Tatiana Kovalchuk

Tatiana Kovalchuk (born 24 July 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.

Tatiana Kovalchuk
Full nameTatiana Kovalchuk
Country (sports) Ukraine
Born (1979-07-24) 24 July 1979
Retired2010
Prize money$60,860
Singles
Career record114-83
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 184 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open1R (2000)
Doubles
Career record44-48
Career titles0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 217 (23 October 2000)

Biography

Kovalchuk was 16 years of age when she began playing Fed Cup tennis for Ukraine in 1996. In the same year she started on the ITF circuit and had her first tournament win at that season's $10,000 ITF event in Donetsk. She had a win over Anastasia Myskina in the qualifying draw of a tournament on the ITF circuit in 1998. Her biggest title came in 1999, the $25,000 ITF tournament in Reggio Calabria.[1]

In 2000 she competed in the main draw of WTA Tour tournaments at Antwerp and Tashkent, both in the singles and doubles draws. She was beaten in the first round of the singles at both events but was a doubles quarter-finalist in Antwerp's Belgian Open.[2]

Most notably she competed in the main draw of the women's singles at the 2000 French Open. She made it through the qualifying competition by beating Yuka Yoshida, Conchita Martínez Granados and Greta Arn, then lost to Anne Kremer in the first round.[3] This brought her world ranking to a career high 184 in the world.

She made the last of her 11 Fed Cup tie appearances in 2001, ending her representative career by beating Estonia's Kaia Kanepi.

ITF finals
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 8 September 1996 Donetsk, Ukraine Clay Tatiana Poutchek 7–5, 1–0 ret.
Runner-up 2. 21 September 1997 Cluj, Romania Clay Mira Radu 7-6, 0-6, 1-6
Runner-up 3. 26 April 1999 Maglie, Italy Clay Aurélie Védy 3–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 19 September 1999 Reggio Calabria, Italy Clay Alice Canepa 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

Doubles (4–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 15 September 1997 Cluj, Romania Clay Anna Zaporozhanova Adriana Barna
Magda Mihalache		 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 9 May 1998 Prešov, Slovakia Clay Anna Zaporozhanova Magdalena Zděnovcová
Jana Lubasová		 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 17 May 1998 Nitra, Slovakia Clay Anna Zaporozhanova Patrícia Marková
Silvia Uricková		 0–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 13 July 1998 Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Nadejda Ostrovskaya Natalia Bondarenko
Natalia Nemchinova		 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Winner 5. 17 September 2000 Reggio Calabria, Italy Clay Syna Schreiber Andreea Vanc
Maria Paola Zavagli		 w/o
Runner-up 6. 18 June 2001 Gorizia, Italy Clay Andreea Vanc Milena Nekvapilová
Hana Šromová		 7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Winner 7. 26 May 2002 Kiev, Ukraine Clay Anna Zaporozhanova Darya Kustova
Magdalena Marszałek		 6–2, 6–3

References
  1. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - $25,000 Reggio Calabria - 13 September - 19 September 1999". ITF. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Antwerp - 13 May - 21 May 2000". ITF. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. "Hingis made to fight, Hrbaty humbled". The Hindu. 2 June 2000. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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