Lyudmyla Kichenok

Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok (Ukrainian: Людмила Вікторівна Кіченок; born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 21 July 2014, Lyudmyla reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 156. On 13 January 2020, she peaked at No. 32 in the doubles rankings. Kichenok has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including three with her twin sister Nadiia.

Lyudmyla Kichenok
Людмила Кіченок
Kichenok at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceDnipro, Ukraine
Born (1992-07-20) 20 July 1992
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,106,862
Singles
Career record200–161 (55.4%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 156 (21 July 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2013)
French OpenQ1 (2013, 2014)
WimbledonQ2 (2014)
US OpenQ1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record329–214 (60.6%)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 32 (13 January 2020)
Current rankingNo. 39 (18 October 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2021)
French OpenQF (2019)
Wimbledon3R (2015, 2017)
US OpenQF (2019)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2020)
French Open2R (2019)
WimbledonQF (2017)
US Open1R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–5
Last updated on: 25 February 2021.

Career

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. That 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.[1] She won the second WTA doubles title at Brasil Tennis Cup.

During the 2015 Tianjin Open, Lyudmyla caused the biggest upset of the tournament with a top-10 win, over World No. 8 and reigning US Open champion Flavia Pennetta, in the first round for the biggest win of her career so far.[2]

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS P NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 2R 1R 1R A 1R 3R 0 / 6 3–6
French Open A A 2R 2R 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 0 / 7 4–7
Wimbledon A 2R 3R 1R 3R 1R 2R NH A 0 / 6 5–6
US Open A A 2R 2R 3R 3R QF 1R 1R 0 / 7 9–7
Win–Loss 0–0 1–1 4–4 3–4 3–4 2–4 6–3 0–3 2–3 0 / 26 21–26
Year-end championships
WTA Finals Did Not Qualify NH 0 / 0 0–0
WTA Elite Trophy DNQ RR DNQ W W NH 2 / 3 7–1
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not Held QF 0 / 2 3–2
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open 1R A A 1R 1R SF A 2R QF 0 / 6 6–6
Indian Wells Open A A A A A 1R 2R NH SF 0 / 3 4–3
Miami Open A A A 1R A QF 2R NH QF 0 / 4 4–4
Madrid Open A A A A A 1R 1R NH 1R 0 / 3 0–3
Italian Open A A A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 0–5
Canadian Open A A 1R A QF 2R 1R NH 1R 0 / 5 3–5
Cincinnati Open A A A 1R QF 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 6 2–6
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open A A 2R A 1R 2R 2R NH 0 / 4 3–4
China Open A A 2R A 2R 2R 1R NH 0 / 4 3–4
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 116 74 53 68 53 35 41 46 $1,017,146

Significant finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2018 WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Shuko Aoyama
Lidziya Marozava		 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai Hard (i) Andreja Klepač Duan Yingying
Yang Zhaoxuan		 6–3, 6–3

