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Elena Tatarkova
Ukrainian tennis player
Ukrainian tennis player
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Elena Tatarkova (Feltham) |
| Олена Tатаркова | |
| image | Elena Tatarkova.jpg |
| country | |
| residence | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union |
| height | |
| turnedpro | 1993 |
| retired | 2006 |
| plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| careerprizemoney | $861,974 |
| singlesrecord | |
| singlestitles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
| highestsinglesranking | No. 45 (18 January 1999) |
| AustralianOpenresult | 1R (1998, 1999, 2002) |
| FrenchOpenresult | 3R (1998) |
| Wimbledonresult | 2R (1998, 1999) |
| USOpenresult | 1R (1998, 1999) |
| doublesrecord | |
| doublestitles | 4 WTA, 25 ITF |
| highestdoublesranking | No. 9 (5 July 1999) |
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult | 3R (1998, 1999) |
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult | SF (2001) |
| WimbledonDoublesresult | F (1999) |
| USOpenDoublesresult | 2R (1997, 1998, 2003) |
Олена Tатаркова
Elena Tatarkova or Olena Tatarkova (Ukrainian: Олена Tатаркова, born 22 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.
She won four doubles titles on WTA Tour, and four singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best career result came in doubles; she reached the 1999 Wimbledon final with partner Mariaan de Swardt, which they lost to Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu. Tatarkova also made the 2001 French Open doubles semifinals with Justine Henin. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 45, and highest doubles ranking of No. 9, both in 1999.
Since retiring from professional tennis in 2004, she married Timothy Feltham in September 2007 and is mother to Stanley (Apr 2009) and Austin (Feb 2012)
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | W–L | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | LQ | A | A | 1R | 1R | LQ | A | 1R | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | 3R | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | LQ | A | A | LQ | 2R | 2R | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 221 | 192 | 196 | 136 | 47 | 120 | 256 | 213 | 166 | 126 | 260 |
Doubles
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1999 | Wimbledon | Grass | RSA Mariaan de Swardt | USA Lindsay Davenport | |
| USA Corina Morariu | 4–6, 4–6 |
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) |
| Tier I (0–0) |
| Tier II (0–3) |
| Tier III (0–3) |
| Tier IV & V (4–1) |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | Aug 1998 | Stanford Classic, United States | Hard | LAT Larisa Savchenko | USA Lindsay Davenport | |
| BLR Natalia Zvereva | 4–6, 4–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 2. | Aug 1998 | Los Angeles Classic, United States | Hard | THA Tamarine Tanasugarn | SUI Martina Hingis | |
| BLR Natalia Zvereva | 4–6, 2–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 3. | Oct 1998 | Zurich Open, Switzerland | Hard (i) | RSA Mariaan de Swardt | USA Venus Williams | |
| USA Serena Williams | 7–5, 1–6, 3–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 4. | Oct 1998 | Luxembourg Open | Carpet (i) | LAT Larisa Savchenko | RUS Elena Likhovtseva | |
| JPN Ai Sugiyama | 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 0–2 ret. | ||||||
| Win | 1. | Jan 1999 | Hobart International, Australia | Hard | RSA Mariaan de Swardt | FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret | |
| FRA Émilie Loit | 6–1, 6–2 | ||||||
| Loss | 5. | Jul 1999 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grass | RSA Mariaan de Swardt | USA Lindsay Davenport | |
| USA Corina Morariu | 4–6, 4–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 6. | Feb 2000 | Oklahoma Cup, United States | Hard (i) | THA Tamarine Tanasugarn | USA Corina Morariu | |
| USA Kimberly Po | 4–6, 6–4, 2–6 | ||||||
| Win | 2. | Feb 2002 | Memphis International, United States | Hard (i) | JPN Ai Sugiyama | USA Melissa Middleton | |
| USA Brie Rippner | 6–4, 2–6, 6–0 | ||||||
| Loss | 7. | Apr 2003 | Casablanca Grand Prix, Morocco | Clay | SVK Henrieta Nagyová | ARG Gisela Dulko | |
| ARG Maria-Emilia Salerni | 3–6, 4–6 | ||||||
| Win | 3. | Apr 2003 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | HUN Petra Mandula | ESP Conchita Martínez Granados | |
