Helen Ploskina

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Biography

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Name: Helen Ploskina
Born: 20th April 1997 (16 years old)
Birth Place: Odessa, Ukraine
Age Started Tennis: 7 years old
Coach: Eduard Makarov
Favourite Surface: Clay
Favourite Player: Rafael Nadal
Career High WTA Ranking: Unranked
Career High ITF Junior Ranking: #20

Career Highlights

2008 14&U International Childrens Day Cup Quarterfinalist

2009 14&U International Childrens Day Cup Quarterfinalist
2009 14&U Chisinau Open Finalist

2010 14&U Akademik Cup Semifinalist
2010 14&U International Childrens Day Cup Champion
2010 14&U Memorial Tchernitskoy Champion
2010 16&U Sport 2000 Tennis Europe Junior Tour Finalist
2010 16&U Tennis Austria European Junior Tour Finalist
2010 16&U Chisinau Open Semifinalist

2011 14&U Akademik Cup Champion
2011 14&U The Tipos Piestany Cup Champion
2011 ITF G5 Head Cup Champion
2011 14&U BNP Paribas Cup Stade Français Paris Semifinalist
2011 14&U European Junior Championships Semifinalist
2011 ITF G5 Orange Cup Champion
2011 ITF G5 President Cup Champion
2011 ITF G4 New Delhi Junior Tournament Champion

2012 ITF G2 Inka Bowl Quarterfinalist
2012 ITF G2 Istres International Junior Tournament Quarterfinalist
2012 ITF G2 Pancevo International Champion
2012 ITF G3 Messika Open Champion

2013 ITF G2 Donetsk City Cup Finalist
2013 ITF G1 Perin Memorial Semifinalist
2013 ITF G1 Trofeo Juan Carlos Fererro Champion
2013 ITF GA Trofeo Bonfiglio Quarterfinalist

Here are some photos of Helen.

2011 U14 Akademik Cup Champion

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2011 U14 The Tipos Piestany Cup Champion

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2011 U14 The Tipos Piestany Cup Doubles Champion (with Ana Konjuh)

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2011 U14 European Junior Championships Semifinalist

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These past few weeks Helen has been playing some G2 ITF junior events in South America. Understandably she had a tougher time than than the lower level events she was playing in at the end of last year, but she still managed to win some matches which will help her ranking. :)

Nicholas Machiavello, G2, Manta, Ecuador

1R: (Q)Louisa Chirico (USA) df. Helen Ploskina (UKR) 6-7(4) 6-0 6-2

Inka Bowl, G2, Arequipa, Peru

1R: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. Ana Sofia Cordero (PUR) 6-0 6-1
2R: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. Gabriella De Santis (VEN) 6-0 6-0
3R: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (6)Blair Shankle (USA) 6-7(3) 6-2 6-3
QF: Erin Routliffe (CAN) df. Helen Ploskina (UKR) 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4

Condor De Plata, G2, La Paz, Bolivia

1R: BYE
2R: (13)Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (WC)Guadalupe Delgado (BOL) 6-2 6-2
3R: (4)Candelaria Sedano-Acosta (ITA) df. (13)Helen Ploskina WALKOVER

The tour was probably a little bit disappointing for her, but she'll bounce back. Found this news profile of her from the juniortennis.ru youtube channel, no clue what they are saying :lol:

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Here are Helen's latest results. Maybe she needs to go back to some G4/G5 events. :unsure: She's now Top 200 in the ITF Junior rankings though. :)

City of Florence International Tournament, G2, Florence, Italy

1R: Gabriela Pantuckova (CZE) df. Helen Ploskina (UKR) 6-1 7-5

Open Junior de Cap D'Ail, G2, Cap D'Ail, France

1R: (2)Iva Mekovec (CRO) df. Helen Ploskina (UKR) 6-3 7-5

Istres International Junior Tournament, G2, Istres, France

1R: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (WC)Jennifer Zerbone (FRA) 1-6 6-1 6-3
2R: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (5)Natalia Vajdova (SVK) 6-0 6-0
QF: (Q)Harmony Tan (FRA) df. Helen Ploskina (UKR) 2-6 6-2 6-1

