Nina Bratchikova (russian: Нина Олеговна Братчикова; born 28 June 1985) is a Russian former professional

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player. Bratchikova won nine singles and 35 doubles titles on the

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. 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

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against Ukrainian sisters

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. She also won the ITF singles event in Johannesburg, beating

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in the final. Nina Bratchikova 2011 US Open 02

2012

In January, Bratchikova qualified and made it to the third round of the

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main draw in which she beat Flavia Pennetta in the first round, Alberta Brianti in the second and lost to

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. She made her top-100 debut (No. 92) the following week. In May, she reached to the third round of French Open, beating Monica Niculescu, Clair Feuerstein and losing against Petra Kvitova in three sets. In November, she won the doubles title at the WTA Challenger

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, together with Georgian

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2013

In January, Bratchikova lost in the first round of the

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. Two weeks later, she reached semifinals of the Pattaya Open, winning against Shahar Pe'er, Daniela Hantuchova, Ayumi Morita and losing to Sabine Lisicki. In July, Bratchikova lost in the first round in Budapest to world No. 71, María Teresa Torró. But in doubles with

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, she reached the final and lost against

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and

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in straight sets. A week later, Bratchikova played in Båstad and defeated No. 331,

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. In the second round, she lost to world No. 76,

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, in two sets. In August, Bratchikova won the first round in the qualifying of the US Open, beating world No. 201, Anne Schäfer. In the second round, she lost to world No. 166,

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, by 0–6, 2–6.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (9–8)

Doubles: 61 (35–26)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bratchikova, Nina 1985 births Living people People from Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast Russian expatriates in Portugal Russian female tennis players Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast