Ekaterina Bychkova

Ekaterina Bychkova
Екатерина Бычкова
	Bychkova at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying
Full name	Ekaterina Andreevna Bychkova
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	5 June 1985 (age 36); Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2017–2021
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,001,619
Singles
Career record	394–330 (54.4%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	66 (20 February 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	1R (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	2R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	139–165 (45.7%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	106 (29 January 2007)
Current ranking	1695 (29 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	2R (2006)
US Open	1R (2006)
	Last updated on: 3 December 2021.

Ekaterina Andreevna Bychkova (Russian: Екатерина Андреевна Бычкова; born 5 June 1985) is a tennis player from Russia.

In her career, Bychkova won ten singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 20 February 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 66. On 29 January 2007, she peaked at No. 106 in the doubles rankings.

Bychkova defeated defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round of the 2005 US Open. It was the first time a defending champion for the US Open had lost in the first round.

She was coached by her mother, Liudmila Bychkova. Her father's name is Andrey Bychkov. Introduced to tennis by her mother, she began playing at the Spartak and Chajka tennis clubs. Currently coach and commentator on Eurosport,^[1] Ekaterina was also co-host with Alan Moore on Capital Sports from 2017–18.^[2]

Bychkova returned to the circuit in February 2021, competing on the ITF Women's World Tour.

ITF Circuit finals[]

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)[]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	14 December 2003	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Gabriela Velasco Andreu	6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	4 July 2004	ITF Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Olga Panova	6–2, 6–3
Win	3.	23 August 2004	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4.	3 October 2004	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Virág Németh	6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	19 December 2004	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Michaëlla Krajicek	4–6, 3–6
Win	6.	27 March 2005	ITF St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Emma Laine	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7.	1 May 2005	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Laura Pous-Tio	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4
Win	8.	17 December 2005	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–3, 6–0
Win	9.	18 June 2006	ITF Marseille, France	Clay	Severine Beltrame	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10.	3 May 2009	ITF Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Lindsay Lee-Waters	3–6, 5–7
Win	11.	19 June 2009	ITF Contrexéville, France	Clay	Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12.	26 July 2009	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	3–6, 2–6
Win	13.	7 August 2010	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Darya Kustova	6–2, 7–5
Loss	14.	26 March 2011	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Jasmina Tinjić	6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win	15.	14 April 2013	ITF Edgbaston, UK	Hard (i)	Angelica Moratelli	6–4, 6–3
Win	16.	23 February 2014	ITF Nottingham, UK	Hard (i)	Pauline Parmentier	3–0 ret.
Loss	17.	28 April 2014	ITF Gifu, Japan	Hard	Tímea Babos	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 15 (5 titles, 10 runner-ups)[]

Outcome	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	8 December 2003	10,000	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Raissa Gourevitch	Eden Marama Paula Marama	6–0, 7–6⁽²⁾
Winner	4 July 2004	10,000	ITF Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Vasilisa Davydova	Vasilisa Bardina Julia Efremova	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–0
Runner-up	27 September 2004	25,000	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Giulia Casoni Darija Jurak	0–6, 2–6
Winner	18 December 2005	50,000	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Marina Shamayko	Valentina Sassi Francesca Lubiani	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	8 March 2009	25,000	ITF Fort Walton Beach, U.S.	Hard	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Alexandra Panova Tatiana Poutchek	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	26 April 2009	75,000	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–2, 1–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	5 April 2010	50,000	ITF Torhout, Belgium	Hard (i)	Hana Birnerová	Mona Barthel Justine Ozga	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	25 October 2010	25,000	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Iryna Brémond	Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina	3–6, 1–6
Winner	8 November 2010	25,000	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Elena Bovina	Paula Kania Katarzyna Piter	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	26 March 2011	25,000	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Marina Shamayko	Albina Khabibulina Nigina Abduraimova	6–4, 6–7⁽³⁾, [8–10]
Runner-up	14 April 2012	25,000	ITF Pelham, United States	Clay	Elena Bovina	Julie Coin Marie-Ève Pelletier	5–7, 4–6
Winner	28 April 2013	50,000	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Başak Eraydın Aleksandrina Naydenova	3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Runner-up	14 April 2014	25,000	ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Veronika Kudermetova	Albina Khabibulina Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–2, 5–7, [4–10]
Runner-up	26 May 2014	25,000	ITF Moscow, Russia	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	Anna Danilina Xenia Knoll	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6 April 2015	25,000	ITF Barnstaple, UK	Hard (i)	Naomi Broady	Stéphanie Foretz Ana Vrljić	2–6, 7–5, [7–10]

References[]

External links[]

Ekaterina Bychkova at the Women's Tennis Association
Ekaterina Bychkova at the International Tennis Federation

[1] "Voronezh resident wins Eurosport commentator contest - RIA Voronezh".

[2] "Stream episode Bychkova-Cornet II, Tennis Star Interviews, European Football and Celebration Music by Capital Sports podcast | Listen online for free on SoundCloud".

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