Nina Bratchikova

Nina Bratchikova
Нина Братчикова

Bratchikova at the US Open 2011
Country  Russia
Residence Tavira, Portugal
Born 28 June 1985
Zhukovsky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 2004
Retired Active
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $776,146
Singles
Career record 361 - 301
Career titles 0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking No. 79 (10 December 2012)
Current ranking No. 385 (28 July 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2012)
French Open 3R (2012)
Wimbledon 1R (2012, 2013)
US Open 1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record 356 - 205
Career titles 1 WTA, 35 ITF
Highest ranking No. 63 (10 September 2012)
Current ranking No. 882 (28 July 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2012)
French Open 3R (2012)
Wimbledon 1R (2012)
US Open 2R (2012)
Last updated on: 28 July 2014.

Nina Bratchikova (Russian: Нина Олеговна Братчикова; born 28 June 1985, in Zhukovsky) is a professional Russian tennis player. On 10 December 2012, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 79. She is coached by Pedro Pereira.

Tennis career

2010

In 2010, Bratchikova entered the ITF Tournament in Moscow, where she won the doubles event partnering French Irena Pavlovic against Ukrainian sisters Lyudmyla Kichenok & Nadiya Kichenok.

She also won the ITF singles event against Tamarine Tanasugarn in Johannesburg.

Nina Bratchikova in-action at the 2011 US Open qualifying tournament

2012

Bratchikova made it to the third round of the 2012 Australian Open where she lost to Iveta Benešová. She made her Top 100 debut (at 92) the following week.

In November, she won the doubles title at the 2012 Royal Indian Open, together with Georgian Oksana Kalashnikova.

2013

Brathchikova lost in the first round of the 2013 Australian Open to Kirsten Flipkens.

In May, Bratchikova changed her nation of representation to Portugal in time for the French Open, reasons are yet to be confirmed. In the first round, she lost to world no. 12 Maria Kirilenko by 6–0, 6–1 in only 1h7m.

In June, Bratchikova lost in the first round of Nürnberger Versicherungscup to no. 56 Annika Beck by 6–2, 6–2 in only 1h5m. Later, in Wimbledon she played again with Annika Beck and lost by 6–3, 6–2 in 1h33m.

In July, Bratchikova lost in the first round in Budapest to Spanish no. 71 María Teresa Torró by 6-1, 7-5 in only 1h12m. But in doubles with Anna Tatishvili she reached the final and lost against Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká from Czech Republic by 6-4, 6-1. A week later, Bratchikova played in Bastad and defeated no. 331 Lesley Kerkhove by 6-3, 6-1. In the second round, she lost to no. 76 Johanna Larsson by 6-2, 6-3.

In August, Bratchikova won the first round in the qualifying of the US Open, beating World no. 201 Anne Schäfer by 6-3, 6-3. In the second round, she lost to world no. 166 Chanel Simmonds by 6-0, 6-2.

WTA and WTA 125 Series Finals

Doubles: 4 (1-3)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–3)
WTA 125 series tournaments (1–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1/1)
Grass (0/0)
Clay (0/2)
Carpet (0/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 5 October 2008 Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller Romania Raluca Olaru
Ukraine Olga Savchuk
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Runner-up 2. 24 April 2011 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fes, Marocco Clay Austria Sandra Klemenschits Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
3–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 11 November 2012 Royal Indian Open, Pune, India Hard Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova Israel Julia Glushko
Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
6–0, 4–6, [10–8]
Runner-up 4. 14 July 2013 Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary Clay Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
4-6, 1-6

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles (9–8)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 12 May 2002 Croatia Zaton, Croatia Clay Romania Delia Sescioreanu 4-6 4-6
Runner-up 2. 1 June 2003 Italy Campobasso, Italy Clay Colombia Catalina Castano 2-6 2-6
Winner 1. 6 December 2003 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Israel Shahar Peer 6-4 6-4
Winner 2. 7 March 2004 Spain Melilla, Spain Hard Portugal Frederica Piedade 6-2 6-4
Runner-up 3. 2 May 2004 Italy Taranto, Italy Clay Germany Martina Muller 3-6 2-6
Winner 3. 9 July 2006 France Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Romania Raluca Olaru 6-4 4-6 6-0
Runner-up 4. 24 February 2008 Portugal Portimao, Portugal Hard Russia Elena Chalova 4-6 4-6
Winner 4. 25 May 2008 Russia Moscow, Russia Clay Russia Ksenia Pervak 3-6 6-1 7-5
Winner 5. 1 June 2008 Russia Togliatti, Russia Hard Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6-3 6-0
Runner-up 5. 22 February 2009 Portugal Portimao, Portugal Hard Spain Sandra Soler-Sola 6-3 2-6 3-6
Winner 6. 17 May 2009 Portugal Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal Clay Spain Irene Santos-Bravo 7-5 2-6 6-4
Runner-up 6. 25 October 2009 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Slovakia Zuzana Kucova 0-6 6-7(7)
Winner 7. 18 April 2010 South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 7-5 7-6(7)
Winner 8. 31 October 2010 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Slovakia Zuzana Kucova 7-5 6-1
Runner-up 7. 26 December 2010 India Pune, India Hard Serbia Bojana Jovanovski 4-6 4-6
Winner 9. 6 February 2011 Morocco Rabat, Morocco Clay Portugal Maria Joao Koehler 3-6 6-4 6-1
Runner-up 8. 27 October 2013 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Italy Gioia Barbieri 6-3 3-6 0-3 ret.

