Elena Tatarkova
Country | Ukraine |
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Residence | Kiev, Ukraine |
Born |
Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 22 August 1976
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | 1993 |
Retired | 2006 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$861,974 |
Singles | |
Career record | 300–237 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 45 (18 January 1999) |
Grand Slam Singles 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 (5 July 1999) |
Last updated on: 9 July 2008. |
Elena Tatarkova (Ukrainian: Олена Tатаркова, born 22 August 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 18 January 1999, and a high doubles ranking of World Number 9 on 5 July 1999.
Since retiring from professional tennis in 2004, Elena married Timothy Feltham in September 2007 and is mother to Stanley (April 2009) and Austin (February 2012)
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 Émilie 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 Nagyová | Gisela Dulko Maria-Emilia Salerni |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 10. | 20 April 2003 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Petra Mandula | Conchita Martínez Granados 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 Weingärtner | Maria Sharapova Tamarine Tanasugarn |
1–6, 4–6 |