Nadiia Kichenok Explained

Nadiia Kichenok
Надія Кіченок
Residence:Dnipro, Ukraine
Birth Date:20 July 1992
Birth Place:Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Height:1.72 m
Turnedpro:2006
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 1,689,808
Singlestitles:0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 100 (6 January 2014)
Australianopenresult:1R (2014)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2014)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2013, 2014)
Usopenresult:Q1 (2013, 2014)
Doublestitles:9 WTA, 24 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 29 (31 January 2022)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 33 (15 July 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (2018)
Frenchopendoublesresult:QF (2024)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (2024)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (2021)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Olympicsdoublesresult:QF (2021, 2024)
Australianopenmixedresult:QF (2020)
Frenchopenmixedresult:SF (2019)
Wimbledonmixedresult:3R (2019)
Usopenmixedresult:QF (2018)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult:6–7
Updated:14 August 2024

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

Career

Playing for Ukraine Fed Cup team, Nadiia Kichenok has a win–loss record of 6–7 as of July 2024.[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.

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

Apparel and equipment

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

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament201320142015...2021SRW–L
Australian OpenA1RQ1A0 / 10–1
French OpenQ11RAA0 / 10–1
WimbledonQ1Q1AA0 / 00–0
US OpenQ1Q1AA0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–20–00–00 / 20–2

Doubles

Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–L
Australian OpenAA2R1R3R2R1R2R1R2R1R0 / 96–9
French OpenA1R2R1R2R3R1R2R1R1RQF0 / 108–10
Wimbledon2R1R1R2R2R3RNH3R3R1RQF0 / 1012–10
US OpenA2R2R2R1R2R1R3R1R2R0 / 97–9
Win–loss1–11–33–42–44–46–40–36–42–42–46–30 / 3833–38

Significant finals

WTA Elite Trophy

Singles: 1 (title)

