2008: First WTA Tour title 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. 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. At the
French Open, Bondarenko lost in the first round to 13th seed and eventual finalist
Dinara Safina. However, in doubles, she and Alona reached the semifinals where they lost to
Casey Dellacqua/
Francesca Schiavone. Bondarenko began grass-court season at the
Birmingham Classic. Seeded 12th, she stunned world No. 92,
Anne Keothavong, in the first and qualifier
Samantha Stosur, in the second round. In the third round, she beat lucky loser
Melinda Czink, in three sets. In her second quarterfinal of the year she beat world No. 52,
Petra Cetkovská, to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal where she defeated world No. 64,
Marina Erakovic, to reach her first WTA singles final. In the final, Bondarenko defeated world No. 85,
Yanina Wickmayer, to win her only WTA singles title. The week after, she played at the
Rosmalen Open where she lost in the first round to qualifier and eventual champion,
Tamarine Tanasugarn. At
Wimbledon, Bondarenko defeated qualifier
Rika Fujiwara. In the second round, she lost to fourth seed
Svetlana Kuznetsova, in straight sets. Bondarenko began the
US Open Series at the
Stanford Classic where she beat world No. 72,
Ashley Harkleroad, but lost in the second round to world No. 32,
Dominika Cibulková. At the
LA Championships, she lost in the first round to world No. 122,
Meng Yuan, in three sets. Seeded seventh at the
Nordic Light Open, she lost in the first round to world No. 77,
Camille Pin. Bondarenko represented Ukraine at the
Beijing Olympics. She lost in the first round to fifth seed and eventual gold medalist Elena Dementieva. This was the fourth time that year that Bondarenko has lost to Dementieva. In doubles, she and Alona reached the semifinals where they lost to second seeds
Serena Williams/
Venus Williams, in three sets. In the bronze medal match, they lost to Chinese pair
Yan Zi/Zheng Jie, and ended in fourth place. Bondarenko lost in the first round at the
US Open to fourth seed and eventual champion Serena Williams. In doubles, she and Alona lost in the third round to tenth seeds and eventual finalists
Lisa Raymond/Samantha Stosur. Bondarenko qualified for the
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix defeating
Lucie Hradecká in the final round of qualifying. She beat world No. 15,
Flavia Pennetta, in the second round, she lost to sixth seed Venus Williams. At the
Kremlin Cup, Bondarenko lost in the first round of qualifying to
Aravane Rezaï. At the
Zurich Open, she lost in the final round of qualifying to
Monica Niculescu. Playing her final tournament of the year, the
Ladies Linz, she lost in the first round to fifth seed Nadia Petrova in three sets. Bondarenko ended the year ranked No. 63 in singles and No. 10 in doubles.
2009: US Open quarterfinal Bondarenko began her season at the
Brisbane International. She lost in the first round to second seed and eventual champion Victoria Azarenka. Next, she played at the
Hobart International. She lost in the first round to world No. 57,
Magdaléna Rybáriková. In doubles, Bondarenko partnered with her sister Alona. They reached the final which they lost to
Gisela Dulko/Flavia Pennetta, in two sets. At the
Australian Open, Bondarenko upset ninth seed
Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round. In the second round, she beat world No. 90,
Lourdes Domínguez Lino. In the third round, she lost to 22nd seed Zheng Jie, in straight sets.
2012: Retirement from tennis Bondarenko started off her 2012 season by playing doubles at
Hobart. Partnering with
Anastasia Rodionova, she defeated
Shuko Aoyama/
Irina Falconi in the first round. In the quarterfinals, they upset top seeds
Lucie Hradecká/
Anabel Medina Garrigues. In the semifinals, they lost to third seeds
Chuang Chia-jung/Marina Erakovic in the super tie-breaker. Bondarenko next participated at the
Australian Open. In the first round, she lost to world No. 66,
Vania King. She played for
Ukraine in the
Fed Cup tie against
Italy. She lost both of her matches to Sara Errani and Francesca Schiavone. Italy defeated Ukraine 3–2. Seeded sixth for qualifying at the
Qatar Ladies Open, she qualified beating
Alizé Lim and 13th seed
Casey Dellacqua, in straight sets, respectively. In the first round, she beat fellow qualifier
Vera Dushevina, before she went over world No. 23, Flavia Pennetta. In the third round, Bondarenko lost to world No. 31, Monica Niculescu. Playing qualifying at
Dubai, she was beaten in the second round of qualifying by
Aleksandra Wozniak. Seeded second for qualifying at
Indian Wells, Bondarenko lost in the first round to
Paula Ormaechea. Seeded top in qualifying at
Miami, she defeated
Mirjana Lučić in the final round of qualifying. In the first round, she beat fellow qualifier
Urszula Radwańska. In the second, she lost to 20th seed
Daniela Hantuchová in a tough three-set match. Bondarenko began clay-court season at the
Charleston Cup. In the first round, she defeated world No. 84,
