Kichenok at the2019 French Open | |
| Native name | Людмила Кіченок |
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| Country (sports) | |
| Residence | Dnipro, Ukraine |
| Born | (1992-07-20)20 July 1992 (age 33) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $3,309,327 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 203–167 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 156 (21 July 2014) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2013) |
| French Open | Q1 (2013,2014) |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2014) |
| US Open | Q1 (2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 478–318 |
| Career titles | 11 |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (23 September 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 14 (30 June 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (2024) |
| French Open | SF (2022) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2022) |
| US Open | W (2024) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | SF (2022) |
| Olympic Games | QF (2021,2024) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2022) |
| French Open | QF (2025) |
| Wimbledon | W (2023) |
| US Open | 1R (2018,2022,2023,2024) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | SF (2025) |
| Last updated on: 9 July 2025. | |
Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok (Ukrainian:Людмила Вікторівна Кіченок,IPA:[lʲʊdˈmɪlɐˈwiktor⁽ʲ⁾iu̯nɐkitʃeˈnɔk]; born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professionaltennis player. She has beenranked as high as world No. 3 in doubles. She is a two-timeGrand Slam champion winning the2024 US Open withJeļena Ostapenko and the2023 Wimbledon Championships withMate Pavić becoming the first Ukrainian to do so.[1]
Kichenok has won ten additional doubles titles on theWTA Tour, including four with her twin sister,Nadiia. On 21 July 2014, she reached a her career-high singles rankings of No. 156.
In 2015, she won her first WTA Tour doubles title together with her sister. They escaped a 5–0 deficit in the second set tie-break of their 6–4, 7–6 defeat ofLiang Chen andWang Yafan in theShenzhen Open final. This win made the Kichenoks the second pair of twins, afterKarolína Plíšková andKristýna Plíšková, to win a tour doubles title. They previously had been runners-up at Tashkent in 2011, and Shenzhen in 2014.[2] She won the second tour doubles title at theBrasil Tennis Cup.
During theTianjin Open, Lyudmyla caused the biggest upset of the tournament with a top-10 win overFlavia Pennetta, world No. 8 and reigningUS Open champion, in the first round; it has been the biggest win of her singles career so far.[3]
At theDubai Tennis Championships, she made the final in doubles, partneringJeļena Ostapenko but they were defeated by second seedsVeronika Kudermetova andElise Mertens.[4]
At theFrench Open, she reached the semifinals of a major for the first time in her career, partnering again with Ostapenko, falling to the eventual champions,Caroline Garcia andKristina Mladenovic.[5] She reached the top 20 in doubles on 6 June 2022.The following week, she won her sixth title atBirmingham with Ostapenko. At theWimbledon Championships, they also reached the semifinals, again falling to the eventual champions, this timeBarbora Krejčíková andKateřina Siniaková.
At theCincinnati Open, she reached the final with Ostapenko defeating Australian Open finalists Haddad Maia andAnna Danilina and top seeds Kudermetova and Mertens. The pair won their biggest title defeatingNicole Melichar andEllen Perez.[6] Lyudmyla reached new career-highs in doubles of world No. 10, on 22 August 2022, and No. 9, on 12 September 2022.
At the inaugural edition of theTallinn Open, seeded third with her sister, she won her eighth title defeating top-seeded pair Nicole Melichar andLaura Siegemund in the final.[7]
She and Ostapenko qualified for the2022 WTA Finals where they reached the semifinals.[8]
WithMate Pavić, she won the title atWimbledon in mixed doubles.[9]
She was selected to play in the2023 WTA Elite Trophy withUlrikke Eikeri as the defending champion,[10] having won the trophy twice, the last time it was held in2019, and also in2018.
