Kateryna Bondarenko

Who is Kateryna Bondarenko?

Kateryna Volodymyrivna Bondarenko is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine and a doubles champion at Australian Open 2008.

The younger sister of professional tennis players Valeria and Alona Bondarenko, she was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. She was introduced to tennis by her parents at age 4. She plays right-handed and turned pro in 2000. As of 10 January 2011 she is ranked World No. 89 in singles and World No. 104 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association. Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are World No. 29 and World No. 9, respectively.

She pulled off the biggest singles win of her career so far at the 2009 Rogers Cup held in Toronto, Canada, by beating Venus Williams, the third seed at that event, in three sets. She has also defeated Ana Ivanovic twice in professional matches, as well as in the 2004 Wimbledon Championships girls final; Elena Dementieva at the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round of the 2009 Australian Open and Li Na in the first round of the 2010 US Open.

Bondarenko is coached by her father, Volodymyr and mother, Natalia.