Nina Bratchikova

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Nina Bratchikova
Нина Братчикова

Bratchikova at the US Open 2011
Country (sports)	Russia  Portugal
Residence	Tavira, Portugal
Born	(1985-06-28) 28 June 1985 (age 36) Zhukovsky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$776,195
Singles
Career record	363–302
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	79 (10 December 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2012)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2012, 2013)
US Open	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	357–205
Career titles	1 WTA 125 K, 35 ITF
Highest ranking	63 (10 September 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2012)
US Open	2R (2012)

Nina Bratchikova (Russian: Нина Олеговна Братчикова; born 28 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

Bratchikova won nine singles and thirty-five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 10 December 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 79. On 10 September 2012, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings.

Tennis career[]

2010[]

In 2010, Bratchikova entered the ITF tournament in Moscow, where she won the doubles event partnering French Irena Pavlovic against Ukrainian sisters Lyudmyla Kichenok & Nadiia Kichenok.

She also won the ITF singles event in Johannesburg, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final.

Nina Bratchikova in-action in the 2011 US Open qualifying

2012[]

in January Bratchikova qualified and made it to the third round of the Australian Open main draw where she won against Flavia Pennetta in the first round, Alberta Brianti in the second and lost to Iveta Benešová. She made her top-100 debut (No. 92) the following week.

In May, she reached to the third round of French Open, beating Monica Niculescu, Clair Feuerstein and losing against Petra Kvitova in three sets.

In November, she won the doubles title at the WTA Challenger Royal Indian Open, together with Georgian Oksana Kalashnikova.

2013[]

in January Bratchikova lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Kirsten Flipkens.

Two weeks later she reached the semifinal in WTA Pattaya Open, winning against Shahar Pe'er, Daniela Hantuchova, Ayumi Morita and losing to Sabine Lisicki.

In July, Bratchikova lost in the first round in Budapest to world No. 71, María Teresa Torró. But in doubles with Anna Tatishvili, she reached the final and lost against Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in straight sets. A week later, Bratchikova played in Båstad and defeated No. 331 Lesley Kerkhove. In the second round, she lost to world No. 76, Johanna Larsson, in two sets.

In August, Bratchikova won the first round in the qualifying of the US Open, beating world No. 201, Anne Schäfer. In the second round, she lost to world No. 166 Chanel Simmonds by 0–6, 2–6.

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)[]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	5 October 2008	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	Raluca Olaru Olga Savchuk	7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	2.	24 April 2011	Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Andrea Hlaváčková Renata Voráčová	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	14 July 2013	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Anna Tatishvili	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 1–6

WTA 125K series finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	11 November 2012	Royal Indian Open, Pune	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Julia Glushko Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6–0, 4–6, [10–8]

