Irina Serova (Russian: Ирина Серова; born 14 May 1966, born Irina Rozhkova, Russian: Ирина Рожкова) is an Austrian retired badminton player who initially played Badminton for Soviet Russia and later moved on to represent Austria.^[1] Serova, in her fairly long career of around 16 years won many International titles which includes in former USSR, former Czechoslovakia, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Ireland, Czechia, Malta, Hungary, Canada, Netherlands, Poland, Germany and Slovenia besides some runner-up performances in Portugal, France, England, Austria and United States. She is also a numerous time USSR national champion and Austrian national champion as well.

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	U. S. Open	Shim Eun-jung	8–11, 2–11	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Canadian Open	Jürgen Koch	Jens Eriksen Rikke Olsen	15–7, 15–2	Winner

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	USSR International	Vlada Belyutina	–, –	Runner-up
1987	Polish International	–, –	–, –	Winner
1989	Cyprus International	Tatiana Khoroshina	11–2, 11–7	Winner
1989	USSR International	Elena Rybkina	5–11, 9–12	Runner-up
1990	USSR International	Elena Rybkina	2–11, 9–11	Runner-up
1990	Austrian International	Elena Rybkina	–, –	Runner-up
1990	Hungarian International	Kang Bok-seung	9–11, 11–2, 8–11	Runner-up
1990	Bulgarian International	Katrin Schmidt	11–0, 11–0	Winner
1990 (II)	Irish International	Katrin Schmidt	11–8, 11–7	Winner
1991	Bulgarian International	Felicity Gallup	11–3, 11–0	Winner
1991	Wimbledon Open	Elena Rybkina	4–11, 12–11, 9–11	Runner-up
1991	Czechoslovakian International	Marina Yakusheva	11–5, 11–0	Winner
1992	Czechoslovakian International	Alison Humby	6–11, 11–7, 11–7	Winner
1992	Malta International	Lotta Andersson	11–4, 11–6	Winner
1993	Austrian International	Astrid van der Knaap	11–8, 11–7	Winner
1994	Czech International	Mette Sørensen	11–8, 11–1	Winner
1994	Portugal International	Marina Yakusheva	11–12, 7–11	Runner-up
1994	Amor International	Monique Hoogland	11–8, 11–5	Winner
1994	BMW International	–, –	–, –	Winner
1994	Slovenian International	Sandra Dimbour	11–9, 11–8	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	USSR International	Svetlana Belyasova	Tatyana Litvinenko Victoria Pron	–, –	Runner-up
1986	Austrian International	Klavdija Mayorova	Paula Kloet Nataliya Zhavoronkova	–, –	Runner-up
1988	USSR International	Elena Rybkina	Karin Eriksson Charlotta Wihlborg	–, –	Winner
1989	Cyprus International	Tatiana Khoroshina	Diana Filipova Anetha Stambolizska	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1989	USSR International	Svetlana Belyasova	Astrid Crabo Margit Borg	17–14, 15–5	Winner
1990	Austrian International	Victoria Pron	Elena Rybkina Vlada Chernyavskaya	–, –	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Austrian International	Vyatscheslav Shtshukin	Vitali Shmakov Lyubov Fedotova	11–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1986	Austrian International	Andrey Antropov	Sergey Sevryukov Klavdija Mayorova	–, –	Winner
1987	USSR International	Sergey Sevryukov	Jon-Holst Christensen Charlotte Madsen	–, –	Runner-up
1988	Polish International	Sergey Sevryukov	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee	–, –	Runner-up
1989	Cyprus International	Vladimir Serov	Vladimir Smolin Tatiana Khoroshina	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1990	Bulgarian International	Nikolai Zuyev	Jerzy Dołhan Bożena Haracz	15–7, 15–1	Winner
1990 (II)	Irish International	Michael Keck	Kai Abraham Diana Koleva	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1991	USSR International	Nikolai Zuyev	Vitaliy Shmakov Vlada Chernyavskaya	15–5, 5–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1991	Wimbledon Open	Andrey Antropov	Andy Goode Gillian Gowers	4–15, 0–15	Runner-up
1992	Czechoslovakian International	Heinz Fischer	Andrey Antropov Olga Chernyshova	15–12, 9–15, 17–14	Winner
1992	Malta International	Kenneth Mella	Kai Abraham Sabine Ploner	7–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1993	Austrian International	Heinz Fischer	Nick Ponting Joanne Wright	9–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1993	La Chaux-de-Fonds	Heinz Fischer	Ron Michels Sonja Mellink	7–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1994	Czech International	Jürgen Koch	Artur Khachaturjan Svetlana Alferova	15–5, 15–7	Winner
1994	Victor Cup	Jürgen Koch	Uwe Ossenbrink Viola Rathgeber	15–2, 15–8	Winner
1995	Hungarian International	Jürgen Koch	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	15–6, 15–8	Winner
1998	Austrian International	Jürgen Koch	Kenny Middlemiss Elinor Middlemiss	15–18, 4–15	Runner-up

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