Nadiia Kichenok
Kichenok at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | Ukraine |
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Residence | Dnipro, Ukraine |
Born | (1992年07月20日) 20 July 1992 (age 32) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine |
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Turned pro | 2006 |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 1,736,139 |
Singles | |
Career record | 227–175 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 100 (6 January 2014) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2014) |
French Open | 1R (2014) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2013, 2014) |
US Open | Q1 (2013, 2014) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 418–317 |
Career titles | 9 WTA, 24 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 29 (31 January 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 40 (18 November 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2018, 2025) |
French Open | QF (2024) |
Wimbledon | QF (2024) |
US Open | 3R (2021) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | QF (2021, 2024) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2020) |
French Open | SF (2019) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2019) |
US Open | QF (2018) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 7–7 |
Last updated on: 18 November 2024. |
Nadiia Viktorivna Kichenok (Ukrainian: Надія Вікторівна Кіченок, born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 31 January 2022, she reached a career-high of No. 29 in the WTA doubles rankings. Kichenok has won nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including four with her twin sister Lyudmyla. She has also won four singles titles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 6 January 2014, she also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 100.
Career
[edit ]Playing for Ukraine Fed Cup team, Kichenok has a win–loss record of 7–7 as of November 2024.[1]
In 2015, Nadiia and Lyudmyla came back from a 0–5 deficit in the second set tie-break of their 6–4, 7–6 defeat of Liang Chen and Wang Yafan in the Shenzhen Open final. That made the Kichenoks the second pair of twins, after Karolína and Kristýna Plíšková, to win a WTA Tour doubles title. They had previously been runners-up at Tashkent in 2011, and at Shenzhen in 2014.[2]
Partnering with Raluca Olaru, she defeated Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria in the final to claim the doubles title at the 2021 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy.[3] They also won the 2021 Chicago Women's Open, winning the final against her sister Lyudmyla and Makoto Ninomiya in a deciding champions tiebreak.[4]
At the inaugural edition of the Tallinn Open in 2022, seeded third with her sister, she won her eighth title defeating top seeds Nicole Melichar and Laura Siegemund in the final.[5]
At the 2023 Ladies Linz, she reached the final with Anna-Lena Friedsam, losing to Natela Dzalamidze and her partner Viktória Kužmová in a deciding champions tiebreak.[6]
With her sister, she reached the quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[citation needed ]
In Ukraine's 2024 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs tie against Austria, Kichenok partnered with Katarina Zavatska to defeat Sinja Kraus and Tamira Paszek in the deciding doubles match.[7] [8]
Partnering with her sister Nadiia, she was runner-up in the doubles at the 2025 Linz Open, losing to Tímea Babos and Luisa Stefani in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[9] [10]
Apparel and equipment
[edit ]Nadiia Kichenok is sponsored by Mizuno and Wilson (racket).
Performance timelines
[edit ]Doubles
[edit ]Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 6–9 |
French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 0 / 10 | 8–10 |
Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | NH | 3R | 3R | 1R | QF | 0 / 10 | 12–10 |
US Open | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 10 | 7–10 |
Win–loss | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 0–3 | 6–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 0 / 39 | 33–39 |
Significant finals
[edit ]WTA Elite Trophy
[edit ]Singles: 1 (title)
[edit ]Result | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2018 | Zhuhai, China | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Japan Shuko Aoyama Belarus Lidziya Marozava |
6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
WTA Tour finals
[edit ]Doubles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner-ups)
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WTA Challenger finals
[edit ]Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
[edit ]Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2022 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States |
Hard (i) | Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam | United States Asia Muhammad United States Alycia Parks |
2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2023 | Clarins Open Paris, France |
Clay | United States Alycia Parks | Kazakhstan Anna Danilina Vera Zvonareva |
7–5, 6–7(2), [12–14] |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit ]Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2009 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | 10,000 | Carpet (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | 7–6(2), 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2011 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Russia Olga Puchkova | 2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–3 | May 2012 | Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | Croatia Donna Vekić | 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Jun 2012 | ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan | 10,000 | Hard | Belarus Ksenia Milevskaya | 4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–4 | Jun 2012 | ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | Slovenia Tadeja Majerič | 6–3, 7–6(3) |
