlana Krivencheva | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 24 August 1997 | ITF Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Cara Black | Natalia Egorova Olga Ivanova | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 6. | 28 September 1997 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | Clay | Cara Black | Miriam D'Agostini Vanessa Menga | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 24 May 1998 | ITF Azeméis, Portugal | Hard | Kelly Liggan | Cristina Correia Bruna Colósio | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 4 October 1998 | ITF Santa Clara, United States | Hard | Cara Black | Maureen Drake Lindsay Lee-Waters | 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 7 March 1999 | ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Laura Golarsa | Åsa Carlsson Laurence Courtois | 3–6, 7–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 31 October 1999 | ITF Dallas, United States | Hard | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 9. | 28 November 1999 | ITF Nurioopta, Australia | Hard | Louise Pleming | Rachel McQuillan Trudi Musgrave | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 22 July 2000 | ITF Mahwah, United States | Hard | Lisa McShea | Evie Dominikovic Nirupama Sanjeev | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 10. | 30 July 2000 | ITF Salt Lake City, United States | Hard | Lisa McShea | Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck | w/o |
| Runner-up | 4. | 11 February 2001 | ITF Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Tina Križan | Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 11. | 15 April 2001 | ITF Columbus, United States | Hard (i) | Lisa McShea | Amanda Augustus Sarah Taylor | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Winner | 12. | 22 April 2001 | ITF Allentown, United States | Hard (i) | Lisa McShea | Amanda Augustus Zuzana Lešenarová | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner | 13. | 29 April 2001 | ITF Jackson, United States | Clay | Amanda Augustus | Zuzana Lešenarová Nicole Melch | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 28 July 2001 | ITF Ettenheim, Germany | Clay | Katalin Marosi | Eva Dyrberg Maja Matevžič | w/o |
| Winner | 14. | 4 August 2001 | ITF Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Gisela Riera | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 15. | 9 September 2001 | ITF Denain, France | Clay | Émilie Loit | Debby Haak Jolanda Mens | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 16. | 21 October 2001 | ITF Southampton, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Nannie de Villiers | Lubomira Bacheva Elena Tatarkova | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 28 October 2001 | ITF Dallas, United States | Hard | Nannie de Villiers | Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Winner | 17. | 4 November 2001 | ITF Hayward, United States | Hard | Nannie de Villiers | Amanda Augustus Abigail Spears | 6–0, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 9 June 2002 | ITF Surbiton, Great Britain | Grass | Nannie de Villiers | Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 21 July 2002 | ITF Oyster Bay, United States | Hard | Nana Miyagi | Jennifer Embry Jessica Lehnhoff | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 18. | 28 July 2002 | ITF Louisville, United States | Hard | Nana Miyagi | Miho Saeki Renata Voráčová | 5–7, 6–1, 7–5 |
| Winner | 19. | 3 August 2002 | ITF Lexington, United States | Hard | Nana Miyagi | Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Winner | 20. | 22 September 2002 | ITF Columbus, United States | Hard | Lisa McShea | Teryn Ashley Ashley Harkleroad | w/o |

## Awards

* 1997 – ITF Junior Girls Doubles World Champion (with Cara Black)

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Girls' doubles (2–0)

| Outcome | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1997 | French Open | Clay | Cara Black | Maja Matevžič Katarina Srebotnik | 6–0, 5–7, 7–5 |
| Winner | 1997 | Wimbledon | Grass | Cara Black | Maja Matevžič Katarina Srebotnik | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |