Kateryna Baindl (, née Kozlova ; born 20 February 1994) is a Ukrainian inactive tennis player. On 19 February 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 22 October 2012, she peaked at No. 139 in the doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
In 2021, she married Michael Baindl and changed from Kozlova to Kateryna Baindl as her competing name.
Career 2015: Suspension due to doping On 27 May 2015, the International Tennis Federation announced that Kozlova has been found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation. She was found positive to a doping substance after taking a stimulant, dimethylbutylamine. Kozlova's suspension was reduced to six months starting from 15 February to 15 August 2015.Another Doping Scandal in Tennis! Kozlova and Janahi Both Disqualified!
2018: Top 5 win, maiden WTA Tour final In February, Kozlova reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2018 Taiwan Open, defeating Sabine Lisicki in the semifinals, before losing the championship match to Timea Babos.
In May at the French Open, she became the second player to defeat a defending champion in the first round of the French Open, after a straight sets victory over 2017 champion Jeļena Ostapenko.
At the 2018 Tashkent Open Kozlova reached the semifinals but lost to Anastasia Potapova.
2022: Poland Open semifinal Having lost in qualifying, Baindl gained entry to the Poland Open as a lucky loser where wins over 11th seed Maryna Zanevska, qualifier Sara Errani and eighth seed Petra Martić, saw her reach the semifinals. She lost to Ana Bogdan in the last four.
At the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma, she qualified into the main draw where she was defeated by world No. 7 and top seed, Maria Sakkari.
2023-2024: Australian Open third round At the 2023 Australian Open, Baindl defeated Kamilla Rakhimova and Caty McNally to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. She lost to 17th seed Jeļena Ostapenko.
Baindl reached her second career singles final at the 2023 Budapest Grand Prix, defeating Claire Liu in the semifinals. She lost to lucky loser Maria Timofeeva in the final.
She used a protected ranking to get into the 2024 Wimbledon Championships and at the 2024 US Open, but lost in the first round at both events, in straight sets to Laura Siegemund, and to Elisabetta Cocciaretto, respectively.
Performance timeline
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2024 Wuhan Open. Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAQ11R1R1R1RAQ23RA0 / 52–5 French OpenQ1Q2AQ31R2R2R1R1RQ11RQ10 / 62–5 WimbledonQ1Q3A1RQ21R1RNH1RQ11R1R0 / 60–6 US OpenQ2Q31R1R2R1R1R2RQ1Q21R1R0 / 82–8Win–loss0–00–00–10–21–31–41–31–30–20–02–40–20 / 256–24National representation Billie Jean King CupAAZ1AAAZ1AA0 / 03–2WTA 1000Qatar / Dubai OpenAA2RAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1Indian Wells OpenAA1RQ1Q1Q13RNH1RAAA0 / 32–3Miami OpenAA1RQ1Q1AQ2NHAAAA0 / 10–1Madrid OpenAAAAAA3RNH1RQ1AA0 / 22–2Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAAQ1NHAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAAAQ1AAQ1Q1AAAA0 / 00–0Guadalajara OpenNHAANMS0 / 00–0China OpenAAAAAAQ2NH1RA0 / 10–1Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAA1RNHA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–01–30–00–00–04–30–00–20–00–10–00 / 95–9Career statistics201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %Tournaments231011121516611513Career total: 104Titles00000000000Career total: 0Finals00000100001Career total: 2Overall win–loss1–21–37–1012–117–1211–1514–172–69–114–59–130 / 10477–105Year-end ranking2041351659886998910614213899445$2,695,961
Doubles Current through the 2023 US Open. Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAAAA1RA1RAAA0 / 20–2 French OpenAAAAAA1RA2RAAA0 / 21–2 WimbledonAAAAQ1A1R2RNHAA2R0 / 32–3 US OpenAAAAAA1R1RAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–41–21–20–00–01–10 / 93–9National representationBillie Jean King CupAAAZ1AAAZ1AA0 / 01–1WTA 1000Qatar / Dubai OpenAAA1RAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Career statisticsTournaments132202723001Career total: 23Overall win–loss1–10–30–20–20–00–23–72–31–30–00–01–10 / 238–24Year-end ranking141281227n/an/a6172374332821320n/a509
WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendWTA 500WTA 250 (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Taipei Open, Taiwan International Hard (i) Tímea Babos 5–7, 1–6Loss 0–2 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary WTA 250 Clay Maria Timofeeva 3–6, 6–3, 0–6
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Dalian Open, China Hard Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–2Loss 1–1 Copa Colina, Chile Clay Mayar Sherif 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 5–7
