Nadiia Kichenok

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Nadiia Kichenok
Надія Кіченок
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceDnipro, Ukraine
Born (1992-07-20) 20 July 1992 (age 31)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2006
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,574,696
Singles
Career record227–175 (56.5%)
Career titles0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 100 (6 January 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2014)
French Open1R (2014)
WimbledonQ1 (2013, 2014)
US OpenQ1 (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record408–301 (57.5%)
Career titles9 WTA, 24 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (31 January 2022)
Current rankingNo. 42 (8 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2018)
French Open3R (2019)
Wimbledon3R (2019, 2021, 2022)
US Open3R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2020)
French OpenSF (2019)
Wimbledon3R (2019)
US OpenQF (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–6
Last updated on: 12 March 2024.

Nadiia Viktorivna Kichenok (Ukrainian: Надія Вікторівна Кіченок, born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 6 January 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 100. On 31 January 2022, she peaked at 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.

Career[edit]

Playing for the Ukraine Fed Cup team, Nadiia Kichenok has a win–loss record of 6–6.[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]

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.[3]

At the 2023 Ladies Linz, she reached the final with Anna-Lena Friedsam. At the inaugural edition of the Texas Open in Austin, she finished in the semifinals, also with Friedsam.

Apparel and equipment[edit]

Nadiia Kichenok is sponsored by Mizuno and Wilson (racket).

Performance timelines[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (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, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles[edit]

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 ... 2021 SR W–L
Australian Open A 1R Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1
French Open Q1 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 0–2

Doubles[edit]

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
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 0 / 9 5–9
Wimbledon 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R NH 3R 3R 1R 0 / 9 9–9
US Open A 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R 0 / 9 7–9
Win–loss 1–1 1–3 3–4 2–4 4–4 6–4 0–3 6–4 2–4 2–4 0-1 0 / 36 27–36

Significant finals[edit]

WTA Elite Trophy[edit]

Singles: 1 (title)[edit]

Result Year Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
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: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
WTA Elite Trophy (1–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (1–3)
WTA 250 (7–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–6)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2011 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International[a] Hard Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2014 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok Romania Monica Niculescu
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jan 2015 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok China Liang Chen
China Wang Yafan
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 1–3 May 2015 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay China Zheng Saisai Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
China Liang Chen
6–4, 4–6, [10–12]
Win 2–3 Aug 2016 Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil International Hard Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok Hungary Tímea Babos
Hungary Réka Luca Jani
6–3, 6–1
Loss 2–4 Apr 2017 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Slovenia Dalila Jakupovic Japan Nao Hibino
Poland Alicja Rosolska
2–6, 6–7 (4–7)
Win 3–4 Apr 2017 İstanbul Cup, Turkey International Clay Slovenia Dalila Jakupovic United States Nicole Melichar
Belgium Elise Mertens
7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss 3–5 May 2018 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay Australia Anastasia Rodionova Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
Romania Raluca Olaru
5–7, 5–7
Loss 3–6 Aug 2018 Silicon Valley Classic, U.S. Premier[b] Hard Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
4–6, 1–6
Win 4–6 Nov 2018 WTA Elite Trophy, China Elite Trophy Hard Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok Japan Shuko Aoyama
Belarus Lidziya Marozava
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 5–6 Jan 2020 Hobart International, Australia International Hard India Sania Mirza China Peng Shuai
China Zhang Shuai
6–4, 6–4
Win 6–6 Mar 2021 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i) Romania Raluca Olaru United States Kaitlyn Christian
United States Sabrina Santamaria
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 6–7 Jun 2021 Bad Homburg Open, Germany WTA 250 Grass Romania Raluca Olaru Croatia Darija Jurak
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
3–6, 1–6
Win 7–7 Aug 2021 Chicago Women's Open, U.S. WTA 250 Hard Romania Raluca Olaru Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 7–8 Oct 2021 Kremlin Cup, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i) Romania Raluca Olaru Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 8–8 Oct 2022 Tallinn Open, Estonia WTA 250 Hard (i) Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Germany Laura Siegemund
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 8–9 Feb 2023 Linz Open, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i) Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam Georgia (country) Natela Dzalamidze
Slovakia Viktória Kužmová
6–4, 5–7, [10–12]
Win 9–9 Sep 2023 Japan Women's Open, Japan WTA 250 Hard Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam Anna Kalinskaya
Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 9–10 Apr 2024 Charleston Open, U.S. WTA 500 Clay Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok United States Ashlyn Krueger
United States Sloane Stephens
6–1, 3–6, [7–10]

WTA Challenger finals[edit]

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)[edit]

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
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)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (3–4)
$10,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–6)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
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)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$80,000 tournaments (0–2)
$60,000 tournaments (9–4)
$25,000 tournaments (12–12)
$10,000 tournaments (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–11)
Clay (2–9)
Carpet (4–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
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 Zubr Cup Přerov, 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]

  1. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nadiia Kichenok". Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's Tennis News | WTA Tennis". 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Krejcikova sweeps past Kontaveit in Tallinn for first title of season".

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