Lyudmyla Kichenok

Lyudmyla Kichenok
Людмила Кіченок

File:Kichenok L. RG19 (44) (48199182982).jpg Kichenok at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Dnipro, Ukraine
Born	(1992-07-20) 20 July 1992 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Height	1.75 m
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,079,918
Singles
Career record	203–166 (55.01%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 156 (21 July 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2013)
French Open	Q1 (2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2014)
US Open	Q1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	419–279 (60.03%)
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 7 (20 March 2023)
Current ranking	No. 35 (23 October 2023)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2021, 2024)
French Open	SF (2022)
Wimbledon	SF (2022)
US Open	QF (2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2022)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	2R (2019, 2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	W (2023)
US Open	1R (2018, 2022, 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	5–7
Last updated on: 30 October 2023.

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. On 20 March 2023, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings. Kichenok has won nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including four with her twin sister Nadiia. On 21 July 2014, she reached her career-high singles rankings of world 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. 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.

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.

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. 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. 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.

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

2023: Wimbledon mixed doubles champion

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

She was selected to play in the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy with Ulrikke Eikeri.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament 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	2022	2023	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 8	4–8
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	SF	2R	0 / 9	9–9
Wimbledon	A	2R	3R	1R	3R	1R	2R	NH	A	SF	1R	0 / 8	9–8
US Open	A	A	2R	2R	3R	3R	QF	1R	1R	3R	2R	0 / 9	12–9
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	4–4	3–4	3–4	2–4	6–3	0–3	2–3	11–4	2–4	0 / 34	34–34
Year-end championships
WTA Finals	DNQ							NH	DNQ	SF	DNQ	0 / 1	1–3
WTA Elite Trophy	DNQ		RR	DNQ		W	W	NH			RR	2 / 4	7–1
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH			1R	NH				QF	NH		0 / 2	3–2
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	1R	A	A	1R	1R	SF	A	2R	QF	1R	SF	0 / 8	8–8
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	NH	SF	1R	2R	0 / 5	5–5
Miami Open	A	A	A	1R	A	QF	2R	NH	QF	2R	QF	0 / 6	7–6
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	NH	1R	SF	1R	0 / 5	3–5
Italian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	QF	0 / 6	1–6
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	A	QF	2R	1R	NH	1R	2R		0 / 6	4–6
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	2R	1R	1R	W		1 / 7	7–6
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	38	9		$1,709,509

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2023	Wimbledon	Grass	Mate Pavić	Xu Yifan Joran Vliegen	6–4, 6–7(9–11), 6–3

WTA 1000

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2022	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Jeļena Ostapenko	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	7–6(7–5), 6–3

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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

WTA career finals

Doubles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend WTA 1000 (1–0) WTA 500 (1–4) Elite Trophy (2–0) WTA 250 (5–5)

Finals by surface Hard (7–8) Clay (0–0) Grass (2–1) Carpet (0–0)

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(8–6)
Win	2–2	Aug 2016	Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil	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, U.S.	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, UK	WTA 250	Grass	Makoto Ninomiya	Caroline Dolehide Storm Sanders	6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–8]
Loss	5–5	Aug 2021	Chicago Open, U.S.	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
Loss	5–7	Feb 2022	Dubai Championships, UAE	WTA 500	Hard	Jeļena Ostapenko	Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens	1–6, 3–6
Win	6–7	Jun 2022	Birmingham Classic, UK	WTA 250	Grass	Jeļena Ostapenko	Elise Mertens Zhang Shuai	w/o
Loss	6–8	Jun 2022	Eastbourne International, UK	WTA 500	Grass	Jeļena Ostapenko	Aleksandra Krunić Magda Linette	w/o
Win	7–8	Aug 2022	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	WTA 1000	Hard	Jeļena Ostapenko	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	8–8	Oct 2022	Tallinn Open, Estonia	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Laura Siegemund	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	8–9	Feb 2023	Qatar Ladies Open, Qatar	WTA 500	Hard	Jeļena Ostapenko	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	4–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win	9–9	Jan 2024	Brisbane International, Australia	WTA 500	Hard	Jeļena Ostapenko	Greet Minnen Heather Watson	7–5, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments (1–2) $25,000 tournaments (3–4) $10,000 tournaments (2–0)

