Lyudmyla Kichenok

Lyudmyla Kichenok
Людмила Кіченок
	Kichenok at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Dnipro, Ukraine
Born	20 July 1992 (age 29); Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,106,862
Singles
Career record	200–161 (55.4%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 156 (21 July 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2013)
French Open	Q1 (2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2014)
US Open	Q1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	329–214 (60.6%)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 32 (13 January 2020)
Current ranking	No. 39 (18 October 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2021)
French Open	QF (2019)
Wimbledon	3R (2015, 2017)
US Open	QF (2019)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2020)
French Open	2R (2019)
Wimbledon	QF (2017)
US Open	1R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–5
	Last updated on: 25 February 2021.

Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok (Ukrainian: Людмила Вікторівна Кіченок; born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 21 July 2014, Lyudmyla reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 156. On 13 January 2020, she peaked at No. 32 in the doubles rankings. Kichenok has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including three with her twin sister Nadiia.

Career[]

In 2015, she won her first WTA doubles title together with her sister. They escaped a 5–0 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 Plíšková and Kristýna Plíšková, to win a WTA doubles title. They previously had been runners-up at Tashkent in 2011 and Shenzhen in 2014.^[1] She won the second WTA doubles title at Brasil Tennis Cup.

During the 2015 Tianjin Open, Lyudmyla caused the biggest upset of the tournament with a top-10 win, over World No. 8 and reigning US Open champion Flavia Pennetta, in the first round for the biggest win of her career so far.^[2]

Performance timelines[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	P	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Doubles[]

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	3R	0 / 6	3–6
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 7	4–7
Wimbledon	A	2R	3R	1R	3R	1R	2R	NH	A	0 / 6	5–6
US Open	A	A	2R	2R	3R	3R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 7	9–7
Win–Loss	0–0	1–1	4–4	3–4	3–4	2–4	6–3	0–3	2–3	0 / 26	21–26
Year-end championships
WTA Finals	Did Not Qualify							NH		0 / 0	0–0
WTA Elite Trophy	DNQ		RR	DNQ		W	W	NH		2 / 3	7–1
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			1R	Not Held				QF	0 / 2	3–2
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	1R	A	A	1R	1R	SF	A	2R	QF	0 / 6	6–6
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	NH	SF	0 / 3	4–3
Miami Open	A	A	A	1R	A	QF	2R	NH	QF	0 / 4	4–4
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	NH	1R	0 / 3	0–3
Italian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 5	0–5
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	A	QF	2R	1R	NH	1R	0 / 5	3–5
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 6	2–6
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	2R	A	1R	2R	2R	NH		0 / 4	3–4
China Open	A	A	2R	A	2R	2R	1R	NH		0 / 4	3–4
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	116	74	53	68	53	35	41	46		$1,017,146

Significant finals[]

WTA Elite Trophy[]

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2018	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Shuko Aoyama Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	2019	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai	Hard (i)	Andreja Klepač	Duan Yingying Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 6–3

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)[]

Legend
WTA Elite Trophy (2–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (0–0)
Premier / WTA 500 (0–1)
International / WTA 250 (3–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2011	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Eleni Daniilidou Vitalia Diatchenko	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2014	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jan 2015	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	6–4, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Win	2–2	Aug 2016	Brasil Tennis Cup	International	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Tímea Babos Réka Luca Jani	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–3	Jan 2018	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 2018	Silicon Valley Classic, United States	Premier	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Latisha Chan Květa Peschke	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–4	Nov 2018	WTA Elite Trophy, China	Elite	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Shuko Aoyama Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	4–4	Oct 2019	WTA Elite Trophy, China (2)	Elite	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Duan Yingying Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 6–3
Win	5–4	Jun 2021	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	WTA 250	Grass	Makoto Ninomiya	Caroline Dolehide Storm Sanders	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), [10–8]
Loss	5–5	Aug 2021	Chicago Open, United States	WTA 250	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	5–6	Oct 2021	Tenerife Open, Spain	WTA 250	Hard	Marta Kostyuk	Ulrikke Eikeri Ellen Perez	3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 12 (6–6)[]

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

Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 October 2009	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	1 November 2009	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Marta Sirotkina	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	15 November 2009	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Anna Lapushchenkova	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Runner-up	2.	4 April 2010	ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Carpet (i)	Anna Lapushchenkova	2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	22 May 2010	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Elina Svitolina	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	4.	27 March 2011	ITF Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Daria Gavrilova	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	25 March 2012	ITF Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Margarita Gasparyan	0–6, ret.
Winner	5.	26 May 2012	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Lisa Whybourn	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	16 June 2012	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Zarina Diyas	0–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	10 November 2012	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	0–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	6.	15 July 2013	ITF Imola, Italy	Carpet	Victoria Kan	6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	6.	18 August 2013	ITF Kazan, Russia	Hard	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	6–2, 2–6, 6–2

Doubles: 51 (28–23)[]

