Biography
Career Statistics
Through Spring 2025; Dual records in parentheses
Singles:
2024-25 (Wichita State): 8-5 (8-5)
2022-23 (Miami): 1-7 (1-2)
2021-22 (Miami): 6-4 (6-4)
Overall: 15-16 (15-11)
Doubles:
2024-25 (Wichita State): 2-7 (2-7)
2022-23 (Miami): 4-3 (2-1)
2021-22 (Miami): 3-5 (3-5)
Overall: 9-15 (7-13)
2024-25 (Junior):
Joined team for spring semester and was quickly a regular lineup contributor, primarily competing at courts four and five...Overcame 4-1 deficit in doubles with partner Anne Knuettel to clinch doubles point on March 30 vs. UTSA, 7-5... clinching win at No. 5 singles against No. 66 Princeton on March 14 with 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory...Clinched doubles point against No. 61 Tulane with 6-4 win at court three with Knuettel...Won eight of first ten decisions in singles...Earned first singles win as a Shocker on February 1 with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win against Kansas State
2023-24 (Junior):
Withdrew from Miami and did not compete at college level.
2022-23 at Miami (Sophomore)
Finished 1-7 in singles and 4-3 in doubles in...Beat Texas’ Gabby Cusano, 6-2, 6-1, in the Miami Spring Invite … Also won two doubles matches against Texas the same weekend, both alongside Brooke Dugarte … Defeated Susanna Brass/Gabby Cusano, 6-2, and downed Gabby Cusano/Simran Kortikere, 6-3 … Partnered with current Shocker assistant coach Maya Tahan for two wins in the Miami Fall Invite … Beat Florida’s Emma Shelton/Anastasia Sysoeva, 7-6 (7-4), and beat Kentucky’s Makayla Mills/Maialen Morante, 6-2.
2021-22 at Miami (Freshman)
Joined Hurricanes for the spring semester as true freshman… Finished 6-4 in singles and 3-5 in doubles, all in dual match play...Went 1-2 versus ranked doubles pairs…All singles results came at the No. 6 position...Earned a 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 victory over Meghan Coleman at No. 44 Notre Dame for her first victory…Topped Dina Chaika, 6-3, 6-0, at Louisville...Downed Boston College’s Hailey Wilcox, 6-0, 6-1...Extended her winning streak to four with a 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5) decision over Kate Sharabura, staving off six match points in a 4-3 win over No. 32 Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship quarterfinals … Beat Elodie Foster of No. 61 Stetson, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round of the NCAA Team Championship...Topped No. 21 UCF’s Sophia Biolay, 6-1, 6-1, in the NCAA Round of 32...Competed with two different doubles partners, going 0-1 with Audrey Boch-Collins at the No. 3 spot and 3-4 with Maya Tahan at the No. 2 position...Downed Dina Chaika/Chelsea Sawyer, 6-2, at Louisville for her first collegiate doubles win...Tallied her first ranked victory by beating No. 40 Miyuka Kimoto/Polina Kozyreva of No. 71 Syracuse, 6-4...Topped Boston College’s Sophia Edwards/Hailey Wilcox, 6-3.
Colin Foster on Nikolenko:
"Tatyana brings a ton of international and college experience with her to our team. She is excited to reenter college tennis and bring that experience she has to this group."
High School:
Peaked at No. 53 in the ITF Juniors rankings in January 2021 and entered college at No. 135 internationally...Owned WTA rankings of 1,507 in singles and 1,665 in doubles at the time of her enrollment...Competed in both the Wimbledon Junior Championships and the US Open Junior Championships in 2021...Won five amateur titles, including a J2 trophy in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, in October 2021, as well as three J3 events and one J4 tournament.
Personal
Full name is Tatyana Nikolenko...Name is pronounced Tat-Ee-AH-Nuh Nee-Koe-LEN-Koe...Goes by Tati … Born January. 2, 2004 … Parents are Yuri and Elena … Father is a lawyer and mother is a secretary … Has an older brother, Artem, and a younger brother, Yaroslav  Enjoys drawing, swimming and weaving...Committed to Miami over FIU, Georgia, Iowa State, Oklahoma, USF, Texas A&M and VCU