WTA career finals

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Legend
WTA Elite Trophy (2–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (0–0)
Premier / WTA 500 (0–1)
International / WTA 250 (3–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2011 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Nadiia Kichenok Eleni Daniilidou
Vitalia Diatchenko		 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2014 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard Nadiia Kichenok Monica Niculescu
Klára Zakopalová		 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jan 2015 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard Nadiia Kichenok Liang Chen
Wang Yafan		 6–4, 7–6(6)
Win 2–2 Aug 2016 Brasil Tennis Cup International Hard Nadiia Kichenok Tímea Babos
Réka Luca Jani		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 2–3 Jan 2018 Hobart International, Australia International Hard Makoto Ninomiya Elise Mertens
Demi Schuurs		 2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Jul 2018 Silicon Valley Classic, United States Premier Hard Nadiia Kichenok Latisha Chan
Květa Peschke		 4–6, 1–6
Win 3–4 Nov 2018 WTA Elite Trophy, China Elite Hard Nadiia Kichenok Shuko Aoyama
Lidziya Marozava		 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 4–4 Oct 2019 WTA Elite Trophy, China (2) Elite Hard Andreja Klepač Duan Yingying
Yang Zhaoxuan		 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–4 Jun 2021 Nottingham Open, United Kingdom WTA 250 Grass Makoto Ninomiya Caroline Dolehide
Storm Sanders		 6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–8]
Loss 5–5 Aug 2021 Chicago Open, United States WTA 250 Hard Makoto Ninomiya Nadiia Kichenok
Raluca Olaru		 6–7(6–8), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 5–6 Oct 2021 Tenerife Open, Spain WTA 250 Hard Marta Kostyuk Ulrikke Eikeri
Ellen Perez		 3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6–6)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 16 October 2009 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 1 November 2009 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Marta Sirotkina 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 15 November 2009 ITF Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Anna Lapushchenkova 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Runner-up 2. 4 April 2010 ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Carpet (i) Anna Lapushchenkova 2–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 22 May 2010 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Elina Svitolina 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Winner 4. 27 March 2011 ITF Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Daria Gavrilova 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 3. 25 March 2012 ITF Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Margarita Gasparyan 0–6, ret.
Winner 5. 26 May 2012 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Lisa Whybourn 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 16 June 2012 ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Zarina Diyas 0–6, 0–6
Runner-up 5. 10 November 2012 ITF Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Aliaksandra Sasnovich 0–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up 6. 15 July 2013 ITF Imola, Italy Carpet Victoria Kan 6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Winner 6. 18 August 2013 ITF Kazan, Russia Hard Valentyna Ivakhnenko 6–2, 2–6, 6–2

