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Kateryna Volodymyrivna Bondarenko (Ukrainian: Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко, born August 8, 1986) is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine and a doubles champion at Australian Open 2008. The younger sister of professional tennis player Alyona Bondarenko, she was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. She was introduced to tennis by her parents at age 4.[1] She plays right-handed and turned pro in 2000.[2] As of May 04, 2009, she is ranked World No. 61 in singles and World No. 33 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association. Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are World No. 29 and World No. 9, respectively. She pulled off the biggest singles win of her career so far at the 2009 Rogers Cup held in Toronto, Canada, by beating Venus Williams, the third seed at that event, in three sets. She has also defeated Ana Ivanović twice in professional matches, as well as in the 2004 Wimbledon Championships girls final; and Elena Dementieva at the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open. Bondarenko is coached by her father, Volodymyr and mother, Natalia.[3]
[edit] 2008On January 24, 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 Ukrainian 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. In doubles, she and Alona reached fourth place after they lost in the third place decider. [edit] 2009Bondarenko began the year with first round losses at 2009 Brisbane International to eventual champion Victoria Azarenka and at 2009 Moorilla Hobart International losing to Magdalena Rybarikova. At the 2009 Australian Open Bondarenko upset #9 Agnieszka Radwanska in the first round before losing to Jie Zheng in the third round. However, she followed it up with 3 straight losses at the first round of 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships, 2009 BNP Paribas Open, and 2009 Sony Ericsson Open. She then claimed her first victory in 2 months over Barbora Zahlavova Strycova at the 2009 MPS Group Championships before losing to sister Alona in the second round. She then made a good run on clay considering her low ranking by reaching the third round of both the 2009 MPS Group Championships and the 2009 French Open, as well as the second round of the 2009 Warsaw Open. She then reached the second round at the grass tournaments 2009 Ordina Open, where she lost to Daniela Hantuchova, and the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, where she lost to Venus Williams. She then reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 ECM Prague Open losing to Francesca Schiavone, after beating her sister Alona in the first round, and the second rounds of 2009 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix and the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open losing to Serena Williams. She then upset Venus Williams in the second round of the 2009 Rogers Cup before losing to Agnieszka Radwanska in the following round. In the first round of the 2009 U.S. Open, Bondarenko upset Ana Ivanovic in a tight three-set match 2-6, 6-3 7-6(7). She then made quick work of Shenay Perry and Anastasia Rodionova in the following rounds, defeating them in straight sets. In the fourth round, she crushed Gisela Dulko 6-0 6-0, who had defeated her sister in the second round, to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal where she lost to Yanina Wickmayer 5-7 4-6. She was the first Ukrainian female tennis player to reach a Grand Slam Quarterfinal. Bondarenko had some success in the Toray Pan Pacific Open. She won her opening round match, defeating Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3, 6-1 before causing a big upset in the 2nd round where she defeated 3rd seed Elena Dementieva 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-1. In the third round she lost to Li Na in a close three setter 6-2, 5-7, 3-6. [edit] WTA Tour singles finals[edit] Wins (1)
[edit] WTA Tour women's doubles finals (5)[edit] Wins (3)
[edit] Doubles Runner-up (2)
[edit] Performance Timeline
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