Liudmila Nikoyan
Լյուդմիլա Նիկոյանը

Country (sports)	Russia (1997–2001)  Armenia (2001–2010)
Born	(1979-08-01) 1 August 1979 Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2010
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$27,157
Singles
Career record	55–101 (35.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 500 (9 October 2000)
Doubles
Career record	105–121 (46.5%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 347 (15 May 2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	21–7

Liudmila Nikoyan (Armenian: Լյուդմիլա Նիկոյանը; born 1 August 1979) 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.^[1]

ITF finals

Doubles (5–11)

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Finals by surface Hard (2–6) Clay (3–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

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(2)
Winner	1.	12 July 1999	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Līga Dekmeijere	Ségolène Berger Victoria Courmes	6–7(6), 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 (i)	Raissa Gourevitch	Eva Birnerová Alexandra Zerkalova	4–2, 5–3, 3–5, 2–4, 0–4
Runner-up	4.	3 June 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(4), 6–1
Runner-up	5.	30 March 2004	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Olena Antypina	Raissa Gourevitch Ekaterina Kozhokina	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	6.	20 June 2005	Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Kristina Movsesyan	Kelly de Beer Jessie de Vries	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	20 June 2006	Alcobaça, Portugal	Hard	Natalia Pervitskaya	Melissa Berry Natalia Orlova	7–6(5), 6–7(3), 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 Zagórska	6–3, 1–6, [4–10]
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(5), 6–3

References

External links

• Liudmila Nikoyan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Liudmila Nikoyan at the International Tennis Federation
• Liudmila Nikoyan at the Billie Jean King Cup