Yevgeniya Manyukova

Yevgeniya Manyukova was a Russian tennis player who played professionally from 1989 to 1996. Manyukova achieved a career-best singles ranking of #66 in the world in June 1992, and a doubles ranking of #18 in the world in November 1994. She won a Grand Slam mixed doubles final in 1993.

Manyukova specialised in doubles and won her first ITF title in April 1987 in Caserta, Italy, with her partner Natalia Medvedeva. She won a total of 20 ITF doubles titles with a multitude of partners including Medvedeva, Viktoria Milvidskaia Belinsky, Elena Brioukhovets, and Agnese Blumberga. Manyukova’s first WTA doubles title was in May 1990 at the Ilva Trophy in Italy, with partner Elena Brioukhovets. She won another three WTA doubles titles with her final victory coming in September 1994 at the Kremlin Cup with Yelena Makarova.

Manyukova reached the doubles quarter-finals twice at the Australian Open and twice at the French Open. Her best Grand Slam performance came in the mixed doubles at the 1993 French Open when she and Andrey Olkhovsky beat the South African pair of Elna Reinach and Danie Visser to win the title. Manyukova competed in the singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where she lost to Sabine Appelmans in the third round.