Lyudmyla Kichenok Explained

Lyudmyla Kichenok
Людмила Кіченок
Residence:Dnipro, Ukraine
Birth Date:20 July 1992
Birth Place:Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Height:1.75 m
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$2,477,758
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 156 (21 July 2014)
Australianopenresult:Q2 (2013)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (2013, 2014)
Wimbledonresult:Q2 (2014)
Usopenresult:Q1 (2013)
Doublestitles:10
Highestdoublesranking:No. 7 (20 March 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 16 (12 August 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:F (2024)
Frenchopendoublesresult:SF (2022)
Wimbledondoublesresult:SF (2022)
Usopendoublesresult:QF (2019)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Wtachampionshipsdoublesresult:SF (2022)
Olympicsdoublesresult:QF (2021, 2024)
Australianopenmixedresult:2R (2022)
Frenchopenmixedresult:2R (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledonmixedresult:W (2023)
Usopenmixedresult:1R (2018, 2022, 2023)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult:5–8
Updated:14 August 2024

Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok (Ukrainian: Людмила Вікторівна Кіченок; born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. With Mate Pavić, she won the 2023 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles.[1] On 20 March 2023, she reached a career-high of world No. 7 in the WTA doubles rankings. Kichenok has won ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including four with her twin sister, Nadiia. On 21 July 2014, she reached a her career-high singles rankings of No. 156.

Career

2015: First WTA Tour doubles title and singles top-10 win

In 2015, 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 defeat of Liang Chen and Wang Yafan in the Shenzhen Open final. This win made the Kichenoks the second pair of twins, after Karolína Plíšková and Kristýna Plíšková, to win a WTA doubles title. They previously had been runners-up at Tashkent in 2011 and Shenzhen in 2014.[2] She won the second WTA Tour doubles title at the Brasil Tennis Cup.

During the Tianjin Open, Lyudmyla caused the biggest upset of the tournament with a top-10 win over Flavia Pennetta, world No. 8 and reigning US Open champion, in the first round; it has been the biggest win of her singles career so far.[3]

2022: Two major semifinals, WTA 1000 title, world No. 9 & WTA Finals debut

At the Dubai Tennis Championships, she made the final in doubles, partnering Jeļena Ostapenko but they were defeated by second seeds Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens.[4]

At the French Open, she reached the semifinals of a major for the first time in her career, partnering again with Ostapenko, falling to the eventual champions, Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic.[5] She reached the top 20 in doubles on 6 June 2022.The following week, she won her sixth title at Birmingham with Ostapenko. At the Wimbledon Championships, they again reached the semifinals, again falling to the eventual champions, this time Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.

At the Cincinnati Open, she reached the final with Ostapenko defeating Australian Open finalists Haddad Maia and Anna Danilina and top seeds Kudermetova and Mertens. The pair won their biggest title defeating Nicole Melichar and Ellen Perez.[6] Kichenok reached new career-highs in doubles of world No. 10 on, 22 August 2022, and No. 9, on 12 September 2022.

At the inaugural edition of the Tallinn Open, seeded third with her sister Nadia, she won her eighth title defeating top-seeded pair Nicole Melichar and Laura Siegemund in the final.[7]

She and Ostapenko qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals where they reached the semifinals.[8]

2023: Wimbledon mixed doubles champion

With Mate Pavić, she won the title at Wimbledon in mixed doubles.[9]

She was selected to play in the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy with Ulrikke Eikeri as the defending champion,[10] having won the trophy twice, the last time it was held in 2019, and also in 2018.

