Liudmila Nikoyan

Liudmila Nikoyan
Լյուդմիլա Նիկոյանը

Country (sports)	Russia (1997–2001)  Armenia (2001–2010)
Born	(1979-08-01) 1 August 1979 Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$27,157
Singles
Career record	55 - 101
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	500 (09 October 2000)
Doubles
Career record	105 - 121
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	347 (15 May 2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	21–7
Last updated on: 15 August 2011.

Liudmila Nikoyan (Armenian: Լյուդմիլա Նիկոյանը; born 01 August 1979) is a former Russian born Armenian tennis player.

Nikoyan has won 5 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 09 October 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 500. On 15 May 2000, she peaked at world number 347 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Armenia at the Fed Cup, Nikoyan has a win–loss record of 21–7.^[1]

Nikoyan retiring from the 2010 professional tour, she became a beach tennis player.

ITF finals (5–11)

Doubles (5–11)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	23 May 1999	10,000	Horb am Neckar, Germany	Hard	Liina Suurvarik	Esther Brunn Camilla Kremer	1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	12 July 1999	10,000	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Līga Dekmeijere	Segolene Berger Victoria Courmes	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	9 August 1999	10,000	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Ekaterina Sysoeva	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Ekaterina Paniouchkina	0–6, 2–6
Winner	24 April 2000	10,000	Cerignola, Italy	Clay	Maria Boboedova	Maria Elena Camerin Mara Santangelo	W/O
Runner-up	30 October 2000	10,000	Minsk, Belarus	Carpet (i)	Raissa Gourevitch	Eva Birnerová Alexandra Zerkalova	4–2, 5–3, 3–5, 2–4, 0–4
Runner-up	000000002001-06-03-00003 June 2001	10,000	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Martina Babáková Lenka Snajdrova	4–6, 4–6
Winner	23 July 2002	10,000	Horb am Neckar, Germany	Clay	Svetlana Mossiakova	Ruxandra Marin Delia Sescioreanu	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Runner-up	000000002004-03-30-000030 March 2004	10,000	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Olena Antypina	Raissa Gourevitch Ekaterina Kozhokina	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	000000002005-06-20-000020 June 2005	10,000	Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Kristina Movsesyan	Kelly De Beer Jessie De Vries	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	000000002006-06-20-000020 June 2006	10,000	Alcobaça, Portugal	Hard	Natalia Pervitskaya	Melissa Berry Natalia Orlova	7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 1-6
Winner	26 June 2006	10,000	Amarante, Portugal	Hard	Lucia Gonzalez	Natalia Pervitskaya Jenny Swift	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	17 September 2006	10,000	Tbilisi, Georgia	Hard	Varvara Galanina	Yulia Solonitskaya Amina Rakhim	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	22 September 2006	10,000	Tbilisi, Georgia	Hard	Varvara Galanina	Ria Dörnemann Ksenia Palkina	4–6, 6–3, 0–6
Runner-up	14 October 2007	10,000	Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Inna Sokolova	Romana Tabak Sylwia Zagorska	6–3, 1–6, [4–10]
Runner-up	24 February 2008	10,000	Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Elena Chalova	Émilie Bacquet Chayenne Ewijk	W/O
Winner	21 February 2009	10,000	Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Diana Isaeva	Raquel Piltcher Roxane Vaisemberg	7–6(7–5), 6–3

References

External links

• Liudmila Nikoyan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Liudmila Nikoyan at the International Tennis Federation