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

References

• ITF site
• Elena Tatarkova at the Women's Tennis Association

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Name	Tatarkova, Elena
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Date of birth	August 22, 1976
Place of birth	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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