Kateryna Bondarenko
6.5
6 votes
Astrological Zodiac sign: Leo
Age: 26
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Bondarenko (Ukrainian: Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко) is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine and a doubles champion at Australian Open 2008.
The younger sister of Alyona Bondarenko (or Alona Bondarenko), she was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. She plays right-handed and turned pro in 2000.
She pulled off the biggest singles win of her career so far at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix held in Stuttgart, Germany, by beating Ana Ivanović, the fifth seed at that event, in three sets. She lost in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Tatiana Golovin.
On January 24, 2008, paired with her sister Alyona, she won the doubles tournament at the Australian Open 2008 without seeding, defeating in the final the number 12-seeded pair Victoria Azarenka / Shahar Pe'er in three sets.
At the Paris Gaz de France tournament, she reached the singles quarterfinals beating defending champion Nadia Petrova and fellow Ukranian Yuliana Fedak before falling to Elena Dementieva. In doubles, she partnered with her sister Alona again and won their back-to-back tour title.
She played the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp the week after. Beat countrywoman Tatiana Perebiynis in the 1st round, 7–6(1), 6–3. Then went out in the second round after a close match against young Russian Alisa Kleybanova, 5–7, 6–3, 5–7. She was injured though, she had a left hip strain. That injury was also the reason for the loss in the doubles semi final, (1–6, 1–6) together with her sister.
The injury prevented her from playing in Doha.
She represented Ukraine at the Beijing Olympics, falling to Dementieva 6-1, 6-4.
See also: Athlete, Tennis, Ukrainian