2024: Australian Open final, Olympics quarterfinal

At the 2024 Australian Open, she reached her first doubles final with Jeļena Ostapenko, defeating reigning US Open champions and fourth seeds, Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, in straight sets.[11] Kichenok became the fourth Ukrainian female tennis player to reach a Grand Slam doubles final, following sisters Kateryna Bondarenko and Alona Bondarenko who won the title at the 2008 Australian Open, and Elena Tatarkova who reached the final with Mariaan de Swardt of South Africa in the 1999 Wimbledon Championships.[12]

With her sister she reached the quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Doubles

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
style=text-align:leftAustralian OpenAA1R2R1R1RA1R3R2R1RF0 / 99–9
style=text-align:leftFrench OpenAA2R2R1R1RQF1R1Rbgcolor=yellowSF2R2R0 / 1011–10
style=text-align:leftWimbledonA2R3R1R3R1R2Rstyle=color:#767676NHAbgcolor=yellowSF1RQF0 / 913–9
style=text-align:leftUS OpenAA2R2R3R3RQF1R1R3R2R0 / 912–9
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–01–14–43–43–42–46–30–32–311–42–49–30 / 3745–37
Year-end championships
WTA FinalsDNQstyle=color:#767676NHstyle=color:#767676DNQbgcolor=yellowSFstyle=color:#767676DNQ0 / 11–3
WTA Elite TrophyDNQRRDNQstyle=background:limeWbgcolor=limeWNHRR2 / 47–3
National representation
Summer OlympicsNH1RNHQFNHQF0 / 35–3
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open1RAA1R1Rbgcolor=yellowSFA2RQF1Rbgcolor=yellowSF0 / 88–8
Indian Wells OpenAAAAA1R2Rstyle=color:#767676NHbgcolor=yellowSF1R2RQF0 / 67–6
Miami OpenAAA1RAQF2Rstyle=color:#767676NHQF2RQF1R0 / 77–7
Madrid OpenAAAAA1R1Rstyle=color:#767676NH1Rbgcolor=yellowSF1RQF0 / 65–6
Italian OpenAAA1RA1R1R1R1RAQFQF0 / 73–7
Canadian OpenAA1RAQF2R1Rstyle=color:#767676NH1R2RQF0 / 76–7
Cincinnati OpenAAA1RQF1R2R1R1Rbgcolor=limeW2R1 / 88–7
Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAA2RA1R2R2RNH0 / 43–4
China OpenAA2RA2Rstyle=background:#afeeee2R1RNH1R0 / 53–5
Career statistics
style=text-align:leftYear-end ranking1167453685335414638935$1,709,509

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

Other significant finals

WTA 1000

Doubles: 1 (title)

