Tatiana Poutchek (Belarusian: Таццяна Мікалаеўна Пучак; Russian: Татьяна Николаевна Пучек; born 9 January 1979) is a retired tennis player and current captain of the Belarus Billie Jean King Cup team. Her career-high ranking is No. 55 in the world, achieved on 22 July 2002.

Tatiana Poutchek
Таццяна Пучак
Country (sports) Belarus
ResidenceMinsk, Belarus
Born (1979-01-09) 9 January 1979 (age 45)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,366,302
Singles
Career record431–390 (52.5%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 55 (22 July 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2003)
French Open2R (2001, 2007)
Wimbledon2R (2002, 2007)
US Open2R (2001)
Doubles
Career record387–337 (53.5%)
Career titles8 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 25 (29 September 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2004, 2008, 2009)
French Open2R (2000, 2001, 2007, 2008)
Wimbledon3R (2009)
US Open3R (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2008)
Wimbledon2R (2008)
US Open1R (2008)

Many of Poutchek's greatest career results came in Tashkent reaching one singles final and seven doubles finals winning five.[1]

In 2002, she made her only WTA Tour singles final there, losing to Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian. In doubles, she won eight titles on the WTA Tour (five in Tashkent, two in Guangzhou, and one in Baku) between 2002 and 2010, and 20 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit between 1997 and 2009.[2]

WTA career finals edit

Singles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Legend
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 16 June 2002 Tashkent Open,
Uzbekistan
Hard   Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups) edit

Legend: Before 2009 Starting in 2009
Tier I (0/1) Premier M (0/0)
Tier II (0/1) Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (1/1) Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (3/3) International (4/1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 17 June 2001 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard   Tatiana Perebiynis   Petra Mandula
  Patricia Wartusch
1–6, 4–6
Win 1. 16 June 2002 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard   Tatiana Perebiynis   Mia Buric
  Galina Fokina
7–5, 6–2
Loss 2. 9 February 2003 Bangalore Open, India Hard   Eugenia Kulikovskaya   Elena Likhovtseva
  Iroda Tulyaganova
4–6, 4–6
Win 2. 12 October 2003 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard   Yuliya Beygelzimer   Li Ting
  Sun Tiantian
6–3, 7–6(0)
Win 3. 8 October 2006 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard   Victoria Azarenka   Maria-Elena Camerin
  Emmanuelle Gagliardi
w/o
Loss 3. 22 July 2007 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard   Alina Jidkova   Bethanie Mattek
  Sania Mirza
6–7(4), 5–7
Loss 4. 7 October 2007 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard   Anastasia Rodionova   Ekaterina Dzehalevich
  Anastasia Yakimova
6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 5. 14 October 2007 Kremlin Cup, Russia Hard   Victoria Azarenka   Cara Black
  Liezel Huber
6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss 6. 11 January 2008 Sydney International, Australia Hard   Tatiana Perebiynis   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie
4–6, 6–7(5)
Win 4. 21 September 2008 Guangzhou Open, China Hard   Mariya Koryttseva   Sun Tiantian
  Yan Zi
6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 5. 20 September 2009 Guangzhou Open, China Hard   Olga Govortsova   Kimiko Date
  Sun Tiantian
3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 6. 27 September 2009 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard   Olga Govortsova   Vitalia Diatchenko
  Ekaterina Dzehalevich
6–2, 6–7(1), [10–8]
Loss 7. 7 August 2010 Copenhagen Open, Denmark Hard   Vitalia Diatchenko   Julia Görges
  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
4–6, 4–6
Win 7. 25 September 2010 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard   Alexandra Panova   Alexandra Dulgheru
  Magdaléna Rybáriková
6–3, 6–4
Win 8. 24 July 2011 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan Hard   Mariya Koryttseva   Monica Niculescu
  Galina Voskoboeva
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]

