Nina Bratchikova

She also won the ITF singles event in Johannesburg, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final.

In May, she reached to the third round of French Open, beating Monica Niculescu, Clair Feuerstein and losing against Petra Kvitova in three sets.

In November, she won the doubles title at the WTA Challenger Royal Indian Open, together with Georgian Oksana Kalashnikova.

Two weeks later, she reached semifinals of the Pattaya Open, winning against Shahar Pe'er, Daniela Hantuchova, Ayumi Morita and losing to Sabine Lisicki.

But in doubles with Anna Tatishvili, she reached the final and lost against Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in straight sets.

Nina Bratchikova in-action during the 2011 US Open qualifying
Bratchikova at Cagnes-sur-Mer , 2013