Elena Tatarkova

Elena Tatarkova (Feltham)
Олена Tатаркова
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Kyiv, Ukraine
Born	22 August 1976 (age 47); Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2006
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$861,974
Singles
Career record	300–237
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 45 (18 January 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1998, 1999, 2002)
French Open	3R (1998)
Wimbledon	2R (1998, 1999)
US Open	1R (1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record	302–176
Career titles	4 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 9 (5 July 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1998, 1999)
French Open	SF (2001)
Wimbledon	F (1999)
US Open	2R (1997, 1998, 2003)

Last updated August 03, 2024 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Elena Tatarkova or Olena Tatarkova (Ukrainian: Олена Tатаркова, born 22 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.

She won four doubles titles on WTA Tour, and four singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best career result came in doubles; she reached the 1999 Wimbledon final with partner Mariaan de Swardt, which they lost to 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 No. 45, and highest doubles ranking of No. 9, both in 1999.

Since retiring from professional tennis in 2004, she married Timothy Feltham in September 2007 and is mother to Stanley (Apr 2009) and Austin (Feb 2012)

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.

Singles

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	W–L
Australian Open	A	LQ	A	A	1R	1R	LQ	A	1R	LQ	LQ	0–3
French Open	A	A	LQ	LQ	3R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	2–2
Wimbledon	LQ	A	A	LQ	2R	2R	A	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	2–3
US Open	A	A	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	0–2
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–4	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	4–10
Year-end ranking	221	192	196	136	47	120	256	213	166	126	260

Doubles

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	3R	3R	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	5–6
French Open	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	SF	2R	1R	1R	6–8
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	F	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	9–7
US Open	A	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	3–7
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	4–4	7–4	1–2	4–3	3–4	3–4	0–4	23–28
Year-end ranking	171	91	22	19	77	38	61	47	95

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1999	Wimbledon	Grass	Mariaan de Swardt	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	4–6, 4–6

