Olena Tatarkova

Olena Tatarkova
Nation:	Ukraine
Birthday:	22nd August 1976
Size:	170 cm
1st professional season:	1993
Playing hand:	Left, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 861,974
singles
Career record:	300: 237
Career title:	0 WTA , 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	45 (January 18 1999)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	302: 176
Career title:	4 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking:	9 (July 5 1999)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Olena Valerijiwna Tatarkowa ( Ukrainian Олена Валеріївна Татаркова , Russian Елена Валерьевна Татаркова ; born August 22, 1976 in Dushanbe , Tajik SSR , Soviet Union. ) Is a former Ukrainian tennis player .

Career

Tatarkova was trained by Svetlana Medwedjewa, the mother of the former tennis professionals Andrij Medwedjew and Natalija Medwedjewa . Their preferred terrain was the hard court. When she was ten years old, her mother took her to the tennis court for the first time.

Tatarkova was especially successful in doubles. She won four double titles on the WTA Tour and also reached eight other finals. In 1999 she was in the double finals at Wimbledon . As a result, she improved to 9th place in the double world rankings , the best position of her career. She didn't want to win a single title on the tour.

For the Ukrainian Fed Cup team , she played a total of 38 games between 1994 and 2004, in which she celebrated 27 victories; in doubles she won ten of her 14 games, her individual record: 17 wins out of seven defeats.

In 2005 Tatarkova finished her professional career, in early 2006 she played one last ITF tournament.

Personal

In September 2007, Olena Tatarkowa married Timothy Feltham, with whom she has two sons (* 2009, 2012).

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 1993	Jurmala	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Oksana Bushevitsa	6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 4
2.	March 1998	Bushey	ITF $ 25,000	Carpet (hall)	Dragana Zarić	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 0
3.	August 2000	Saint-Gaudens	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Selima Sfar	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	September 2003	Batumi	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Yevgenia Linezkaya	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	May 1993	Bytom	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Natalija Bilezka	Teodora Nedewa Antoaneta Pandscherowa	without a fight
2.	August 1993	Gryfino	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Aleksandra Olsza	Monika Starosta Alena Vašková	7: 6 4 , 4: 6, 7: 5
3.	September 1993	Burgas	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Svetlana Kriventschewa	Camilla Persson Anna-Karin Svensson	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3
4th	September 1993	Varna	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Natalia Bondarenko	Isabela Martin Maya Stankova	6: 2, 6: 4
5.	October 1993	Jurmala	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Natalia Bondarenko	Aleksandra Olsza Miroslava Vavrinec	7: 6 5 , 6: 2
6th	August 1995	Sochi	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Corina Morariu	Natalja Jegorowa Petra Thorén	6: 3, 7: 5
7th	October 1995	Flensburg	ITF $ 25,000	Carpet (hall)	Yvette Basting	Sandra Klösel Amélie Mauresmo	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 2
8th.	May 1996	Szczecin	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Olena Bryukhovets	Lenka Cenková Adriana Gerši	6: 2, 6: 1
9.	June 1996	Tashkent	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Olena Bryukhovets	Katrin Kilsch Robyn Mawdsley	6: 4, 6: 2
10.	March 1997	Reims	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Svetlana Kriventschewa	Silke Meier Petra Schwarz	6: 2, 6: 2
11.	August 1997	Sopot	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Svetlana Kriventschewa	Radka Bobková Lenka Němečková	7: 6 7 , 6: 3
12.	February 1998	Redbridge	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Virág Csurgó	Kirsten Freye Hila Rosen	7: 5, 6: 3
13.	January 16, 1999	Hobart	WTA Tier IVb	Hard court	Mariaan de Swardt	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Émilie Loit	6: 1, 6: 2
14th	August 2000	Saint-Gaudens	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Svetlana Kriventschewa	Eszter Molnár Maja Palaveršić	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
15th	October 2000	Albuquerque	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Brie Rippner	Lisa McShea Nirupama Sanjeev	6: 4, 6: 4
16.	October 2000	largo	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Brie Rippner	Dawn Buth Sandra Cacic	6: 2, 6: 4
17th	October 2000	Dallas	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Brie Rippner	Nana Miyagi Nirupama Sanjeev	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
18th	November 2000	Naples	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Nana Miyagi	Maret Ani Valentina Sassi	5: 3, 2: 4, 2: 4, 5: 3, 4: 1
19th	February 2001	Midland	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court (hall)	Yvette Basting	Jennifer Hopkins Petra Rampre	3: 6, 7: 6 4 , 6: 4
20th	March 2001	Minneapolis	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court (hall)	Yvette Basting	Laurence Courtois Alicia Molik	7: 5, 7: 6 0
21st	February 2002	Midland	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court (hall)	Janet Lee	Marija Gesnenge Michaela Paštiková	6: 1, 6: 3
22nd	February 23, 2002	Memphis	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Ai Sugiyama	Melissa Middleton Brie Rippner	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 0
23.	March 2003	Kaunas	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Darja Kustawa	Aurelija Misevičiūtė Lina Stančiūtė	6: 1, 7: 6 6
24.	April 20, 2003	Budapest	WTA Tier V	sand	Petra Mandula	Conchita Martínez Granados Tetjana Perebyjnis	6: 3, 6: 1
25th	August 10, 2003	Espoo	WTA Tier IV	sand	Yevgenia Kulikovskaya	Tetjana Perebyjnis Silvija Talaja	6: 2, 6: 4
26th	September 2003	Tbilisi	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Darja Kustawa	Nadseja Astrouskaya Galina Voskoboyeva	2: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6 5
27.	September 2003	Batumi	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Darja Kustawa	Gjulnara Fattachetdinova Galina Fokina	1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
28.	April 1004	Biarritz	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Maria Korytseva	Aljona Bondarenko Valeria Bondarenko	7: 5, 6: 0
29	November 2004	Shenzhen	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Rika Fujiwara	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 1

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career
Australian Open	1	1	-	-	1	1
French Open	3	1	-	-	-	3
Wimbledon	2	2	-	-	1	2
US Open	1	1	-	-	-	1

Double

competition	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Career
Australian Open	-	-	AF	AF	1	-	1	2	1	AF
French Open	1	-	1	1	2	HF	2	1	1	HF
Wimbledon	-	1	2	F.	-	1	AF	2	1	F.
US Open	-	2	2	1	-	1	1	2	1	2

Web links

Commons : Olena Tatarkowa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Olena Tatarkowa (English)
• ITF profile Olena Tatarkowa (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Olena Tatarkowa (English)