Kateryna Bondarenko

Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine.

Bondarenko was born on 8 August 1986 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR (nowadays Ukraine) to father, Vladimir, and mother, Natalia.

She was introduced to tennis at age four by her parents.

She has two sisters, Valeria and Alona, both used to play on the WTA Tour.

Her favourite surface is hardcourt.

She plays right-handed and turned pro in 2000.

Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are world No. 29 and No. 9, respectively.

She was the doubles champion in 2008 at the Australian Open, partnering her sister Alona Bondarenko.

Kateryna is the younger sister of professional tennis players Valeria and Alona.

However, on 24 January 2008, paired with her sister Alona, she won the doubles tournament at the Australian Open without seeding, defeating in the final the No. 12-seeded pair Victoria Azarenka/Shahar Pe'er, in three sets.

After that, she played for Ukraine in the tie against Belgium in the 2008 Fed Cup World Group II.

She lost her first match to Yanina Wickmayer and won her last match defeating Tamaryn Hendler.

Ukraine defeated Belgium 3–2.

At the Paris Indoor, she upset fifth seed and defending champion, Nadia Petrova, in the first round, in three sets, and she defeated qualifier and compatriot Yuliana Fedak.

In the quarterfinals, she lost to fourth seed Elena Dementieva in straight sets.

In doubles, she partnered with her sister Alona, and they won the tournament defeating Czech pair Vladimíra Uhlířová/Eva Hrdinová in the final.

Bondarenko then played at the Diamond Games in Antwerp, where she beat qualifier and compatriot Tatiana Perebiynis and young Russian Alisa Kleybanova.

During the match, she suffered a left hip strain.

In doubles, partnering up with her sister Alona, they lost in the semifinals to second seeds Květa Peschke/Ai Sugiyama.

Kateryna's injury prevented her from playing at the Qatar Open.

Bondarenko returned at the Indian Wells Open.

Seeded No. 30 and getting a first-round bye, she was upset in the second round by world No. 216, Jie Zheng.

At the Miami Open, she defeated Pauline Parmentier, in the second round, she lost to tenth seed Elena Dementieva.

Playing for Ukraine again at the 2008 Fed Cup World Group play-offs, Ukraine faced Italy.

Bondarenko played one rubber, but she lost to Sara Errani.

In the end, Italy defeated Ukraine 3–2.

She began clay-court season at the German Open in Berlin where she beat world No. 45, Tamira Paszek.

but lost in the second round to seventh seed and eventual finalist Dementieva.

At the Italian Open, Bondarenko defeated world No. 53, Tathiana Garbin.

Then, she lost to sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze.

Playing at Strasbourg, she lost in the first round to world No. 93, Petra Kvitová.

Her best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 US Open.

Over her career, Bondarenko has defeated top ten players Elena Dementieva, Sara Errani, Ana Ivanovic, Garbiñe Muguruza, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwańska, Roberta Vinci, and Venus Williams.

In September 2011, Bondarenko married Denis Volodko.

Their first child, Karin, was born in 2013.

At the French Open, Bondarenko lost in the first round to 13th seed and eventual finalist Dinara Safina.

Bondarenko gave birth to her second child in 2019.

In 2022, she changed her name to Kateryna Volodko after marrying Denis Volodko.

Bondarenko began season at the Hobart International where she lost in the first round to world No. 144, Anna Lapushchenkova.

At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to world No. 69, Aravane Rezaï.