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2012ITF Stuttgart, Germany25,000 Clay Florencia Molinero 3–6, 7–5, 6–4Win 2–0 Aug 2012Tatarstan Open, Russia50,000 Hard Tara Moore 6–3, 6–3Win 3–0 Sep 2012ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan25,000 Hard Anna Danilina 6–3, 4–6, 6–4Loss 3–1 Jul 2013ITF Istanbul, Turkey25,000 Hard Elizaveta Kulichkova 3–6, 6–4, 0–6Loss 3–2 Sep 2013Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia25,000 Hard Alexandra Panova 4–6, 6–0, 5–7Loss 3–3 Jun 2014Grado Tennis Cup, Italy25,000 Clay Gioia Barbieri 4–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 4–3 Jul 2014Reinert Open Versmold, Germany50,000 Clay Richèl Hogenkamp 6–4, 6–7(3), 6–1Win 5–3 Jul 2017Internazionale di Roma, Italy60,000 Clay Mariana Duque-Marino 7–6(6), 6–4Loss 5–4 Nov 2018Toronto Challenger, Canada60,000 Hard (i) Quirine Lemoine 2–6, 3–6Loss 5–5 Jul 2022Open de Montpellier, France60,000 Clay Oksana Selekhmeteva 3–6, 7–5, 5–7Loss 5–6 Oct 2022ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain100,000 Hard Jasmine Paolini 4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 22 (13 titles, 9 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 2009ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine10,000 Clay Elina Svitolina Kateryna Avdiyenko Maria Zharkova 7–6(3), 3–6, [9–11]Loss 0–2 Oct 2009ITF Belek, Turkey10,000 Clay Sofiya Kovalets Anna Orlik Kateřina Vaňková 3–6, 0–6Loss 0–3 May 2010ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine25,000 Clay Elina Svitolina Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 2–6Loss 0–4 Jul 2010ITF Pozoblanco, Spain50,000 Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko Akiko Yonemura Tomoko Yonemura 4–6, 6–3, 2–6Win 1–4 Jul 2010ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine25,000 Clay Elina Svitolina Valentyna Ivakhnenko Alyona Sotnikova 6–3, 7–5Win 2–4 Jun 2011ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine25,000 Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko Melanie Klaffner Lina Stančiūtė 6–4, 6–3Win 3–4 Jul 2011Contrexéville Open, France50,000 Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko Erika Sema Roxane Vaisemberg 2–6, 7–5, [12–10]Win 4–4 Aug 2011ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko Vaszilisza Bulgakova Anna Rapoport 6–3, 6–0Loss 4–5 Mar 2012ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Carpet (i) Valentyna Ivakhnenko Margarita Gasparyan Anna Arina Marenko 6–3, 6–7(7), [6–10]Win 5–5 May 2012ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko Darya Lebesheva Julia Valetova 6–1, 6–3Win 6–5 May 2012ITF Astana, Kazakhstan25,000 Hard (i) Valentyna Ivakhnenko Diana Isaeva Ksenia Kirillova 6–2, 6–0Win 7–5 Jun 2012ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan25,000 Hard Valentyna Ivakhnenko Veronika Kapshay Teodora Mirčić 7–5, 6–3Loss 7–6 Jun 2012ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan25,000 Hard Valentyna Ivakhnenko Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 5–7, 5–7Loss 7–7 Jul 2012Donetsk Cup, Ukraine50,000 Hard Valentyna Ivakhnenko Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 2–6, 5–7Win 8–7 Aug 2012Tatarstan Open, Russia50,000 Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 6–4, 6–7(6), [10–4]Win 9–7 Sep 2012ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan25,000 Hard Valentyna Ivakhnenko Nigina Abduraimova Ksenia Palkina 6–2, 6–4Win 10–7 Aug 2013Tatarstan Open, Russia50,000 Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko Başak Eraydın Veronika Kapshay 6–4, 6–1Win 11–7 Sep 2013Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia25,000 Clay Valentyna Ivakhnenko Christina Shakovets Alona Fomina 6–0, 6–4Win 12–7 Jan 2014Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France25,000 Hard (i) Yuliya Beygelzimer Timea Bacsinszky Kristina Barrois 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]Loss 12–8 Feb 2014Open de Grenoble, France25,000 Hard (i) Margarita Gasparyan Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva 1–6, 4–6Win 13–8 Feb 2014ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Hard (i) Valentyna Ivakhnenko Veronika Kudermetova Sviatlana Pirazhenka 7–6(6), 6–4Loss 13–9 Aug 2018Vancouver Open, Canada100,000 Hard Arantxa Rus Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos 2–6, 5–7
Wins over top 10 players Season 2018 2019 Total Wins 1 1 2
No.PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore20181. Jeļena OstapenkoNo. 5French Open, FranceClay1R7–5, 6–3No. 6620192. Karolína PlíškováNo. 5Madrid Open, SpainClay2R7–5, 2–6, 6–4No. 85
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