Tatiana Kovalchuk (born 24 July 1979) is a former professional

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player from Ukraine.

Biography

Kovalchuk was 16 years of age when she began playing

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tennis for

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in 1996. In the same year she started on the ITF circuit and had her first tournament win at that season's $10,000 ITF event in Donetsk. She had a win over

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in the qualifying draw of a tournament on the ITF circuit in 1998. Her biggest title came in 1999, the $25,000 ITF tournament in Reggio Calabria. In 2000 she competed in the main draw of WTA Tour tournaments at Antwerp and

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, both in the singles and doubles draws. She was beaten in the first round of the singles at both events but was a doubles quarter-finalist in Antwerp's Belgian Open. Most notably she competed in the main draw of the women's singles at the

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. She made it through the qualifying competition by beating

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and

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, then lost to

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in the first round. This brought her world ranking to a career high 184 in the world. She made the last of her 11 Fed Cup tie appearances in 2001, ending her representative career by beating Estonia's

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ITF finals

Singles (2–2)

Doubles (4–3)

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