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Vlada Ekshibarova
Country (sports)	Uzbekistan (2003–2016, 2024 September -Present) ; Israel (2016–2024)
Born	14 March 1989 (age 35); Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Arne Thoms
Prize money	US$ 139,305
Singles
Career record	446–299
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 352 (14 July 2008)
Current ranking	No. 803 (23 September 2024)
Doubles
Career record	189–181
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 319 (20 June 2016)
Current ranking	No. 1368 (22 July 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–14
	Last updated on: 27 September 2024.

Vlada Ekshibarova (Hebrew: ולדה אקשיברובה; born 14 March 1989) is an Israeli-Uzbekistani tennis player.

She has won eight singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.^[2] On 14 July 2008, Ekshibarova reached her best singles ranking of world No. 352.^[3] On 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 319 in the doubles rankings.^[3]

Career

Ekshibarova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2004 Tashkent Open, having received a wildcard into the doubles draw with Dilyara Saidkhodjayeva, but they lost to Ekaterina Bychkova and Maria Goloviznina in the first round.^[4] Playing for Uzbekistan in the Fed Cup, Ekshibarova had a win–loss record of 1–9.^[5]

In 2016, she became an Israeli citizen.^[6] In June 2016, Ekshibarova decided to play for Israel instead of Uzbekistan.^[6]

In December 2017, Ekshibarova won the Israel Tennis Women's Singles Championship, beating Deniz Khazaniuk 7–6, 5–4 (ret.) in the final, and also won the Doubles Championship, partnering with Maya Tahan.^[6]

In 2018, she played for the Israel Fed Cup team, going 0–3 in singles. In Fed Cup, she has an overall win–loss record of 1–14.

In September 2024, she started fighting for Uzbekistan again.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (6–8)
Clay (2–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2006	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–4, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Win	2–0	Jul 2007	ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Isha Lakhani	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Nov 2007	ITF Manila, Philippines	10,000	Clay	Nicole Riner	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Nov 2010	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Andreea Mitu	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win	4–1	Feb 2011	ITF Aurangabad, India	10,000	Clay	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–1, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Feb 2011	ITF Mumbai, India	10,000	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–3	Apr 2011	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard (i)	Nadezda Gorbachkova	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win	5–3	Jun 2014	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard (i)	Sofia Kvatsabaia	7–5, 6–3
Win	6–3	Jul 2014	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard	Mariam Bolkvadze	7–5, 6–3
Loss	6–4	May 2016	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Polina Monova	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win	7–4	Jun 2016	ITF Acre, Israel	10,000	Hard	Marta Paigina	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–5	Sep 2016	ITF Ashkelon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Jennifer Zerbone	7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	7–6	Oct 2016	ITF Tiberias, Israel	10,000	Hard	Melis Sezer	3–6, 3–6
Loss	7–7	Oct 2016	ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Marta Paigina	1–6, 4–6
Loss	7–8	Jun 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Emiliana Arango	2–6, 3–6
Win	8–8	Aug 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Dana Kremer	6–2, 6–1
Loss	8–9	Nov 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Lisa Sabino	6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	8–10	Jun 2018	ITF Kaltenkirchen, Germany	15,000	Clay	Jule Niemeier	5–7, 2–6
Loss	8–11	Dec 2018	ITF Antalya	15,000	Hard	Evgeniya Burdina	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	8–12	May 2023	ITF Vierumäki, Finland	15,000	Hard	Tamara Kostic	0–6, 5–7

Doubles: 33 (15 titles, 18 runner-ups)

