Irina Pavlovna Khromacheva (; born 12 May 1995) is a Russian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 14 in doubles, achieved on 3 March 2025, and No. 89 in singles, reached on 27 February 2017.
Personal life Irina was born to Pavel and Natalya Khromacheva, on 12 May 1995 in Moscow. She trained at the Justine Henin Academy in Belgium. Khromacheva states that she doesn't have a favourite surface and likes everything. She started playing tennis at the age of four.
Khromacheva, after her unsuccessful partnership with a Belgian coach, is now coached by Larisa Savchenko in Riga.
Career 2010-2011: Juniors Khromacheva had a breakthrough on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2008, winning her first title at the Zagreb Open.
In 2009, she won four junior titles and competed for the first time at the French Open and US Open, losing in the first round at both tournaments.
In 2010, she won four junior titles and became junior world No. 1 on 7 June. At Roland Garros, she lost 3–6, 2–6, in the semifinals to Ons Jabeur. At Wimbledon, she lost in the quarterfinals to Sachie Ishizu, 1–6, 2–6, and at the last junior Grand Slam tournament of the year, the US Open, she lost in the second round to Jabeur, 3–6, 3–6.
In 2011, she played the junior singles final of the Wimbledon Championships and lost to Ashleigh Barty in two sets; in the junior doubles draw, she reached the semifinals alongside partner Barbora Krejčíková.
2019: Provisional suspension Khromacheva was provisionally suspended by the Tennis Integrity Unit for one month in September 2019.
2023: Second WTA Tour doubles title At the Copa Colsanitas, Khromacheva won her second WTA Tour title alongside Iryna Shymanovich, for the second time at this tournament following her maiden title at the 2018 Copa Colsanitas with Dalila Jakupović.
Partnering Panna Udvardy, she won the doubles title at the Swedish Open, defeating Eri Hozumi and Jang Su-jeong in the final.
2024: First WTA 500 and WTA 1000 titles, top 20 At the WTA 500 2024 Guadalajara Open, she won the doubles title with Anna Danilina, defeating Oksana Kalashnikova and Kamilla Rakhimova in the final in a champions tie-break. Ranked No. 30, Khromacheva also won the title at the WTA 250 2024 Thailand Open 2 with Danilina, defeating Eudice Chong and Moyuka Uchijima in the final. Khromacheva and Danilina won their first WTA 1000 title at the 2024 Wuhan Open, defeating Asia Muhammad and Jessica Pegula in the final. As a result she moved to a new career-high in the top 20 in the doubles rankings on 14 October 2024.
2025: Top 15, first grass court title Partnering Linda Nosková, Khromacheva reached the doubles final at the Rouen Open in April, losing to Aleksandra Krunić and Sabrina Santamaria in straight sets. Alongside Fanny Stollár, she won the WTA 125 Trophée Clarins, defeating Tereza Mihalíková and Olivia Nicholls in the final.
Playing again with Stollár, she won the title at the grass-court Rosmalen Open in June, defeating Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Liudmila Samsonova in the final.
2026: Twelfth career doubles title As top seeds, Khromacheva partnered with Caroline Dolehide to win the Copa Colsanitas, defeating Valeriya Strakhova and Anastasia Tikhonova in the final. Teaming up with Anastasia Dețiuc, she won her 12th WTA Tour doubles title at the Iași Open, overcoming Alina Charaeva and Zhibek Kulambayeva in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.