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	16 October 2009	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	10,000	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	6–7(2), 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	1 November 2009	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	10,000	Hard (i)	Marta Sirotkina	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–1	15 November 2009	ITF Minsk, Belarus	50,000	Hard (i)	Anna Lapushchenkova	7–5, 6–7(3), 2–6
Loss	2–2	4 April 2010	ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	50,000	Carpet (i)	Anna Lapushchenkova	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	22 May 2010	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	25,000	Clay	Elina Svitolina	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win	4–2	27 March 2011	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Daria Gavrilova	6–2, 6–0
Loss	4–3	25 March 2012	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Margarita Gasparyan	0–6, ret.
Win	5–3	26 May 2012	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Lisa Whybourn	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–4	16 June 2012	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Zarina Diyas	0–6, 0–6
Loss	5–5	10 November 2012	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Hard (i)	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	0–6, 6–7(4)
Loss	5–6	15 July 2013	ITF Imola, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Victoria Kan	6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Win	6–6	18 August 2013	ITF Kazan, Russia	50,000	Hard	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	6–2, 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1 October 2006	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	25,000	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Josipa Bek Karolina Jovanović	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	2.	25 May 2007	ITF Cherkassy, Ukraine	10,000	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Katerina Avdiyenko Anna Zaporozhanova	6–7(3), 2–6
Loss	3.	3 August 2008	ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	50,000	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Vasilisa Davydova Maria Kondratieva	3–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	29 August 2008	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Laura-Ioana Andrei Irina-Camelia Begu	2–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	5.	29 March 2009	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Vitalia Diatchenko Ekaterina Dzehalevich	1–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	22 May 2009	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	25,000	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Ksenia Milevskaya Lesia Tsurenko	4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	13 September 2009	ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	25,000	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Chayenne Ewijk Marlot Meddens	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	2.	16 October 2009	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	10,000	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Veronika Kapshay Irina Kuzmina	2–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Win	3.	1 November 2009	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	10,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Alexandra Artamonova Lidziya Marozava	6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	14 November 2009	ITF Minsk, Belarus	50,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Vesna Dolonc Evgeniya Rodina	6–3, 7–6(7)
Loss	7.	22 November 2009	ITF Opole, Poland	25,000	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Ana Jovanović Justine Ozga	4–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	7 February 2010	ITF Rancho Mirage, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Monique Adamczak Abigail Spears	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9.	28 March 2010	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Nina Bratchikova Irena Pavlovic	7–6(4), 2–6, [3–10]
Loss	10.	3 April 2010	ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	50,000	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Alexandra Panova Ksenia Pervak	6–7(7), 6–2, [7–10]
Win	5.	8 May 2010	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	25,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Kateryna Kozlova Elina Svitolina	6–4, 6–2
Loss	11.	21 May 2010	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	25,000	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Katerina Avdiyenko Ksenia Milevskaya	4–6, 2–6
Loss	12.	20 June 2010	ITF Montpellier, France	25,000	Clay	Amandine Hesse	Lu Jingjing Laura Siegemund	4–6, 2–6
Loss	13.	27 June 2010	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Elise Tamaëla Scarlett Werner	2–6, 1–6
Win	6.	10 October 2010	ITF Limoges, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Claire Feuerstein Caroline Garcia	6–7(5), 6–4, [10–8]
Win	7.	26 March 2011	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Alexandra Panova Olga Panova	6–3, 6–3
Win	8.	30 April 2011	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Teodora Mirčić Nicole Rottmann	6–1, 6–2
Loss	14.	5 June 2011	ITF Přerov, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Kateřina Kramperová Karolína Plíšková	3–6, 4–6
Win	9.	16 October 2011	ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Eirini Georgatou Irena Pavlovic	6–2, 6–0
Win	10.	6 November 2011	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Ana Vrljić	4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Loss	15.	22 January 2012	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Paula Kania Ksenia Lykina	3–6, 4–6
Win	11.	20 May 2012	ITF Fergana, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Albina Khabibulina Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–4, 6–1
Win	12.	16 June 2012	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	7–5, 7–5
Win	13.	21 July 2012	ITF Donetsk, Ukraine	50,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	6–2, 7–5
Loss	16.	28 July 2012	ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Oksana Kalashnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–3, 4–6, [2–10]
Loss	17.	18 August 2012	ITF Kazan, Russia	50,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	4–6, 7–6(6), [4–10]
Win	14.	3 November 2012	ITF Netanya, Israel	25,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Zuzana Luknárová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6–1, 6–4
Loss	18.	10 November 2012	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–1, 2–6, [3–10]
Win	15.	18 November 2012	ITF Helsinki, Finland	25,000	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Irina Buryachok Valeria Solovyeva	6–3, 6–3
Loss	19.	30 March 2013	ITF Tallinn, Estonia	25,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Anett Kontaveit Jeļena Ostapenko	6–2, 5–7, [0–10]
Win	16.	13 July 2013	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Alona Fomina Anja Prislan	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	17.	20 July 2013	ITF Imola, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Jeļena Ostapenko	Katharina Lehnert Alice Matteucci	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]
Win	18.	27 July 2013	ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Nina Bratchikova Valeria Solovyeva	6–2, 6–2
Win	19.	28 September 2013	ITF Fergana, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Michaela Hončová Veronika Kapshay	6–4, 6–2
Win	20.	9 November 2013	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Alexandra Artamonova Eugeniya Pashkova	6–1, 6–1
Loss	20.	15 November 2013	ITF Dubai, UAE	75,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Olga Savchuk Vitalia Diatchenko	5–7, 1–6
Win	21.	7 March 2014	ITF Campinas, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Laura Thorpe Stephanie Vogt	6–1, 6–3
Win	22.	29 March 2014	ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Margarita Gasparyan	Kristina Barrois Eleni Daniilidou	6–2, 6–4
Win	23.	1 November 2014	ITF Nantes, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Stéphanie Foretz Amandine Hesse	6–2, 6–3
Loss	21.	15 November 2014	ITF Dubai, UAE	75,000	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Alexandra Panova Vitalia Diatchenko	6–3, 2–6, [4–10]
Win	24.	21 February 2015	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	50,000	Carpet (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Stéphanie Foretz Irina Ramialison	6–3, 6–3
Win	25.	25 April 2015	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Polina Monova	6–4, 6–3
Win	26.	14 June 2015	ITF Surbiton, UK	50,000	Grass	Xenia Knoll	Tara Moore Nicola Slater	7–6(6), 6–3
Win	27.	19 March 2016	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Akiko Omae Prarthana Thombare	6–1, 6–4
Loss	22.	11 March 2017	ITF Zhuhai, China	60,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava	4–6, 2–6
Win	28.	18 March 2017	ITF Pingshan, China	60,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Eri Hozumi Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 6–4
Loss	23.	30 June 2017	ITF Southsea, UK	100,000	Grass	Viktorija Golubic	Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan	7–6(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

External links

• Lyudmyla Kichenok at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lyudmyla Kichenok at the International Tennis Federation
• Lyudmyla Kichenok at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Lyudmyla Kichenok at Wimbledon
• Lyudmyla Kichenok at ESPN.com
• Lyudmyla Kichenok at Olympedia
• Lyudmyla Kichenok at Olympics.com