ITF Circuit finals edit

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

Singles: 10 (3–7) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 8 September 1996 ITF Donetsk, Ukraine Clay   Tatiana Kovalchuk 5–7, 0–1 ret.
Loss 2. 24 August 1998 ITF Skiathos, Greece Carpet   Eleni Daniilidou 3–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 9 May 1999 ITF Beersheba, Israel Hard   Hila Rosen 2–6, 1–6
Loss 4. 3 October 1999 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia Clay   Julia Abe 2–6, 0–6
Loss 5. 6 March 2000 ITF Ortisei, Italy Hard (i)   Nadejda Ostrovskaya 6–4, 1–6, 6–7(6)
Win 1. 2 October 2000 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia Carpet (i)   Nadejda Ostrovskaya 4–1, 4–1, 2–4, 1–4, 5–4(4)
Win 2. 24 September 2001 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia Carpet (i)   Nadejda Ostrovskaya 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 6. 13 July 2003 ITF Vittel, France Clay   Eva Birnerová 4–6, 4–6
Win 3. 8 May 2005 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay   Oxana Lyubtsova 6–0, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 7. 15 August 2006 Bronx Open, United States Hard   Olga Puchkova 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 44 (20–24) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 29 January 1996 ITF Ourense, Spain Hard (i)   Olga Glouschenko   Annemarie Mikkers
  Henriëtte van Aalderen
1–6, 3–6
Loss 2. 18 February 1996 ITF Faro, Portugal Hard   Lesley Kramer   Katrin Kilsch
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
7–5, 2–6, 0–6
Loss 3. 28 September 1997 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay   Olga Glouschenko   Virág Csurgó
  Janette Husárová
0–6, 0–6
Win 1. 13 October 1997 ITF Šiauliai, Lithuania Carpet (i)   Olga Glouschenko   Nadejda Ostrovskaya
  Vera Zhukovets
7–5, 6–3
Loss 4. 24 August 1998 ITF Skiathos, Greece Carpet   Marina Lazarovska   Eleni Daniilidou
  Evagelia Roussi
6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win 2. 28 September 1998 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia Clay   Olga Glouschenko   Margalita Chakhnashvili
  Sophia Managadze
6–2, 6–4
Loss 5. 1 November 1998 ITF Minsk, Belarus Clay   Olga Glouschenko   Anastasia Rodionova
  Ekaterina Paniouchkina
5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Loss 6. 15 November 1998 ITF Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard   Olga Glouschenko   Kim Clijsters
  Justine Henin
2–6, 0–6
Loss 7. 15 March 1999 ITF Ashkelon, Israel Hard   Nadejda Ostrovskaya   Rachel McQuillan
  Louise Pleming
3–6, 2–6
Loss 8. 25 April 1999 ITF Gelos, France Clay   Sophie Georges   Trudi Musgrave
  Bryanne Stewart
6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Win 3. 3 May 1999 ITF Beersheba, Israel Hard   Nadejda Ostrovskaya   Nataly Cahana
  Tzipora Obziler
6–1, 6–4
Win 4. 24 May 1999 ITF Budapest, Hungary Clay   Alice Canepa   Eva Bes
  Mariam Ramón Climent
6–3, 6–0
Win 5. 11 July 1999 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay   Petra Mandula   Ludmila Richterová
  Monika Maštalířová
6–3, 6–1
Win 6. 25 October 1999 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i)   Marina Stets   Jana Macurová
  Gabriela Navrátilová
6–4, 6–2
Loss 9. 13 December 1999 ITF Průhonice, Czech Republic Hard (i)   Nadejda Ostrovskaya   Martina Suchá
  Helena Vildová
3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss 10. 10 April 2000 ITF Maglie, Italy Carpet   Svetlana Krivencheva   Alice Canepa
  Maria Paola Zavagli
1–6, 4–6
Loss 11. 3 July 2000 ITF Civitanova, Italy Clay   Evgenia Kulikovskaya   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
  Conchita Martínez Granados
2–6, 3–6
Win 7. 8 October 2000 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia Carpet (i)   Tatiana Perebiynis   Mariana Díaz Oliva
  Eva Dyrberg
1–4, 4–2, 4–1, 4–2
Win 8. 24 September 2001 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia Carpet (i)   Katalin Marosi   Nadejda Ostrovskaya
