Liudmyla Kichenok is the first Ukrainian tennist to receive 10 titles in WTA doubles

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Liudmyla Kichenok has become the first Ukrainian tennis player to win 10 tournaments of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) in doubles.

Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding company

By winning the tournament in Eastbourne, Liudmyla outnumbered her sister Nadiia in the trophies won.

Top five Ukrainian female tennis players by quantity of titles in doubles:

  • Liudmyla Kichenok — 10
  • Nadiia Kichenok — 9
  • Nataliia Medvedieva — 7
  • Tetiana Perebyinis — 6
  • Mariia Koryttseva — 6

It should be noted that Liudmyla won four titles in matches played together with Lithuanian Jeļena Ostapenko and with her own sister Nadiia Kichenok. Two more trophies were won in matches with Slovenian Andreja Klepač and Japanese Makoto Ninomiya.

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