Elena Bovina
Russian tennis player
Elena Olegovna Bovina (Russian: Елена Олеговна Бовина , IPA: [ɪ̯ɪˈlʲenə ˈbovʲɪnə] ; born 10 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 in April 2005. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when she got to the quarterfinals of the 2002 US Open , defeating Clarisa Fernández , Jelena Dokic , Stéphanie Foretz , and Francesca Schiavone , before losing to Lindsay Davenport .
In June 2005, Bovina sustained a right shoulder injury, which forced her to withdraw from all tournaments through the end of the year. She pulled out of all events she had entered in early 2006, and for some time, she was unranked in both singles and doubles. She returned to the WTA Tour at the Kremlin Cup in October 2006.
She won three career singles titles, including the Tier II Pilot Pen Tennis Open. She was a finalist in three singles tournaments, and won five career doubles titles, including the Pan Pacific Open (with Rennae Stubbs ), and the Swisscom Challenge in Zurich with Justine Henin-Hardenne . In addition, she won the 2004 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Nenad Zimonjić , and was the runner-up in the 2002 French Open mixed doubles tournament. She also was on the victorious 2005 Russian Fed Cup squad and was also on the team from 2001 to 2003.
In 2017, Bovina returned to tennis after a four-year hiatus. She competed in some ITF events during 2017 and the following year.[ 1]
Grand Slam tournament finals
Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (1–1)
Tier III, IV & V (2–2)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
1.
Apr 2001
Estoril Open , Portugal
Clay
Ángeles Montolio
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win
2.
May 2002
Warsaw Open , Poland
Clay
Henrieta Nagyová
6–3, 6–1
Win
3.
Sep 2002
Bell Challenge , Canada
Carpet (i)
Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian
6–3, 6–4
Win
4.
Aug 2004
New Haven Open , United States
Hard
Nathalie Dechy
6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Loss
5.
Oct 2004
Hasselt , Belgium
Carpet (i)
Elena Dementieva
0–6, 6–0, 4–6
Loss
6.
Oct 2004
Linz Open , Austria
Hard (i)
Amélie Mauresmo
2–6, 0–6
Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam
Tier I (2–0)
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III, IV & V (3–2)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1.
Oct 2001
Bratislava Open , Slovakia
Hard (i)
Dája Bedáňová
Nathalie Dechy Meilen Tu
6–3, 6–4
Win
2.
Oct 2001
Luxembourg Open
Hard (i)
Daniela Hantuchová
Bianka Lamade Patty Schnyder
6–3, 6–3
Win
3.
Apr 2002
Estoril Open , Portugal
Clay
Zsófia Gubacsi
Barbara Rittner María Vento-Kabchi
6–3, 6–1
Loss
4.
Apr 2002
Budapest Grand Prix , Hungary
Clay
Zsófia Gubacsi
Catherine Barclay Émilie Loit
6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss
5.
May 2002
Bol Open , Croatia
Clay
Henrieta Nagyová
Tathiana Garbin Angelique Widjaja
5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win
6.
Oct 2002
Zurich Open , Switzerland
Carpet (i)
Justine Henin
Jelena Dokic Nadia Petrova
6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win
7.
Feb 2003
Pan Pacific Open , Japan
Carpet (i)
Rennae Stubbs
Lisa Raymond Lindsay Davenport
6–3, 6–4
Loss
8.
Aug 2003
LA Championships , US
Hard
Els Callens
Mary Pierce Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 3–6
ITF finals
Singles: 11 (8–3)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
31 May 1998
ITF El Paso, United States
Hard
Diana Ospina
3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win
2.
6 February 2000
ITF Jersey, United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Helen Reesby
6–2, 6–3
Win
3.
13 February 2000
Birmingham , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Anna Zaporozhanova
6–1, 6–2
Win
4.
20 February 2000
Redbridge , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Julie Pullin
2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Loss
1.
5 March 2000
Chengdu , China
Hard
Yi Jingqian
1–6, 2–6
Win
5.
17 August 2008
Bronx Open , United States
Hard
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
6–3, 7–5
Win
6.
16 March 2009
Tenerife , Spain
Hard
Rebecca Marino
6–2, 6–4
Win
7.
7 February 2010
Belfort , France
Carpet (i)
Romina Oprandi
7–6(3) , 5–7, 6–4
Win
8.
9 August 2010
Tallinn , Estonia
Hard
Anne Keothavong
6–4, 4–1 ret.
Loss
2.
19 February 2012
Portimão , Portugal
Hard
Justine Ozga
6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Loss
3.
8 April 2012
ITF Jackson, United States
Clay
Heidi El Tabakh
0–6, 4–6
Doubles: 17 (11–6)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Winner
1.
6 February 2000
ITF Jersey, United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Anna Zaporozhanova
Selima Sfar Jo Ward
6–3, 6–2
Winner
2.
13 February 2000
Birmingham , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Anna Zaporozhanova
Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up
3.
4 September 2000
Denain , France
Clay
Mariana Díaz Oliva
Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 0–6
Winner
4.
6 June 2009
Galatina , Italy
Clay
Regina Kulikova
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up
5.
12 June 2009
Open de Marseille , France
Clay
Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin María Emilia Salerni
7–6(4) , 3–6, [7–10]
Winner
6.
7 February 2010
Belfort , France
Carpet (i)
Irena Pavlovic
Nikola Hofmanova Karina Pimkina
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner
7.
6 March 2010
Minsk , Belarus
Hard (i)
Irena Pavlovic
Maret Ani Vitalia Diatchenko
6–0, 6–1
Winner
8.
8 November 2010
Minsk, Belarus
Hard (i)
Ekaterina Bychkova
Paula Kania Katarzyna Piter
6–4, 6–0
Winner
9.
3 April 2011
Monzón , Spain
Hard
Valeria Savinykh
Margalita Chakhnashvili Ivana Lisjak
6–1, 2–6, [10–4]
Winner
10.
16 October 2011
Troy , United States
Hard
Valeria Savinykh
Varvara Lepchenko Mashona Washington
7–6(6) , 6–3
Runner-up
11.
6 March 2012
Fort Walton Beach , United States
Hard
Alizé Lim
Madison Brengle Paula Kania
3–6, 4–6
Winner
12.
8 April 2012
Jackson , United States
Clay
Tereza Mrdeža
Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up
13.
14 April 2012
Pelham , United States
Clay
Ekaterina Bychkova
Julie Coin Marie-Ève Pelletier
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up
14.
29 April 2012
Charlottesville Open , United States
Clay
Julia Glushko
Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack
2–6, 2–6
Winner
15.
18 June 2012
ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden
Clay
Valeria Solovyeva
Viktoryia Kisialeva Ilona Kremen
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up
16.
30 September 2012
Las Vegas Open , United States
Hard
Edina Gallovits-Hall
Anastasia Rodionova Arina Rodionova
2–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner
17.
18 June 2012
ITF New Braunfels, United States
Hard
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Mariana Duque Mariño Adriana Pérez
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
References
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