| _(48521775396).jpg.webp) Kichenok at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  Ukraine | 
|---|---|
| Residence | Dnipro, Ukraine | 
| Born | 20 July 1992 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | 
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | 
| Turned pro | 2006 | 
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) | 
| Prize money | US$ 1,489,746 | 
| Singles | |
| Career record | 226–174 (56.5%) | 
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF | 
| Highest ranking | No. 100 (6 January 2014) | 
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2014) | 
| French Open | 1R (2014) | 
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2013, 2014) | 
| US Open | Q1 (2013, 2014) | 
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 395–287 (57.9%) | 
| Career titles | 9 WTA, 24 ITF | 
| Highest ranking | No. 29 (31 January 2022) | 
| Current ranking | No. 48 (25 September 2023) | 
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2018) | 
| French Open | 3R (2019) | 
| Wimbledon | 3R (2019, 2021, 2022) | 
| US Open | 3R (2021) | 
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2020) | 
| French Open | SF (2019) | 
| Wimbledon | 3R (2019) | 
| US Open | QF (2018) | 
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 6–6 | 
| Last updated on: 28 September 2023. | |
Nadiia Viktorivna Kichenok (Ukrainian: Надія Вікторівна Кіченок, born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 6 January 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 100. On 31 January 2022, she peaked at 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.
Career
Playing for Ukraine Fed Cup team, Nadiia Kichenok has a win–loss record of 6–6.[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.
Apparel and equipment
Nadiia Kichenok is sponsored by Mizuno and Wilson (racket).
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH | 
Singles
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ... | 2021 | SR | W–L | 
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| Australian Open | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| French Open | Q1 | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| US Open | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 
Doubles
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 6–8 | 
| French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 
| Wimbledon | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | NH | 3R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 9–9 | 
| US Open | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 6–8 | |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 0–3 | 6–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0 / 34 | 26–34 | 
Significant finals
WTA Elite Trophy
Singles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2018 | Zhuhai, China | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Shuko Aoyama  Lidziya Marozava | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] | 
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | 
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2011 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International[lower-alpha 1] | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Eleni Daniilidou  Vitalia Diatchenko | 4–6, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2014 | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Monica Niculescu  Klára Zakopalová | 3–6, 4–6 | 
| Win | 1–2 | Jan 2015 | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Liang Chen  Wang Yafan | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) | 
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2015 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | International | Clay |  Zheng Saisai |  Chuang Chia-jung  Liang Chen | 6–4, 4–6, [10–12] | 
| Win | 2–3 | Aug 2016 | Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil | International | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Tímea Babos  Réka Luca Jani | 6–3, 6–1 | 
| Loss | 2–4 | Apr 2017 | Monterrey Open, Mexico | International | Hard |  Dalila Jakupovic |  Nao Hibino  Alicja Rosolska | 2–6, 6–7 (4–7) | 
| Win | 3–4 | Apr 2017 | İstanbul Cup, Turkey | International | Clay |  Dalila Jakupovic |  Nicole Melichar .svg.png.webp) Elise Mertens | 7–6(8–6), 6–2 | 
| Loss | 3–5 | May 2018 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | International | Clay | .svg.png.webp) Anastasia Rodionova |  Mihaela Buzărnescu  Raluca Olaru | 5–7, 5–7 | 
| Loss | 3–6 | Aug 2018 | Silicon Valley Classic, U.S. | Premier[lower-alpha 2] | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Latisha Chan  Květa Peschke | 4–6, 1–6 | 
| Win | 4–6 | Nov 2018 | WTA Elite Trophy, China | Elite Trophy | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Shuko Aoyama  Lidziya Marozava | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] | 
| Win | 5–6 | Jan 2020 | Hobart International, Australia | International | Hard |  Sania Mirza |  Peng Shuai  Zhang Shuai | 6–4, 6–4 | 
| Win | 6–6 | Mar 2021 | St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia | WTA 500 | Hard (i) |  Raluca Olaru |  Kaitlyn Christian  Sabrina Santamaria | 2–6, 6–3, [10–8] | 
| Loss | 6–7 | Jun 2021 | Bad Homburg Open, Germany | WTA 250 | Grass |  Raluca Olaru |  Darija Jurak  Andreja Klepač | 3–6, 1–6 | 
