Valeria Ivanovna Kuzmenko Titova
Валерия Ивановна Кузьменко Титова

Country (sports)	Soviet Union
Born	(1934-02-28)28 February 1934 Kyiv, Ukraine, USSR
Died	9 October 2010(2010-10-09) (aged 76)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1960)
Wimbledon	1R (1961)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1960)
Wimbledon	QF (1961)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (1960)
Wimbledon	2R (1961)

Valeria Ivanovna Kuzmenko Titova (Russian: Валерия Ивановна Кузьменко Титова; born 28 February 1934 — 9 October 2010) is a former female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.

She was born on February 28, 1934, in Kyiv.^[1] Pupil of coach Vladimir Balva.^[2] She was the first Soviet tennis player to participate in the French Open in 1960. She died on October 9, 2010, in the United States, where she was being treated.^[3] She was the wife of Olympic champion Soviet gymnast Yuri Titov.^[4] Member of the Russian Tennis Hall of Fame since 2007 and the Ukrainian Tennis Hall of Fame since 2015.^[5]

She played in singles at the French Open in 1960. She lost to the Australian player Jan Lehane in the Second Round.^[6]

She played in Singles at the Wimbledon in 1961. She lost to the American Donna Floyd in the First Round.^[7] Her partner in Women's Doubles, citizen Anna Dmitrieva lost in the Quarterfinals to the South African players Margaret Hunt and Lynette Hutchings.^[8] Her partner in mixed doubles Toomas Leius lost in the Second Round to the Brazilian player Carlos Fernandes and Australian Margaret Hellyer.^[9]

Career finals

Singles (7–6)

Result	No.	Year	location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	July 1955	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Larissa Preobrazhenskaya	5–7, 2–6
Win	1.	July 1956	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Larissa Preobrazhenskaya	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	2.	March 1958	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Yevgenia Larina	6–2, 6–1
Win	3.	July 1958	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Irina Ermolova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	July 1959	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Irina Ermolova	4–6, 6–8
Loss	3.	August 1959	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard	Anna Dmitrieva	3–6, 1–6
Win	4.	September 1959	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Win	5.	March 1960	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Anna Dmitrieva	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win	6.	July 1960	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Vera Filippova	8–6, 6–2
Loss	4.	July 1959	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Věra Pužejová	2–6, 0–6
Win	7.	July 1961	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Irina Ermolova	6–1, 6–0
Loss	5.	8 March 1964	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard	Anna Dmitrieva	6–8, 2–6
Loss	6.	16 August 1964	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Anna Dmitrieva	2–6, 2–6

Doubles (5–6)

Result	No.	Year	location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	June 1957	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Vera Filippova	Ginette Bucaille Jacqueline Kermina	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	1.	July 1958	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Margarita Ryzhikova	Elizaveta Chyuvyrina Vera Filipova	4–6, 6–8
Win	2.	September 1959	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Patricia Ward Hales	Eva Johannes Helga Schultze	6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	July 1960	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Irina Ermolova	Vera Filipova Larissa Preobrazhenskaya	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2.	July 1960	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Danuta Szmidtówna	Eva Johannes Věra Pužejová	0–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	July 1961	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Galina Baksheeva	Irina Ermolova Larissa Preobrazhenskaya	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4.	19 August 1961	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard	Anna Dmitrieva	Eva Johannes Věra Pužejová	6–1, 6–8, 4-6
Loss	5.	8 March 1964	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard	Anna Dmitrieva	Olga Lendlová Jana Sonská	4–6, 6–2, 5-7
Win	4.	June 1964	Riga, Soviet Union	Clay	Larissa Preobrazhenskaya	Tiiu Kivi Tiiu Soome	7–5, 7–5
Loss	6.	16 August 1964	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard	Anna Dmitrieva	Olga Lendlová Jana Sonská	6–3, 3–6, 5-7
Win	5.	October 1966	Alma Ata, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Galina Baksheeva	Irina Ermolova Aleksandra Ivanova	6–2, 6–2

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