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultYearLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2018Zhuhai, ChinaHard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Shuko Aoyama
Lidziya Marozava		6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win2019Zhuhai, China (2)Hard (i) Andreja Klepač Duan Yingying
Yang Zhaoxuan		6–3, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
WTA 1000 (1–0)
WTA 500 (2–5)
Elite Trophy (2–0)
WTA 250 (5–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–9)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (3–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 2011Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHard Eleni Daniilidou
4–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Jan 2014Shenzhen Open, ChinaInternationalHard Nadiia Kichenok Monica Niculescu
Klára Zakopalová		3–6, 4–6
Win1–2Jan 2015Shenzhen Open, ChinaInternationalHard Nadiia Kichenok Liang Chen
Wang Yafan		6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win2–2Aug 2016Brasil Tennis Cup, BrazilInternationalHard Nadiia Kichenok Tímea Babos
Réka Luca Jani		6–3, 6–1
Loss2–3Jan 2018Hobart International, AustraliaInternationalHard Makoto Ninomiya Elise Mertens
Demi Schuurs		2–6, 2–6
Loss2–4Jul 2018Silicon Valley Classic, United StatesPremierHard Nadiia Kichenok Latisha Chan
Květa Peschke		4–6, 1–6
Win3–4Nov 2018WTA Elite Trophy, ChinaElite Hard Nadiia Kichenok Shuko Aoyama
Lidziya Marozava		6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win4–4Oct 2019WTA Elite Trophy, China (2)Elite Hard Andreja Klepač Duan Yingying
Yang Zhaoxuan		6–3, 6–3
Win5–4Jun 2021Nottingham Open, UKWTA 250Grass Makoto Ninomiya6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–8]
Loss5–5Aug 2021Chicago Open, United StatesWTA 250Hard Makoto Ninomiya6–7(6–8), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss5–6Oct 2021Tenerife Open, SpainWTA 250Hard Marta Kostyuk Ulrikke Eikeri
Ellen Perez		3–6, 3–6
Loss5–7Feb 2022Dubai Championships, UAEWTA 500Hard Jeļena Ostapenko Veronika Kudermetova
Elise Mertens		1–6, 3–6
Win6–7Jun 2022Birmingham Classic, UKWTA 250Grass Jeļena Ostapenko Elise Mertens
Zhang Shuai		w/o
Loss6–8Jun 2022Eastbourne International, UKWTA 500Grass Jeļena Ostapenko Aleksandra Krunić
Magda Linette		w/o
Win7–8Aug 2022Cincinnati Open, USWTA 1000Hard Jeļena Ostapenko Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Ellen Perez		7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win8–8Oct 2022Tallinn Open, EstoniaWTA 250Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Laura Siegemund		7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss8–9Feb 2023Qatar Ladies Open, QatarWTA 500Hard Jeļena Ostapenko Coco Gauff
Jessica Pegula		4–6, 6–2, [7–10]
style=background:#98fb98Win9–9Brisbane International, AustraliaWTA 500Hard Jeļena Ostapenko Greet Minnen
Heather Watson		7–5, 6–2
style=background:#ffa07aLoss9–10Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Jeļena Ostapenko Hsieh Su-wei
Elise Mertens		1–6, 5–7
style=background:#ffa07a;Loss9–11Charleston Open, USWTA 500Clay (green) Nadiia Kichenok Ashlyn Krueger
Sloane Stephens		6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
style=background:#98fb98Win10–11Jun 2024Eastbourne International, UKWTA 500Grass Jeļena Ostapenko Gabriela Dabrowski
Erin Routliffe		5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–8]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (3–4)
$10,000 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (1–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–016 October 2009ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine10,000Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok6–7(2), 6–3, 6–2
Win2–01 November 2009ITF Stockholm, Sweden10,000Hard (i) Marta Sirotkina6–3, 6–3
Loss2–115 November 2009ITF Minsk, Belarus50,000Hard (i) Anna Lapushchenkova7–5, 6–7(3), 2–6
Loss2–24 April 2010ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia50,000Carpet (i) Anna Lapushchenkova2–6, 2–6
Win3–222 May 2010ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine25,000Clay Elina Svitolina6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win4–227 March 2011ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Hard (i) Daria Gavrilova6–2, 6–0
Loss4–325 March 2012ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Hard (i) Margarita Gasparyan0–6, ret.
Win5–326 May 2012ITF Astana, Kazakhstan25,000Hard Lisa Whybourn4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss5–416 June 2012ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Zarina Diyas0–6, 0–6
Loss5–510 November 2012ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000Hard (i) Aliaksandra Sasnovich0–6, 6–7(4)
Loss5–615 July 2013ITF Imola, Italy25,000Carpet Victoria Kan6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Win6–618 August 2013Kazan Open, Russia50,000Hard Valentyna Ivakhnenko6–2, 2–6, 6–2

Doubles: 51 (28 titles, 23 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–2)
$80,000 tournaments (0–2)
$60,000 tournaments (9–4)
$25,000 tournaments (16–12)
$10,000 tournaments (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (19–11)
Clay (3–9)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (5–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Loss1.1 October 2006Royal Cup, Montenegro25,000Clay Nadiia Kichenok Josipa Bek
Karolina Jovanović		4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss2.25 May 2007ITF Cherkassy, Ukraine10,000Clay Nadiia Kichenok Katerina Avdiyenko
Anna Zaporozhanova		6–7(3), 2–6
Loss3.3 August 2008ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine50,000Clay Nadiia Kichenok Vasilisa Davydova
Maria Kondratieva		3–6, 1–6
Loss4.29 August 2008ITF Bucharest, Romania10,000Clay Nadiia Kichenok Laura-Ioana Andrei
Irina-Camelia Begu		2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss5.29 March 2009ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Vitalia Diatchenko
Ekaterina Dzehalevich		1–6, 1–6
Loss6.22 May 2009ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine25,000Clay Nadiia Kichenok Ksenia Milevskaya
Lesia Tsurenko		4–6, 4–6
Win1.13 September 2009ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands25,000Clay Nadiia Kichenok Chayenne Ewijk
Marlot Meddens		6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win2.16 October 2009ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine10,000Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok Veronika Kapshay
Irina Kuzmina		2–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Win3.1 November 2009ITF Stockholm, Sweden10,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Alexandra Artamonova
Lidziya Marozava		6–3, 6–1
Win4.14 November 2009ITF Minsk, Belarus50,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Vesna Dolonc
Evgeniya Rodina		6–3, 7–6(7)
Loss7.22 November 2009ITF Opole, Poland25,000Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok Ana Jovanović
Justine Ozga		4–6, 4–6
Loss8.7 February 2010ITF Rancho Mirage, United States25,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Monique Adamczak
Abigail Spears		3–6, 4–6
Loss9.28 March 2010ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Nina Bratchikova
Irena Pavlovic		7–6(4), 2–6, [3–10]
Loss10.3 April 2010ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia50,000Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok Alexandra Panova
Ksenia Pervak		6–7(7), 6–2, [7–10]
Win5.8 May 2010ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine25,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Kateryna Kozlova
Elina Svitolina		6–4, 6–2
Loss11.21 May 2010ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine25,000Clay Nadiia Kichenok Katerina Avdiyenko
Ksenia Milevskaya		4–6, 2–6
Loss12.20 June 2010Open de Montpellier, France25,000Clay Amandine Hesse Lu Jingjing
Laura Siegemund		4–6, 2–6
Loss13.27 June 2010ITF Périgueux, France25,000Clay Nadiia Kichenok Elise Tamaëla
Scarlett Werner		2–6, 1–6
Win6.10 October 2010Open de Limoges, France25,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Claire Feuerstein
Caroline Garcia		6–7(5), 6–4, [10–8]
Win7.26 March 2011ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Alexandra Panova
Olga Panova		6–3, 6–3
Win8.30 April 2011ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Teodora Mirčić
Nicole Rottmann		6–1, 6–2
Loss14.5 June 2011Zubr Cup Přerov, Czech Republic25,000Clay Nadiia Kichenok Kateřina Kramperová
Karolína Plíšková		3–6, 4–6
Win9.16 October 2011Open de Touraine, France50,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Eirini Georgatou
Irena Pavlovic		6–2, 6–0
Win10.6 November 2011ITF Istanbul, Turkey25,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Ana Vrljić		4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Loss15.22 January 2012ITF Stuttgart, Germany10,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Paula Kania
Ksenia Lykina		3–6, 4–6
Win11.20 May 2012Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Albina Khabibulina
Anastasiya Vasylyeva		6–4, 6–1
Win12.16 June 2012ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova		7–5, 7–5
Win13.21 July 2012ITF Donetsk, Ukraine50,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova		6–2, 7–5
Loss16.28 July 2012President's Cup, Kazakhstan100,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Oksana Kalashnikova
Marta Sirotkina		6–3, 4–6, [2–10]
Loss17.18 August 2012Kazan Open, Russia50,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova		4–6, 7–6(6), [4–10]
Win14.3 November 2012ITF Netanya, Israel25,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Zuzana Luknárová
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová		6–1, 6–4
Loss18.10 November 2012ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Aliaksandra Sasnovich		6–1, 2–6, [3–10]
Win15.18 November 2012ITF Helsinki, Finland25,000Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok Irina Buryachok
Valeria Solovyeva		6–3, 6–3
Loss19.30 March 2013ITF Tallinn, Estonia25,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Anett Kontaveit
Jeļena Ostapenko		6–2, 5–7, [0–10]
Win16.13 July 2013ITF Istanbul, Turkey25,000Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Alona Fomina
Anja Prislan		6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win17.20 July 2013ITF Imola, Italy25,000Carpet Jeļena Ostapenko Katharina Lehnert
Alice Matteucci		6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Win18.27 July 2013President's Cup, Kazakhstan100,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Nina Bratchikova
Valeria Solovyeva		6–2, 6–2
Win19.28 September 2013Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Polina Pekhova Michaela Hončová
Veronika Kapshay		6–4, 6–2
Win20.9 November 2013ITF Astana, Kazakhstan25,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Alexandra Artamonova
Eugeniya Pashkova		6–1, 6–1
Loss20.15 November 2013Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE75,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Olga Savchuk
Vitalia Diatchenko		5–7, 1–6
Win21.7 March 2014ITF Campinas, Brazil25,000Clay Alexandra Panova Laura Thorpe
Stephanie Vogt		6–1, 6–3
Win22.29 March 2014Open Croissy-Beaubourg, France50,000Hard (i) Margarita Gasparyan Kristina Barrois
Eleni Daniilidou		6–2, 6–4
Win23.1 November 2014Open Nantes Atlantique, France50,000Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Stéphanie Foretz
Amandine Hesse		6–2, 6–3
Loss21.15 November 2014Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE75,000Hard Olga Savchuk Alexandra Panova
Vitalia Diatchenko		6–3, 2–6, [4–10]
Win24.21 February 2015ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland50,000Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok Stéphanie Foretz
Irina Ramialison		6–3, 6–3
Win25.25 April 2015ITF İstanbul, Turkey50,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Polina Monova		6–4, 6–3
Win26.14 June 2015Surbiton Trophy, UK50,000Grass Xenia Knoll Tara Moore
Nicola Slater		7–6(6), 6–3
Win27.19 March 2016ITF Irapuato, Mexico25,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Akiko Omae
Prarthana Thombare		6–1, 6–4
Loss22.11 March 2017Zhuhai Open, China60,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Lesley Kerkhove
Lidziya Marozava		4–6, 2–6
Win28.18 March 2017Pingshan Open, China60,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok Eri Hozumi
Valeria Savinykh		6–4, 6–4
Loss23.30 June 2017Southsea Trophy, UK100,000Grass Shuko Aoyama
Yang Zhaoxuan		7–6(7), 3–6, [8–10]