| Win | 7–7 | Aug 2021 | Chicago Women's Open, U.S. | WTA 250 | Hard |  Raluca Olaru |  Lyudmyla Kichenok  Makoto Ninomiya | 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–8] | 
| Loss | 7–8 | Oct 2021 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | WTA 500 | Hard (i) |  Raluca Olaru |  Jeļena Ostapenko  Kateřina Siniaková | 2–6, 6–4, [8–10] | 
| Win | 8–8 | Oct 2022 | Tallinn Open, Estonia | WTA 250 | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Nicole Melichar-Martinez  Laura Siegemund | 7–5, 4–6, [10–7] | 
| Loss | 8–9 | Feb 2023 | Linz Open, Austria | WTA 250 | Hard (i) |  Anna-Lena Friedsam |  Natela Dzalamidze  Viktória Kužmová | 6–4, 5–7, [10–12] | 
| Win | 9–9 | Sep 2023 | Japan Women's Open, Japan | WTA 250 | Hard |  Anna-Lena Friedsam |  Anna Kalinskaya  Yulia Putintseva | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | 
WTA 125 finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2022 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States | Hard (i) |  Anna-Lena Friedsam |  Asia Muhammad  Alycia Parks | 2–6, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2023 | Clarins 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)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | 
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| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2009 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | 10,000 | Carpet (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok | 7–6(2), 2–6, 3–6 | 
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2011 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Olga Puchkova | 2–6, 5–7 | 
| Loss | 0–3 | May 2012 | Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard |  Donna Vekić | 2–6, 2–6 | 
| Loss | 0–4 | Jun 2012 | ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan | 10,000 | Hard |  Ksenia Milevskaya | 4–6, 5–7 | 
| Win | 1–4 | Jun 2012 | ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard |  Tadeja Majerič | 6–3, 7–6(3) | 
| Loss | 1–5 | Sep 2012 | ITF Yoshkar-Ola, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Margarita Gasparyan | 5–7, 6–7(3) | 
| Loss | 1–6 | Jan 2013 | Blossom Cup, China | 50,000[lower-alpha 3] | Hard |  Varatchaya Wongteanchai | 2–6, 7–6(5), 6–7(5) | 
| Loss | 1–7 | Mar 2013 | ITF Tallinn, Estonia | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 6–7(3), 2–6 | 
| Win | 2–7 | Apr 2013 | ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard |  Oksana Kalashnikova | 6–2, 6–3 | 
| Win | 3–7 | Jul 2013 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 100,000 | Hard |  Maria João Koehler | 6–4, 7–5 | 
| Win | 4–7 | Nov 2013 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Ilona Kremen | 6–3, 6–1 | 
Doubles: 46 (24 titles, 22 runner–ups)
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| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score | 
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| Loss | 1. | 1 October 2006 | Royal Cup Podgorica, Montenegro | Clay |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Josipa Bek .svg.png.webp) Karolina Jovanović | 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 | 
| Loss | 2. | 25 May 2007 | ITF Cherkassy, Ukraine | Clay |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Katerina Avdiyenko  Anna Zaporozhanova | 6–7(3), 2–6 | 
| Loss | 3. | 3 August 2008 | ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | Clay |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Vasilisa Davydova  Maria Kondratieva | 3–6, 1–6 | 
| Loss | 4. | 29 August 2008 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | Clay |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Laura-Ioana Andrei  Irina-Camelia Begu | 2–6, 6–3, [6–10] | 
| Loss | 5. | 23 March 2009 | ITF Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Vitalia Diatchenko  Ekaterina Dzehalevich | 1–6, 1–6 | 
| Loss | 6. | 22 May 2009 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | Clay |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Ksenia Milevskaya  Lesia Tsurenko | 4–6, 4–6 | 
| Win | 1. | 13 September 2009 | ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | Clay |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Chayenne Ewijk  Marlot Meddens | 6–2, 4–6, [10–8] | 
| Win | 2. | 16 October 2009 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | Carpet (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Veronika Kapshay  Irina Kuzmina | 2–6, 6–2, [10–3] | 
| Win | 3. | 1 November 2009 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Alexandra Artamonova  Lidziya Marozava | 6–3, 6–1 | 
| Win | 4. | 14 November 2009 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Vesna Mansieva  Evgeniya Rodina | 6–3, 7–6(7) | 
| Loss | 7. | 22 November 2009 | ITF Opole, Poland | Carpet (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Ana Jovanović  Justine Ozga | 4–6, 4–6 | 
| Loss | 8. | 7 February 2010 | ITF Rancho Mirage, United States | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok | .svg.png.webp) Monique Adamczak  Abigail Spears | 3–6, 4–6 | 
| Loss | 9. | 28 March 2010 | ITF Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Nina Bratchikova  Irena Pavlovic | 7–6(4), 2–6, [3–10] | 
| Loss | 10. | 3 April 2010 | Yugra Cup, Russia | Carpet (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Alexandra Panova  Ksenia Pervak | 6–7(7), 6–2, [7–10] | 