  Anastasia Rodionova
6–3, 7–6(3)
Loss 12. 2 May 2003 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay   Anastasia Rodionova   Evgenia Kulikovskaya
  Tatiana Perebiynis
6–7(8), 3–6
Win 9. 13 July 2003 ITF Vittel, France Clay   Yuliya Beygelzimer   Eva Birnerová
  Libuše Průšová
6–3, 6–2
Win 10. 18 August 2003 Bronx Open, United States Hard   Yuliya Beygelzimer   Mara Santangelo
  Selima Sfar
6–4, 7–5
Loss 13. 14 September 2003 ITF Denain, France Clay   Yuliya Beygelzimer   Mara Santangelo
  Antonella Serra Zanetti
5–7, 3–6
Loss 14. 2 November 2003 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i)   Yuliya Beygelzimer   Caroline Dhenin
  Bianka Lamade
5–7, 2–6
Loss 15. 10 November 2003 ITF Eugene, United States Hard   Alina Jidkova   Teryn Ashley
  Shenay Perry
6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Win 11. 7 June 2004 ITF Vaduz, Liechtenstein Clay   Anastasia Rodionova   Kira Nagy
  Maria Wolfbrandt
6–3, 6–4
Win 12. 3 April 2005 ITF Augusta, United States Hard   Anastasia Rodionova   Rika Fujiwara
  Saori Obata
7–6(3), 6–0
Win 13. 5 April 2005 ITF Tunica Resorts, United States Clay   Anastasia Rodionova   Edina Gallovits
  Varvara Lepchenko
6–2, 6–4
Loss 16. 26 April 2005 ITF Taranto, Italy Clay   Nadejda Ostrovskaya   Mervana Jugić-Salkić
  Darija Jurak
3–6, 7–6(3), 3–6
Loss 17. 7 May 2005 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay   Anastasia Rodionova   Karolina Kosińska
  Alicja Rosolska
6–4, 2–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 18. 23 July 2005 ITF Galatina, Italy Clay   Jarmila Wolfe   Casey Dellacqua
  Lucia Gonzalez
4–6, 3–6
Win 14. 7 August 2005 ITF Washington, United States Clay   Olena Antypina   Jennifer Hopkins
  Yan Zi
6–4, 6–4
Loss 19. 16 August 2005 Bronx Open, United States Hard   Anastasiya Yakimova   Li Ting
  Sun Tiantian
6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Win 15. 15 November 2005 ITF Tucson, United States Hard   Victoria Azarenka   Maria Fernanda Alves
  Melinda Czink
4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss 20. 30 January 2006 ITF Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i)   Anastasiya Yakimova   Lucie Hradecká
  Vladimíra Uhlířová
4–6, 2–6
Win 16. 14 May 2006 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Clay   Anastasiya Yakimova   María José Argeri
  Letícia Sobral
6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss 21. 26 November 2006 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i)   Darya Kustova   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Yuliana Fedak
5–7, 3–6
Loss 22. 4 February 2007 ITF Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i)   Darya Kustova   Olga Vymetálková
  Mariya Koryttseva
3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 17. 4 March 2007 Las Vegas Open, United States Hard   Victoria Azarenka   Maret Ani
  Alberta Brianti
6–2, 6–4
Win 18. 13 May 2007 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Clay   Anastasiya Yakimova   Mădălina Gojnea
  Monica Niculescu
7–5, 6–0
Win 19. 10 November 2008 ITF Minsk, Belarus Hard (i)   Alisa Kleybanova   Lesia Tsurenko
  Anastasia Poltoratskaya
6–1, 6–2
Win 20. 8 March 2009 ITF Fort Walton Beach, U.S. Hard   Alexandra Panova   Ekaterina Bychkova
  Ekaterina Dzehalevich
6–2, 6–2
Loss 23. 14 April 2009 ITF Civitavecchia, Italy Clay   Darya Kustova   Erica Krauth
  Aurélie Védy
1–6, 1–6
Loss 24. 21 November 2009 Bratislava Open, Slovakia Hard (i)   Arina Rodionova   Sofia Arvidsson
  Michaëlla Krajicek
3–6, 4–6

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A A 2R 2R 1R 1R
French Open 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R
Wimbledon 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 1R 3R 1R 2R
US Open 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R A A 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R

References edit

  1. ^ See her profile in WTA Tour official website.
  2. ^ "Fantastic Five". Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

External links edit