Elena Tatarkova

Elena Tatarkova (Feltham)
Олена Tатаркова
Country  Ukraine
Residence Kiev, Ukraine
Born August 22, 1976 (1976-08-22) (age 35)
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro 1993
Retired 2006
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$861,974
Singles
Career record 300–237
Career titles 0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 45 (January 18, 1999)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 1st (1998, 1999, 2002)
French Open 3rd (1998)
Wimbledon 2nd (1998, 1999)
US Open 1st (1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record 302–176
Career titles 4 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking No. 9 (July 5, 1999)
Last updated on: July 9, 2008.

Elena Tatarkova (Ukrainian: Олена Tатаркова, born August 22, 1976 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan) is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine. Now retired, she won four ITF singles titles, four WTA doubles titles, and 25 ITF doubles titles. Her best career result came in doubles, where she reached the 1999 Wimbledon women's doubles final with partner Mariaan de Swardt, where they lost to Americans Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu. Tatarkova also made the 2001 French Open doubles semifinals with Justine Henin. She reached a career-high singles ranking of World Number 45 on January 18, 1999, and a high doubles ranking of World Number 9 on July 5, 1999.

Since retiring from professional tennis in 2004, Elena married Timothy Feltham in September 2007 and is mother to Stanley born in April 2009.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 12 (4-8)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 2
Olympic Games 0
Titles by Surface
Hard 2
Clay 2
Grass 0
Carpet 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
Runner-up 1. 2 August 1998 Stanford, California, USA Hard (o) Larisa Savchenko Lindsay Davenport
Natalia Zvereva
4-6, 4-6
Runner-up 2. 16 August 1998 Manhattan Beach, California, USA Hard (o) Tamarine Tanasugarn Martina Hingis
Natalia Zvereva
4-6, 2-6
Runner-up 3. 18 October 1998 Zürich, Switzerland Hard (i) Mariaan De Swardt Venus Williams
Serena Williams
7-5, 1-6, 3-6
Runner-up 4. 31 October 1998 Luxembourg Carpet Larisa Savchenko Elena Likhovtseva
Ai Sugiyama
7-6, 3-6 02 RET
Winner 5. 16 January 1999 Hobart, Australia Hard (o) Mariaan De Swardt Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
Emilie Loit
6-1, 6-2
Runner-up 6. 4 July 1999 Wimbledon, UK Grass Mariaan De Swardt Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu
4-6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 27 February 2000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Grass Tamarine Tanasugarn Corina Morariu
Kimberly Po
4-6, 6-4, 2–6
Winner 8. 22 October 2000 Largo Challenger, USA Hard (o) Brie Rippner Dawn Buth
Sandra Cacic
6-2, 6-4
Runner-up 9. 6 April 2003 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Henrieta Nagyova Gisela Dulko
Maria-Emilia Salerni
3-6, 4-6
Winner 10. 20 April 2003 Budapest, Hungary Clay Petra Mandula Conchita Martinez
Tatiana Perebiynis
6-3, 6-1
Winner 11. 10 August 2003 Helsinki, Finland Clay Eugenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Perebiynis
Silvija Talaja
6-2, 6-4
Runner-up 12. 26 October 2003 Luxembourg Hard (i) Marlene Weingartner Maria Sharapova
Tamarine Tanasugarn
1-6, 4-6

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