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–3)
Tier III (0–3)
Tier IV & V (4–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Aug 1998	Stanford Classic, United States	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Lindsay Davenport Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Aug 1998	Los Angeles Classic, United States	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Martina Hingis Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	Oct 1998	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Mariaan de Swardt	Venus Williams Serena Williams	7–5, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	Oct 1998	Luxembourg Open	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 0–2 ret.
Win	1.	Jan 1999	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Mariaan de Swardt	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Émilie Loit	6–1, 6–2
Loss	5.	Jul 1999	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	Mariaan de Swardt	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	Feb 2000	Oklahoma Cup, United States	Hard (i)	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Corina Morariu Kimberly Po	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	2.	Feb 2002	Memphis International, United States	Hard (i)	Ai Sugiyama	Melissa Middleton Brie Rippner	6–4, 2–6, 6–0
Loss	7.	Apr 2003	Casablanca Grand Prix, Morocco	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	Gisela Dulko Maria-Emilia Salerni	3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	Apr 2003	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Petra Mandula	Conchita Martínez Granados Tatiana Perebiynis	6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	Aug 2003	Nordic Light Open, Finland	Clay	Eugenia Kulikovskaya	Tatiana Perebiynis Silvija Talaja	6–2, 6–4
Loss	8.	Oct 2003	Luxembourg Open	Hard (i)	Marlene Weingärtner	Maria Sharapova Tamarine Tanasugarn	1–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (4–7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	24 May 1993	ITF Bytom, Poland	Clay	Adriana Barna	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	16 August 1993	ITF Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Vanessa Matthys	2–6, 7–5, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	3.	10 October 1993	ITF Kyiv, Ukraine	Clay	Svetlana Komleva	6–3, 3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	1.	31 October 1993	ITF Jūrmala, Latvia	Hard	Oksana Bushevitsa	6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	4.	29 October 1995	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard	Olga Barabanschikova	3–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	23 February 1997	ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	María Sánchez Lorenzo	1–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	13 October 1997	ITF Southampton, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	0–6, 6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	2.	1 March 1998	ITF Bushey, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Dragana Zarić	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
Win	3.	31 July 2000	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Selima Sfar	6–4, 6–4
Win	4.	22 September 2003	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	Hard	Evgenia Linetskaya	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	7.	28 November 2004	ITF Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Angelique Kerber	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 36 (25–11)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	24 May 1993	ITF Bytom, Poland	Clay	Natalia Biletskaya	Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova	w/o
Win	2.	29 August 1993	ITF Gryfino, Poland	Clay	Aleksandra Olsza	Monika Starosta Alena Vašková	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 4–6, 7–5
Win	3.	5 September 1993	ITF Burgas, Bulgaria	Hard	Svetlana Krivencheva	Camilla Persson Anna-Karin Svensson	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win	4.	12 September 1993	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	Hard	Natalia Bondarenko	Isabela Martin Maya Stankova	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1.	18 October 1993	ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania	Hard (i)	Natalia Bondarenko	Talina Beiko Tanja Tsiganii	3–6, 1–6
Win	5.	25 October 1993	ITF Jūrmala, Latvia	Hard	Natalia Bondarenko	Aleksandra Olsza Miroslava Vavrinec	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Loss	2.	3 October 1994	ITF Kyiv, Ukraine	Clay	Natalia Biletskaya	Natalia Noreiko Marina Stets	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	3.	9 July 1995	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Tatjana Ječmenica	Henrieta Nagyová Radka Zrubáková	3–6, 6–7
Win	6.	27 August 1995	ITF Sochi, Russia	Hard	Corina Morariu	Natalia Egorova Petra Thorén	6–3, 7–5
Win	7.	16 October 1995	ITF Flensburg, Germany	Carpet (i)	Yvette Basting	Sandra Klösel Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win	8.	6 May 1996	ITF Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Elena Brioukhovets	Lenka Cenková Adriana Gerši	6–2, 6–1
Win	9.	16 June 1996	ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Clay	Elena Brioukhovets	Katrin Kilsch Robyn Mawdsley	6–4, 6–2
Loss	4.	2 February 1997	ITF Prostejov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Aleksandra Olsza	Denisa Krajčovičová Andrea Temesvári	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	2 March 1997	ITF Bushey, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Kirstin Freye	Olga Lugina Clare Wood	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 1–6
Win	10.	17 March 1997	ITF Reims, France	Clay (i)	Svetlana Krivencheva	Silke Meier Petra Schwarz	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6.	9 June 1997	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Fabiola Zuluaga	Katalin Marosi Veronica Stele	3–6, 3–6
Win	11.	4 August 1997	ITF Sopot, Poland	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	Radka Bobková Lenka Němečková	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–3
Win	12.	21 February 1998	ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Virág Csurgó	Kirstin Freye Hila Rosen	7–5, 6–3
Loss	7.	8 June 1998	ITF Sochi, Russia	Hard	Nino Louarsabishvili	Saori Obata Kaoru Shibata	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	13.	31 July 2000	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	Eszter Molnár Maja Palaveršić	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	14.	2 October 2000	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Brie Rippner	Lisa McShea Nirupama Sanjeev	6–4, 6–4
Win	15.	22 October 2000	ITF Largo, United States	Hard	Brie Rippner	Dawn Buth Sandra Cacic	6–2, 6–4
Win	16.	29 October 2000	ITF Dallas, United States	Hard	Brie Rippner	Nirupama Sanjeev Nana Smith	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	17.	19 November 2000	ITF Naples, United States	Clay	Nana Smith	Maret Ani Valentina Sassi	5–3, 2–4, 2–4, 5–3, 4–1
Loss	8.	5 February 2001	ITF Rockford, United States	Hard (i)	Svetlana Krivencheva	Katie Schlukebir Kristen Schlukebir	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 1–6
Win	18.	12 February 2001	Midland Tennis Classic, United States	Hard (i)	Yvette Basting	Jennifer Hopkins Petra Rampre	3–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–4
Win	19.	4 March 2001	ITF Minneapolis, United States	Hard (i)	Yvette Basting	Laurence Courtois Alicia Molik	7–5, 7–6⁽⁰⁾
Loss	9.	21 October 2001	ITF Southampton, UK	Hard (i)	Lubomira Bacheva	Nannie de Villiers Irina Selyutina	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–2, 2–6
Win	20.	5 February 2002	Midland Tennis Classic, United States	Hard (i)	Janet Lee	Maria Geznenge Michaela Paštiková	6–1, 6–3
Loss	10.	12 November 2002	ITF Eugene, United States	Hard	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	Nana Smith Milagros Sequera	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Win	21.	16 March 2003	ITF Kaunas, Lithuania	Hard (i)	Darya Kustova	Aurelija Misevičiūtė Lina Stančiūtė	6–1, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Win	22.	21 September 2003	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Darya Kustova	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Galina Voskoboeva	2–6, 6–2, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	23.	28 September 2003	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	Hard	Darya Kustova	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Galina Fokina	1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	11.	28 March 2004	ITF St.Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Darya Kustova	Maria Goloviznina Evgenia Kulikovskaya	5–7, 1–6
Win	24.	18 April 2004	Open de Biarritz, France	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Alona Bondarenko Valeria Bondarenko	7–5, 6–0
Win	25.	7 November 2004	ITF Shenzhen, China	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–4, 1–6, 6–1

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	ET Rank
1998
1.	Irina Spîrlea	No. 9	San Diego Open, US	Hard	2R	6–2, 6–2	No. 63

External links

Elena Tatarkova at the Women's Tennis Association
Elena Tatarkova at the International Tennis Federation
Elena Tatarkova at the Billie Jean King Cup

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