Loss | 1–5 | Sep 2012 | ITF Yoshkar-Ola, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Russia Margarita Gasparyan | 5–7, 6–7(3) |
Loss | 1–6 | Jan 2013 | Blossom Cup, China | 50,000 | Hard | Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai | 2–6, 7–6(5), 6–7(5) |
Loss | 1–7 | Mar 2013 | ITF Tallinn, Estonia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 6–7(3), 2–6 |
Win | 2–7 | Apr 2013 | ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 3–7 | Jul 2013 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 100,000 | Hard | Portugal Maria João Koehler | 6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 4–7 | Nov 2013 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Belarus Ilona Kremen | 6–3, 6–1 |
Doubles: 46 (24 titles, 22 runner–ups)
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 1 October 2006 | Royal Cup Podgorica, Montenegro | Clay | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Croatia Josipa Bek Serbia and Montenegro Karolina Jovanović |
4–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Loss | 2. | 25 May 2007 | ITF Cherkassy, Ukraine | Clay | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Ukraine Katerina Avdiyenko Ukraine Anna Zaporozhanova |
6–7(3), 2–6 |
Loss | 3. | 3 August 2008 | ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | Clay | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Russia Vasilisa Davydova Russia Maria Kondratieva |
3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 4. | 29 August 2008 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Romania Laura Ioana Andrei Romania Irina-Camelia Begu |
2–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
Loss | 5. | 23 March 2009 | ITF Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Russia Vitalia Diatchenko Belarus Ekaterina Dzehalevich |
1–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 6. | 22 May 2009 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | Clay | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Belarus Ksenia Milevskaya Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1. | 13 September 2009 | ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands |
Clay | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Netherlands Chayenne Ewijk Netherlands Marlot Meddens |
6–2, 4–6, [10–8] |
Win | 2. | 16 October 2009 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | Carpet (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Ukraine Veronika Kapshay Latvia Irina Kuzmina |
2–6, 6–2, [10–3] |
Win | 3. | 1 November 2009 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Russia Alexandra Artamonova Belarus Lidziya Marozava |
6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 4. | 14 November 2009 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Russia Vesna Mansieva Russia Evgeniya Rodina |
6–3, 7–6(7) |
Loss | 7. | 22 November 2009 | ITF Opole, Poland | Carpet (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Serbia Ana Jovanović Germany Justine Ozga |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 8. | 7 February 2010 | ITF Rancho Mirage, United States |
Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Australia Monique Adamczak United States Abigail Spears |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 9. | 28 March 2010 | ITF Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Russia Nina Bratchikova France Irena Pavlovic |
7–6(4), 2–6, [3–10] |
Loss | 10. | 3 April 2010 | Yugra Cup, Russia | Carpet (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Russia Alexandra Panova Russia Ksenia Pervak |
6–7(7), 6–2, [7–10] |
Win | 5. | 8 May 2010 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova Ukraine Elina Svitolina |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 11. | 21 May 2010 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | Clay | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Ukraine Katerina Avdiyenko Belarus Ksenia Milevskaya |
4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 12. | 27 June 2010 | ITF Périgueux, France | Clay | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Netherlands Elise Tamaëla Germany Scarlett Werner |
2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 13. | 3 July 2010 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | Clay | France Constance Sibille | Spain Lara Arruabarrena Spain Inès Ferrer Suarez |
3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 6. | 10 October 2010 | Open de Limoges, France | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | France Claire Feuerstein France Caroline Garcia |
6–7(5), 6–4, [10–8] |
Win | 7. | 26 March 2011 | ITF Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Russia Alexandra Panova Russia Olga Panova |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 8. | 30 April 2011 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Serbia Teodora Mirčić Austria Nicole Rottmann |
6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 14. | 5 June 2011 | Přerov Cup, Czech Republic | Clay | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Czech Republic Kateřina Kramperová Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 9. | 16 October 2011 | Open de Touraine, France | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Greece Eirini Gergatou France Irena Pavlovic |
6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 10. | 6 November 2011 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Croatia Ana Vrljić |
4–6, 6–1, [10–7] |