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Eleni Daniilidou
Vitalia Diatchenko
4–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Shenzhen Open, ChinaInternationalHard Lyudmyla Kichenok3–6, 4–6
Win1–2Shenzhen Open, ChinaInternationalHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Liang Chen
Wang Yafan
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss1–3Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceInternationalClay Zheng Saisai Chuang Chia-jung
Liang Chen
6–4, 4–6, [10–12]
Win2–3Brasil Tennis Cup, BrazilInternationalHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Tímea Babos
Réka Luca Jani
6–3, 6–1
Loss2–4Monterrey Open, MexicoInternationalHard Dalila Jakupovic Nao Hibino
Alicja Rosolska
2–6, 6–7 (4–7)
Win3–4İstanbul Cup, TurkeyInternationalClay Dalila Jakupovic Nicole Melichar
Elise Mertens
7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss3–5Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceInternationalClay Anastasia Rodionova Mihaela Buzărnescu
Raluca Olaru
5–7, 5–7
Loss3–6Silicon Valley Classic, USPremierHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Latisha Chan
Květa Peschke
4–6, 1–6
Win4–6WTA Elite Trophy, ChinaElite TrophyHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Shuko Aoyama
Lidziya Marozava
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win5–6Hobart International, AustraliaInternationalHard Sania Mirza Peng Shuai
Zhang Shuai
6–4, 6–4
Win6–6Mar 2021St. Petersburg Trophy, RussiaWTA 500Hard (i) Raluca Olaru Kaitlyn Christian
Sabrina Santamaria
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss6–7Bad Homburg Open, GermanyWTA 250Grass Raluca Olaru Darija Jurak
Andreja Klepač
3–6, 1–6
Win7–7Chicago Women's Open, USWTA 250Hard Raluca Olaru Lyudmyla Kichenok
Makoto Ninomiya
7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]
Loss7–8Oct 2021Kremlin Cup, RussiaWTA 500Hard (i) Raluca Olaru Jeļena Ostapenko
Kateřina Siniaková
2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win8–8Oct 2022Tallinn Open, EstoniaWTA 250Hard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Laura Siegemund
7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
style=background:#ffa07a;Loss8–9Feb 2023Linz Open, AustriaWTA 250Hard (i) Anna-Lena Friedsam Natela Dzalamidze
Viktória Kužmová
6–4, 5–7, [10–12]
Win9–9Japan Women's Open, JapanWTA 250Hard Anna-Lena Friedsam Anna Kalinskaya
Yulia Putintseva
7–6(7–3), 6–3
style=background:#ffa07a;Loss9–10Charleston Open, USWTA 500Clay Lyudmyla Kichenok Ashlyn Krueger
Sloane Stephens
6–1, 3–6, [7–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Midland Tennis Classic,
United States
Hard (i) Anna-Lena Friedsam Asia Muhammad
Alycia Parks
2–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Clarins Open Paris,
France
Clay Alycia Parks Anna Danilina
Vera Zvonareva
7–5, 6–7(2), [12–14]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2009ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine10,000Carpet (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok7–6(2), 2–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Apr 2011ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000Hard (i) Olga Puchkova2–6, 5–7
Loss0–3May 2012Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Donna Vekić2–6, 2–6
Loss0–4Jun 2012ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan10,000Hard Ksenia Milevskaya4–6, 5–7
Win1–4Jun 2012ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Tadeja Majerič6–3, 7–6(3)
Loss1–5Sep 2012ITF Yoshkar-Ola, Russia25,000Hard (i) Margarita Gasparyan5–7, 6–7(3)
Loss1–6Jan 2013Blossom Cup, China50,000Hard Varatchaya Wongteanchai2–6, 7–6(5), 6–7(5)
Loss1–7Mar 2013ITF Tallinn, Estonia25,000Hard (i) Aliaksandra Sasnovich6–7(3), 2–6
Win2–7Apr 2013ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan25,000Hard Oksana Kalashnikova6–2, 6–3
Win3–7Jul 2013President's Cup, Kazakhstan100,000Hard Maria João Koehler6–4, 7–5
Win4–7Nov 2013ITF Astana, Kazakhstan25,000Hard (i) Ilona Kremen6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 46 (24 titles, 22 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$75/80,000 tournaments (0–2)
$50/60,000 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)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Loss1.1 October 2006Royal Cup Podgorica, MontenegroClay Lyudmyla Kichenok Josipa Bek
Karolina Jovanović
4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss2.25 May 2007ITF Cherkassy, UkraineClay Lyudmyla Kichenok Katerina Avdiyenko
Anna Zaporozhanova
6–7(3), 2–6
Loss3.3 August 2008ITF Dnipropetrovsk, UkraineClay Lyudmyla Kichenok Vasilisa Davydova
Maria Kondratieva
3–6, 1–6
Loss4.29 August 2008ITF Bucharest, RomaniaClay Lyudmyla Kichenok Laura Ioana Andrei
Irina-Camelia Begu
2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss5.23 March 2009ITF Moscow, RussiaHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Vitalia Diatchenko
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
1–6, 1–6
Loss6.22 May 2009ITF Kharkiv, UkraineClay Lyudmyla Kichenok Ksenia Milevskaya
Lesia Tsurenko
4–6, 4–6
Win1.13 September 2009ITF Alphen aan den Rijn,
Netherlands
Clay Lyudmyla Kichenok Chayenne Ewijk
Marlot Meddens
6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win2.16 October 2009ITF Kharkiv, UkraineCarpet (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Veronika Kapshay
Irina Kuzmina
2–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Win3.1 November 2009ITF Stockholm, SwedenHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Alexandra Artamonova