Top 10 wins

width=155Playerwidth=30RankEventSurfaceRdScorewidth=35
2015
1. Flavia PennettaNo. 8Tianjin Open, ChinaHard1R6–3, 7–5No. 414

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kichenok, Pavic take home Wimbledon mixed doubles title . 2023-07-13 . Women's Tennis Association.
  2. Web site: Women's Tennis News WTA Tennis. 7 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Women's Tennis News WTA Tennis. 7 July 2023.
  4. Web site: JELENA OSTAPENKO WINS BIGGEST HARD-COURT TITLE OF CAREER IN DUBAI, WILL RETURN TO TOP 15. Tennis. 28 February 2022. 28 February 2022.
  5. Web site: French Open 2022: Garcia, Mladenovic in the doubles final against Gauff and Pegula. 23 October 2023. 3 June 2022 .
  6. Web site: Kichenok, Ostapenko capture Cincinnati doubles title .
  7. Web site: Krejcikova sweeps past Kontaveit in Tallinn for first title of season .
  8. Web site: Road to the WTA Finals: Kichenok and Ostapenko .
  9. Web site: Kichenok/Pavic Claim Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Crown | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  10. Web site: Field is set for the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai. WTA. 10 July 2024.
  11. Web site: Kichenok, Ostapenko advance into Australian Open doubles final.
  12. Web site: Ukraine's Kichenok reaches Grand Slam doubles final for first time. 26 January 2024 .

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