Olga Govortsova. In the second round, she lost easily to fourth seed Vera Zvonareva. At the
Porsche Grand Prix, Bondarenko reached the final round of qualifying where she lost to
Anna Chakvetadze. Still entering the draw as a lucky loser, she lost in the first round to qualifier
Gréta Arn. At the
Italian Open, she retired in the first round of qualifying, trailing 7–6 to Anastasia Rodionova. At the
Brussels Open, she lost in the first round to tenth seed Nadia Petrova. Playing at the
French Open, Bondarenko lost in the first round to qualifier Chan Yung-jan. She played only one grass-court tournament to prepare for Wimbledon. At the
Rosmalen Open, she upset second seed Sara Errani in the first round in three sets. In the second round, she lost to world No. 53,
Kim Clijsters. At
Wimbledon, she beat world No. 82,
Kimiko Date-Krumm, in the first round but was eliminated in the second by 14th seed
Ana Ivanovic. Bondarenko had led their head-to-head 2–0. At the
Swedish Open, she defeated qualifier
Carina Witthöft in the first round, in two sets. In the second, she lost to seventh seed
Mona Barthel in straight sets. Representing
Ukraine at the
Summer Olympics, Bondarenko lost in the first round to sixth seed Petra Kvitová, in three sets. Playing qualifying at the
Cincinnati Open, she lost in the final round of qualifying to
Eleni Daniilidou. At the
New Haven Open, Bondarenko was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Anastasia Rodionova. At the
US Open, the final tournament of her career, she lost in the first round to 30th seed and former world No. 1,
Jelena Janković. Bondarenko then retired from the WTA Tour due to being pregnant.
2014: Return from pregnancy She made her return in the qualifying for the
Katowice Open, where she lost to
Kristína Kučová from Slovakia in two sets. At the French Open, Bondarenko lost in the first round of qualifying to
Indy de Vroome. She made a quarterfinal at the $10k event in Budapest, Hungary and also at the $25k event in Kristinehamn, where she won the doubles partnering
Cornelia Lister from Sweden. She lost to
Kateřina Siniaková in three sets in the first round of qualifying for Bad Gastein, and in the second round of qualifying against
Yulia Putintseva at Båstad after beating
Stephanie Vogt in two sets. Bondarenko managed to qualify for Baku by beating
Jovana Jakšić, in straight sets, but she lost in the first round to
Julia Glushko, in three sets. She received a wildcard into the first round of the
Tashkent Open where she fell to the top seed and defending champion
Bojana Jovanovski in a tight three set match. She won a $25k event in Monterrey by beating
Ana Vrljić. A few weeks later she won a $50k event in Macon by beating
Grace Min in the final in two sets. Her last tournament of the year was a $50k event in Captiva Island, where she was beaten by Julia Glushko in three sets.
2015: Back in the game Bondarenko began season by playing qualifying at the
Australian Open but lost in the second round to 22nd seed
Laura Siegemund, in straight sets. Next, she played at the
Diamond Games where she qualified for her first Premier-level tournament since coming back to the WTA Tour by defeating
Dinah Pfizenmaier in the final round of qualifying. In the main draw, she lost to sixth seed Dominika Cibulková. At the
Abierto Mexicano, she lost in the second round of qualifying to sixth seed
Richèl Hogenkamp. She then played at the
Monterrey Open where she lost in the final round of qualifying to fourth seed
Tímea Babos. Bondarenko began clay-court season at the
Charleston Open. Seeded 15th in qualifying, she qualified by defeating
Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final round. In the main draw, she had her first WTA Tour win since she returned from retirement by beating
Alison Riske in three sets. In the second round, Bondarenko lost to seventh seed and eventual finalist,
Madison Keys. Bondarenko qualified for the
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix by beating
Alexa Glatch in the final round of qualifying, before she lost in the first round to
Lucie Šafářová. At the
Prague Open, she lost in the second round of qualifying to sixth seed
Danka Kovinić, in straight sets. However, in doubles, Bondarenko partnered up with
Eva Hrdinová. They reached the final, losing to
Belinda Bencic and
Kateřina Siniaková. At the
Madrid Open, Bondarenko lost in the first round of qualifying to 14th seed Marina Erakovic. In the qualifying for the
French Open, she lost in the final round to
Alexa Glatch, in three sets. She began grass-court season by playing qualifying at the first edition of the
Nottingham Open where she lost in the first round to compatriot Olga Savchuk. At the
Birmingham Classic, Bondarenko qualified by beating 13th seed Yanina Wickmayer in the final round. In the first round of the main draw, she was defeated by
Zarina Diyas in two tiebreaks. Seeded tenth for qualifying at
Wimbledon, Bondarenko was defeated in the second round by
Elise Mertens. In the first round of the