| Win | 5. | 8 May 2010 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Kateryna Kozlova  Elina Svitolina | 6–4, 6–2 | 
| Loss | 11. | 21 May 2010 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | Clay |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Katerina Avdiyenko  Ksenia Milevskaya | 4–6, 2–6 | 
| Loss | 12. | 27 June 2010 | ITF Périgueux, France | Clay |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Elise Tamaëla  Scarlett Werner | 2–6, 1–6 | 
| Loss | 13. | 3 July 2010 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | Clay |  Constance Sibille |  Lara Arruabarrena  Inès Ferrer Suarez | 3–6, 1–6 | 
| Win | 6. | 10 October 2010 | Open de Limoges, France | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Claire Feuerstein  Caroline Garcia | 6–7(5), 6–4, [10–8] | 
| Win | 7. | 26 March 2011 | ITF Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Alexandra Panova  Olga Panova | 6–3, 6–3 | 
| Win | 8. | 30 April 2011 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Teodora Mirčić  Nicole Rottmann | 6–1, 6–2 | 
| Loss | 14. | 5 June 2011 | ITF Přerov, Czech Republic | Clay |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Kateřina Kramperová  Karolína Plíšková | 3–6, 4–6 | 
| Win | 9. | 16 October 2011 | Open de Touraine, France | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Eirini Gergatou  Irena Pavlovic | 6–2, 6–0 | 
| Win | 10. | 6 November 2011 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Mervana Jugić-Salkić  Ana Vrljić | 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] | 
| Loss | 15. | 22 January 2012 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Paula Kania  Ksenia Lykina | 3–6, 4–6 | 
| Win | 11. | 20 May 2012 | Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Albina Khabibulina  Anastasiya Vasylyeva | 6–4, 6–1 | 
| Win | 12. | 16 June 2012 | ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Valentina Ivakhnenko  Kateryna Kozlova | 7–5, 7–5 | 
| Win | 13. | 21 July 2012 | ITF Donetsk, Ukraine | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Valentyna Ivakhnenko  Kateryna Kozlova | 6–2, 7–5 | 
| Loss | 16. | 28 July 2012 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Oksana Kalashnikova  Marta Sirotkina | 6–3, 4–6, [2–10] | 
| Loss | 17. | 18 August 2012 | Tatarstan Open, Russia | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Valentyna Ivakhnenko  Kateryna Kozlova | 4–6, 7–6(6), [4–10] | 
| Win | 14. | 3 November 2012 | ITF Netanya, Israel | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Zuzana Luknarová  Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 6–1, 6–4 | 
| Loss | 18. | 10 November 2012 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Ekaterina Dzehalevich  Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 6–1, 2–6, [3–10] | 
| Win | 15. | 18 November 2012 | ITF Helsinki, Finland | Carpet (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Irina Buryachok  Valeriya Solovyeva | 6–3, 6–3 | 
| Win | 16. | 11 January 2013 | Blossom Cup, China | Hard |  Irina Buryachok |  Liang Chen  Sun Shengnan | 3–6, 6–3, [12–10] | 
| Loss | 19. | 30 March 2013 | ITF Tallinn, Estonia | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Anett Kontaveit  Jeļena Ostapenko | 6–2, 5–7, [0–10] | 
| Win | 17. | 28 April 2013 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Hard |  Ekaterina Bychkova |  Başak Eraydın  Aleksandrina Naydenova | 3–6, 6–2, [10–5] | 
| Win | 18. | 27 July 2013 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Nina Bratchikova  Valeriya Solovyeva | 6–2, 6–2 | 
| Win | 19. | 9 November 2013 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Alexandra Artamonova  Eugeniya Pashkova | 6–1, 6–1 | 
| Loss | 20. | 15 November 2013 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Olga Savchuk  Vitalia Diatchenko | 5–7, 1–6 | 
| Win | 20. | 1 November 2014 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | Hard (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Stéphanie Foretz  Amandine Hesse | 6–2, 6–3 | 
| Win | 21. | 21 February 2015 | ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland | Carpet (i) |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Stéphanie Foretz  Irina Ramialison | 6–3, 6–3 | 
| Win | 22. | 26 April 2015 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Valentyna Ivakhnenko  Polina Monova | 6–4, 6–3 | 
| Loss | 21. | 5 February 2016 | Launceston International, Australia | Hard |  Mandy Minella |  You Xiaodi  Zhu Lin | 6–2, 5–7, [7–10] | 
| Win | 23. | 20 March 2016 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Akiko Omae  Prarthana Thombare | 6–1, 6–4 | 
| Loss | 22. | 11 March 2017 | Zhuhai Open, China | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Lesley Kerkhove  Lidziya Marozava | 4–6, 2–6 | 
| Win | 24. | 19 March 2017 | Pingshan Open, China | Hard |  Lyudmyla Kichenok |  Eri Hozumi  Valeria Savinykh | 6–4, 6–4 | 
Notes
- ↑ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
- ↑ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.
- ↑ The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.
References
- ↑ "Nadiia Kichenok". Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ↑ "Women's Tennis News | WTA Tennis". 26 June 2023.
- ↑ "Krejcikova sweeps past Kontaveit in Tallinn for first title of season".


