Ekaterina Bychkova

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**Ekaterina Bychkova**

Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Date of birth	June 5, 1985 (1985-06-05) (age 23)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	52 kg (110 lb)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$ 468,399
Singles
Career record:	178-133
Career titles:	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 66 (February 20, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd (2006)
French Open	1st (2006, 2007, 2008)
Wimbledon	2nd (2006)
US Open	2nd (2005, 2006, 2007)
Doubles
Career record:	55-74
Career titles:	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 106 (January 29, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: February 18, 2008.

Ekaterina Andreyevna Bychkova (born June 5, 1985) is a professional tennis player, born in Moscow, Russia. She is most famous for defeating defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round of the 2005 U.S. Open. She defeated her by a score of 6–3, 6–2. It was the first time a defending U.S. Open Champion had lost in the first round. The win didn't last for long; Bychkova lost in the second round to Ivana Lisjak.

[edit] WTA Titles

[edit] Singles (6)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
Tier II Event (0)
Tier III Event (0)
Tier IV Event (0)
ITF Circuit (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	December 14, 2003	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Gabriela Velasco Andreu	6–1 6–4
2.	July 4, 2004	Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Olga Panova	6–2 6–3
3.	August 29, 2004	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	6–2 6–1
4.	March 27, 2005	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard Indoors	Emma Laine	6–1 6–2
5.	December 18, 2005	Bergamo, Italy	Carpet	Mervana Jugic-Salkic	6–3 6–0
6.	June 19, 2006	Marseille, France	Clay	Severine Bremond	6–1 6–2