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Kateryna Volodko
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Bondarenko at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Kyiv, Ukraine
Born	(1986-08-08) 8 August 1986 (age 38) Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Alona Bondarenko
Prize money	US$4,319,887
Career record	531–412 (56.31%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 29 (12 October 2009)
Current ranking	No. 492 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2009, 2016, 2018)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2011)
US Open	QF (2009)
Doubles
Career record	276–274 (50.18%)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 9 (20 October 2008)
Current ranking	No. 602 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2008)
French Open	SF (2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	3R (2008)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	SF (2008)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	23–11 (67.65%)

Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (born August 8, 1986) is a professional tennis player from Ukraine. She was known as Kateryna Bondarenko before she changed her name in 2022. She reached world No. 29 in singles and No. 9 in doubles, which were her highest rankings.

Kateryna won the doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open. She played with her sister, Alona Bondarenko, in that tournament. Her best singles result at a major tournament was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 US Open. Throughout her career, Kateryna has beaten many top players. These include famous names like Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic.

About Kateryna's Life

Kateryna is the youngest of three sisters. Her older sisters, Valeria Bondarenko and Alona Bondarenko, also played professional tennis.

Kateryna was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. Her parents, Vladimir and Natalia, introduced her to tennis when she was just four years old. She loves playing on hardcourts. In 2011, Kateryna married Denis Volodko. They have two children. Their first child, Karin, was born in 2013. Her second child was born in 2019. In 2022, she officially changed her name to Kateryna Volodko.

Kateryna's Tennis Journey

Winning Her First Big Titles in 2008

Kateryna started 2008 at the Australian Open. She lost early in singles. But in doubles, she and her sister Alona won the Australian Open title! They were not expected to win, but they beat a strong team in the final.

After this, Kateryna played for Ukraine in the Fed Cup. She helped Ukraine win against Belgium. Later, in Paris, she surprised everyone by beating a top player, Nadia Petrova. She and Alona also won the doubles title there. Kateryna then won her first singles title in Birmingham, UK. She beat Yanina Wickmayer in a very close final.

At the Beijing Olympics, Kateryna played in both singles and doubles. She lost to Elena Dementieva in singles. In doubles, she and Alona reached the semifinals. They lost to the famous Williams sisters and finished in fourth place. Kateryna ended 2008 ranked No. 63 in singles and No. 10 in doubles.

Reaching the US Open Quarterfinals in 2009

Kateryna started 2009 by beating a top player, Agnieszka Radwańska, at the Australian Open. She reached the third round there. Her biggest achievement in 2009 was at the US Open. She played very well and reached the quarterfinals. This was her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament.

Taking a Break and Coming Back Strong

In 2012, Kateryna decided to take a break from tennis. She was pregnant with her first child. She played her last tournament at the US Open that year.

She returned to tennis in 2014 after becoming a mom. It was tough at first, but she worked hard to get back into shape. She won a couple of smaller tournaments in Monterrey and Macon.

In 2015, Kateryna continued her comeback. She won her first main draw match on the WTA Tour since returning. She even beat the legendary Venus Williams at the İstanbul Cup! This helped her get back into the top 90 players in the world.

More Success and Another Title

In 2016, Kateryna reached the third round of the Australian Open again. She also had her best performance at the Indian Wells tournament, reaching the fourth round. She beat several higher-ranked players that year. At the French Open, she upset the seventh-seeded Roberta Vinci.

In 2017, Kateryna won her second singles title. She won the Tashkent Open, beating Tímea Babos in the final. This was her first singles title since 2008!

Recent Years

Kateryna continued to play tennis in the following years. In 2020, she reached the quarterfinals at the Shenzhen Open. She also won a doubles title in Monterrey with her partner Sharon Fichman.

In 2023 and 2024, Kateryna, even at 38 years old, showed her skill by qualifying for big WTA 500 tournaments. This shows her dedication to the sport.

Grand Slam Performance in Singles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W-L	Win%
Australian Open	A	Q3	Q1	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	Q2	3R	1R	3R	A	1R	A	Q2	0 / 9	7–9	44%
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	Q1	Q3	2R	1R	1R	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 9	5–9	36%
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	A	A	Q2	1R	1R	1R	A	NH	Q2	A	0 / 11	6–11	35%
US Open	Q2	Q1	2R	1R	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	A	2R	3R	Q2	1R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 10	11–10	52%
Win–loss	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	9–4	3–4	3–4	1–4	0–0	0–0	1–1	5–4	0–3	2–4	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 39	29–39	43%

Grand Slam Performance in Doubles

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A	2R	W	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	A	11–10
French Open	A	2R	SF	2R	QF	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	A	A	12–10
Wimbledon	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	A	NH	A	A	2–8
US Open	2R	2R	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	A	6–12
Win–loss	1–2	4–4	14–2	1–4	5–4	0–3	1–4	0–1	1–4	1–4	2–4	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	31–40

Junior Grand Slam Final

Kateryna won one major title as a junior player.

Singles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2004	Wimbledon	Grass	Ana Ivanovic	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 6–2

Olympic Games Performance

Kateryna represented Ukraine in the Olympics.

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
4th place	2008	Beijing	Hard	Alona Bondarenko	Zheng Jie Yan Zi	2–6, 2–6

WTA Tour Finals

Kateryna has played in several finals on the main WTA Tour.

