Polina Iatcenko

Polina Vyacheslavovna Iatcenko (, born 10 December 2003) is a Russian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 146, achieved on 20 July 2026, and best doubles ranking of 178, reached on 16 February 2026.

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 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 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 a W25 tournament in Monastir, Tunisia.

Playing alongside Riya Bhatia, she reached the final of the women’s doubles at the W50 tournament in Funchal, Portugal, in November 2024 where they lost to British pair Ella McDonald and Holly Hutchinson. In March 2025, she reached the doubles final at the W35 tournament in Gurugram, India, with her partner Mariia Tkacheva.

In April 2025, she became the champion in singles and was runner-up in doubles at the W35 tournament held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

In June 2025, Iatcenko won her first major title in doubles at the 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 Open, defeating Gabriela Knutson in the final.

Iatcenko made her WTA Tour debut at the 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.

Having come through the qualifying rounds, Iatcenko defeated Renata Zarazua in August 2026 in the US Open main draw first round, coming from behind to win in three sets. In the second round she was defeated by top seed Aryna Sabalenka.

WTA 125 finals Singles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2025Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal Hard Gabriela Knutson 6–2, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Mumbai Open, India Hard Elena Pridankina Nicole Fossa Huergo Mananchaya Sawangkaew 7–6(3), 1–6, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (9 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendW50 tournaments (2–0)W25/35 tournaments (2–1)W15 tournaments (5–0)Finals by surfaceHard (8–1)Grass (1–0)

Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournaments (0–1)W50 tournaments (2–1)W25/35 tournaments (3–4)W15 tournaments (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (7–8)Grass (1–0)