Doubles: 51 (28–23)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (19–11)
Clay (3–9)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (5–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 1 October 2006 ITF Podgorica, Montenegro Clay Nadiia Kichenok Josipa Bek
Karolina Jovanović		 4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 25 May 2007 ITF Cherkassy, Ukraine Clay Nadiia Kichenok Katerina Avdiyenko
Anna Zaporozhanova		 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Runner-up 3. 3 August 2008 ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Clay Nadiia Kichenok Vasilisa Davydova
Maria Kondratieva		 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 29 August 2008 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay Nadiia Kichenok Laura-Ioana Andrei
Irina-Camelia Begu		 2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Runner-up 5. 29 March 2009 ITF Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Vitalia Diatchenko
Ekaterina Dzehalevich		 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 6. 22 May 2009 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Nadiia Kichenok Ksenia Milevskaya
Lesia Tsurenko		 4–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 13 September 2009 ITF Alphen aan den Rijn,
Netherlands		 Clay Nadiia Kichenok Chayenne Ewijk
Marlot Meddens		 6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner 2. 16 October 2009 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok Veronika Kapshay
Irina Kuzmina		 2–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Winner 3. 1 November 2009 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Alexandra Artamonova
Lidziya Marozava		 6–3, 6–1
Winner 4. 14 November 2009 ITF Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Vesna Dolonc
Evgeniya Rodina		 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up 7. 22 November 2009 ITF Opole, Poland Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok Ana Jovanović
Justine Ozga		 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 8. 7 February 2010 ITF Rancho Mirage, U.S. Hard Nadiia Kichenok Monique Adamczak
Abigail Spears		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 28 March 2010 ITF Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Nina Bratchikova
Irena Pavlovic		 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [3–10]
Runner-up 10. 3 April 2010 ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok Alexandra Panova
Ksenia Pervak		 6–7(7–9), 6–2, [7–10]
Winner 5. 8 May 2010 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine Hard Nadiia Kichenok Kateryna Kozlova
Elina Svitolina		 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 11. 21 May 2010 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Nadiia Kichenok Katerina Avdiyenko
Ksenia Milevskaya		 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 12. 20 June 2010 ITF Montpellier, France Clay Amandine Hesse Lu Jingjing
Laura Siegemund		 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 13. 27 June 2010 ITF Périgueux, France Clay Nadiia Kichenok Elise Tamaëla
Scarlett Werner		 2–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 10 October 2010 ITF Limoges, France Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Claire Feuerstein
Caroline Garcia		 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Winner 7. 26 March 2011 ITF Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Alexandra Panova
Olga Panova		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 8. 30 April 2011 ITF Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Teodora Mirčić
Nicole Rottmann		 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 14. 5 June 2011 ITF Přerov, Czech Republic Clay Nadiia Kichenok Kateřina Kramperová
Karolína Plíšková		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 9. 16 October 2011 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Eirini Georgatou
Irena Pavlovic		 6–2, 6–0
Winner 10. 6 November 2011 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Ana Vrljić		 4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Runner-up 15. 22 January 2012 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Paula Kania
Ksenia Lykina		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 11. 20 May 2012 ITF Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard Nadiia Kichenok Albina Khabibulina
Anastasiya Vasylyeva		 6–4, 6–1
Winner 12. 16 June 2012 ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Nadiia Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova		 7–5, 7–5
Winner 13. 21 July 2012 ITF Donetsk, Ukraine Hard Nadiia Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova		 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 16. 28 July 2012 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Nadiia Kichenok Oksana Kalashnikova
Marta Sirotkina		 6–3, 4–6, [2–10]
Runner-up 17. 18 August 2012 ITF Kazan, Russia Hard Nadiia Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova		 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [4–10]
Winner 14. 3 November 2012 ITF Netanya, Israel Hard Nadiia Kichenok Zuzana Luknárová
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová		 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 18. 10 November 2012 Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Aliaksandra Sasnovich		 6–1, 2–6, [3–10]
Winner 15. 18 November 2012 Helsinki, Finland Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok Irina Buryachok
Valeria Solovyeva		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 19. 30 March 2013 Tallinn, Estonia Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Anett Kontaveit
Jeļena Ostapenko		 6–2, 5–7, [0–10]
Winner 16. 13 July 2013 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Alona Fomina
Anja Prislan		 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner 17. 20 July 2013 Imola, Italy Carpet Jeļena Ostapenko Katharina Lehnert
Alice Matteucci		 6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Winner 18. 27 July 2013 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Nadiia Kichenok Nina Bratchikova
Valeria Solovyeva		 6–2, 6–2
Winner 19. 28 September 2013 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard Polina Pekhova Michaela Hončová
Veronika Kapshay		 6–4, 6–2
Winner 20. 9 November 2013 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Nadiia Kichenok Alexandra Artamonova
Eugeniya Pashkova		 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 20. 15 November 2013 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Nadiia Kichenok Olga Savchuk
Vitalia Diatchenko		 5–7, 1–6
Winner 21. 7 March 2014 Campinas, Brazil Clay Alexandra Panova Laura Thorpe
Stephanie Vogt		 6–1, 6–3
Winner 22. 29 March 2014 Croissy-Beaubourg, France Hard (i) Margarita Gasparyan Kristina Barrois
Eleni Daniilidou		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 23. 1 November 2014 Nantes, France Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Stéphanie Foretz
Amandine Hesse		 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 21. 15 November 2014 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Olga Savchuk Alexandra Panova
Vitalia Diatchenko		 6–3, 2–6, [4–10]
Winner 24. 21 February 2015 Kreuzlingen, Switzerland Carpet (i) Nadiia Kichenok Stéphanie Foretz
Irina Ramialison		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 25. 25 April 2015 İstanbul, Turkey Hard Nadiia Kichenok Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Polina Monova		 6–4, 6–3
Winner 26. 14 June 2015 ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom Grass Xenia Knoll Tara Moore
Nicola Slater		 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Winner 27. 19 March 2016 ITF Irapuato, Mexico Hard Nadiia Kichenok Akiko Omae
Prarthana Thombare		 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 22. 11 March 2017 ITF Zhuhai, China Hard Nadiia Kichenok Lesley Kerkhove
Lidziya Marozava		 4–6, 2–6
Winner 28. 18 March 2017 ITF Shenzhen, China Hard Nadiia Kichenok Eri Hozumi
Valeria Savinykh		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 23. 30 June 2017 ITF Southsea, United Kingdom Grass Viktorija Golubic Shuko Aoyama
Yang Zhaoxuan		 7–6(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]

Top 10 wins
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score LKR
2015
1. Flavia Pennetta No. 8 Tianjin Open, China Hard 1R 6–3, 7–5 No. 414

References
  1. http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4412299/title/a-big-week-1-in-doubles-too
  2. http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5066807/title/kichenok-dents-pennettas-finals-dream
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