Elena Tatarkova

Elena Tatarkova (Feltham)
Олена Tатаркова

Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Kiev, Ukraine
Born	(1976-08-22) 22 August 1976 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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)

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

She won four WTA doubles titles, and four singles and 25 doubles titles 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 (April 2009) and Austin (February 2012)

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1999	Wimbledon	Grass	Mariaan de Swardt	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	4–6, 4–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	LQ	A	A	1R	1R	LQ	A	1R	LQ	LQ	0 / 3	0–3
French Open	A	A	LQ	LQ	3R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	0 / 2	2–2
Wimbledon	LQ	A	A	LQ	2R	2R	A	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	0 / 3	2–3
US Open	A	A	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	0 / 2	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	0 / 10	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	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	3R	3R	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	0 / 6	5–6
French Open	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	SF	2R	1R	1R	0 / 8	6–8
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	F	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 7	9–7
US Open	A	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 7	3–7
Win–Loss	0–1	1–2	4–4	7–4	1–2	4–3	3–4	3–4	0–4	0 / 28	23–28
Year-end ranking	171	91	22	19	77	38	61	47	95

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	ETR
1998
1.	Irina Spîrlea	No. 9	Acura Classic, Los Angeles, United States	Hard	2R	6–2, 6–2	No. 63

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 August 1998	Stanford, United States	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Lindsay Davenport Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	16 August 1998	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Martina Hingis Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	18 October 1998	Zurich, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Mariaan de Swardt	Venus Williams Serena Williams	7–5, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	31 October 1998	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	7–6, 3–6, 0–2 ret.
Winner	1.	16 January 1999	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Mariaan de Swardt	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Émilie Loit	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	4 July 1999	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	Mariaan de Swardt	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	27 February 2000	Oklahoma City, United States	Hard (i)	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Corina Morariu Kimberly Po	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	2.	23 February 2002	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Ai Sugiyama	Melissa Middleton Brie Rippner	6–4, 2–6, 6–0
Runner-up	7.	6 April 2003	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	Gisela Dulko Maria-Emilia Salerni	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	20 April 2003	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Petra Mandula	Conchita Martínez Granados Tatiana Perebiynis	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	10 August 2003	Helsinki, Finland	Clay	Eugenia Kulikovskaya	Tatiana Perebiynis Silvija Talaja	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	26 October 2003	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Marlene Weingärtner	Maria Sharapova Tamarine Tanasugarn	1–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (4–7)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

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

Doubles: 36 (25–11)

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

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