Irina Serova

Irina Serova
Personal information
Country	Austria
Born	(1966-05-14) 14 May 1966 (age 55) USSR
Height	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's singles, Women's doubles & Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Irina Serova (Russian: Ирина Серова; born 14 May 1966, born Irina Rozhkova, Russian: Ирина Рожкова) is a retired Austrian badminton player who initially played Badminton for Soviet Russia and later moved on to represent Austria.^[1][2] Serova, in her fairly long career of around 16 years won many International titles which includes in former USSR, former Czechoslovakia, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Ireland, Czechia, Malta, Hungary, Canada, Netherlands, Poland, Germany and Slovenia besides some runner-up performances in Portugal, France, England, Austria and United States. She is also a numerous time USSR national champion and Austrian national champion as well.

Achievements[]

IBF World Grand Prix[]

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	U. S. Open	Shim Eun-jung	8–11, 2–11	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Canadian Open	Jürgen Koch	Jens Eriksen Rikke Olsen	15–7, 15–2	Winner

IBF International[]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	USSR International	Vlada Belyutina	–, –	Runner-up
1987	Polish International	–, –	–, –	Winner
1989	Cyprus International		11–2, 11–7	Winner
1989	USSR International	Elena Rybkina	5–11, 9–12	Runner-up
1990	USSR International	Elena Rybkina	2–11, 9–11	Runner-up
1990	Austrian International	Elena Rybkina	–, –	Runner-up
1990	Hungarian International		9–11, 11–2, 8–11	Runner-up
1990	Bulgarian International	Katrin Schmidt	11–0, 11–0	Winner
1990 (II)	Irish International	Katrin Schmidt	11–8, 11–7	Winner
1991	Bulgarian International	Felicity Gallup	11–3, 11–0	Winner
1991	Wimbledon Open	Elena Rybkina	4–11, 12–11, 9–11	Runner-up
1991	Czechoslovakian International	Marina Yakusheva	11–5, 11–0	Winner
1992	Czechoslovakian International	Alison Humby	6–11, 11–7, 11–7	Winner
1992	Malta International		11–4, 11–6	Winner
1993	Austrian International	Astrid van der Knaap	11–8, 11–7	Winner
1994	Czech International	Mette Sørensen	11–8, 11–1	Winner
1994	Portugal International	Marina Yakusheva	11–12, 7–11	Runner-up
1994	Amor International	Monique Hoogland	11–8, 11–5	Winner
1994	BMW International	–, –	–, –	Winner
1994	Slovenian International	Sandra Dimbour	11–9, 11–8	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	USSR International	Svetlana Belyasova	Victoria Pron	–, –	Runner-up
1986	Austrian International			–, –	Runner-up
1988	USSR International	Elena Rybkina		–, –	Winner
1989	Cyprus International		Diana Filipova	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1989	USSR International	Svetlana Belyasova	Astrid Crabo Margit Borg	17–14, 15–5	Winner
1990	Austrian International	Victoria Pron	Elena Rybkina Vlada Chernyavskaya	–, –	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Austrian International			11–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1986	Austrian International	Andrey Antropov		–, –	Winner
1987	USSR International		Jon-Holst Christensen	–, –	Runner-up
1988	Polish International	Sergey Sevryukov	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee	–, –	Runner-up
1989	Cyprus International			15–10, 15–10	Winner
1990	Bulgarian International	Nikolai Zuyev	Bożena Haracz	15–7, 15–1	Winner
1990 (II)	Irish International	Michael Keck	Diana Koleva	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1991	USSR International	Nikolai Zuyev	Vlada Chernyavskaya	15–5, 5–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1991	Wimbledon Open	Andrey Antropov	Andy Goode Gillian Gowers	4–15, 0–15	Runner-up
1992	Czechoslovakian International		Andrey Antropov	15–12, 9–15, 17–14	Winner
1992	Malta International			7–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1993	Austrian International	Heinz Fischer	Nick Ponting Joanne Wright	9–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1993	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Heinz Fischer	Ron Michels	7–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1994	Czech International	Jürgen Koch		15–5, 15–7	Winner
1994	Victor Cup	Jürgen Koch		15–2, 15–8	Winner
1995	Hungarian International	Jürgen Koch	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	15–6, 15–8	Winner
1998	Austrian International	Jürgen Koch	Kenny Middlemiss Elinor Middlemiss	15–18, 4–15	Runner-up

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