Vlada Katic
Vlada Katic (née Ekshibarova; Hebrew: ולדה אקשיברובה; born 14 March 1989) is an Israeli-Uzbekistani tennis player.
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Born | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR | 14 March 1989
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Dejan Katic |
Prize money | US$ 123,020 |
Singles | |
Career record | 377–237 (61.4%) |
Career titles | 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 352 (14 July 2008) |
Current ranking | No. 668 (31 August 2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 179–158 (53.1%) |
Career titles | 15 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 319 (20 June 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 758 (16 March 2020) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 1–14 |
Last updated on: 12 September 2020. |
She has won eight singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[1] On 14 July 2008, Katic reached her best singles ranking of world No. 352.[2] On 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 319 in the doubles rankings.[2]
Her coach is Dejan Katic[3] whom she married.
Career
Ekshibarova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2004 Tashkent Open, having received a wild card into the doubles tournament with Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva, but they lost to Ekaterina Bychkova and Maria Goloviznina in the first round.[4] Playing for Uzbekistan at the Fed Cup, Ekshibarova had a win-loss record of 1–9.[5]
In 2016, she became an Israeli citizen.[6] In June 2016, Ekshibarova decided to play for Israel instead of Uzbekistan.[6]
In December 2017, Ekshibarova won the Israel Tennis Women's Singles Championship, beating Deniz Khazaniuk 7–6, 5–4 (ret.) in the final, and won the Doubles Championship, partnering with Maya Tahan.[6]
In 2018, she played for the Israel Fed Cup team, going 0–3 in singles. In Fed Cup, she has an overall win/loss record of 1–14.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner-ups)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 30 July 2006 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(9–7) |
Win | 2. | 13 July 2007 | ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 1. | 25 November 2007 | ITF Manila, Philippines | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 14 November 2010 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 4. | 19 February 2011 | Aurangabad, India | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 26 February 2011 | Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 9 April 2011 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 28 June 2014 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 6. | 5 July 2014 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 4. | 22 May 2016 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 7. | 12 June 2016 | Akko, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 18 September 2016 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
7–6, 3–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 2 October 2016 | Tiberias, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 8 October 2016 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 4 June 2017 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 8. | 13 August 2017 | İstanbul, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 9. | 26 November 2017 | Heraklion, Greece | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 10. | 24 June 2018 | Kaltenkirchen, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 11. | 17 December 2018 | ITF Antalya | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Doubles: 32 (15–17)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 24 October 2010 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 2–6, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 2. | 1 May 2015 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 11 May 2015 | Acre, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 18 May 2015 | Netanya, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 21 June 2015 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 17 October 2015 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Winner | 2. | 7 November 2015 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [10–1] |
Runner-up | 6. | 14 November 2015 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 28 November 2015 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 4 December 2015 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 8. | 9 April 2016 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 20 May 2016 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 9. | 3 June 2016 | Kiryat Shmona, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–1, [6–10] |
Winner | 5. | 10 June 2016 | Akko, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 3–6, [10–6] |
Runner-up | 10. | 27 June 2016 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 6. | 4 July 2016 | Buca, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 18 September 2016 | Askelon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 3–6, [10–8] |
Runner-up | 11. | 19 September 2016 | Kiryat Gat, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Winner | 8. | 2 October 2016 | Tiberias, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 12. | 5 November 2016 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 12. | 13 November 2016 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 9. | 26 November 2016 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Winner | 10. | 4 December 2016 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
Winner | 11. | 9 December 2016 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 14. | 1 April 2017 | İstanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | 6 May 2017 | Acre, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 13. | 8 June 2018 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, [10–6] |
Runner-up | 15. | 23 June 2018 | Kaltenkirchen, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
Winner | 14. | 14 September 2018 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
Runner-up | 16. | 19 January 2019 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 17. | 10 February 2019 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 15. | 30 March 2019 | ITF Tel Aviv | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
References
- "Vlada Katic Women's Doubles Titles"
- "Vlada Katic; Overview"
- "Katic, Vlada, 2019 ITF Turkey 01A, Women Doubles, ITF Women, Tennis". Statistics.
- "Vlada Ekshibarova". Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- "Vlada Ekshibarova". Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- "Sports short: Ekshibarova, Sela capture national tennis titles". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
External links
- Vlada Katic at the Women's Tennis Association
- Vlada Katic at the International Tennis Federation
- Vlada Katic at the Billie Jean King Cup