Ekaterina Bychkova

Ekaterina Andreevna Bychkova (Russian: Екатерина Андреевна Бычкова; born 5 June 1985 in Moscow) is a Russian tennis player.
Bychkova has won nine singles and four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 20 February 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 66. On 29 January 2007, she peaked at world number 106 in the doubles rankings.
Bychkova is famous for defeating defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round of the 2005 US Open. It was the first time a defending US Open champion had lost in the first round. The win didn't last for long; Bychkova lost in the second round to Ivana Lisjak.

Coached by mother, Liudmila Bychkova. Father's name is Andrey Bychkov. Introduced to tennis by mother; began playing at Spartak and Chajka tennis clubs. Favorite surface is hard; favorite shot is serve. Speaks Russian and English. Enjoys playing basketball, shopping, dancing, drawing, Russian movies and reading (favorite authors are Dostoevskiy, Remark, Tolstoy and Verber). Also likes sushi, pancakes, chocolate, pop and orange juice. Favorite city is hometown of Moscow; also enjoys visiting Paris.

Singles Finals: 17 (10–7)

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

Doubles finals: 15 (5-10)

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