Ekaterina Bychkova

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

Career 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) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 14 December 2003 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Gabriela Velasco Andreu 6–1, 6–4Win 2. 4 July 2004 ITF Krasnoarmeisk, Russia Hard Olga Panova 6–2, 6–3Win 3. 23 August 2004 ITF Moscow, Russia Clay Maria Kondratieva 6–2, 6–1Loss 4. 3 October 2004 ITF Belgrade, Serbia Clay Virág Németh 6–2, 2–6, 2–6Loss 5. 19 December 2004 ITF Bergamo, Italy Carpet (i) Michaëlla Krajicek 4–6, 3–6Win 6. 27 March 2005 Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Emma Laine 6–1, 6–2Loss 7. 1 May 2005 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Laura Pous Tió 6–7(4), 6–4Win 8. 17 December 2005 ITF Bergamo, Italy Carpet (i) Mervana Jugić-Salkić 6–3, 6–0Win 9. 18 June 2006 Open de Marseille, France Clay Séverine Beltrame 6–1, 6–2Loss 10. 3 May 2009 ITF Charlottesville, United States Clay Lindsay Lee-Waters 3–6, 5–7Win 11. 19 June 2009 Open Contrexéville, France Clay Kathrin Wörle-Scheller 6–4, 6–4Loss 12. 26 July 2009 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja 3–6, 2–6Win 13. 7 August 2010 ITF Moscow, Russia Clay Darya Kustova 6–2, 7–5Loss 14. 26 March 2011 ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard Jasmina Tinjić 6–7, 6–2, 6–7 Win 15. 14 April 2013 ITF Edgbaston, UK Hard (i) Angelica Moratelli 6–4, 6–3Win 16. 23 February 2014 ITF Nottingham, UK Hard (i) Pauline Parmentier 3–0 ret.Loss 17. 28 April 2014 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Hard Tímea Babos 1–6, 2–6

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