At the2024 Australian Open, she reached her first doubles final with her usual partner Jeļena Ostapenko, defeating reigning US Open champions and fourth seeds,Gabriela Dabrowski andErin Routliffe, in straight sets.[11] Kichenok became the fourth Ukrainian female tennis player to reach a major doubles final, following sistersKateryna Bondarenko andAlona Bondarenko who won the title at the 2008 Australian Open, andElena Tatarkova who reached the final with Mariaan de Swardt of South Africa in the 1999 Wimbledon Championships.[12]
With her sister, she reached the quarterfinals at the2024 Paris Olympics.[13][14]
At theUS Open, seeded seventh in doubles, she reached another Grand Slam final with her partner Jelena Ostapenko, defeatingAnna Danilina andIrina Khromacheva in the quarterfinal,[15][16] and thenVeronika Kudermetova andChan Hao-ching in the semifinal, also in straight sets, 6–1, 6–2. Kichenok became the first Ukrainian tennis player to reach the semifinals in doubles at all four majors, and the first finalist at the US Open.[17][18][19][20]Ostapenko and Kichenok defeated Kristina Mladenovic andZhang Shuai in the final, in straight sets, to lift their first Grand Slam trophy together, becoming the first Latvian and Ukrainian champions in women’s doubles.[21] As a result, she reached a new career-high of world No. 3 in the doubles rankings, on 23 September 2024. Her and Ostapenko also surged to No.1 in the Race to the WTA Finals after the tournament.[22]
Kichenok and Ostapenko qualified for the end-of-seasonWTA Finals inRiyadh, Saudi Arabia, as top seeds but were eliminated in the group stages after losing all three of their matches.[23]
Partnering with her sister Nadiia, she finished runner-up in the doubles draw of theLinz Open, losing toTímea Babos andLuisa Stefani in the final which went to a deciding championship tiebreak.[24][25]
She was also a finalist at theBad Homburg Open, withEllen Perez but lost toAlexandra Panova andHanyu Guo in a deciding champions tiebreak.[26]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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.
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2024 | Australian Open | Hard | 1–6, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 2024 | US Open | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2023 | Wimbledon | Grass | 6–4, 6–7(9–11), 6–3 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2022 | Cincinnati Open | Hard | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2018 | Zhuhai, China | Hard (i) | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 2019 | Zhuhai, China(2) | Hard (i) | 6–3, 6–3 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2011 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International[c] | Hard | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2014 | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 1–2 | Jan 2015 | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) | ||
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 2016 | Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil | International | Hard | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 2–3 | Jan 2018 | Hobart International, Australia | International | Hard | 2–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2018 | Silicon Valley Classic, United States | Premier[d] | Hard | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 3–4 | Nov 2018 | WTA Elite Trophy, China | Elite | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 4–4 | Oct 2019 | WTA Elite Trophy, China(2) | Elite | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 5–4 | Jun 2021 | Nottingham Open, UK | WTA 250 | Grass | 6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–8] | ||
| Loss | 5–5 | Aug 2021 | Chicago Open, United States | WTA 250 | Hard | 6–7(6–8), 7–5, [8–10] | ||
| Loss | 5–6 | Oct 2021 | Tenerife Open, Spain | WTA 250 | Hard | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 5–7 | Feb 2022 | Dubai Championships, UAE | WTA 500 | Hard | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 6–7 | Jun 2022 | Birmingham Classic, UK | WTA 250 | Grass | w/o | ||
| Loss | 6–8 | Jun 2022 | Eastbourne International, UK | WTA 500 | Grass | w/o | ||
| Win | 7–8 | Aug 2022 | Cincinnati Open, US | WTA 1000 | Hard | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | ||
| Win | 8–8 | Oct 2022 | Tallinn Open, Estonia | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | 7–5, 4–6, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 8–9 | Feb 2023 | Qatar Ladies Open, Qatar | WTA 500 | Hard | 4–6, 6–2, [7–10] | ||
| Win | 9–9 | Jan 2024 | Brisbane International, Australia | WTA 500 | Hard | 7–5, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 9–10 | Jan 2024 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | 1–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 9–11 | Apr 2024 | Charleston Open, US | WTA 500 | Clay (green) | 6–1, 3–6, [7–10] | ||
| Win | 10–11 | Jun 2024 | Eastbourne International, UK | WTA 500 | Grass | 5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–8] | ||
| Win | 11–11 | Sep 2024 | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 11–12 | Feb 2025 | Linz Open, Austria | WTA 500 | Hard | 6–3, 5–7, [4–10] |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | 16 October 2009 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | 10,000 | Carpet (i) | 6–7(2), 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Win | 2–0 | 1 November 2009 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | 10,000 | Hard (i) | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 2–1 | 15 November 2009 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 50,000 | Hard (i) | 7–5, 6–7(3), 2–6 | |
| Loss | 2–2 | 4 April 2010 | ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia | 50,000 | Carpet (i) | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 3–2 | 22 May 2010 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 | |
| Win | 4–2 | 27 March 2011 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 4–3 | 25 March 2012 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 0–6, ret. | |