Bucharest Open, she lost to Shahar Pe'er. Seeded fourth for qualifying at the
İstanbul Cup, Bondarenko qualified by beating
Hiroko Kuwata and
Nastassja Burnett. In the main draw, she upset top seed Venus Williams in straight sets, and in the second round Mona Barthel, in a three-setter. In the quarterfinals, she lost a close match to compatriot and eventual champion,
Lesia Tsurenko. At the
Baku Cup, Bondarenko beat qualifier
Valentyna Ivakhnenko in the first round. In the second round, she retired trailing 0–3 to
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova due to a right lower leg injury. Bondarenko started US Open Series by playing qualifying at the
Stanford Classic. Seeded second, she qualified by defeating wildcard Caroline Doyle and sixth seed Petra Martić. In the first round, she lost to eighth seed and compatriot
Elina Svitolina. Bondarenko qualified for the
Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, beating 19th seed
Lara Arruabarrena and
Jana Čepelová. In the first round, she lost in a tough match to world No. 26,
Eugenie Bouchard. Seeded 6th for qualifying at the
US Open, Bondarenko made it through qualifying to qualify for the main draw defeating 18th seed
Nao Hibino in the final round of qualifying. In the first round, she beat world No. 78,
Yulia Putintseva. In the second round, Bondarenko lost with a fight to second seed Simona Halep. This performance made her re-enter the top 90 in the rankings. After the US Open, she turned to the Asian swing. At the
Japan Women's Open, Bondarenko upset top seed
Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round. In the second round, she beat
Jarmila Gajdošová. In the quarterfinals, she lost to eventual champion Yanina Wickmayer in three sets. Seeded third for qualifying at the
Pan Pacific Open, Bondarenko qualified defeating sixth seed
Nao Hibino in the last round of qualifying. In the first round, she lost to sixth seed Suárez Navarro. Seeded 15th for qualifying at the
China Open, Bondarenko made it through qualifying by beating fourth seed
Heather Watson in the final round of qualifying. In the first round, she defeated
Barbora Strýcová. In the second round, she lost to 14th seed
Madison Keys in three sets. Her final tournament of the year was the
Tianjin Open. In the first round, Bondarenko lost to eventual finalist
Danka Kovinić. She ended the year ranked No. 88.
2016: Second Australian Open third round Bondarenko started the year by playing qualifying at the
Brisbane International and qualified for the main draw by beating
Naomi Osaka in the final round of qualifying. In the first round, she lost to world No. 40,
Madison Brengle in three sets. She played qualifying at the
Hobart International and lost in the first round to
Pauline Parmentier. At the
Australian Open, she defeated world No. 67,
Ajla Tomljanović, in the first round. In the second, she earned her first win over 23rd seed Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach the third round for the first time since 2009. In the third round, Bondarenko lost in three sets to 12th seed
Belinda Bencic. Playing qualifying at the
Dubai Championships, Bondarenko beat
Anastasija Sevastova. In the second round of qualifying, she lost to
Tsvetana Pironkova. Bondarenko qualified for the
Qatar Ladies Open defeating
María José Martínez Sánchez and ninth seed
Evgeniya Rodina. In the first round of the main draw, she defeated world No. 40,
Annika Beck. In the second round, she lost to third seed Agnieszka Radwańska. At the
Indian Wells Open, she qualified for the main draw beating
Paula Kania, and 19th seed
Lourdes Domínguez Lino. In the main draw, she defeated world No. 46,
Alison Van Uytvanck, and she rallied to upset 24th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, in three sets. She also beat compatriot and world No. 36,
Lesia Tsurenko, to reach the fourth round for the first time at Indian Wells. In the fourth round, Bondarenko lost to world No. 1, Serena Williams. Nevertheless, this was her best performance at Indian Wells. At the
Miami Open, Bondarenko lost in the first round to world No. 36,
Daria Kasatkina. Bondarenko began clay-court season at the
Charleston Open. In the first round, she upset 16th seed
Misaki Doi. In the second round, Bondarenko lost to qualifier Kristína Kučová. Seeded seventh at the
İstanbul Cup, Bondarenko defeated world No. 98, Olga Govortsova, in the first round. In the second round, she lost again to qualifier
Kristína Kučová. At the
Madrid Open, Bondarenko lost in the first round of qualifying to Kateřina Siniaková. Her final tournament before the French Open was the
Internationaux de Strasbourg. In the first round, she beat world No. 54, Heather Watson. In the second round, Bondarenko lost to seventh seed
Elena Vesnina. At the
French Open, Bondarenko upset seventh seed Roberta Vinci in the first round. In the second round, she lost to world No. 39, Annika Beck. Bondarenko began her grass-court season by playing qualifying at the
Birmingham Classic. She lost in the final round of qualifying to fifth seed and grass-court specialist Tsvetana Pironkova. At the
