Lyudmyla Kichenok

Lyudmyla Kichenok
Людмила Кіченок

Kichenok in 2014
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Born	20 July 1992 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 350,544
Singles
Career record	190–141
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 156 (21 July 2014)
Current ranking	No. 349 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2013)
French Open	Q1 (2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2014)
US Open	Q1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	244–112
Career titles	1 WTA, 26 ITF
Highest ranking	52 (27 July 2015)
Current ranking	56 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	2R (2015)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok (Ukrainian: Людмила Вікторівна Кіченок; born 20 July 1992 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is a professional Ukrainian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 156, which she reached on 21 July 2014. Her career high in doubles is 52, which she reached on 27 July 2015. She is the twin sister of Nadiia Kichenok.

Career

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(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 were runners-up at Tashkent in 2011 and Shenzhen in 2014.^[1]

During the 2015 Tianjin Open, Kichenok caused the biggest upset of the tournament, upsetting world number 8 and reigning US Open champion Flavia Pennetta in the first round for the biggest win of her career so far.^[2]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 September 2011	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Eleni Daniilidou Vitalia Diatchenko	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	4 January 2014	Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	10 January 2015	Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)

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	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 October 2009	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Carpet	Nadiya Kichenok	6–7(2), 6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	1 November 2009	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	15 November 2009	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Anna Lapushchenkova	7–5, 6–7(3), 2–6
Runner-up	2.	4 April 2010	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Carpet	Anna Lapushchenkova	2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	22 May 2010	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Elina Svitolina	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	4.	27 March 2011	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Daria Gavrilova	6–2 6–0
Runner-up	3.	25 March 2012	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Margarita Gasparyan	0–6 retired
Winner	5.	26 May 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Lisa Whybourn	4–6 6–4 6–2
Runner-up	4.	16 June 2012	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Zarina Diyas	0–6 0–6
Runner-up	5.	10 November 2012	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	0–6 6–7 ^(4–7)
Runner-up	6.	15 July 2013	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Victoria Kan	6–3 5–7 2–6
Winner	6.	18 August 2013	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	6–2, 2–6, 6–2

Doubles: 48 (27–21)

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

Finals by surface Hard (17–10) Clay (4–9) Grass (1–0) Carpet (5–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 October 2006	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Nadiya Kichenok	Josipa Bek Karolina Jovanović	4–6 7–5 2–6
Runner-up	2.	25 May 2007	Cherkassy, Ukraine	Clay	Nadiya Kichenok	Katerina Avdiyenko Anna Zaporozhanova	6–7(3) 2–6
Runner-up	3.	3 August 2008	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	Clay	Nadiya Kichenok	Vasilisa Davydova Maria Kondratieva	3–6 1–6
Runner-up	4.	29 August 2008	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Nadiya Kichenok	Laura-Ioana Andrei Irina-Camelia Begu	2–6 6–3 [6–10]
Runner-up	5.	29 March 2009	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Vitalia Diatchenko Ekaterina Dzehalevich	1–6 1–6
Runner-up	6.	22 May 2009	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Nadiya Kichenok	Ksenia Milevskaya Lesia Tsurenko	4–6 4–6
Winner	1.	13 September 2009	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Nadiya Kichenok	Chayenne Ewijk Marlot Meddens	6–2 4–6 [10–8]
Winner	2.	16 October 2009	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Carpet	Nadiya Kichenok	Veronika Kapshay Irina Kuzmina	2–6 6–2 [10–3]
Winner	3.	1 November 2009	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Alexandra Artamonova Lidziya Marozava	6–3 6–1
Winner	4.	14 November 2009	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Vesna Dolonc Evgeniya Rodina	6–3 7–6(7)
Runner-up	7.	22 November 2009	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Nadiya Kichenok	Ana Jovanović Justine Ozga	4–6 4–6
Runner-up	8.	7 February 2010	Rancho Mirage, California, USA	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Monique Adamczak Abigail Spears	3–6 4–6
Runner-up	9.	28 March 2010	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Nina Bratchikova Irena Pavlovic	7–6(4) 2–6 [3–10]p
Runner-up	10.	3 April 2010	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Carpet	Nadiya Kichenok	Alexandra Panova Ksenia Pervak	6–7(7) 6–2 [7–10]
Winner	5.	8 May 2010	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Carpet	Nadiya Kichenok	Kateryna Kozlova Elina Svitolina	6–4 6–2
Runner-up	11.	21 May 2010	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Nadiya Kichenok	Katerina Avdiyenko Ksenia Milevskaya	4–6 2–6
Runner-up	12.	20 June 2010	Montpellier, France	Clay	Amandine Hesse	Lu Jingjing Laura Siegemund	4–6 2–6
Runner-up	13.	27 June 2010	Périgueux, France	Clay	Nadiya Kichenok	Elise Tamaëla Scarlett Werner	2–6 1–6
Winner	6.	10 October 2010	Limoges, France	Clay	Nadiya Kichenok	Claire Feuerstein Caroline Garcia	6–7 ^(5–7) 6–4 [10–8]
Winner	7.	26 March 2011	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Alexandra Panova Olga Panova	6–3 6–3
Winner	8.	30 April 2011	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Teodora Mirčić Nicole Rottmann	6–1 6–2
Runner-up	14.	5 June 2011	Přerov, Czech Republic	Clay	Nadiya Kichenok	Kateřina Kramperová Karolína Plíšková	3–6 4–6
Winner	9.	16 October 2011	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Eirini Georgatou Irena Pavlovic	6–2 6–0
Winner	10.	6 November 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Ana Vrljić	4–6 6–1 [10–7]
Runner-up	15.	22 January 2012	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Paula Kania Ksenia Lykina	3–6 4–6
Winner	11.	20 May 2012	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Albina Khabibulina Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–4 6–1
Winner	12.	16 June 2012	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	7–5 7–5
Winner	13.	21 July 2012	Donetsk, Ukraine	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	6–2 7–5
Runner-up	16.	28 July 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–3 4–6 [2–10]
Runner-up	17.	18 August 2012	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	4–6 7–6 ^(8–6) [4–10]
Winner	14.	3 November 2012	Netanya, Israel	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Zuzana Luknárová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6–1 6–4
Runner-up	18.	10 November 2012	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–1 2–6 [3–10]
Winner	15.	18 November 2012	Helsinki, Finland	Carpet	Nadiya Kichenok	Irina Buryachok Valeria Solovyeva	6–3 6–3
Runner-up	19.	30 March 2013	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard	Nadiya 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	Nadiya 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	Nadiya Kichenok	Alexandra Artamonova Eugeniya Pashkova	6–1 6–1
Runner-up	20.	15 November 2013	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Nadiya 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.	26 April 2015	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Polina Monova	6–4, 6–3
Winner	26.	8 June 2015	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Xenia Knoll	Tara Moore Nicola Slater	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Winner	27.	20 March 2016	Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Akiko Omae Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 6–4

References

1. http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4412299/title/a-big-week-1-in-doubles-too
2. http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5066807/title/kichenok-dents-pennettas-finals-dream

External links

• Lyudmyla Kichenok at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lyudmyla Kichenok at the International Tennis Federation
• Lyudmyla Kichenok at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile