Nina Bratchikova

Russian tennis player (born 1985)

Nina Bratchikova
Нина Братчикова
Bratchikova at the 2013 French Open
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceTavira, Portugal
Born (1985-06-28) 28 June 1985 (age 38)
Zhukovsky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$776,195
Singles
Career record363–302 (54.6%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 79 (10 December 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2012)
French Open3R (2012)
Wimbledon1R (2012, 2013)
US Open1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record357–205 (63.5%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 35 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 63 (10 September 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2012)
French Open3R (2012)
Wimbledon1R (2012)
US Open2R (2012)

Nina Bratchikova (Russian: Нина Олеговна Братчикова; born 28 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

Bratchikova won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and in addition nine singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 December 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 79. On 10 September 2012, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings.

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 & Nadiia Kichenok.

She also won the ITF singles event in Johannesburg, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final.

Nina Bratchikova in-action during the 2011 US Open qualifying

2012

In January, Bratchikova qualified and made it to the third round of the Australian Open main draw in which she beat Flavia Pennetta in the first round, Alberta Brianti in the second and lost to Iveta Benešová. She made her top-100 debut (No. 92) the following week.

In May, she reached to the third round of French Open, beating Monica Niculescu, Clair Feuerstein and losing against Petra Kvitova in three sets.

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

2013

In January, Bratchikova lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Kirsten Flipkens. Two weeks later, she reached semifinals of the Pattaya Open, winning against Shahar Pe'er, Daniela Hantuchova, Ayumi Morita and losing to Sabine Lisicki.

In July, Bratchikova lost in the first round in Budapest to world No. 71, María Teresa Torró. But in doubles with Anna Tatishvili, she reached the final and lost against Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in straight sets. A week later, Bratchikova played in Båstad and defeated No. 331, Lesley Kerkhove. In the second round, she lost to world No. 76, Johanna Larsson, in two sets.

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

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Bratchikova at Cagnes-sur-Mer, 2013

Singles

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 W–L
Australian Open 3R 1R A 2–2
French Open 3R 1R A 2–2
Wimbledon 1R 1R A 0–2
US Open 1R Q2 A 0–1
Win–loss 4–4 0–3 0–0 4–7

Doubles

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 W–L
Australian Open 1R 1R A 0–2
French Open 3R 2R A 3–2
Wimbledon 1R Q1 A 0–1
US Open 2R 1R A 1–2
Win–loss 3–4 1–3 0–0 4–7

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Oct 2008 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller Romania Raluca Olaru
Ukraine Olga Savchuk
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss 2. Apr 2011 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco Clay Austria Sandra Klemenschits Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
3–6, 4–6
Loss 3. Jul 2013 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
4–6, 1–6

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Nov 2012 Royal Indian Open, Pune Hard Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova Israel Julia Glushko
Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
6–0, 4–6, [10–8]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (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)
Result No. Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 12 May 2002 ITF Zaton, Croatia 10,000 Clay Romania Delia Sescioreanu 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 1 June 2003 ITF Campobasso, Italy 10,000 Clay Colombia Catalina Castaño 2–6, 2–6
Win 1. 6 December 2003 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel 10,000 Hard Israel Shahar Pe'er 6–4, 6–4
Win 2. 7 March 2004 ITF Melilla, Spain 10,000 Hard Portugal Frederica Piedade 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3. 2 May 2004 ITF Taranto, Italy 25,000 Clay Germany Martina Müller 3–6, 2–6
Win 3. 9 July 2006 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay Romania Raluca Olaru 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Loss 4. 24 February 2008 ITF Portimão, Portugal 10,000 Hard Russia Elena Chalova 4–6, 4–6
Win 4. 25 May 2008 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Clay Russia Ksenia Pervak 3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win 5. 1 June 2008 ITF Tolyatti, Russia 25,000 Hard Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6–3, 6–0
Loss 5. 22 February 2009 ITF Portimão, Portugal 10,000 Hard Spain Sandra Soler-Sola 6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win 6. 17 May 2009 ITF Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 10,000 Clay Spain Irene Santos-Bravo 7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 6. 25 October 2009 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Slovakia Zuzana Kučová 0–6, 6–7(7)
Win 7. 18 April 2010 Soweto Open, South Africa 100,000 Hard Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 7–6(7)
Win 8. 31 October 2010 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Slovakia Zuzana Kučová 7–5, 6–1
Loss 7. 26 December 2010 ITF Pune Open, India 25,000 Hard Serbia Bojana Jovanovski 4–6, 4–6
Win 9. 6 February 2011 ITF Rabat, Morocco 25,000 Clay Portugal Maria Joao Koehler 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 8. 27 October 2013 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Italy Gioia Barbieri 6–3, 3–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 61 (35–26)

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

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