Lidziya Marozava
6–3, 6–1
Win4.14 November 2009ITF Minsk, BelarusHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Vesna Mansieva
Evgeniya Rodina
6–3, 7–6(7)
Loss7.22 November 2009ITF Opole, PolandCarpet (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Ana Jovanović
Justine Ozga
4–6, 4–6
Loss8.7 February 2010ITF Rancho Mirage,
United States
Hard Lyudmyla Kichenok Monique Adamczak
Abigail Spears
3–6, 4–6
Loss9.28 March 2010ITF Moscow, RussiaHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Nina Bratchikova
Irena Pavlovic
7–6(4), 2–6, [3–10]
Loss10.3 April 2010Yugra Cup, RussiaCarpet (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Alexandra Panova
Ksenia Pervak
6–7(7), 6–2, [7–10]
Win5.8 May 2010ITF Kharkiv, UkraineHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Kateryna Kozlova
Elina Svitolina
6–4, 6–2
Loss11.21 May 2010ITF Kharkiv, UkraineClay Lyudmyla Kichenok Katerina Avdiyenko
Ksenia Milevskaya
4–6, 2–6
Loss12.27 June 2010ITF Périgueux, FranceClay Lyudmyla Kichenok Elise Tamaëla
Scarlett Werner
2–6, 1–6
Loss13.3 July 2010ITF Mont-de-Marsan, FranceClay Constance Sibille Lara Arruabarrena
Inès Ferrer Suarez
3–6, 1–6
Win6.10 October 2010Open de Limoges, FranceHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Claire Feuerstein
Caroline Garcia
6–7(5), 6–4, [10–8]
Win7.26 March 2011ITF Moscow, RussiaHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Alexandra Panova
Olga Panova
6–3, 6–3
Win8.30 April 2011ITF Minsk, BelarusHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Teodora Mirčić
Nicole Rottmann
6–1, 6–2
Loss14.5 June 2011Zubr Cup Přerov, Czech RepublicClay Lyudmyla Kichenok Kateřina Kramperová
Karolína Plíšková
3–6, 4–6
Win9.16 October 2011Open de Touraine, FranceHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Eirini Gergatou
Irena Pavlovic
6–2, 6–0
Win10.6 November 2011ITF Istanbul, TurkeyHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Ana Vrljić
4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Loss15.22 January 2012ITF Stuttgart, GermanyHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Paula Kania
Ksenia Lykina
3–6, 4–6
Win11.20 May 2012Fergana Challenger, UzbekistanHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Albina Khabibulina
Anastasiya Vasylyeva
6–4, 6–1
Win12.16 June 2012ITF Bukhara, UzbekistanHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Valentina Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova
7–5, 7–5
Win13.21 July 2012ITF Donetsk, UkraineHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova
6–2, 7–5
Loss16.28 July 2012President's Cup, KazakhstanHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Oksana Kalashnikova
Marta Sirotkina
6–3, 4–6, [2–10]
Loss17.18 August 2012Tatarstan Open, RussiaHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova
4–6, 7–6(6), [4–10]
Win14.3 November 2012ITF Netanya, IsraelHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Zuzana Luknarová
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
6–1, 6–4
Loss18.10 November 2012ITF Minsk, BelarusHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
6–1, 2–6, [3–10]
Win15.18 November 2012ITF Helsinki, FinlandCarpet (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Irina Buryachok
Valeriya Solovyeva
6–3, 6–3
Win16.11 January 2013Blossom Cup, ChinaHard Irina Buryachok Liang Chen
Sun Shengnan
3–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss19.30 March 2013ITF Tallinn, EstoniaHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Anett Kontaveit
Jeļena Ostapenko
6–2, 5–7, [0–10]
Win17.28 April 2013ITF Istanbul, TurkeyHard Ekaterina Bychkova Başak Eraydın
Aleksandrina Naydenova
3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win18.27 July 2013President's Cup, KazakhstanHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Nina Bratchikova
Valeriya Solovyeva
6–2, 6–2
Win19.9 November 2013ITF Astana, KazakhstanHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Alexandra Artamonova
Eugeniya Pashkova
6–1, 6–1
Loss20.15 November 2013Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAEHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Olga Savchuk
Vitalia Diatchenko
5–7, 1–6
Win20.1 November 2014Open Nantes Atlantique, FranceHard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Stéphanie Foretz
Amandine Hesse
6–2, 6–3
Win21.21 February 2015ITF Kreuzlingen, SwitzerlandCarpet (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Stéphanie Foretz
Irina Ramialison
6–3, 6–3
Win22.26 April 2015ITF Istanbul, TurkeyHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Polina Monova
6–4, 6–3
Loss21.5 February 2016Launceston International, AustraliaHard Mandy Minella You Xiaodi
Zhu Lin
6–2, 5–7, [7–10]
Win23.20 March 2016ITF Irapuato, MexicoHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Akiko Omae
Prarthana Thombare
6–1, 6–4
Loss22.11 March 2017Zhuhai Open, ChinaHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Lesley Kerkhove
Lidziya Marozava
4–6, 2–6
Win24.19 March 2017Pingshan Open, ChinaHard Lyudmyla Kichenok Eri Hozumi
Valeria Savinykh
6–4, 6–4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nadiia Kichenok. 12 March 2024. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174443/http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100090007. dead.
  2. Web site: Women's Tennis News | WTA Tennis. 26 June 2023 .
  3. Web site: Krejcikova sweeps past Kontaveit in Tallinn for first title of season .