Kateryna Bondarenko

Infobox Tennis player
playername= Kateryna Bondarenko
Катерина Бондаренко


country= UKR
residence= Kharkiv, Ukraine
datebirth= birth date and age|1986|8|8
placebirth= Kryvyi Rih, Soviet Union
height= 175cm (5ft 9in)
weight= 60kg (132lb)
turnedpro= 2000
plays= Right; Two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $943,890
singlesrecord= 176–131
singlestitles= 1 WTA, 2 ITF
highestsinglesranking= No. 37 (February 25, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult= 1r (2008)
FrenchOpenresult= 2r (2007)
Wimbledonresult= 2r (2006, 2008)
USOpenresult= 2r (2007)
doublesrecord= 102–86
doublestitles= 2 WTA, 2 ITF
highestdoublesranking= 13 (July 21, 2008)
updated= August 25, 2008

Kateryna Volodymyrivna Bondarenko ( _uk. Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко, born 8 August 1986) is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine and a doubles champion at Australian Open 2008.

The younger sister of Alyona Bondarenko, she was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. She plays right-handed and turned pro in 2000.

She pulled off the biggest singles win of her career so far at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix held in Stuttgart, Germany, by beating Ana Ivanović, the fifth seed at that event, in three sets. She lost in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Tatiana Golovin.

2008

On 24 January 2008, paired with her sister Alyona, she won the doubles tournament at the Australian Open 2008 without seeding, defeating in the final the number 12-seeded pair Victoria Azarenka/Shahar Pe'er in three sets.

At the Paris Gaz de France tournament, she reached the singles quarterfinals beating defending champion Nadia Petrova and fellow Ukranian Yuliana Fedak before falling to Elena Dementieva. In doubles, she partnered with her sister Alona again and won their back-to-back tour title.

She played the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp the week after. Beat countrywoman Tatiana Perebiynis in the 1st round, 7–6(1), 6–3. Then went out in the second round after a close match against young Russian Alisa Kleybanova, 5–7, 6–3, 5–7. She was injured though, she had a left hip strain. That injury was also the reason for the loss in the doubles semi final, (1–6, 1–6) together with her sister.

The injury prevented her from playing in Doha.

She represented Ukraine at the Beijing Olympics, falling to Dementieva 6-1, 6-4.

Trivia

*Coached by father, Vladimir and mother, Natalia.Fact|date = June 2008
*Sisters Alyona and Valeria both play professionally as well.
*Began playing at age 4.Fact|date = June 2008
*Speaks Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, English.Fact|date = June 2008
*Likes spending time at home in Kiev.Fact|date = June 2008
*Also likes Football, drinking pineapple juice and listening to Ukrainian and Russian pop music.Fact|date = June 2008

WTA Tour finals (3)

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External links

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* [http://www.sapronov-tennis.org Ukrainian FedCup team Official site]
* [http://www.bondarenko-sisters.com/ Site about Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko]
* [http://www.cedric13.be/delta.HTML Pictures of Kateryna Bondarenko]