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (2–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2008	Birmingham Classic, UK	Tier III	Grass	Yanina Wickmayer	7–6^(9–7), 3–6, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	2–0	Sep 2017	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Tímea Babos	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (1–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (1–1)
WTA 250 (2–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–3)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2008	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Alona Bondarenko	Victoria Azarenka Shahar Pe'er	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	2–0	Feb 2008	Paris Indoor, France	Tier II	Carpet (i)	Alona Bondarenko	Vladimíra Uhlířová Eva Hrdinová	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Jan 2009	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Alona Bondarenko	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	2–2	Jul 2009	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	International	Clay	Alona Bondarenko	Alisa Kleybanova Monica Niculescu	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	3–2	Jul 2009	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Alona Bondarenko	Iveta Benešová Barbora Strýcová	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Jan 2011	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Līga Dekmeijere	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	3–6, 5–7
Loss	3–4	May 2015	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Eva Hrdinová	Belinda Bencic Kateřina Siniaková	2–6, 2–6
Loss	3–5	Aug 2016	Connecticut Open, United States	Premier	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Sania Mirza Monica Niculescu	5–7, 4–6
Loss	3–6	Feb 2020	Mexican Open	International	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	4–6	Mar 2020	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Miyu Kato Wang Yafan	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	4–7	Jul 2021	Poland Open	WTA 250	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Anna Danilina Lidziya Marozava	3–6, 2–6

WTA 125 Finals

Kateryna also played in finals at WTA 125 tournaments.

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2018	Indian Wells Challenger, United States	Hard	Sara Errani	4–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit Finals

Kateryna has won many titles on the ITF Circuit, which is a level below the main WTA Tour.

Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50,000 tournaments (1–0)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (2–2)
$10,000 tournaments (1–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (0–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2002	ITF Pune, India	10,000	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Aug 2003	ITF Gdynia, Poland	10,000	Clay	Daniela Kix	7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2003	ITF Oulu, Finland	10,000	Clay	Monique Adamczak	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Apr 2004	ITF Bari, Italy	25,000	Clay	Alona Bondarenko	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	Dec 2006	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	75,000	Hard	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–3	Nov 2010	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	25,000	Hard (i)	Evgeniya Rodina	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Win	4–3	Oct 2014	ITF Monterrey, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Ana Vrljić	6–1, 7–5
Win	5–3	Oct 2014	Tennis Classic of Macon, United States	50,000	Hard	Grace Min	6–4, 7–5
Loss	5–4	Sep 2022	ITF Leiria, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Natalija Stevanović	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win	6–4	Jan 2023	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	40,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–3)
$75,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (3–2)
$40,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (2–0)
$10,000 tournaments (1–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–7)
Clay (2–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2001	ITF Olecko, Poland	10,000	Clay	Valeria Bondarenko	Martina Babáková Lenka Snajdrova	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2001	ITF Mostar, BiH	10,000	Clay	Mojca Mileta	Maria Jedlickova Lenka Tvarošková	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Dec 2002	Pune Championships, India	10,000	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	Sania Mirza Radhika Tulpule	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Loss	1–3	Aug 2003	ITF Oulu, Finland	10,000	Clay	Irina Kuzmina-Rimša	Nicole Melch Yvonne Meusburger	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Nov 2005	ITF Deauville, France	50,000	Clay (i)	Alona Bondarenko	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–4	Mar 2006	ITF Orange, United States	50,000	Hard	Alona Bondarenko	Stéphanie Dubois Lilia Osterloh	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–5	Dec 2006	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	75,000	Hard	Valeria Bondarenko	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Mervana Jugić-Salkić	3–6, 0–6
Loss	2–6	Sep 2007	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	100,000	Hard	Alona Bondarenko	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	6–7⁽⁸⁾, 3–6
Win	3–6	Jun 2014	ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Cornelia Lister	Ysaline Bonaventure Sandra Zaniewska	w/o
Loss	3–7	Oct 2014	Abierto Tampico, Mexico	50,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	Petra Martić Maria Sanchez	6–3, 3–6, [2–10]
Win	4–7	Feb 2022	ITF Cancún, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Carol Zhao	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Lina Glushko	7–5, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, [10–7]
Win	5–7	Aug 2022	Lexington Challenger, United States	60,000	Hard	Aldila Sutjiadi	Jada Hart Dalayna Hewitt	7–5, 6–3
Win	6–7	Nov 2022	Barranquilla Open, Colombia	60,000	Clay	Tímea Babos	Carolina Alves Valeriya Strakhova	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	6–8	Dec 2022	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	100,000+H	Hard	Magdalena Fręch	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	1–6, 3–6
Loss	6–9	Jan 2023	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	60,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Liang En-shuo Ma Yexin	0–6, 3–6
Loss	6–10	Jun 2023	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	40,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Maria Kozyreva Wei Sijia	7–5, 4–6, [6-10]
Loss	6–11	Oct 2023	ITF Shenzhen, China	100,000	Hard	Timea Babos	Kristina Mladenovic Moyuka Uchijima	2–6, 5–7

Wins Against Top 10 Players

Kateryna has beaten some of the best players in the world. Here are her wins against players ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2007
1.	Ana Ivanovic	No. 5	Stuttgart Open	Hard	2R	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
2009
2.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 10	Australian Open	Hard	1R	7–6^(9–7), 4–6, 6–1
3.	Venus Williams	No. 3	Canadian Open	Hard	2R	1–6, 7–5, 6–4
4.	Elena Dementieva	No. 4	Pan Pacific Open	Hard	2R	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1
2010
5.	Li Na	No. 9	US Open	Hard	1R	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
2012
6.	Sara Errani	No. 10	Rosmalen Open	Grass	1R	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
2016
7.	Roberta Vinci	No. 7	French Open	Clay	1R	6–1, 6–3
2017
8.	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 7	Dubai Championships	Hard	2R	4–1 ret.

Images for kids

Bondarenko about to serve at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Bondarenko at the 2016 US Open