Kateryna Baindl (Ukrainian: Катерина Ігорівна Баіндль, née KozlovaUkrainian: Козлова; born 20 February 1994) is a Ukrainian tennis player. On 19 February 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 22 October 2012, she peaked at No. 139 in the doubles rankings. Up to date, Kozlova has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
2015: Top 100 debut, suspension due to doping[edit]
On 6 April 2015 she made her top 100 debut in the singles rankings.
On 27 May 2015, the International Tennis Federation announced that Kozlova has been found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation. She was found positive to a doping substance after taking a stimulant, dimethylbutylamine. Kozlova's suspension was reduced to six months starting from 15 February to 15 August 2015.[1][2]
At the French Open, Kozlova became the second player to defeat a defending champion in the first round of Roland Garros, after a straight sets victory over 2017 champion Jeļena Ostapenko.
At the Poland Open, she reached the semifinals as a qualifier where she lost to Ana Bogdan. As a result she moved 56 positions up in the rankings to world No. 134 on 1 August 2022.
She reached No. 124 on 26 September 2022, the highest ranking for the season. At the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, she qualified into the main draw where she was defeated by world No. 7 and top seed Maria Sakkari.
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
^The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.