| UKR Tatiana Perebiynis | 6–3, 6–1 | ||||||
| Win | 4. | Aug 2003 | Nordic Light Open, Finland | Clay | RUS Eugenia Kulikovskaya | UKR Tatiana Perebiynis | |
| CRO Silvija Talaja | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 8. | Oct 2003 | Luxembourg Open | Hard (i) | GER Marlene Weingärtner | RUS Maria Sharapova | |
| THA Tamarine Tanasugarn | 1–6, 4–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 11 (4–7)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 24 May 1993 | ITF Bytom, Poland | Clay | GER Adriana Barna | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 16 August 1993 | ITF Szczecin, Poland | Clay | BEL Vanessa Matthys | 2–6, 7–5, 6–7(3) |
| Loss | 3. | 10 October 1993 | ITF Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | MDA Svetlana Komleva | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4) |
| Win | 1. | 31 October 1993 | ITF Jūrmala, Latvia | Hard | LAT Oksana Bushevitsa | 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | 29 October 1995 | ITF Poitiers, France | Hard | BLR Olga Barabanschikova | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 23 February 1997 | ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ESP María Sánchez Lorenzo | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 13 October 1997 | ITF Southampton, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 0–6, 6–4, 6–7(5) |
| Win | 2. | 1 March 1998 | ITF Bushey, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | FR Yugoslavia Dragana Zarić | 6–2, 4–6, 6–0 |
| Win | 3. | 31 July 2000 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | TUN Selima Sfar | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 4. | 22 September 2003 | Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia | Hard | ISR Evgenia Linetskaya | 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7. | 28 November 2004 | ITF Opole, Poland | Carpet (i) | GER Angelique Kerber | 2–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 36 (25–11)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 24 May 1993 | ITF Bytom, Poland | Clay | UKR Natalia Biletskaya | BUL Teodora Nedeva | |
| BUL Antoaneta Pandjerova | w/o | ||||||
| Win | 2. | 29 August 1993 | ITF Gryfino, Poland | Clay | POL Aleksandra Olsza | POL Monika Starosta | |
| CZE Alena Vašková | 7–6(4), 4–6, 7–5 | ||||||
| Win | 3. | 5 September 1993 | ITF Burgas, Bulgaria | Hard | BUL Svetlana Krivencheva | SWE Camilla Persson | |
| SWE Anna-Karin Svensson | 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 4. | 12 September 1993 | ITF Varna, Bulgaria | Hard | UKR Natalia Bondarenko | ROU Isabela Martin | |
| BUL Maya Stankova | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| Loss | 1. | 18 October 1993 | ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania | Hard (i) | UKR Natalia Bondarenko | UKR Talina Beiko | |
| UKR Tanja Tsiganii | 3–6, 1–6 | ||||||
| Win | 5. | 25 October 1993 | ITF Jūrmala, Latvia | Hard | UKR Natalia Bondarenko | POL Aleksandra Olsza | |
| SUI Miroslava Vavrinec | 7–6(5), 6–2 | ||||||
| Loss | 2. | 3 October 1994 | ITF Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | UKR Natalia Biletskaya | BLR Natalia Noreiko | |
| BLR Marina Stets | 6–2, 5–7, 3–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 3. | 9 July 1995 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | FR Yugoslavia Tatjana Ječmenica | SVK Henrieta Nagyová | |
| SVK Radka Zrubáková | 3–6, 6–7 | ||||||
| Win | 6. | 27 August 1995 | ITF Sochi, Russia | Hard | USA Corina Morariu | RUS Natalia Egorova | |
| FIN Petra Thorén | 6–3, 7–5 | ||||||
| Win | 7. | 16 October 1995 | ITF Flensburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | GBR Yvette Basting | GER Sandra Klösel | |
| FRA Amélie Mauresmo | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 | ||||||
| Win | 8. | 6 May 1996 | ITF Szczecin, Poland | Clay | UKR Elena Brioukhovets | CZE Lenka Cenková | |
| CZE Adriana Gerši | 6–2, 6–1 | ||||||
| Win | 9. | 16 June 1996 | ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Clay | UKR Elena Brioukhovets | GER Katrin Kilsch | |
| AUS Robyn Mawdsley | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
| Loss | 4. | 2 February 1997 | ITF Prostejov, Czech Republic | Carpet (i) | POL Aleksandra Olsza | SVK Denisa Krajčovičová | |