Performance timelines
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Doubles Tournament201720182019202020212022202320242025SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenA2R1RAAA1R1R0 / 41–4 French Open2R3RAA1RA2R1R1R0 / 64–6 WimbledonQ11RANHAAA2R3R0 / 33–3 US OpenAQFA1RAA2RQF1R0 / 57–5Win–loss1–16–40–10–10–10–02–24–42–40 / 1815–18WTA 1000Indian Wells OpenAA2RNHAAAA1R0 / 21–2Miami OpenAA1RNHAAAA1R0 / 20–2Wuhan Open W1R1 / 15–1
Significant finals WTA 1000 tournaments Doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2024Wuhan OpenHard Anna Danilina Asia Muhammad Jessica Pegula6–3, 7–6(8–6)
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendWTA 1000 (1–0)WTA 500 (2–2)WTA 250 (9–3)Finals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (7–4)Grass (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Dalila Jakupović Mariana Duque Mariño Nadia Podoroska 6–3, 6–4Loss 1–1 Charleston Open, United StatesPremier Clay Veronika Kudermetova Anna-Lena Grönefeld Alicja Rosolska 6–7(7), 2–6Win 2–1 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2) WTA 250 Clay Iryna Shymanovich Oksana Kalashnikova Katarzyna Piter 6–1, 3–6, [10–6]Loss 2–2 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia WTA 250 Clay Anna Bondár Cristina Bucșa Kamilla Rakhimova 6–7(5), 6–3, [8–10]Win 3–2 Open de Rouen, France WTA 250 Clay (i) Tímea Babos Naiktha Bains Maia Lumsden 6–3, 6–4Win4–2May 2024Rabat Grand Prix, MoroccoWTA 250Clay Yana Sizikova Anna Danilina Xu Yifan6–3, 6–2Loss5–3Jul 2024Budapest Grand Prix, HungaryWTA 250Clay Anna Danilina Fanny Stollár Katarzyna Piter3–6, 6–3, [3–10]Win5–2Jul 2024Iași Open, RomaniaWTA 250Clay Anna Danilina Alexandra Panova Yana Sizikova6–4, 6–2Win6–3Sep 2024Guadalajara Open, MexicoWTA 500Hard Anna Danilina Oksana Kalashnikova Kamilla Rakhimova2–6, 7–5, [10–7]Win7–3Sep 2024Hua Hin Championships, ThailandWTA 250Hard Anna Danilina Eudice Chong Moyuka Uchijima6–4, 7–5Win8–3Wuhan Open, ChinaWTA 1000Hard Anna Danilina Asia Muhammad Jessica Pegula6–3, 7–6(6)Loss8–4Mérida Open, MexicoWTA 500Hard Anna Danilina Katarzyna Piter Mayar Sherif6–7(2), 5–7Loss8–5Open de Rouen, FranceWTA 250Clay (i) Linda Nosková Aleksandra Krunić Sabrina Santamaria0–6, 4–6Win9–5Jun 2025Rosmalen Open, NetherlandsWTA 250Grass Fanny Stollár Nicole Melichar-Martinez Liudmila Samsonova7–5, 6–3Win10–5Sep 2025Guadalajara Open, Mexico WTA 500Hard Nicole Melichar-Martinez Giuliana Olmos Aldila Sutjiadi6–3, 6–4Win11–5Apr 2026Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaWTA 250Clay Caroline Dolehide Valeriya Strakhova Anastasia Tikhonova7–6(5), 6–4Win12–5Jul 2026 Iași Open, Romania WTA 250 Clay Anastasia Dețiuc Alina Charaeva Zhibek Kulambayeva4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
WTA 125 finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Kunming Open, China Clay Zheng Saisai 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(5)Loss 1–1 Mumbai Open, India Hard Luksika Kumkhum 6–1, 2–6, 3–6
Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand Hard Dalila Jakupović Duan Yingying Wang Yafan 3–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Mumbai Open, India Hard Dalila Jakupović Victoria Rodríguez Bibiane Schoofs 5–7, 6–3, [7–10]Win 1–2 Kunming Open, China Clay Dalila Jakupović Guo Hanyu Sun Xuliu 6–1, 6–1Loss 1–3 Båstad Open, Sweden Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu Misaki Doi Rebecca Peterson w/oLoss 1–4 Internacional de Valencia, Spain Clay Angelina Gabueva Aliona Bolsova Andrea Gámiz 4–6, 6–4, [7–10]Win 2–4 Båstad Open, Sweden Clay Panna Udvardy Eri Hozumi