Liudmila Nikoyan
Liudmila Nikoyan is a Russian born former Armenian tennis player.
In her career, Nikoyan won five doubles titles on the ITF circuit. On 9 October 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 500. On 15 May 2000, she peaked at No. 347 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Armenia Fed Cup team, Nikoyan has a win–loss record of 21–7.
In 2010, Nikoyan retired from the professional tour. She became a beach tennis player.
ITF finals
Doubles (5–11)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 23 May 1999 | Horb, Germany | Hard | Liina Suurvarik | Esther Brunn Camilla Kremer | 1–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 1. | 12 July 1999 | Brussels, Belgium | Clay | Līga Dekmeijere | Ségolène Berger Victoria Courmes | 6–7, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 9 August 1999 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Ekaterina Sysoeva | Nadejda Ostrovskaya Ekaterina Paniouchkina | 0–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 24 April 2000 | Cerignola, Italy | Clay | Maria Boboedova | Maria Elena Camerin Mara Santangelo | w/o |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 October 2000 | Minsk, Belarus | Carpet | Raissa Gourevitch | Eva Birnerová Alexandra Zerkalova | 4–2, 5–3, 3–5, 2–4, 0–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 03 06 2001 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay | Yuliya Beygelzimer | Martina Babáková Lenka Snajdrova | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 23 July 2002 | Horb, Germany | Clay | Svetlana Mossiakova | Ruxandra Marin Delia Sescioreanu | 7–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 5. | 30 03 2004 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Olena Antypina | Raissa Gourevitch Ekaterina Kozhokina | 2–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 20 06 2005 | Alkmaar, Netherlands | Clay | Kristina Movsesyan | Kelly de Beer Jessie De Vries | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 20 06 2006 | Alcobaça, Portugal | Hard | Natalia Pervitskaya | Melissa Berry Natalia Orlova | 7–6, 6–7, 1–6 |
Winner | 4. | 26 June 2006 | Amarante, Portugal | Hard | Lucia Gonzalez | Natalia Pervitskaya Jenny Swift | 6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 8. | 17 September 2006 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Hard | Varvara Galanina | Yulia Solonitskaya Amina Rakhim | 5–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 22 September 2006 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Hard | Varvara Galanina | Ria Dörnemann Ksenia Palkina | 4–6, 6–3, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 14 October 2007 | Espinho, Portugal | Clay | Inna Sokolova | Romana Tabak Sylwia Zagorska | 6–3, 1–6, |
Runner-up | 11. | 24 February 2008 | Portimão, Portugal | Hard | Elena Chalova | Émilie Bacquet Chayenne Ewijk | w/o |
Winner | 5. | 21 February 2009 | Portimão, Portugal | Hard | Diana Isaeva | Raquel Piltcher Roxane Vaisemberg | 7–6, 6–3 |