| HUN Andrea Temesvári | 2–6, 3–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 5. | 2 March 1997 | ITF Bushey, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | GER Kirstin Freye | UKR Olga Lugina | |
| GBR Clare Wood | 6–7(6), 7–6(6), 1–6 | ||||||
| Win | 10. | 17 March 1997 | ITF Reims, France | Clay (i) | BUL Svetlana Krivencheva | GER Silke Meier | |
| AUT Petra Schwarz | 6–2, 6–2 | ||||||
| Loss | 6. | 9 June 1997 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | Clay | COL Fabiola Zuluaga | HUN Katalin Marosi | |
| ARG Veronica Stele | 3–6, 3–6 | ||||||
| Win | 11. | 4 August 1997 | ITF Sopot, Poland | Clay | BUL Svetlana Krivencheva | CZE Radka Bobková | |
| CZE Lenka Němečková | 7–6(7), 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 12. | 21 February 1998 | ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | HUN Virág Csurgó | GER Kirstin Freye | |
| ISR Hila Rosen | 7–5, 6–3 | ||||||
| Loss | 7. | ITF Sochi, Russia | Hard | GEO Nino Louarsabishvili | JPN Saori Obata | ||
| JPN Kaoru Shibata | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 | ||||||
| Win | 13. | 31 July 2000 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | BUL Svetlana Krivencheva | HUN Eszter Molnár | |
| CRO Maja Palaveršić | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 14. | 2 October 2000 | ITF Albuquerque, United States | Hard | USA Brie Rippner | AUS Lisa McShea | |
| IND Nirupama Sanjeev | 6–4, 6–4 | ||||||
| Win | 15. | 22 October 2000 | ITF Largo, United States | Hard | USA Brie Rippner | USA Dawn Buth | |
| USA Sandra Cacic | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| Win | 16. | 29 October 2000 | ITF Dallas, United States | Hard | USA Brie Rippner | IND Nirupama Sanjeev | |
| JPN Nana Smith | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 17. | 19 November 2000 | ITF Naples, United States | Clay | JPN Nana Smith | EST Maret Ani | |
| ITA Valentina Sassi | 5–3, 2–4, 2–4, 5–3, 4–1 | ||||||
| Loss | 8. | 5 February 2001 | ITF Rockford, United States | Hard (i) | BUL Svetlana Krivencheva | USA Katie Schlukebir | |
| USA Kristen Schlukebir | 6–7(4), 1–6 | ||||||
| Win | 18. | 12 February 2001 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States | Hard (i) | NED Yvette Basting | USA Jennifer Hopkins | |
| SLO Petra Rampre | 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4 | ||||||
| Win | 19. | 4 March 2001 | ITF Minneapolis, United States | Hard (i) | NED Yvette Basting | BEL Laurence Courtois | |
| AUS Alicia Molik | 7–5, 7–6(0) | ||||||
| Loss | 9. | 21 October 2001 | ITF Southampton, UK | Hard (i) | BUL Lubomira Bacheva | RSA Nannie de Villiers | |
| KAZ Irina Selyutina | 6–7(5), 6–2, 2–6 | ||||||
| Win | 20. | Midland Tennis Classic, United States | Hard (i) | TPE Janet Lee | BUL Maria Geznenge | ||
| CZE Michaela Paštiková | 6–1, 6–3 | ||||||
| Loss | 10. | 12 November 2002 | ITF Eugene, United States | Hard | RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya | JPN Nana Smith | |
| VEN Milagros Sequera | 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 | ||||||
| Win | 21. | 16 March 2003 | ITF Kaunas, Lithuania | Hard (i) | BLR Darya Kustova | LTU Aurelija Misevičiūtė | |
| LTU Lina Stančiūtė | 6–1, 7–6(6) | ||||||
| Win | 22. | 21 September 2003 | ITF Tbilisi, Georgia | Clay | BLR Darya Kustova | BLR Nadejda Ostrovskaya | |
| KAZ Galina Voskoboeva | 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(5) | ||||||
| Win | 23. | 28 September 2003 | Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia | Hard | BLR Darya Kustova | RUS Goulnara Fattakhetdinova | |
| RUS Galina Fokina | 1–6, 6–1, 6–2 | ||||||
| Loss | 11. | 28 March 2004 | ITF St.Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | BLR Darya Kustova | RUS Maria Goloviznina | |
| RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 5–7, 1–6 | ||||||
| Win | 24. | 18 April 2004 | Open de Biarritz, France | Clay | UKR Mariya Koryttseva | UKR Alona Bondarenko | |
| UKR Valeria Bondarenko | 7–5, 6–0 | ||||||
| Win | 25. | 7 November 2004 | ITF Shenzhen, China | Hard | JPN Rika Fujiwara | CHN Yan Zi | |
| CHN Zheng Jie | 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 |
Top 10 wins
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | ET Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | |||||||
| 1. | ROU Irina Spîrlea | No. 9 | San Diego Open, US | Hard | 2R | 6–2, 6–2 | No. 63 |
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