Open International Juniors de Beaulieu Sur Mer, G1, Beaulieu Sur Mer, France

1R: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. Fiona Codino (FRA) 6-1 6-1
2R: (15)Kimberley Zimmermann (BEL) df. Helen Ploskina (UKR) 0-6 7-5 6-3

Well finally Helen is doing well again! She won a G2 in Serbia and beat some really good players! :eek: She also won the doubles title with Rebeka Stolmar. I think she'll be just outside the Top 100 now. Great that she seems to be back on track. :yeah:

Pancevo International, G2, Pancevo, Serbia

1R: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (WC)Milica Panic (SRB) 6-1 6-2
2R: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (4)Anastasiya Rychagova (RUS) 6-4 6-1
QF: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (8)Nina Potocnik (SLO) 6-4 6-1
SF: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (6)Dea Herdzelas (BIH) 6-2 6-2
F: Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (2)Darya Kasatkina (RUS) 6-4 3-6 6-3

Cool :)

BTW Guys, I am friends with Helena on Facebook so if you need me to ask her some questions, I am happy to :)

Helen started her season last week, she played G2 Donetsk City Cup and reached the final. :yeah: She was Seed #2 and lost to the Seed #1 Viktoriya Lushkova in the final, 6-3 4-6 4-6. :hug: Quite close! :D

Thanks to this final, she moved up 31 spots in the rankings, with a new CHR of 65! :bounce: :yeah:

Playing G2 Trofeul D Sturdza this week as Seed #4. :) GL! :hearts: :cheer:

Her runner-up trophy :awww: :hug:

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You can follow her on Twitter (http://twitter.com/HelenPloskina) & Instagram (http://instagram.com/helen_ploskina/) btw! ;)

She lost in R2 to (Q)Anastasia Pribylova 6-4 6-7(11) 4-6 :sobbing: :awww:

Close loss :hug:

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Playing G2 Aivaras Balzekas Memorial Cup this week! She's Seed 4 and will play the very young and tricky qualifier Anna Kalinskaya in R1.:)

Lost to Kalinskaya 6-3 4-6 2-6 :sad: :hug: Kalinskaya is very impressive though

G1 Perin Memorial (Croatia) - she's Seed 6

R1 d. Dzina Milovanovic 1-6 6-2 6-2
R2 d. (WC)Tea Jandric 1 & 2 :yeah:
R3 vs. Luca Fabian :cheer::cheer:

She beat Fabian 3 & 2 :yeah:

QF d. Dalma Galfi 7-5 6-2 :cool:
SF vs. (1)Barbora Krejcikova :scared: :cheer:

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She lost to Krejcikova 1 & 2 :hug: Another great week! :yeah:

Moves up 16 spots in the ranking, now at #52 :yeah:

G1 Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrerro - she's Seed 5

R1 - bye
R2 d. Monika Stanikova 2 & 1 :yeah:
R3 vs. (12)Mayar Sherif :cheer::cheer:

She beat Sherif 6-3 7-6(2). :yeah::yeah:

QF vs. (2)Veronika Kudermetova - nice test :bounce:

She passed it! Won 2-6 6-1 6-3 :worship: :hearts:

SF vs. Valeriya Urzhumova :cheer:

She won 1 & 4!

F vs. (1)Darya Kasatkina - hope she can grab a set (or more! :oh:) :cheer:

:D Win :yeah:

Good luck, Helen! :D Kasatkina has been on fire this year, so I'm not sure of her chances. :(

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She won! :eek: :bowdown: Beat the GOAT 3-6 7-5 6-4 :aparty: :worship:

OMG :eek:
A G1 :D
Thought she'd have no chance as I've seen her hit and she didn't look very powerful...
But so happy :D :cheer:

"Vaaaaamooooosss!!!!The best week in my life! I love you,Spain ♥"

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congrats too Helen she really doing well in juniors , I wonder what will be her new junior ranking after this win

More pics :D

"Thanks for support <3"

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With Torro-Flor!

