# Elena Tatarkova

Elena Tatarkova or Olena Tatarkova (Ukrainian: Олена Tатаркова, born 22 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.
She won four doubles titles on WTA Tour, and four singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best career result came in doubles; she reached the 1999 Wimbledon final with partner Mariaan de Swardt, which they lost to Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu. Tatarkova also made the 2001 French Open doubles semifinals with Justine Henin. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 45, and highest doubles ranking of No. 9, both in 1999.
Since retiring from professional tennis in 2004, she married Timothy Feltham in September 2007 and is mother to Stanley (Apr 2009) and Austin (Feb 2012)

## Grand Slam performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | LQ | A | A | 1R | 1R | LQ | A | 1R | LQ | LQ | 0–3 |
| French Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | 3R | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | 2–2 |
| Wimbledon | LQ | A | A | LQ | 2R | 2R | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | 2–3 |
| US Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | 0–2 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–10 |
| Year-end ranking | 221 | 192 | 196 | 136 | 47 | 120 | 256 | 213 | 166 | 126 | 260 | |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 5–6 |
| French Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 6–8 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | F | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 9–7 |
| US Open | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3–7 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 7–4 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 23–28 |
| Year-end ranking | 171 | 91 | 22 | 19 | 77 | 38 | 61 | 47 | 95 | |

## Grand Slam tournament finals
### Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1999 | Wimbledon | Grass | Mariaan de Swardt | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu | 4–6, 4–6 |

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
* Tier I (0–0)
* Tier II (0–3)
* Tier III (0–3)
* Tier IV & V (4–1)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Aug 1998 | Stanford Classic, United States | Hard | Larisa Savchenko | Lindsay Davenport Natalia Zvereva | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Aug 1998 | Los Angeles Classic, United States | Hard | Tamarine Tanasugarn | Martina Hingis Natalia Zvereva | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3. | Oct 1998 | Zurich Open, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Mariaan de Swardt | Venus Williams Serena Williams | 7–5, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Oct 1998 | Luxembourg Open | Carpet (i) | Larisa Savchenko | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 3–6, 0–2 ret. |
| Win | 1. | Jan 1999 | Hobart International, Australia | Hard | Mariaan de Swardt | Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Émilie Loit | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5. | Jul 1999 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grass | Mariaan de Swardt | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6. | Feb 2000 | Oklahoma Cup, United States | Hard (i) | Tamarine Tanasugarn | Corina Morariu Kimberly Po | 4–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
| Win | 2. | Feb 2002 | Memphis International, United States | Hard (i) | Ai Sugiyama | Melissa Middleton Brie Rippner | 6–4, 2–6, 6–0 |
| Loss | 7. | Apr 2003 | Casablanca Grand Prix, Morocco | Clay | Henrieta Nagyová | Gisela Dulko Maria-Emilia Salerni | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3. | Apr 2003 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | Petra Mandula | Conchita Martínez Granados Tatiana Perebiynis | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 4. | Aug 2003 | Nordic Light Open, Finland | Clay | Eugenia Kulikovskaya | Tatiana Perebiynis Silvija Talaja | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8. | Oct 2003 | Luxembourg Open | Hard (i) | Marlene Weingärtner | Maria Sharapova Tamarine Tanasugarn | 1–6, 4–6 |