Bratchikova at Cagnes-sur-Mer, 2013

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 17 (9–8)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 May 2002	ITF Zaton, Croatia	Clay	Delia Sescioreanu	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	1 June 2003	ITF Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Catalina Castaño	2–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	6 December 2003	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	7 March 2004	ITF Melilla, Spain	Hard	Frederica Piedade	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	2 May 2004	ITF Taranto, Italy	Clay	Martina Müller	3–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	9 July 2006	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Raluca Olaru	6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	24 February 2008	ITF Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Elena Chalova	4–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	25 May 2008	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Ksenia Pervak	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Winner	5.	1 June 2008	ITF Tolyatti, Russia	Hard	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	5.	22 February 2009	ITF Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Sandra Soler-Sola	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	17 May 2009	ITF Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Clay	Irene Santos-Bravo	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	25 October 2009	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Zuzana Kučová	0–6, 6–7(7–9)
Winner	7.	18 April 2010	ITF Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Winner	8.	31 October 2010	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Zuzana Kučová	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	26 December 2010	ITF Pune, India	Hard	Bojana Jovanovski	4–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	6 February 2011	ITF Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Maria Joao Koehler	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	27 October 2013	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Gioia Barbieri	6–3, 3–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 61 (35–26)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	14 October 2001	ITF Catania, Italy	Clay	Anna Floris	Georgia Mortello Lisa Tognetti	6–2, 5–7, 7–6(10–8)
Runner-up	1.	15 April 2003	Cavtat, Croatia	Clay	Raissa Gourevitch	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	6–2, 5–7, 7–6(10–8)
Winner	2.	29 November 2003	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Olena Antypina	Veronika Kapshay Barbara Pócza	7–5, 6–4
Winner	3.	6 December 2003	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Olena Antypina	Oksana Karyshkova Elena Yaryshka	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	4.	1 March 2004	Melilla, Spain	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Anastasia Dvornikova Irena Nossenko	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	30 May 2004	Tongliao, China	Hard	Anna Bastrikova	Līga Dekmeijere İpek Şenoğlu	5–7, 6–7
Runner-up	3.	28 June 2004	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Frederica Piedade	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Paula García	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	9 August 2004	Martina Franca, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Aurélie Védy Jasmin Wöhr	1–6, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up	5.	14 November 2004	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ekaterina Kozhokina	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Laura Pous Tió	4–6, 6–7
Winner	5.	20 March 2005	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Makarova	Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Kosminskaya	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Winner	6.	11 April 2005	Mumbai, India	Hard	Francesca Lubiani	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	12 June 2005	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Olena Antypina	Giulia Casoni Valentina Sulpizio	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	7.	18 July 2005	Les Contamines, France	Clay	Ekaterina Kosminskaya	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Yevgenia Savranska	1–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	7.	29 Aug 2005	Balashikha, Russia	Clay	Anna Bastrikova	Ekaterina Lopes Olga Panova	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	27 September 2005	Batumi, Georgia	Hard (i)	Anna Bastrikova	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Anastasiya Yakimova	6–2, 2–6, 6–7(9–11)
Runner-up	9.	21 November 2005	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Akgul Amanmuradova	Maret Ani Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–7(0–7), 1–6
Winner	8.	5 March 2006	Las Palmas, Spain	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Karolina Kosińska Alicja Rosolska	6–1, 6–3
Winner	9.	12 March 2006	Telde, Spain	Clay	Alla Kudryavtseva	Sara Errani Giulia Gabba	6–1, 6–1
Winner	10.	11 April 2006	Biarritz, France	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Alicja Rosolska	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	23 May 2006	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Līga Dekmeijere	Chuang Chia-jung Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	2 July 2006	Périgueux, France	Clay	Lioudmila Skavronskaia	Monique Adamczak Marie-Ève Pelletier	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	3 July 2006	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Akgul Amanmuradova	Raluca Olaru Margalita Chakhnashvili	5–7, 6–1, 1–6
Winner	11.	22 July 2006	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	Clay	Olena Antypina	Evgeniya Rodina Kristina Antoniychuk	6–1, 5–7, 7–5
Winner	12.	18 February 2007	Biberach, Germany	Hard	Urszula Radwańska	Darija Jurak Sandra Martinović	6–2, 6–0
Winner	13.	23 March 2007	Mumbai, India	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	Olga Panova Stefanie Vögele	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	5 June 2007	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Neuza Silva	Jorgelina Cravero Betina Jozami	4–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	9 July 2007	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Neuza Silva	Joana Cortez Teliana Pereira	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	14.	25 August 2007	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Sophie Lefèvre	Maria Kondratieva Vesna Dolonc	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	15.	28 October 2007	Podolsk, Russia	Hard (i)	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Vasilisa Davydova Arina Rodionova	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	16.	14 January 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Kateryna Herth	Vasilisa Davydova Elizaveta Tochilovskaya	2–6, 5–7
Winner	15.	4 February 2008	Algarve, Portugal	Hard	Kateryna Herth	Neuza Silva Danielle Harmsen	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	17.	17 March 2008	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Vasilisa Davydova	Nikola Fraňková Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2–6, 2–6
Winner	16.	5 May 2008	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Kristína Kučová Stefanie Vögele	7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
Winner	17.	26 May 2008	Tolyatti, Russia	Clay	Vasilisa Davydova	Nikola Fraňková Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
Runner-up	18.	3 August 2008	Vigo, Spain	Hard	Frederica Piedade	Neuza Silva Nicole Thyssen	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	19.	4 July 2009	Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Ágnes Szatmári	Andrea Hlaváčková Olga Savchuk	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	20.	1 August 2009	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard	Ágnes Szatmári	Elena Chalova Oksana Kalashnikova	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	21.	8 August 2009	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Ágnes Szatmári	Yuliana Fedak Darya Kustova	4–6, 5–7
Winner	18.	14 September 2009	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Oksana Kalashnikova	Betina Jozami María Irigoyen	7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8]
Winner	19.	26 September 2009	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Irena Pavlovic	Claire Feuerstein Constance Sibille	6–2, 6–4
Winner	20.	3 October 2009	Granada, Spain	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Betina Jozami Valeria Savinykh	6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner	21.	16 October 2009	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Anna Gerasimou	Anna Brazhnikova Anastasia Mukhametova	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–1)
Winner	22.	23 October 2009	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Anna Gerasimou	Chen Astrogo Keren Shlomo	6–4, 7–5
Winner	23.	31 October 2009	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Ksenia Palkina	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	w/o
Runner-up	22.	16 November 2009	Pune, India	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Anastasiya Vasylyeva Nicole Clerico	6–4, 3–6, [11–13]
Winner	24.	28 March 2010	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Irena Pavlovic	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–3]
Winner	25.	12 July 2010	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Ekaterina Lopes	Jelena Dokic Sharon Fichman	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	26.	2 August 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Ekaterina Lopes	Yuliana Fedak Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–4, 6–4
Winner	27.	22 October 2010	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Ágnes Szatmári	Anna Brazhnikova Anastasia Mukhametova	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	23.	29 October 2010	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Ágnes Szatmári	Melanie Klaffner Karolina Kosińska	6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner	28.	20 December 2010	Pune, India	Hard	Alexandra Panova	Anna Shkudun Sachie Ishizu	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	24.	2 May 2011	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Han Sung-hee Liang Chen	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Winner	29.	11 June 2011	Open GdF de Marseille, France	Clay	Irina-Camelia Begu	Laura-Ioana Andrei Mădălina Gojnea	6–2, 6–2
Winner	30.	27 June 2011	Pozoblanco, Spain	Clay	Irena Pavlovic	Marina Melnikova Sofia Shapatava	6–2, 6–4
Winner	31.	12 September 2011	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Darija Jurak	Alexandra Cadanțu Raluca Olaru	6–4, 7–5
Winner	32.	19 September 2011	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Darija Jurak	Johanna Larsson Jasmin Wöhr	6–4, 6–2
Winner	33.	17 October 2011	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Melanie Klaffner	Tadeja Majerič Aleksandrina Naydenova	7–5, 5–7, [10–6]
Winner	34.	28 November 2011	ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Darija Jurak	Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Dulgheru	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Winner	35.	19 December 2011	ITF Ankara, Turkey	Hard (i)	Darija Jurak	Janette Husárová Katalin Marosi	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	25.	15 October 2012	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Margarita Lazareva	Conny Perrin Chanel Simmonds	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	26.	22 July 2013	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Valeria Solovyeva	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	2–6, 2–6

Grand Slam performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Doubles[]

External links[]

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