Doubles: 61 (35–26)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 14 October 2001 Italy Catania, Italy Clay Italy Anna Floris Italy Georgia Mortello
Italy Lisa Tognetti
6–2 5-7 7-6(8)
Runner-up 1. 15 April 2003 Croatia Cavtat, Croatia Clay Russia Raissa Gourevitch Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugic-Salkic
Croatia Darija Jurak
6–2 5-7 7-6(8)
Winner 2. 29 November 2003 Israel Haifa, Israel Hard Ukraine Olena Antypina Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
Hungary Barbara Pocza
7-5 6-4
Winner 3. 6 December 2003 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Ukraine Olena Antypina Russia Oksana Karyshkova
Belarus Alena Yaryshka
6-1 5-7 6-3
Winner 4. 1 March 2004 Spain Melilla, Spain Hard Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Russia Anastasia Dvornikova
Belarus Irena Nossenko
7-5 6-3
Runner-up 2. 30 May 2004 China Tongliao, China Hard Russia Anna Bastrikova Latvia Liga Dekmeijere
Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
5–7 6–7
Runner-up 3. 28 June 2004 France Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Portugal Frederica Piedade Spain Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Spain Paula Garcia
3-6 6-3 4-6
Runner-up 4. 9 August 2004 Italy Martina Franca, Italy Clay Italy Giulia Casoni France Aurélie Védy
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
1-6 6-3 6-7
Runner-up 5. 14 November 2004 Spain Barcelona, Spain Clay Russia Ekaterina Kozhokina Spain Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Spain Laura Pous-Tio
4-6 6-7
Winner 5. 20 March 2005 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Russia Ekaterina Makarova Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Russia Ekaterina Kosminskaya
7-6 6-2
Winner 6. 11 April 2005 India Mumbai, India Hard Italy Francesca Lubiani India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6-3 6-4
Runner-up 6. 12 June 2005 Italy Gorizia, Italy Clay Ukraine Olena Antypina Italy Giulia Casoni
Italy Valentina Sulpizio
2-6 0-6
Runner-up 7. 18 July 2005 France Les Contamines, France Clay Russia Ekaterina Kosminskaya Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Ukraine Yevgenia Savranska
1-6 6-2 4-6
Winner 7. 29 Aug 2005 Russia Balashikha, Russia Clay Russia Anna Bastrikova Russia Ekaterina Lopes
Russia Olga Panova
6-2 6-2
Runner-up 8. 27 September 2005 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia Hard (i) Russia Anna Bastrikova Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
6-2 2-6 6-7
Runner-up 9. 21 November 2005 France Poitiers, France Hard (i) Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova Estonia Maret Ani
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugic-Salkic
6-7 1-6
Winner 8. 5 March 2006 Spain Las Palmas, Spain Hard Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Poland Karolina Kosińska
Poland Alicja Rosolska
6-1 6-3
Winner 9. 12 March 2006 Spain Telde, Spain Clay Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Italy Sara Errani
Italy Giulia Gabba
6-1 6-1
Winner 10. 11 April 2006 France Biarritz, France Clay Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova Poland Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
Poland Alicja Rosolska
6-3 6-2
Runner-up 10. 23 May 2006 China Beijing, China Hard (i) Latvia Liga Dekmeijere Chinese Taipei Chia-Jung Chuang
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
6-4 2-6 3-6
Runner-up 11. 2 July 2006 France Périgueux, France Clay Russia Lioudmila Skavronskaia Australia Monique Adamczak
Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 12. 3 July 2006 France Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova Romania Raluca Olaru
Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili
5–7 6–1 1–6
Winner 11. 22 July 2006 Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Clay Ukraine Olena Antypina Russia Evgeniya Rodina
Ukraine Kristina Antoniychuk
6-1 5-7 7-5
Winner 12. 18 February 2007 Germany Biberach, Germany Hard Poland Urszula Radwańska Croatia Darija Jurak
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sandra Martinović
6–2, 6–0
Winner 13. 23 March 2007 India Mumbai, India Hard Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova Russia Olga Panova
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
6-2 6-3
Runner-up 13. 5 June 2007 Spain Madrid, Spain Clay Portugal Neuza Silva Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
Argentina Betina Jozami
4-6 4-6
Winner 14. 9 July 2007 France Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Portugal Neuza Silva Brazil Joana Cortez
Brazil Teliana Pereira
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 14. 25 August 2007 Russia Moscow, Russia Clay France Sophie Lefèvre Russia Maria Kondratieva
Serbia Vesna Dolonc
6-2 6-1
Runner-up 15. 28 October 2007 Russia Podolsk, Russia Hard (i) Russia Anastasia Poltoratskaya Russia Vasilisa Davydova
Australia Arina Rodionova
3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 16. 14 January 2008 Germany Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) Ukraine Kateryna Herth Russia Vasilisa Davydova
Russia Elizaveta Tochilovskaya
2-6 5-7
Winner 15. 4 February 2008 Portugal Algarve, Portugal Hard Ukraine Kateryna Herth Portugal Neuza Silva
Netherlands Danielle Harmsen
6-4 6-3
Runner-up 17. 17 March 2008 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Russia Vasilisa Davydova Czech Republic Nikola Frankova
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2-6 2-6
