Tatiana Kovalchuk Explained

Tatiana Kovalchuk
Fullname:Tatiana Kovalchuk
Birth Date:24 July 1979
Retired:2010
Careerprizemoney:$60,860
Singlesrecord:114-83
Singlestitles:0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 184 (12 June 2000)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2000)
Doublesrecord:44-48
Doublestitles:0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 217 (23 October 2000)

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

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 Gréta 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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.8 September 1996Donetsk, UkraineClay7–5, 1–0 ret.
Runner-up2.21 September 1997Cluj, RomaniaClay7-6, 0-6, 1-6
Runner-up3.26 April 1999 Maglie, ItalyClay Aurélie Védy3–6, 2–6
Winner4.19 September 1999Reggio Calabria, ItalyClay Alice Canepa6-3, 2-6, 6-2

Doubles (4–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.15 September 1997Cluj, RomaniaClay Anna Zaporozhanova Adriana Barna
Magda Mihalache
6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up2.9 May 1998Prešov, SlovakiaClay Anna Zaporozhanova Magdalena Zděnovcová
Jana Lubasová
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.17 May 1998Nitra, SlovakiaClay Anna Zaporozhanova Patrícia Marková
Silvia Uricková
0–6, 3–6
Winner4.13 July 1998Kharkiv, UkraineClay Nadejda Ostrovskaya Natalia Bondarenko
Natalia Nemchinova
6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Winner5.17 September 2000Reggio Calabria, ItalyClay Syna Schreiber Andreea Vanc
Maria Paola Zavagli
w/o
Runner-up6.18 June 2001Gorizia, ItalyClay Andreea Vanc Milena Nekvapilová
Hana Šromová
7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Winner7.26 May 2002Kyiv, UkraineClay Anna Zaporozhanova Darya Kustova
Magdalena Marszałek
6–2, 6–3

Notes and References

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