Eastbourne International, she qualified by beating Carina Witthöft and Anett Kontaveit. In the first round of the main draw, she defeated world No. 38, Yulia Putintseva in three sets4. In the second, Bondarenko upset sixth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. In the third round, she lost to 12th seed and eventual champion Dominika Cibulková. At
Wimbledon, Bondarenko lost in the first round to 27th seed CoCo Vandeweghe. She began the US Open Series by competing at
Stanford and lost in the first round to world No. 156, Urszula Radwańska in straight sets. Bondarenko qualified for the
Rogers Cup beating
Xu Yifan and wildcard
Bianca Andreescu. In the first round, she lost to 14th seed
Karolína Plíšková. Bondarenko qualified for the
Western & Southern Open defeating wildcard
Sofia Kenin and wildcard
Jamie Loeb. In the first round, she lost to world No. 37,
Kristina Mladenovic. Playing qualifying at the
Connecticut Open, Bondarenko defeated wildcard Julia Elbaba in the first round of qualifying. In the second round of qualifying, she retired trailing 1–3 to
Nicole Gibbs. In doubles, she and her partner Chuang Chia-jung reached the final where they lost to second seeds
Sania Mirza/Monica Niculescu. At the
US Open, Bondarenko defeated
Hsieh Su-wei in the first round. In the second round, she beat world No. 61,
Zheng Saisai, in a tough three-set match. After the match, a fan jumped onto the court trying to engage Bondarenko, but ended up getting arrested. In the third round, Bondarenko lost to world No. 48, Anastasija Sevastova. At the
Japan Women's Open, she lost in the first round to world No. 75,
Louisa Chirico in straight sets. Bondarenko qualified for the
Pan Pacific Open defeating eighth seed
Aleksandra Krunić in the final round of qualifying. In the first round, she lost to Anastasija Sevastova in straight sets. At the
Wuhan Open, Bondarenko lost in the second round of qualifying to sixth seed Alizé Cornet. Her final tournament of the year was the
China Open. She lost in the first round of qualifying to
Han Xinyun, in three sets. Bondarenko ended the year ranked No. 70.
2017: First WTA singles title since 2008 Bondarenko began the season by playing qualifying at the
Brisbane International. She made it to the final round of qualifying where she lost to
Asia Muhammad. However, she made it into the main draw as a lucky loser. In the first round, she lost in a thriller to eighth seed Roberta Vinci. Next, Bondarenko played qualifying at the
Sydney International where she qualified defeating
Naomi Broady in the final round. In the main draw, she was defeated by fellow qualifier
Christina McHale. At the
Australian Open, Bondarenko lost in the first round to 21st seed
Caroline Garcia. In February, Bondarenko competed at the
Qatar Ladies Open. She lost in the second round of qualifying to Christina McHale. At the
Dubai Championships, she won her first singles match of the year defeating qualifier
Aryna Sabalenka in the first round. In the second round, Bondarenko won when fifth seed Garbiñe Muguruza retired at 4–1 in the opening set due to a left achilles injury. In the third round, she lost to tenth seed and eventual finalist
Caroline Wozniacki. Playing at the
Abierto Mexicano, Bondarenko was defeated in the first round by Julia Görges. At
Indian Wells, she lost in the first round to
Wang Qiang. In
Miami, she won her first-round match over wildcard
Paula Badosa. In the second round, she lost a tough three-set match to 26th seed Mirjana Lučić-Baroni. Bondarenko began her clay-court season at the
Charleston Open. She lost in the second round to seventh seed
Kiki Bertens. In Stuttgart at the
Porsche Grand Prix, Bondarenko was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Anett Kontaveit. At the
Morocco Open, Bondarenko lost in the second round to seventh seed
Lauren Davis. In
Madrid, Bondarenko was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Océane Dodin. At the
Italian Open, she lost in the first round of qualifying to Varvara Lepchenko. Playing in her final tournament before the French Open at the
Nürnberger Versicherungscup, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by
Alexandra Cadanțu.
2020 In January, Bondarenko kicked off her 2020 season at the
Shenzhen Open. She reached the quarterfinal round where she lost to Kristýna Plíšková. At the
Australian Open, she was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard
Arina Rodionova. In February, Bondarenko competed at the
Thailand Open where she lost in the first round to fifth seed and eventual champion,
Magda Linette. At the
Mexican Open, she was defeated in the second round by seventh seed and eventual champion, Heather Watson.
2023-2024 Ranked No. 267, she qualified for the main draw of the WTA 500
2023 Zhengzhou Open, losing in the first round to
Zheng Qinwen. Ranked No. 323, at the age of 38, she qualified for the main draw of the WTA 500, the
2024 Monterrey Open, but was defeated by lucky loser
Lina Glushko in the first round. ==Grand Slam performance timelines==