Deniz Khazaniuk

Deniz Khazaniuk (Hebrew: דניז חזניוק; born 24 October 1994) is an Israeli former tennis player.

Deniz Khazaniuk

Khazaniuk at the 2016 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer
Native name	דניז חזניוק
Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Netanya, Israel
Born	(1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 30) Ashkelon, Israel
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Retired	2020 (last match)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$171,463
Singles
Career record	320–193
Career titles	21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 200 (11 June 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (2018)
Doubles
Career record	58–82
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 445 (16 June 2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–2
Last updated on: 26 January 2023.

Khazaniuk at the 2019 Wimbledon Qualifying

Khazaniuk has career-high WTA rankings of 200 in singles, achieved on 11 June 2018, and of 445 in doubles, achieved on 16 June 2014.^[1] She has won 21 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2016, Khazaniuk won the Israeli Singles Championship.

Biography

Khazaniuk was born in Ashkelon, Israel.^[2] Her father German Hazniuk is an orthopedist at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, and her mother Larissa who imports tennis equipment, both immigrated to Israel from Ukraine.^[2][3] When she was four years old the family moved to Netanya, Israel, where she lives.^[2][3] Her younger sister Stefany Khazaniuk is a former tennis player who currently works as a pitch-side reporter for Israel's Sport 5 Channel, and she has been in a relationship with Yair Netanyahu, son of the noted current Prime Minister of Israel.

In December 2016, Khazaniuk won the Israeli Singles Championship at 22 years of age, defeating Maya Tahan in the final.^[4]

In May 2019, she defeated world No. 87, Madison Brengle, at the ITF/USTA $100k in Charleston, South Carolina.^[5]

Playing for the Israel Fed Cup team, Khazaniuk has a win–loss record of 2–2, all in singles play.^[6]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 35 (21 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (19–11) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2011	ITF Mytilene, Greece	10,000	Hard	Ofri Lankri	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–0	Sep 2011	ITF Athens, Greece	10,000	Clay	Maria Sakkari	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Dec 2011	ITF Solapur, India	10,000	Hard	Anna Shkudun	3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win	3–1	Aug 2012	ITF Westende, Belgium	10,000	Hard	Irina Ramialison	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(5)
Loss	3–2	Oct 2012	ITF Acre, Israel	10,000	Hard	Natalia Kołat	7–6(5), 4–6, 2–6
Win	4–2	Apr 2013	ITF Ashkelon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Ksenia Kirillova	6–4, 6–1
Win	5–2	May 2013	ITF Ashkelon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Ksenia Kirillova	6–2, 7–5
Win	6–2	May 2013	ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Ekaterina Tour	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–2	Jun 2013	ITF Ra'anana, Israel	10,000	Hard	Ester Masuri	6–1, 6–1
Win	8–2	Jun 2013	ITF Herzliya, Israel	10,000	Hard	Keren Shlomo	6–1, 6–4
Win	9–2	Aug 2013	ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Oleksandra Korashvili	6–3, 7–6(6)
Win	10–2	Mar 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Alix Collombon	7–6(4), 6–3
Loss	10–3	Apr 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	İpek Soylu	5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	10–4	Jul 2014	ITF Imola, Italy	15,000	Carpet	Katy Dunne	1–6, 3–6
Loss	10–5	Dec 2014	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	10,000	Hard	Barbora Štefková	2–6, 0–6
Loss	10–6	May 2015	ITF Ashkelon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Saray Sterenbach	1–6, 4–6
Win	11–6	May 2015	ITF Acre, Israel	10,000	Hard	Ofri Lankri	6–1, 6–3
Win	12–6	May 2015	ITF Netanya, Israel	10,000	Hard	Ofri Lankri	6–4, 6–1
Loss	12–7	Jun 2015	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Lou Brouleau	3–6, 6–2, 6–7(6)
Win	13–7	Jun 2015	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Ofri Lankri	7–5, 6–0
Win	14–7	Sep 2015	ITF Kiryat Gat, Israel	10,000	Hard	Ana Veselinović	6–3, 6–0
Win	15–7	Sep 2015	ITF Tiberias, Israel	10,000	Hard	Naomi Totka	6–0, 7–5
Loss	15–8	Oct 2015	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	10,000	Hard	Olga Doroshina	6–7(4), 3–6
Loss	15–9	Oct 2015	ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Marta Paigina	4–6, 4–6
Win	16–9	Dec 2015	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Olga Doroshina	7–6(6), 6–3
Loss	16–10	Sep 2016	Telavi Open, Georgia	25,000	Clay	Veronika Kudermetova	5–7, 4–6
Loss	16–11	Sep 2016	ITF Bucha, Ukraine	25,000	Clay	Anastasiya Komardina	4–6, 3–6
Win	17–11	Dec 2016	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Miriam Kolodziejová	7–5, 6–3
Loss	17–12	Dec 2016	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Marta Paigina	2–6, 1–6
Win	18–12	Apr 2017	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Sofya Zhuk	w/o
Win	19–12	Oct 2017	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Conny Perrin	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	19–13	Oct 2017	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Conny Perrin	6–7(11), 3–6
Win	20–13	May 2018	ITF Osprey, United States	25,000	Clay	Sophie Chang	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	21–13	May 2019	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	21–14	Jul 2019	ITF Evansville, United States	25,000	Hard	Grace Min	6–7, 6–4, 5–7

Doubles (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	26 April 2013	ITF Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Ksenia Kirillova	Eva Wacanno Alina Wessel	6–0, 6–4
Loss	2.	23 August 2013	ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium	Clay	Amandine Hesse	Tatiana Búa Daniela Seguel	4–6, 2–6
Win	3.	21 September 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Katharina Lehnert Chantal Škamlová	6–7(5), 7–6(3), [10–8]
Loss	4.	22 May 2015	ITF Netanya, Israel	Hard	Vlada Ekshibarova	Ofri Lankri Alona Pushkarevsky	3–6, 3–6
Win	5.	24 October 2015	ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Corinna Dentoni	Sean Lodzki Ester Masuri	6–2, 6–0
Loss	6.	21 February 2016	AK Ladies Open, Germany	Carpet (i)	Maria Marfutina	Ysaline Bonaventure Xenia Knoll	1–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	6 October 2018	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Estelle Cascino	Tereza Mihalíková Julia Terziyska	7–6(4), 2–6, [7–10]