| Win | 5–3 | 26 May 2012 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 5–4 | 16 June 2012 | ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | 0–6, 0–6 | |
| Loss | 5–5 | 10 November 2012 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 0–6, 6–7(4) | |
| Loss | 5–6 | 15 July 2013 | ITF Imola, Italy | 25,000 | Carpet | 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 | |
| Win | 6–6 | 18 August 2013 | Kazan Open, Russia | 50,000 | Hard | 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 1 October 2006 | Royal Cup, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 2. | 25 May 2007 | ITF Cherkassy, Ukraine | 10,000 | Clay | 6–7(3), 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 3. | 3 August 2008 | ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | 50,000 | Clay | 3–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 4. | 29 August 2008 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | 2–6, 6–3, [6–10] | ||
| Loss | 5. | 29 March 2009 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 1–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 6. | 22 May 2009 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 1. | 13 September 2009 | ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 4–6, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 2. | 16 October 2009 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | 10,000 | Carpet (i) | 2–6, 6–2, [10–3] | ||
| Win | 3. | 1 November 2009 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | 10,000 | Hard (i) | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 4. | 14 November 2009 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 50,000 | Hard (i) | 6–3, 7–6(7) | ||
| Loss | 7. | 22 November 2009 | ITF Opole, Poland | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 8. | 7 February 2010 | ITF Rancho Mirage, United States | 25,000 | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 9. | 28 March 2010 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 7–6(4), 2–6, [3–10] | ||
| Loss | 10. | 3 April 2010 | ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia | 50,000 | Carpet (i) | 6–7(7), 6–2, [7–10] | ||
| Win | 5. | 8 May 2010 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 11. | 21 May 2010 | ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 12. | 20 June 2010 | Open de Montpellier, France | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 13. | 27 June 2010 | ITF Périgueux, France | 25,000 | Clay | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 6. | 10 October 2010 | Open de Limoges, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 6–7(5), 6–4, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 7. | 26 March 2011 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 8. | 30 April 2011 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 14. | 5 June 2011 | Přerov Cup, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 9. | 16 October 2011 | Open de Touraine, France | 50,000 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 10. | 6 November 2011 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 15. | 22 January 2012 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | 10,000 | Hard (i) | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 11. | 20 May 2012 | Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 12. | 16 June 2012 | ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | 7–5, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 13. | 21 July 2012 | ITF Donetsk, Ukraine | 50,000 | Hard | 6–2, 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 16. | 28 July 2012 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 100,000 | Hard | 6–3, 4–6, [2–10] | ||
| Loss | 17. | 18 August 2012 | Kazan Open, Russia | 50,000 | Hard | 4–6, 7–6(6), [4–10] | ||
| Win | 14. | 3 November 2012 | ITF Netanya, Israel | 25,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 18. | 10 November 2012 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 6–1, 2–6, [3–10] | ||
| Win | 15. | 18 November 2012 | ITF Helsinki, Finland | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 19. | 30 March 2013 | ITF Tallinn, Estonia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 5–7, [0–10] | ||
| Win | 16. | 13 July 2013 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 25,000 | Hard | 6–2, 4–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 17. | 20 July 2013 | ITF Imola, Italy | 25,000 | Carpet | 6–4, 3–6, [10–3] | ||
| Win | 18. | 27 July 2013 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 100,000 | Hard | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 19. | 28 September 2013 | Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 20. | 9 November 2013 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 20. | 15 November 2013 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | 75,000 | Hard | 5–7, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 21. | 7 March 2014 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 22. | 29 March 2014 | Open Croissy-Beaubourg, France | 50,000 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 23. | 1 November 2014 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | 50,000 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 21. | 15 November 2014 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | 75,000 | Hard | 6–3, 2–6, [4–10] | ||
| Win | 24. | 21 February 2015 | ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland | 50,000 | Carpet (i) | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 25. | 25 April 2015 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 26. | 14 June 2015 | Surbiton Trophy, UK | 50,000 | Grass | 7–6(6), 6–3 | ||
| Win | 27. | 19 March 2016 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 22. | 11 March 2017 | Zhuhai Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 28. | 18 March 2017 | Pingshan Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 23. | 30 June 2017 | Southsea Trophy, UK | 100,000 | Grass | 7–6(7), 3–6, [8–10] |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | LKR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | |||||||
| 1. | No. 8 | Tianjin Open, China | Hard | 1R | 6–3, 7–5 | No. 414 | |