Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) lost
7-6 to
Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI) in the Final of the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, held November 7 - 10, 2019 in Sochi, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Fomina/Stukalsky won
9-5 over
Ekaterina Telnova/Artem Puzanov (Moscow, RUS) in the semifinals of the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia; and won
7-5 over
Alina Fakhurtdinova/Nikolay Lysakov (Irkutsk, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia;
Fomina/Stukalsky finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fomina/Stukalsky defeated
Ekaterina Tolstova/Petr Kuznetsov (Dmitrov, RUS) 6-3, then went on to lose
8-5 against
Hungary's Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy. Fomina/Stukalsky responded with a
7-6 win over
Kristina Dudko/Vladislav Velichko (Krasnoyarsk, RUS). Fomina/Stukalsky won
10-5 against
Svetlana Saifutdinova/Ilgiz Saifutdinov (Moscow, RUS), then won
8-4 against
Maria Ignatenko/Dmitry Mironov (Sochi, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, Fomina/Stukalsky take home
26.394 world rankings points along with the $2,663CDN prize, remaining in 668th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 22.335 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fomina/Stukalsky ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
48.266 points earned so far this season.