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Semifinalist in dubs with Parazinskaite

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Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrerro, Villena, Spain, G1

1R: BYE
2R: (5)Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. Monika Stanikova (SVK) 6-2 6-1
3R: (5)Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (12)Mayar Sherif (EGY) 6-3 7-6(2)
QF: (5)Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (2)Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 2-6 6-1 6-3
SF: (5)Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. Valeriya Urzhumova (RUS) 6-1 6-4
F: (5)Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (1)Darya Kasatkina (RUS) 3-6 7-5 6-4

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What a win, what a week! :D This was a very strong field for a G1 and to beat both Kudermetova and Kasatkina in particular is extremely impressive. Up to #23 on the rankings :)

This week Helen's playing in G2 Open Obralia International Junior Pilar De La Horadada in Alicante, Spain.

Thanks for the photos Mary Chain :yeah:

I am not sure what I thunk of this new generation. Some of them seem to be extremely impressive but I don't see any of them going even close to winning a Grand Slam, especially if Konjuh, Siniakova, Kontaveit etc. are participating...

Helen got double-bagelled in Round 2 of G2 Alicante by Sara Ottomano :facepalm: :help:

Well Ottomano is always a tricky player, but yeah, double bagelled... :unsure:

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"Sleeping all day long:) #lazywednesday" - That must account for the horrendous defeat :haha:

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Today's Helen B-day, turning 16 :awww: :smooch: HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN! :aparty: :cheer:

Today's Helen B-day, turning 16 :awww: :smooch: HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN! :aparty: :cheer:

Happy Birthday!! :hug: :cheer: :) :aparty:

Happy 16th Birthday to Helen! :aparty:

(7)Madalina Gojnea (ROU) v Marina Melnikova (RUS)
(Q)Sherazad Benamar (FRA) v (JE)Petra Uberalova (SVK)
(Q)Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) v (wc)Helen Ploskina (UKR)
(2)Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) v (wc)Yosr Elmi (TUN)

Playing an ITF Pro event in Tunis

She lost 6-2 6-0 :(
Apparently she played very badly but still, it was her first Pro tournament since 2011 :)
I really hope to see her in some 10Ks :)

International Junior Tournament "Citta' Di Santa Croce", Santa Croce Sull'Arno, Italy, G1

1R: BYE
2R: (5)Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. Ksenia Laskutova (RUS) 6-2 4-6 6-2
3R: Szabina Szlavikovics (HUN) df. (5)Helen Ploskina (UKR) 6-2 6-1

Trofeo Bonfiglio, Milan, Italy, GA

1R: (16)Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. Akvile Parazinskaite (LTU) 6-3 6-4
2R: (16)Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (WC)Beatrice Torelli (ITA) 6-4 6-1
3R: (16)Helen Ploskina (UKR) df. (1)Antonia Lottner (GER) 6-2 7-5
QF: (16)Helen Ploskina (UKR) vs. (12)Katy Dunne (GBR)

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Great week so far for Helen in Milan! :yeah: Very good win over Lottner, the world #3.

OMG :eek:
After Lottner beat Silich 0 and 1 I was literally expecting bagels :lol:
She has a great shot now at many points :inlove:
She continues to surprise me :D
She's obviously not a puddler anymore, but a Double Bagel by Ottomano and then this: she is a truly intriguing player :yeah:

She definitely seems to be very inconsistent. Her result last week was quite poor, but now she has a great week :lol: :p

Trofeo Bonfiglio, Milan, Italy, GA

QF: (12)Katy Dunne (GBR) df. (16)Helen Ploskina (UKR) 2-6 6-4 6-4

Helen's draw for Roland Garros :wavey:

(15)Anett Kontaveit (EST) vs. Ilka Csoregi (ROU)
(WC)Estelle Cascino (FRA) vs. Hikari Yamamoto (JPN)
Sandra Samir (EGY) vs. Helen Ploskina (UKR)
(4)Varvara Flink (RUS) vs. (Q)Kristina Schmiedlova (SVK)

Very difficult...
She should get past Samir but even if she beats Flink or Schmiedlova, I highly doubt she'd beat Anett given her form...

Roland Garros, Paris, France, GA

R1: Sandra Samir (EGY) df. Helen Ploskina (UKR) 5-7 6-3 6-3