## ITF Circuit finals

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 11 (4–7)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 24 May 1993 | ITF Bytom, Poland | Clay | Adriana Barna | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 16 August 1993 | ITF Szczecin, Poland | Clay | Vanessa Matthys | 2–6, 7–5, 6–7$^{(3)}$ |
| Loss | 3. | 10 October 1993 | ITF Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Svetlana Komleva | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7$^{(4)}$ |
| Win | 1. | 31 October 1993 | ITF Jūrmala, Latvia | Hard | Oksana Bushevitsa | 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | 29 October 1995 | ITF Poitiers, France | Hard | Olga Barabanschikova | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 23 February 1997 | ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | María Sánchez Lorenzo | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 13 October 1997 | ITF Southampton, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 0–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(5)}$ |
| Win | 2. | 1 March 1998 | ITF Bushey, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | Dragana Zarić | 6–2, 4–6, 6–0 |
| Win | 3. | 31 July 2000 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | Selima Sfar | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 4. | 22 September 2003 | Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia | Hard | Evgenia Linetskaya | 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7. | 28 November 2004 | ITF Opole, Poland | Carpet (i) | Angelique Kerber | 2–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 36 (25–11)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 24 May 1993 | ITF Bytom, Poland | Clay | Natalia Biletskaya | Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova | w/o |
| Win | 2. | 29 August 1993 | ITF Gryfino, Poland | Clay | Aleksandra Olsza | Monika Starosta Alena Vašková | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | 5 September 1993 | ITF Burgas, Bulgaria | Hard | Svetlana Krivencheva | Camilla Persson Anna-Karin Svensson | 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 4. | 12 September 1993 | ITF Varna, Bulgaria | Hard | Natalia Bondarenko | Isabela Martin Maya Stankova | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1. | 18 October 1993 | ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania | Hard (i) | Natalia Bondarenko | Talina Beiko Tanja Tsiganii | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5. | 25 October 1993 | ITF Jūrmala, Latvia | Hard | Natalia Bondarenko | Aleksandra Olsza Miroslava Vavrinec | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2. | 3 October 1994 | ITF Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Natalia Biletskaya | Natalia Noreiko Marina Stets | 6–2, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 9 July 1995 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Tatjana Ječmenica | Henrieta Nagyová Radka Zrubáková | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 6. | 27 August 1995 | ITF Sochi, Russia | Hard | Corina Morariu | Natalia Egorova Petra Thorén | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 7. | 16 October 1995 | ITF Flensburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | Yvette Basting | Sandra Klösel Amélie Mauresmo | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 8. | 6 May 1996 | ITF Szczecin, Poland | Clay | Elena Brioukhovets | Lenka Cenková Adriana Gerši | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 9. | 16 June 1996 | ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Clay | Elena Brioukhovets | Katrin Kilsch Robyn Mawdsley | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4. | 2 February 1997 | ITF Prostejov, Czech Republic | Carpet (i) | Aleksandra Olsza | Denisa Krajčovičová Andrea Temesvári | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 2 March 1997 | ITF Bushey, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | Kirstin Freye | Olga Lugina Clare Wood | 6–7$^{(6)}$, 7–6$^{(6)}$, 1–6 |
| Win | 10. | 17 March 1997 | ITF Reims, France | Clay (i) | Svetlana Krivencheva | Silke Meier Petra Schwarz | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | 9 June 1997 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Fabiola Zuluaga | Katalin Marosi Veronica Stele | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 11. | 4 August 1997 | ITF Sopot, Poland | Clay | Svetlana Krivencheva | Radka Bobková Lenka Němečková | 7–6$^{(7)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 12. | 21 February 1998 | ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Virág Csurgó | Kirstin Freye Hila Rosen | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7. | 8 June 1998 | ITF Sochi, Russia | Hard | Nino Louarsabishvili | Saori Obata Kaoru Shibata | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 13. | 31 July 2000 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | Svetlana Krivencheva | Eszter Molnár Maja Palaveršić | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 14. | 2 October 2000 | ITF Albuquerque, United States | Hard | Brie Rippner | Lisa McShea Nirupama Sanjeev | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 15. | 22 October 2000 | ITF Largo, United States | Hard | Brie Rippner | Dawn Buth Sandra Cacic | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 16. | 29 October 2000 | ITF Dallas, United States | Hard | Brie Rippner | Nirupama Sanjeev Nana Smith | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 17. | 19 November 2000 | ITF Naples, United States | Clay | Nana Smith | Maret Ani Valentina Sassi | 5–3, 2–4, 2–4, 5–3, 4–1 |
| Loss | 8. | 5 February 2001 | ITF Rockford, United States | Hard (i) | Svetlana Krivencheva | Katie Schlukebir Kristen Schlukebir | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 1–6 |
| Win | 18. | 12 February 2001 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States | Hard (i) | Yvette Basting | Jennifer Hopkins Petra Rampre | 3–6, 7–6$^{(4)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 19. | 4 March 2001 | ITF Minneapolis, United States | Hard (i) | Yvette Basting | Laurence Courtois Alicia Molik | 7–5, 7–6$^{(0)}$ |
| Loss | 9. | 21 October 2001 | ITF Southampton, UK | Hard (i) | Lubomira Bacheva | Nannie de Villiers Irina Selyutina | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Win | 20. | 5 February 2002 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States | Hard (i) | Janet Lee | Maria Geznenge Michaela Paštiková | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 10. | 12 November 2002 | ITF Eugene, United States | Hard | Evgenia Kulikovskaya | Nana Smith Milagros Sequera | 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 21. | 16 March 2003 | ITF Kaunas, Lithuania | Hard (i) | Darya Kustova | Aurelija Misevičiūtė Lina Stančiūtė | 6–1, 7–6$^{(6)}$ |
| Win | 22. | 21 September 2003 | ITF Tbilisi, Georgia | Clay | Darya Kustova | Nadejda Ostrovskaya Galina Voskoboeva | 2–6, 6–2, 7–6$^{(5)}$ |
| Win | 23. | 28 September 2003 | Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia | Hard | Darya Kustova | Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Galina Fokina | 1–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 11. | 28 March 2004 | ITF St.Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | Darya Kustova | Maria Goloviznina Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 24. | 18 April 2004 | Open de Biarritz, France | Clay | Mariya Koryttseva | Alona Bondarenko Valeria Bondarenko | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 25. | 7 November 2004 | ITF Shenzhen, China | Hard | Rika Fujiwara | Yan Zi Zheng Jie | 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 |

## Top 10 wins

| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | ET Rank |
| 1998 ||||||||
| 1. | Irina Spîrlea | No. 9 | San Diego Open, US | Hard | 2R | 6–2, 6–2 | No. 63 |