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

Finals by surface
Hard (14–13)
Clay (1–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	TIer	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2010	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	Cristina Dinu Ionela-Andreea Iova	6–1, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	May 2015	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	10,000	Clay	Daria Lodikova	Albina Khabibulina Polina Merenkova	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	May 2015	ITF Acre, Israel	10,000	Hard	Daria Lodikova	Hélène Scholsen Sadafmoh Tolibova	1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	May 2015	ITF Netanya, Israel	10,000	Hard	Deniz Khazaniuk	Ofri Lankri Alona Pushkarevsky	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–5	Jun 2015	Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Natasha Palha	Sharmada Balu Tadeja Majerič	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–5	Oct 2015	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	10,000	Hard	Olga Doroshina	Lucy Brown Amandine Cazeaux	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	2–5	Nov 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Eleni Christofi	Karin Kennel Viktoriya Tomova	4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Loss	2–6	Nov 2015	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Helen De Cesare	Karin Kennel Viktoriya Tomova	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–6	Nov 2015	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Olga Doroshina	Alexandra Morozova Barbora Štefková	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–7	Dec 2015	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Daria Lodikova	Alexandra Morozova Barbora Štefková	2–6, 5–7
Loss	3–8	Apr 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Janina Toljan	Victoria Kan Alyona Sotnikova	1–6, 2–6
Win	4–8	May 2016	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Naomi Totka	Yuliya Kalabina Polina Monova	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4–9	Jun 2016	ITF Kiryat Shmona, Israel	10,000	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Naomi Totka Ana Veselinović	1–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win	5–9	Jun 2016	ITF Acre, Israel	10,000	Hard	Naomi Totka	Christina Shakovets Veronika Stotyka	6–0, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss	5–10	Jun 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Alyona Sotnikova	Melis Sezer Ana Veselinović	3–6, 4–6
Win	6–10	Jul 2016	ITF Buca, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Ana Veselinović	Daria Lodikova Anette Munozova	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–10	Sep 2016	ITF Ashkelon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Madeleine Kobelt	Alona Pushkarevsky Keren Shlomo	6–0, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	7–11	Sep 2016	ITF Kiryat Gat, Israel	10,000	Hard	Melis Sezer	Ekaterina Kazionova Madeleine Kobelt	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Win	8–11	Oct 2016	ITF Tiberias, Israel	10,000	Hard	Melis Sezer	Ekaterina Kazionova Madeleine Kobelt	6–1, 6–3
Loss	8–12	Nov 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Steffi Distelmans	Nina Kruijer Suzan Lamens	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss	8–13	Nov 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Steffi Distelmans	Michaela Boev Andrea Ka	4–6, 4–6
Win	9–13	Nov 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Raluca Șerban	Michaela Boev Cristiana Ferrando	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	10–13	Dec 2016	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Daiana Negreanu Keren Shlomo	6–2, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	11–13	Dec 2016	ITF Ramat Gan, Israel	10,000	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Sofia Dmitrieva Anna Pribylova	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–14	Apr 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	15,000	Hard (i)	Eleni Daniilidou	Ekaterina Kazionova Elena Rybakina	1–6, 3–6
Win	12–14	May 2017	ITF Acre, Israel	15,000	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Shelly Krolitzky Maya Tahan	6–4, 6–3
Win	13–14	Jun 2018	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	15,000	Hard	Elena-Teodora Cadar	Shahar Biran Laetitia Pulchartová	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss	13–15	Jun 2018	ITF Kaltenkirchen, Germany	15,000	Clay	Sviatlana Pirazhenka	Anna Gabric Katharina Gerlach	2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win	14–15	Sep 2018	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	15,000	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	Albina Khabibulina Ksenia Palkina	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–2
Loss	14–16	Jan 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Kanako Morisaki Ayaka Okuno	2–6, 2–6
Loss	14–17	Feb 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	Cemre Anil Oana Georgeta Simion	2–6, 4–6
Win	15–17	Mar 2019	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	15,000	Hard	Daria Kruzhkova	Merel Hoedt Anna Sisková	6–3, 6–2
Loss	15–18	Sep 2024	ITF Madrid, Spain	W15	Hard	Emma Wilson	Jenny Dürst Celine Simunyu	4–6, 4–6