Vlada Ekshibarova

Vlada Katic
ולדה אקשיברובה

Country (sports)	Israel (2016–present) Uzbekistan (2003–2016)
Born	(1989-03-14) 14 March 1989 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR
Plays	Right-handed (double handed)
Coach	Dejan Katic
Prize money	$121,527
Singles
Career record	371–231
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	352 (14 July 2008)
Current ranking	671 (16 March 2020)
Doubles
Career record	179–155
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	319 (20 June 2016)
Current ranking	758 (16 March 2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–14
Last updated on: 22 October 2019.

Vlada Katic (née Ekshibarova; Hebrew: ולדה אקשיברובה; born 14 March 1989) is an Israeli-Uzbekistani tennis player.

She has won eight singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 14 July 2008, Katic reached her best singles ranking of world No. 352. On 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 319 in the doubles rankings.

Career

Ekshibarova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2004 Tashkent Open, having received a wild card into the doubles tournament with Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva, but they lost to Ekaterina Bychkova and Maria Goloviznina in the first round. Playing for Uzbekistan at the Fed Cup, Ekshibarova had a win-loss record of 1–9.

In 2016, she became an Israeli citizen. In June 2016, Ekshibarova decided to play for Israel instead of Uzbekistan.

In December 2017, Ekshibarova won the Israel Tennis Women's Singles Championship, beating Israeli Deniz Khazaniuk 7–6, 5–4 (ret.) in the final, and won the Doubles Championship partnering with Maya Tahan.

Katic has won eight singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her coach is Dejan Katic.

In 2018 she played Fed Cup for Israel, going 0–3 in singles.

ITF finals

Singles (8–11)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (6–7) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	30 July 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Winner	2.	13 July 2007	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Isha Lakhani	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	25 November 2007	Manila, Philippines	Clay	Nicole Riner	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	14 November 2010	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Andreea Mitu	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	4.	19 February 2011	Aurangabad, India	Clay	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	26 February 2011	Mumbai, India	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	9 April 2011	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Nadezda Gorbachkova	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	28 June 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Sofia Kvatsabaia	7–5, 6–3
Winner	6.	5 July 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Mariam Bolkvadze	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	22 May 2016	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Polina Monova	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	12 June 2016	Akko, Israel	Hard	Marta Paigina	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	18 September 2016	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Jennifer Zerbone	7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	2 October 2016	Tiberias, Israel	Hard	Melis Sezer	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	8 October 2016	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Marta Paigina	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	4 June 2017	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Emiliana Arango	2–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	13 August 2017	İstanbul, Turkey	Clay	Dana Kremer	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	26 November 2017	Heraklion, Greece	Clay	Lisa Sabino	6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	24 June 2018	Kaltenkirchen, Germany	Clay	Jule Niemeier	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	17 December 2018	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Evgeniya Burdina	4–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles (15–17)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (14–12) Clay (1–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 October 2010	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	Cristina Dinu Ionela-Andreeva Iova	6–1, 2–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	2.	1 May 2015	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Daria Lodikova	Albina Khabibulina Polina Merenkova	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	11 May 2015	Acre, Israel	Hard	Daria Lodikova	Hélène Scholsen Sadafmoh Tolibova	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	18 May 2015	Netanya, Israel	Hard	Deniz Khazaniuk	Ofri Lankri Alona Pushkarevsky	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	21 June 2015	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Natasha Palha	Sharrmadaa Baluu Tadeja Majerič	5–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	17 October 2015	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Olga Doroshina	Lucy Brown Amandine Cazeaux	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	2.	7 November 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Eleni Christofi	Karin Kennel Viktoriya Tomova	4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Runner-up	6.	14 November 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Helen De Cesare	Karin Kennel Viktoriya Tomova	2–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	28 November 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Olga Doroshina	Alexandra Morozova Barbora Štefková	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	4 December 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Daria Lodikova	Alexandra Morozova Barbora Štefková	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	9 April 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Janina Toljan	Victoria Kan Alyona Sotnikova	1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	20 May 2016	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Naomi Totka	Yuliya Kalabina Polina Monova	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	3 June 2016	Kiryat Shmona, Israel	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Naomi Totka Ana Veselinovic	1–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Winner	5.	10 June 2016	Akko, Israel	Hard	Naomi Totka	Christina Shakovets Veronika Stotyka	6–0, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	10.	27 June 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Alyona Sotnikova	Melis Sezer Ana Veselinovic	3–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	4 July 2016	Buca, Turkey	Hard	Ana Veselinovic	Daria Lodikova] Anette Munozova	6–3, 6–3
Winner	7.	18 September 2016	Askelon, Israel	Hard	Madeleine Kobelt	Alona Pushkarevsky Keren Shlomo	6–0, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	11.	19 September 2016	Kiryat Gat, Israel	Hard	Melis Sezer	Ekaterina Kazionova Madeleine Kobelt	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Winner	8.	2 October 2016	Tiberias, Israel	Hard	Melis Sezer	Ekaterina Kazionova Madeleine Kobelt	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	5 November 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Steffi Distelmans	Nina Kruijer Suzan Lamens	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner-up	12.	13 November 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Steffi Distelmans	Michaela Boev Andrea Ka	4–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	26 November 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Raluca Georgiana Șerban	Michaela Boev Cristiana Ferrando	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	10.	4 December 2016	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Daiana Negreanu Keren Shlomo	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	11.	9 December 2016	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Sofia Dmitrieva Anna Pribylova	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	1 April 2017	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Eleni Daniilidou	Ekaterina Kazionova Elena Rybakina	1–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	6 May 2017	Acre, Israel	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Shelly Krolitzky Maya Tahan	6–4, 6–3
Winner	13.	8 June 2018	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Elena-Teodora Cadar	Shahar Biran Laetitia Pulchartová	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	15.	23 June 2018	Kaltenkirchen, Germany	Clay	Sviatlana Pirazhenka	Anna Gabric Katharina Gerlach	2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner	14.	14 September 2018	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	Albina Khabibulina Ksenia Palkina	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Runner-up	16.	19 January 2019	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Kanako Morisaki Ayaka Okuno	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	10 February 2019	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	Cemre Anil Oana Georgeta Simion	2–6, 4–6
Winner	15.	30 March 2019	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Daria Kruzhkova	Merel Hoedt Anna Siskova	6–3, 6–2

External links

• Vlada Ekshibarova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Vlada Ekshibarova at the International Tennis Federation
• Vlada Ekshibarova at the Billie Jean King Cup