Yana Buchina
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Yana Alexandrovna Buchina is a junior Russia
Russia
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n tennis
Tennis
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 player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 337, which she reached on October 17, 2011.

Personal life

Yana Buchina was born to Alexander and Lillia Buchina. She was born on February 7, 1992 in Moscow, Russia, where she currently resides. Yana Buchina speaks Russian
Russian language
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 and English
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. Her favourite surface are grass and hard.
she is currently coached by her father Alexander Buchin and by Evgenia Manyukova.

Junior career

In 2009 she played the in the third round of 2009 Australian Open
2009 Australian Open - Girls' Singles
Arantxa Rus was the defending champion, but she did not participate that year.Ksenia Pervak won in the final 6–3, 6–1, against Laura Robson.-Seeds:# Noppawan Lertcheewakarn # Ana Bogdan # Ksenia Pervak...

 girls' singles event, and the first round of the girls' doubles event
2009 Australian Open - Girls' Doubles
Ksenia Lykina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the defending champions, but choose not to participate that year.Christina McHale and Ajla Tomljanovic won in the final 6–1, 2–6, 10–4, against Aleksandra Krunic and Sandra Zaniewska.-Seeds:...

, partnering Heather Watson
Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson is a British female tennis player. Born in Guernsey, she trains and resides at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, USA. Watson has won one major title at the 2009 US Open Juniors, two senior ITF titles and won gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She has...

. The duo lost to Viktoria Kamenskaya and Karina Pimkina 7–5, 6–4. She reached the second round of the 2009 French Open girls' event and the semi-finals of the doubles.
Yana lost in the third round of girls' singles
2009 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn won in the final 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 against Kristina Mladenovic.Laura Robson was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Quirine Lemoine.-Seeds:# Kristina Mladenovic # Laura Robson ...

 event and in the third round of the doubles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships
2009 Wimbledon Championships
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009...

. And at 2009 US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...

, she lost in the final of the singles event to Heather Watson
Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson is a British female tennis player. Born in Guernsey, she trains and resides at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, USA. Watson has won one major title at the 2009 US Open Juniors, two senior ITF titles and won gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She has...

 from the Great Britain
Great Britain
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 with a score 6–4 and 6–1 .

In 2010, she lost in the third round of the girls' singles event at the 2010 Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....

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