Jang Su-jeong 4–6, 6–3, [10–5]Win 3–4 Parma Open, Italy Clay Dalila Jakupović Anna Bondár Kimberley Zimmermann 6–2, 6–3Win 4–4 Parma Open, Italy Clay Anna Danilina Elixane Lechemia Ingrid Martins 6–1, 6–2Win 5–4 Bari Open, Italy Clay Anna Danilina Angelica Moratelli Renata Zarazúa 6–1, 6–3Win 6–4 Clarins Open, France Clay Fanny Stollár Tereza Mihalíková Olivia Nicholls 4–6, 7–6(5), [10–5]Loss 6–5 Sep 2025Guadalajara 125 Open, Mexico Hard Kamilla Rakhimova Maria Kozyreva Iryna Shymanovich 3–6, 4–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 29 (18 titles, 11 runner-ups) Legend$50/60,000 tournaments (3–2)$25,000 tournaments (12–7)$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (6–5)Clay (11–6)Carpet (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Apr 2011ITF Ribeirao Preto, Brazil10,000 Clay Viktória Malová 6–1, 6–3Win 2–0 May 2011ITF Casarano, Italy10,000 Clay Anne Schäfer 6–3, 6–4Loss 2–1 Nov 2011ITF Istanbul, Turkey25,000 Hard Lesia Tsurenko 1–6, 5–7Loss 2–2 Feb 2012Burnie International, Australia25,000 Hard Olivia Rogowska 3–6, 3–6Win 3–2 Jun 2012ITF Périgueux, France25,000 Clay Monica Puig 6–3, 6–2Win 4–2 Jun 2013ITF Padova, Italy25,000 Clay Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6–2, 6–3Loss 4–3 Jun 2013Open de Montpellier, France25,000 Clay Ana Konjuh 3–6, 1–6Win 5–3 Feb 2014ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina10,000 Clay Chanel Simmonds 6–2, 7–5Win 6–3 Jun 2014ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000 Clay Ema Mikulčić 6–4, 1–6, 6–1Win 7–3 Jun 2015ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko 6–2, 6–2Loss 7–4 Nov 2015ITF Casablanca, Morocco25,000 Clay Melanie Klaffner 6–2, 6–7(7), 1–2 ret.Win 8–4 Nov 2015ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000 Hard (i) Başak Eraydın 6–2, 7–5Win 9–4 Feb 2016ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Hard (i) Yana Sizikova 6–7(7), 6–4, 6–3Win 10–4 Mar 2016ITF Puebla, México25,000 Hard (i) Richèl Hogenkamp 6–3, 6–2Win 11–4 May 2016Open Saint-Gaudens, France50,000 Clay Maria Sakkari 1–6, 7–6(3), 6–1Win 12–4 Sep 2016Budapest Pro Circuit Open, Hungary50,000 Clay Cindy Burger 6–1, 6–2Win 13–4 Nov 2016ITF Pune, India25,000 Hard Riko Sawayanagi 6–1, 6–1Win 14–4 Mar 2017ITF São Paulo, Brazil25,000 Clay Laura Pigossi 6–2, 6–1Win 15–4 Oct 2017ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000 Carpet Magdalena Fręch 6–1, 4–6, 6–4Win 16–4 Feb 2018ITF Perth, Australia25,000 Hard Katy Dunne 6–2, 6–3Loss 16–5 Feb 2019Launceston International, Australia60,000 Hard Elena Rybakina 5–7, 3–3 ret.Loss 16–6 Nov 2019ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000 Hard Lina Gjorcheska 3–6, 6–3, 1–6Loss 16–7 Mar 2021ITF New Delhi, India15,000 Hard Pia Lovrič 3–6, 4–6Win 17–7 May 2021Solgironès Open, Spain60,000+H Clay Arantxa Rus 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(8)Win 18–7 Jan 2022ITF Monastir, Tunisia25,000 Hard Arlinda Rushiti 1–6, 6–4, 7–5Loss 18–8 May 2022ITF Båstad, Sweden25,000 Clay İpek Öz 3–6, 1–6Loss 18–9 May 2022ITF Pula, Italy25,000 Clay Darja Semenistaja 4–6, 6–4, 1–6Loss 18–10 Jul 2022ITF Darmstadt, Germany25,000 Clay Antonia Ružić 3–6, 2–6Loss 18–11 Dec 2022Aberto da República, Brazil60,000 Clay Iryna Shymanovich 2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Doubles: 48 (33 titles, 15 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (1–0)$80,000 tournaments (1–1)$50/60,000 tournaments (5–7)$40,000 tournaments (1–0)$25,000 tournaments (22–6)$10,000 tournaments (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (9–6)Clay (24–9)