Winner 16. 5 May 2008 Lebanon Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Ukraine Veronika Kapshay Slovakia Kristína Kučová
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
Winner 17. 26 May 2008 Russia Togliatti, Russia Clay Russia Vasilisa Davydova Czech Republic Nikola Frankova
Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
6-3 5-7 10-3
Runner-up 18. 3 August 2008 Spain Vigo, Spain Hard Portugal Frederica Piedade Portugal Neuza Silva
Netherlands Nicole Thijssen
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 19. 4 July 2009 Spain Pozoblanco, Spain Hard Romania Agnes Szatmari Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Ukraine Olga Savchuk
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 20. 1 August 2009 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard Romania Agnes Szatmari Russia Elena Chalova
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
1–6, 0–6
Runner-up 21. 8 August 2009 Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Romania Agnes Szatmari Ukraine Yuliana Fedak
Belarus Darya Kustova
4–6, 5–7
Winner 18. 14 September 2009 Italy Napoli, Italy Clay Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova Argentina Betina Jozami
Argentina Maria Irigoyen
7-6 (5) 2-6 10-8
Winner 19. 26 September 2009 Spain Madrid, Spain Hard France Irena Pavlovic France Claire Feuerstein
France Constance Sibille
6–2, 6–4
Winner 20. 3 October 2009 Spain Granada, Spain Hard Australia Arina Rodionova Argentina Betina Jozami
Russia Valeria Savinykh
6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner 21. 16 October 2009 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Greece Anna Gerasimou Sweden Anna Brazhnikova
Russia Anastasia Mukhametova
7-6 7-6
Winner 22. 23 October 2009 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Greece Anna Gerasimou Israel Chen Astrogo
Israel Keren Shlomo
6-4 7-5
Winner 23. 31 October 2009 Turkey İstanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina Czech Republic Petra Cetkovska
Czech Republic Renata Voracova
W/O
Runner-up 22. 16 November 2009 India Pune, India Hard Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva
Italy Nicole Clerico
6-4 3-6 11-13
Winner 24. 28 March 2010 Russia Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) France Irena Pavlovic Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiya Kichenok
6-7(4–7), 6–2, [10–3]
Winner 25. 12 July 2010 France Contrexéville, France Clay Russia Ekaterina Lopes Australia Jelena Dokic
Canada Sharon Fichman
6-4 4-6 6-4
Winner 26. 2 August 2010 Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Russia Ekaterina Lopes Ukraine Yuliana Fedak
Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva
6-4 6-4
Winner 27. 22 October 2010 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Romania Agnes Szatmari Sweden Anna Brazhnikova
Russia Anastasia Mukhametova
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 23. 29 October 2010 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Romania Agnes Szatmari Austria Melanie Klaffner
Poland Karolina Kosińska
6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner 28. 20 December 2010 India Pune, India Hard Russia Alexandra Panova Ukraine Anna Shkudun
Japan Sachie Ishizu
6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up 24. 2 May 2011 Uzbekistan Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina South Korea Han Sung-hee
China Liang Chen
6-4 6-7(5) 4-6
Winner 29. 11 June 2011 France Marseille, France Clay Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Romania Laura-Ioana Andrei
Romania Mădălina Gojnea
6–2, 6–2
Winner 30. 27 June 2011 Spain Pozoblanco, Spain Clay France Irena Pavlovic Russia Marina Melnikova
Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
6-2 6-4
Winner 31. 12 September 2011 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Croatia Darija Jurak Romania Alexandra Cadanțu
Romania Ioana Raluca Olaru
6–4, 7–5
Winner 32. 19 September 2011 France Saint-Malo, France Clay Croatia Darija Jurak Sweden Johanna Larsson
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
6–4, 6–2
Winner 33. 17 October 2011 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Austria Melanie Klaffner Slovenia Tadeja Majerič
Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova
7–5, 5–7, [10–6]
Winner 34. 28 November 2011 United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Croatia Darija Jurak Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Winner 35. 19 December 2011 Turkey Ankara, Turkey Hard (i) Croatia Darija Jurak Slovakia Janette Husárová
Hungary Katalin Marosi
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 25. 15 October 2012 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Russia Margarita Lazareva Switzerland Conny Perrin
South Africa Chanel Simmonds
1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 26. 22 July 2013 Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Russia Valeria Solovyeva Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiya Kichenok
2–6, 2–6

Singles Performance timeline

Tournament201220132014W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 3R 1R A 2–2
French Open 3R 1R A 2–2
Wimbledon 1R 1R A 0–2
US Open 1R Q2 0–2
Win–loss 4–4 0–3 4–7

Doubles Performance timeline

Tournament201220132014W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R A 0-2
French Open 3R 2R A 3–2
Wimbledon 1R Q1 A 0–2
US Open 2R 1R 1–2
Win–loss 3–4 1–3 4–7

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