Madina Rakhim
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Karaganda, Kazakhstan | 9 April 1985
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Medal record |
Madina Rakhim (Russian: Мадина Рахим; born 9 April 1985) is a Kazakhstani former tennis player. She is an elder sister of professional player Amina.
Biography
[edit]Rakhim, a right-handed player, made her debut for the Kazakhstan Fed Cup team in 2004, appearing in four ties.
From 2006 to 2007, she played college tennis in the United States for Wichita State and became only their second ever female to compete in the NCAA Division I Singles Championship.[1]
At the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Rakhim and sister Amina were runners-up to Chinese Taipei's Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung in the women's doubles, to claim a silver medal for Kazakhstan.[2]
In 2008, she featured in another four Fed Cup ties for her national team. She finished her Fed Cup career having lost only one of her four singles rubbers and in partnership with her sister was unbeaten in four doubles rubbers.
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Doubles: 1 (0–1)
[edit]Outcome | Date | Kategorie | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | July 22, 2007 | $10,000 | Wichita, United States | Hard (o) | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Briefs and Other Stuff". Daily Press. 24 May 2007.
- ^ "Boonsak overcomes Chinese foe again: World University Games". Dawn. 16 August 2007.
External links
[edit]- 1985 births
- Living people
- Kazakhstani female tennis players
- Wichita State Shockers women's tennis players
- Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- Sportspeople from Karaganda
- 21st-century Kazakhstani women