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

Finals by surface
Hard (19–11)
Clay (3–9)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (5–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 October 2006	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Josipa Bek Karolina Jovanović	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	25 May 2007	ITF Cherkassy, Ukraine	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Katerina Avdiyenko Anna Zaporozhanova	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Runner-up	3.	3 August 2008	ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Vasilisa Davydova Maria Kondratieva	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	29 August 2008	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Laura-Ioana Andrei Irina-Camelia Begu	2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Runner-up	5.	29 March 2009	ITF Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Vitalia Diatchenko Ekaterina Dzehalevich	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	22 May 2009	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Ksenia Milevskaya Lesia Tsurenko	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	13 September 2009	ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Chayenne Ewijk Marlot Meddens	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner	2.	16 October 2009	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Veronika Kapshay Irina Kuzmina	2–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Winner	3.	1 November 2009	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Alexandra Artamonova Lidziya Marozava	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	14 November 2009	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Vesna Dolonc Evgeniya Rodina	6–3, 7–6^(9–7)
Runner-up	7.	22 November 2009	ITF Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Ana Jovanović Justine Ozga	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	7 February 2010	ITF Rancho Mirage, U.S.	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Monique Adamczak Abigail Spears	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	28 March 2010	ITF Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Nina Bratchikova Irena Pavlovic	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, [3–10]
Runner-up	10.	3 April 2010	ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Alexandra Panova Ksenia Pervak	6–7^(7–9), 6–2, [7–10]
Winner	5.	8 May 2010	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Kateryna Kozlova Elina Svitolina	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	21 May 2010	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Katerina Avdiyenko Ksenia Milevskaya	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	20 June 2010	ITF Montpellier, France	Clay	Amandine Hesse	Lu Jingjing Laura Siegemund	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	13.	27 June 2010	ITF Périgueux, France	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Elise Tamaëla Scarlett Werner	2–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	10 October 2010	ITF Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Claire Feuerstein Caroline Garcia	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	7.	26 March 2011	ITF Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Alexandra Panova Olga Panova	6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	30 April 2011	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Teodora Mirčić Nicole Rottmann	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	5 June 2011	ITF Přerov, Czech Republic	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Kateřina Kramperová Karolína Plíšková	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	16 October 2011	ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Eirini Georgatou Irena Pavlovic	6–2, 6–0
Winner	10.	6 November 2011	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Ana Vrljić	4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Runner-up	15.	22 January 2012	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Paula Kania Ksenia Lykina	3–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	20 May 2012	ITF Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Albina Khabibulina Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–4, 6–1
Winner	12.	16 June 2012	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	7–5, 7–5
Winner	13.	21 July 2012	ITF Donetsk, Ukraine	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	16.	28 July 2012	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–3, 4–6, [2–10]
Runner-up	17.	18 August 2012	ITF Kazan, Russia	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	4–6, 7–6^(8–6), [4–10]
Winner	14.	3 November 2012	ITF Netanya, Israel	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Zuzana Luknárová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	18.	10 November 2012	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–1, 2–6, [3–10]
Winner	15.	18 November 2012	Helsinki, Finland	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Irina Buryachok Valeria Solovyeva	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	19.	30 March 2013	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Anett Kontaveit Jeļena Ostapenko	6–2, 5–7, [0–10]
Winner	16.	13 July 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Alona Fomina Anja Prislan	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner	17.	20 July 2013	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Jeļena Ostapenko	Katharina Lehnert Alice Matteucci	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Winner	18.	27 July 2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Nina Bratchikova Valeria Solovyeva	6–2, 6–2
Winner	19.	28 September 2013	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Michaela Hončová Veronika Kapshay	6–4, 6–2
Winner	20.	9 November 2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Alexandra Artamonova Eugeniya Pashkova	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	20.	15 November 2013	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Olga Savchuk Vitalia Diatchenko	5–7, 1–6
Winner	21.	7 March 2014	Campinas, Brazil	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Laura Thorpe Stephanie Vogt	6–1, 6–3
Winner	22.	29 March 2014	Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Margarita Gasparyan	Kristina Barrois Eleni Daniilidou	6–2, 6–4
Winner	23.	1 November 2014	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Stéphanie Foretz Amandine Hesse	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	21.	15 November 2014	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Alexandra Panova Vitalia Diatchenko	6–3, 2–6, [4–10]
Winner	24.	21 February 2015	Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Stéphanie Foretz Irina Ramialison	6–3, 6–3
Winner	25.	25 April 2015	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Polina Monova	6–4, 6–3
Winner	26.	14 June 2015	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Xenia Knoll	Tara Moore Nicola Slater	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Winner	27.	19 March 2016	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Akiko Omae Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	22.	11 March 2017	ITF Zhuhai, China	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava	4–6, 2–6
Winner	28.	18 March 2017	ITF Shenzhen, China	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Eri Hozumi Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	23.	30 June 2017	ITF Southsea, United Kingdom	Grass	Viktorija Golubic	Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan	7–6^(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]

Top 10 wins[]

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	LKR
2015
1.	Flavia Pennetta	No. 8	Tianjin Open, China	Hard	1R	6–3, 7–5	No. 414

References[]

^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4412299/title/a-big-week-1-in-doubles-too^{[bare URL]}
^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5066807/title/kichenok-dents-pennettas-finals-dream^{[bare URL]}

External links[]

Lyudmyla Kichenok at the Women's Tennis Association
Lyudmyla Kichenok at the International Tennis Federation
Lyudmyla Kichenok at the Billie Jean King Cup

[1] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4412299/title/a-big-week-1-in-doubles-too^{[bare URL]}

[2] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5066807/title/kichenok-dents-pennettas-finals-dream^{[bare URL]}

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v t Women's Tennis Association: Top Ukrainian female doubles tennis players
as of 14 September 2020
1. Lyudmyla Kichenok (40 5) 2. Nadiia Kichenok (44 6) 3. Dayana Yastremska (86 1) 4. Kateryna Bondarenko (134 2) 5. Lesia Tsurenko (138 3)
6. Marta Kostyuk (271 3) 7. Ganna Poznikhirenko (318 4) 8. Valeriya Strakhova (356 3) 9. Maryna Chernyshova (424 5) 10. Kateryna Kozlova (433 6)