Ekaterina Bychkova

Ekaterina Andreevna Bychkova (; born 5 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

In her career, Bychkova won ten singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 February 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 66. On 29 January 2007, she peaked at No. 106 in the doubles rankings. Bychkova defeated defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round of the 2005 US Open.

She was coached by her mother, Liudmila Bychkova. Her father's name is Andrey Bychkov. Introduced to tennis by her mother, she began playing at the Spartak and Chajka tennis clubs. She currently coaches players and commentates with Eurosport.

She co-hosted, with Irish-born Russia-based sportsperson, sports journalist and administrator Alan Moore, on Capital Sports from 2017 to 2018. She also reported for The Bookmaker Ratings. Bychkova returned to the circuit in February 2021, competing on the ITF Women's World Tour until October 2021.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	14 December 2003	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Velasco Andreu	6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	4 July 2004	ITF Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Olga Panova	6–2, 6–3
Win	3.	23 August 2004	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Maria Kondratieva	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4.	3 October 2004	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Virág Németh	6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	19 December 2004	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek	4–6, 3–6
Win	6.	27 March 2005	Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Emma Laine	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7.	1 May 2005	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Laura Pous Tió	6–7(4), 6–4
Win	8.	17 December 2005	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–3, 6–0
Win	9.	18 June 2006	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Séverine Beltrame	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10.	3 May 2009	ITF Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Lee-Waters	3–6, 5–7
Win	11.	19 June 2009	Open Contrexéville, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12.	26 July 2009	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Parra Santonja	3–6, 2–6
Win	13.	7 August 2010	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Darya Kustova	6–2, 7–5
Loss	14.	26 March 2011	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jasmina Tinjić	6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win	15.	14 April 2013	ITF Edgbaston, UK	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Angelica Moratelli	6–4, 6–3
Win	16.	23 February 2014	ITF Nottingham, UK	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Pauline Parmentier	3–0 ret.
Loss	17.	28 April 2014	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tímea Babos	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 15 (5 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	8 December 2003	10,000	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Template:Flagicon Raissa Gourevitch	Template:Flagicon Eden Marama Template:Flagicon Paula Marama	6–0, 7–6(2)
Win	4 July 2004	10,000	ITF Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vasilisa Davydova	Template:Flagicon Vasilisa Bardina Template:Flagicon Julia Efremova	7–6(4), 6–0
Loss	27 September 2004	25,000	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Template:Flagicon Giulia Casoni Template:Flagicon Darija Jurak	0–6, 2–6
Win	18 December 2005	50,000	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marina Shamayko	Template:Flagicon Valentina Sassi Template:Flagicon Francesca Lubiani	6–1, 6–3
Loss	8 March 2009	25,000	ITF Fort Walton Beach, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Panova Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek	2–6, 2–6
Loss	26 April 2009	75,000	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Panova	Template:Flagicon Julie Ditty Template:Flagicon Carly Gullickson	6–2, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss	5 April 2010	50,000	ITF Torhout, Belgium	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Hana Birnerová	Template:Flagicon Mona Barthel Template:Flagicon Justine Ozga	5–7, 2–6
Loss	25 October 2010	25,000	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Template:Flagicon Iryna Brémond	Template:Flagicon Oksana Kalashnikova Template:Flagicon Marta Sirotkina	3–6, 1–6
Win	8 November 2010	25,000	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Elena Bovina	Template:Flagicon Paula Kania Template:Flagicon Katarzyna Piter	6–4, 6–0
Loss	26 March 2011	25,000	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marina Shamayko	Template:Flagicon Albina Khabibulina Template:Flagicon Nigina Abduraimova	6–4, 6–7(3), [8–10]
Loss	14 April 2012	25,000	ITF Pelham, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Elena Bovina	Template:Flagicon Julie Coin Template:Flagicon Marie-Ève Pelletier	5–7, 4–6
Win	28 April 2013	50,000	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nadiia Kichenok	Template:Flagicon Başak Eraydın Template:Flagicon Aleksandrina Naydenova	3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss	14 April 2014	25,000	ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Veronika Kudermetova	Template:Flagicon Albina Khabibulina Template:Flagicon Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–2, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss	26 May 2014	25,000	ITF Moscow, Russia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Evgeniya Rodina	Template:Flagicon Anna Danilina Template:Flagicon Xenia Knoll	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6 April 2015	25,000	GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Naomi Broady	Template:Flagicon Stéphanie Foretz Template:Flagicon Ana Vrljić	2–6, 7–5, [7–10]

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