Ekaterina Bychkova

Ekaterina Bychkova
Екатерина Бычкова

Bychkova at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying
Full name	Ekaterina Andreevna Bychkova
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1985-06-05) 5 June 1985 (age 38) Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2017–2021
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,001,619
Singles
Career record	394–330 (54.4%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 66 (20 February 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	1R (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	2R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	139–165 (45.7%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 106 (29 January 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	2R (2006)
US Open	1R (2006)

In her career, Bychkova won ten singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 February 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 66. On 29 January 2007, she peaked at No. 106 in the doubles rankings. Bychkova defeated defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round of the 2005 US Open.

She was coached by her mother, Liudmila Bychkova. Her father's name is Andrey Bychkov. Introduced to tennis by her mother, she began playing at the Spartak and Chajka tennis clubs. She currently coaches players and commentates with Eurosport.

She co-hosted, with Irish-born Russia-based sportsperson, sports journalist and administrator Alan Moore, on Capital Sports from 2017 to 2018. She also reported for The Bookmaker Ratings. Bychkova returned to the circuit in February 2021, competing on the ITF Women's World Tour until October 2021.^{[citation needed]}

Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	14 December 2003	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Gabriela Velasco Andreu	6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	4 July 2004	ITF Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Olga Panova	6–2, 6–3
Win	3.	23 August 2004	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4.	3 October 2004	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Virág Németh	6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	19 December 2004	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Michaëlla Krajicek	4–6, 3–6
Win	6.	27 March 2005	Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Emma Laine	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7.	1 May 2005	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	6–7(4), 6–4
Win	8.	17 December 2005	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–3, 6–0
Win	9.	18 June 2006	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Séverine Beltrame	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10.	3 May 2009	ITF Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Lindsay Lee-Waters	3–6, 5–7
Win	11.	19 June 2009	Open Contrexéville, France	Clay	Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12.	26 July 2009	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	3–6, 2–6
Win	13.	7 August 2010	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Darya Kustova	6–2, 7–5
Loss	14.	26 March 2011	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Jasmina Tinjić	6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win	15.	14 April 2013	ITF Edgbaston, UK	Hard (i)	Angelica Moratelli	6–4, 6–3
Win	16.	23 February 2014	ITF Nottingham, UK	Hard (i)	Pauline Parmentier	3–0 ret.
Loss	17.	28 April 2014	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Hard	Tímea Babos	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 15 (5 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	8 December 2003	10,000	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Raissa Gourevitch	Eden Marama   Paula Marama	6–0, 7–6(2)
Win	4 July 2004	10,000	ITF Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Vasilisa Davydova	Vasilisa Bardina   Julia Efremova	7–6(4), 6–0
Loss	27 September 2004	25,000	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Giulia Casoni   Darija Jurak	0–6, 2–6
Win	18 December 2005	50,000	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Marina Shamayko	Valentina Sassi   Francesca Lubiani	6–1, 6–3
Loss	8 March 2009	25,000	ITF Fort Walton Beach, U.S.	Hard	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Alexandra Panova   Tatiana Poutchek	2–6, 2–6
Loss	26 April 2009	75,000	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Julie Ditty   Carly Gullickson	6–2, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss	5 April 2010	50,000	ITF Torhout, Belgium	Hard (i)	Hana Birnerová	Mona Barthel   Justine Ozga	5–7, 2–6
Loss	25 October 2010	25,000	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Iryna Brémond	Oksana Kalashnikova   Marta Sirotkina	3–6, 1–6
Win	8 November 2010	25,000	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Elena Bovina	Paula Kania   Katarzyna Piter	6–4, 6–0
Loss	26 March 2011	25,000	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Marina Shamayko	Albina Khabibulina   Nigina Abduraimova	6–4, 6–7(3), [8–10]
Loss	14 April 2012	25,000	ITF Pelham, United States	Clay	Elena Bovina	Julie Coin   Marie-Ève Pelletier	5–7, 4–6
Win	28 April 2013	50,000	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Başak Eraydın   Aleksandrina Naydenova	3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss	14 April 2014	25,000	ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Veronika Kudermetova	Albina Khabibulina   Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–2, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss	26 May 2014	25,000	ITF Moscow, Russia	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	Anna Danilina   Xenia Knoll	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6 April 2015	25,000	GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK	Hard (i)	Naomi Broady	Stéphanie Foretz   Ana Vrljić	2–6, 7–5, [7–10]