Loss | 15. | 22 January 2012 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Poland Paula Kania Russia Ksenia Lykina |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 11. | 20 May 2012 | Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Uzbekistan Albina Khabibulina Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva |
6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 12. | 16 June 2012 | ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Ukraine Valentina Ivakhnenko Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova |
7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 13. | 21 July 2012 | ITF Donetsk, Ukraine | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Ukraine Valentyna Ivakhnenko Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova |
6–2, 7–5 |
Loss | 16. | 28 July 2012 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova Russia Marta Sirotkina |
6–3, 4–6, [2–10] |
Loss | 17. | 18 August 2012 | Tatarstan Open, Russia | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Ukraine Valentyna Ivakhnenko Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova |
4–6, 7–6(6), [4–10] |
Win | 14. | 3 November 2012 | ITF Netanya, Israel | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Slovakia Zuzana Luknarová Slovakia Anna Karolína Schmiedlová |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 18. | 10 November 2012 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Belarus Ekaterina Dzehalevich Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich |
6–1, 2–6, [3–10] |
Win | 15. | 18 November 2012 | ITF Helsinki, Finland | Carpet (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Ukraine Irina Buryachok Russia Valeriya Solovyeva |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 16. | 11 January 2013 | Blossom Cup, China | Hard | Ukraine Irina Buryachok | China Liang Chen China Sun Shengnan |
3–6, 6–3, [12–10] |
Loss | 19. | 30 March 2013 | ITF Tallinn, Estonia | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Estonia Anett Kontaveit Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko |
6–2, 5–7, [0–10] |
Win | 17. | 28 April 2013 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Russia Ekaterina Bychkova | Turkey Başak Eraydın Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova |
3–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
Win | 18. | 27 July 2013 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Russia Nina Bratchikova Russia Valeriya Solovyeva |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 19. | 9 November 2013 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Russia Alexandra Artamonova Russia Eugeniya Pashkova |
6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 20. | 15 November 2013 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Ukraine Olga Savchuk Russia Vitalia Diatchenko |
5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 20. | 1 November 2014 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | Hard (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | France Stéphanie Foretz France Amandine Hesse |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 21. | 21 February 2015 | ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | France Stéphanie Foretz France Irina Ramialison |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 22. | 26 April 2015 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Russia Valentyna Ivakhnenko Russia Polina Monova |
6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 21. | 5 February 2016 | Launceston International, Australia | Hard | Luxembourg Mandy Minella | China You Xiaodi China Zhu Lin |
6–2, 5–7, [7–10] |
Win | 23. | 20 March 2016 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Japan Akiko Omae India Prarthana Thombare |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 22. | 11 March 2017 | Zhuhai Open, China | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove Belarus Lidziya Marozava |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 24. | 19 March 2017 | Pingshan Open, China | Hard | Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok | Japan Eri Hozumi Russia Valeria Savinykh |
6–4, 6–4 |
Notes
[edit ]- ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
- ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Nadiia Kichenok". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Women's Tennis News | WTA Tennis". Women's Tennis Association. 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Kasatkina captures St. Petersburg title after Gasparyan forced to retire". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Svitolina grits past Cornet in Chicago for first title of the year". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Krejcikova sweeps past Kontaveit in Tallinn for first title of season". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Potapova sweeps to second career title in Linz". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Austria narrowly loses to Ukraine 2:3". Kronen Zeitung. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Ukraine gets redemptive win in latest 'home' tie on U.S. soil to earn 2025 BJK Cup Qualifiers spot". tennis.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Alexandrova wins Linz at last after thriller against Yastremska". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ "Alexandrova Triumphs At Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2025". tennistourtalk.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
External links
[edit ]- Nadiia Kichenok at the Women's Tennis Association Edit this at Wikidata
- Nadiia Kichenok at the International Tennis Federation Edit this at Wikidata
- Nadiia Kichenok at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
- Nadiia Kichenok at Wimbledon Edit this at Wikidata
- Nadiia Kichenok at ESPN.com Edit this at Wikidata
- Nadiia Kichenok at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
- Nadiia Kichenok at Olympics.com