Nina Bratchikova


Nina Bratchikova is a Russian former professional tennis player.
Bratchikova won nine singles and thirty-five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 December 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 79. On 10 September 2012, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings.

Tennis career

2010

In 2010, Bratchikova entered the ITF tournament in Moscow, where she won the doubles event partnering French Irena Pavlovic against Ukrainian sisters Lyudmyla Kichenok & Nadiia Kichenok.
She also won the ITF singles event in Johannesburg, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final.

2012

in January Bratchikova qualified and made it to the third round of the Australian Open main draw where she won against Flavia Pennetta in the first round, Alberta Brianti in the second and lost to Iveta Benešová. She made her top-100 debut the following week.
In May she reached to the 3rd round of French Open, beating Monica Niculescu, Clair Feuerstein and losing against Petra Kvitova in 3 sets.
In November, she won the WTA doubles title at the Royal Indian Open, together with Georgian Oksana Kalashnikova.

2013

in January Bratchikova lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Kirsten Flipkens.
Two weeks later she reached the semifinal in WTA Pattaya Open, winning against Shahar Peer, Daniela Hantuchova, Ayumi Morita and losing to Sabine Lisicki.
In July, Bratchikova lost in the first round in Budapest to Spanish No. 71 María Teresa Torró by 1–6, 5–7. But in doubles with Anna Tatishvili she reached the final and lost against Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká from Czech Republic by 4–6, 1–6. A week later, Bratchikova played in Båstad and defeated No. 331 Lesley Kerkhove by 6–3, 6–1. In the second round, she lost to world No. 76 Johanna Larsson, 2–6, 3–6.
In August, Bratchikova won the first round in the qualifying of the US Open, beating world No. 201 :de:Anne Schäfer|Anne Schäfer by 6–3, 6–3. In the second round, she lost to world No. 166 Chanel Simmonds by 0–6, 2–6.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (0–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.5 October 2008Tashkent Open, UzbekistanHard Raluca Olaru
Olga Savchuk		7–5, 5–7,
Runner-up2.24 April 2011Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, MoroccoClay Sandra Klemenschits Andrea Hlaváčková
Renata Voráčová		3–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.14 July 2013Budapest Grand Prix, HungaryClay Anna Tatishvili Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká		4–6, 1–6

WTA 125 series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (9–8)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.12 May 2002Zaton, CroatiaClay Delia Sescioreanu4–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.1 June 2003Campobasso, ItalyClay Catalina Castaño2–6, 2–6
Winner1.6 December 2003Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Shahar Pe'er6–4, 6–4
Winner2.7 March 2004Melilla, SpainHard Frederica Piedade6–2, 6–4
Runner-up3.2 May 2004Taranto, ItalyClay Martina Müller3–6, 2–6
Winner3.9 July 2006Mont-de-Marsan, FranceClay Raluca Olaru6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Runner-up4.24 February 2008Portimão, PortugalHard Elena Chalova4–6, 4–6
Winner4.25 May 2008Moscow, RussiaClay Ksenia Pervak3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Winner5.1 June 2008Tolyatti, RussiaHard Patricia Mayr-Achleitner6–3, 6–0
Runner-up5.22 February 2009Portimão, PortugalHard Sandra Soler-Sola6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner6.17 May 2009Vila Real de Santo António, PortugalClay Irene Santos-Bravo7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up6.25 October 2009Lagos, NigeriaHard Zuzana Kučová0–6, 6–7
Winner7.18 April 2010Johannesburg, South AfricaHard Tamarine Tanasugarn7–5, 7–6
Winner8.31 October 2010Lagos, NigeriaHard Zuzana Kučová7–5, 6–1
Runner-up7.26 December 2010Pune, IndiaHard Bojana Jovanovski4–6, 4–6
Winner9.6 February 2011Rabat, MoroccoClay Maria Joao Koehler3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up8.27 October 2013Lagos, NigeriaHard Gioia Barbieri6–3, 3–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles (35–26)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles