Irina Serova (Russian: Ирина Серова; born 14 May 1966, born Irina Rozhkova, Russian: Ирина Рожкова) is an Austrian retired badminton player who initially played Badminton for Soviet Russia and later moved on to represent Austria.[1] 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.

Irina Serova
Personal information
CountryRussia
Austria
Born (1966-05-14) 14 May 1966 (age 58)
USSR
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's singles, women's doubles & mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

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IBF World Grand Prix

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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

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1987 USSR International   Vlada Belyutina –, –   Runner-up
1987 Polish International –, – –, –   Winner
1989 Cyprus International   Tatiana Khoroshina 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   Kang Bok-seung 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   Lotta Andersson 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   Tatyana Litvinenko
  Victoria Pron
–, –   Runner-up
1986 Austrian International   Klavdija Mayorova   Paula Kloet
  Nataliya Zhavoronkova
–, –   Runner-up
1988 USSR International   Elena Rybkina   Karin Eriksson
  Charlotta Wihlborg
–, –   Winner
1989 Cyprus International   Tatiana Khoroshina   Diana Filipova
  Anetha Stambolizska
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   Vyatscheslav Shtshukin   Vitali Shmakov
  Lyubov Fedotova
11–15, 10–15   Runner-up
1986 Austrian International   Andrey Antropov   Sergey Sevryukov
  Klavdija Mayorova
–, –   Winner
1987 USSR International   Sergey Sevryukov   Jon-Holst Christensen
  Charlotte Madsen
–, –   Runner-up
1988 Polish International   Sergey Sevryukov   Park Joo-bong
  Chung Myung-hee
–, –   Runner-up
1989 Cyprus International   Vladimir Serov   Vladimir Smolin
  Tatiana Khoroshina
15–10, 15–10   Winner
1990 Bulgarian International   Nikolai Zuyev   Jerzy Dołhan
  Bożena Haracz
15–7, 15–1   Winner
1990 (II) Irish International   Michael Keck   Kai Abraham
  Diana Koleva
15–10, 15–7   Winner
1991 USSR International   Nikolai Zuyev   Vitaliy Shmakov
  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   Heinz Fischer   Andrey Antropov
  Olga Chernyshova
15–12, 9–15, 17–14   Winner
1992 Malta International   Kenneth Mella   Kai Abraham
  Sabine Ploner
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
  Sonja Mellink
7–15, 9–15   Runner-up
1994 Czech International   Jürgen Koch   Artur Khachaturjan
  Svetlana Alferova
15–5, 15–7   Winner
1994 Victor Cup   Jürgen Koch   Uwe Ossenbrink
  Viola Rathgeber
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

References

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  1. ^ "Profile:Irina Serova". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2021.