Elena Likhovtseva

Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva (Russian: Елена Александровна Лиховцева [jɪˈlʲɛnə ˈlʲixəftsɨvə]; born 8 September 1975) is a Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992, at the age of 16.

Elena Likhovtseva
Елена Лиховцева
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceMoscow
Born (1975-09-08) 8 September 1975
Alma-Ata, Soviet Union
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Turned pro1992
Retired2008 (last match)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$6,237,556
Singles
Career record433–372
Career titles3 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 15 (25 October 1999)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQF (2000)
French OpenSF (2005)
WimbledonQF (2002)
US Open4R (1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)
Doubles
Career record526–314
Career titles27 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 3 (27 September 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenF (2004)
French OpenF (2004)
WimbledonSF (2002)
US OpenF (2000, 2004)
Mixed doubles
Career titles2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian OpenW (2007)
French OpenF (2003, 2006)
WimbledonW (2002)
US OpenSF (2000)

Together with Mahesh Bhupathi she won the Wimbledon mixed-doubles championship in 2002, and the Australian Open mixed-doubles championship with Daniel Nestor in 2007.

She also was runner-up in a number of other contests, including the Australian Open women's doubles event in 2004, French Open women's doubles in 2004 and mixed doubles in 2003, and the 2000 and 2004 US Open women's doubles. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the first round of the women's doubles competition with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova, but was defeated in the second.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss2000US OpenHard Cara Black Julie Halard-Decugis
Ai Sugiyama
0–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss2004Australian OpenHard Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
4–6, 3–6
Loss2004French OpenClay Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
0–6, 3–6
Loss2004US OpenHard Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
4–6, 5–7

Mixed doubles: 5 (2–3)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win2002WimbledonGrass Mahesh Bhupati Daniela Hantuchová
Kevin Ullyett
6–2, 7–5
Loss2003French OpenClay Mahesh Bhupathi Lisa Raymond
Mike Bryan
3–6, 4–6
Loss2006Australian OpenHard Daniel Nestor Martina Hingis
Mahesh Bhupathi
3–6, 3–6
Loss2006French OpenClay Daniel Nestor Katarina Srebotnik
Nenad Zimonjić
3–6, 4–6
Win2007Australian OpenHard Daniel Nestor Victoria Azarenka
Max Mirnyi
6–4, 6–4[1]

WTA career finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/1)
Tier II (0/1)
Tier III (1/3)
Tier IV & V (2/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 17 October 1993 Montpellier Carpet (i) Dominique Monami 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 19 February 1995 Oklahoma City Hard (i) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 1–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 5 January 1997 Gold Coast Hard Ai Sugiyama 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–3
Runner-up 2. 17 May 1999 Strasbourg Clay Jennifer Capriati 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 30 October 2000 Leipzig Carpet (i) Kim Clijsters 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 16 February 2003 Doha Hard Anastasia Myskina 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 2 August 2004 Montreal Hard Amélie Mauresmo 1–6, 0–6
Winner 3. 28 August 2004 Forest Hills Hard Iveta Benešová 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 56 (27–29)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/4)
WTA Championships (0/2)
Tier I (4/4)
Tier II (10/16)
Tier III (7/1)
Tier IV & V (6/2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 24 May 1997 Strasbourg Clay Ai Sugiyama Helena Suková
Natasha Zvereva
1–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 11 January 1998 Gold Coast Hard Ai Sugiyama Sung-Hee Park
Wang Shi-ting
1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 22 February 1998 Hanover Carpet (i) Caroline Vis Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
1–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Winner 2. 1 November 1998 Luxembourg Carpet (i) Ai Sugiyama Larisa Neiland
Elena Tatarkova
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–0 ret.
Winner 3. 8 November 1998 Leipzig Carpet (i) Ai Sugiyama Manon Bollegraf
Irina Spîrlea
6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–1
Winner 4. 15 November 1998 Philadelphia Carpet (i) Ai Sugiyama Monica Seles
Natasha Zvereva
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Winner 5. 17 January 1999 Sydney Hard Ai Sugiyama Mary Joe Fernandez
Anke Huber
6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Runner-up 3. 22 February 1999 Paris Carpet (i) Ai Sugiyama Irina Spîrlea
Caroline Vis
5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 6. 4 April 1999 Hilton Head Clay Jana Novotná Barbara Schett
Patty Schnyder
6–1, 6–4
Winner 7. 23 May 1999 Strasbourg Clay Ai Sugiyama Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat
2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Runner-up 4. 1 August 1999 Stanford Hard Anna Kournikova Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 29 August 1999 New Haven Hard Jana Novotná Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–7(1–7), 2–6
Runner-up 6. 7 November 1999 Leipzig Carpet (i) Ai Sugiyama Larisa Neiland
Mary Pierce
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 7. 10 September 2000 US Open Hard Cara Black Ai Sugiyama
Julie Halard-Decugis
0–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner 8. 14 January 2001 Hobart Hard Cara Black Ruxandra Dragomir
Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–4, 6–1
Winner 9. 6 May 2001 Hamburg Clay Cara Black Květa Peschke
Barbara Rittner
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 7 May 2001 Berlin Clay Cara Black Els Callens
Meghann Shaughnessy
4–6, 3–6
Winner 10. 14 May 2001 Rome Clay Cara Black Paola Suárez
Patricia Tarabini
6–1, 6–1
Winner 11. 11 June 2001 Birmingham Grass Cara Black Kimberly Po
Nathalie Tauziat
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 9. 23 June 2001 Eastbourne Grass Cara Black Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 2–6
Winner 12. 30 July 2001 San Diego Hard Cara Black Martina Hingis
Anna Kournikova
6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Winner 13. 20 August 2001 New Haven Hard Cara Black Jelena Dokić
Nadia Petrova
6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 14. 30 September 2001 Leipzig Carpet (i) Nathalie Tauziat Květa Peschke
Barbara Rittner
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 10. 4 November 2001 Munich Carpet (i) Cara Black Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up 11. 3 March 2002 Scottsdale Hard Cara Black Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 7–5, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 15. 7 April 2002 Sarasota Clay Jelena Dokić Els Callens
Conchita Martínez
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 12. 22 June 2002 Eastbourne Grass Cara Black Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Runner-up 13. 11 November 2002 Los Angeles Hard (i) Cara Black Elena Dementieva
Janette Husárová
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 14. 5 January 2003 Auckland Hard Cara Black Abigail Spears
Teryn Ashley
2–6, 6–2, 0–6
Winner 16. 12 January 2003 Hobart Hard Cara Black Barbara Schett
Patricia Wartusch
7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 17. 9 February 2003 Hyderabad Hard Iroda Tulyaganova Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Tatiana Poutchek
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 15. 22 February 2003 Dubai Hard Cara Black Svetlana Kuznetsova
Martina Navratilova
3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up 16. 28 September 2003 Leipzig Carpet (i) Nadia Petrova Martina Navratilova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Winner 18. 10 January 2004 Gold Coast Hard Svetlana Kuznetsova Liezel Huber
Magdalena Maleeva
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 17. 1 February 2004 Australian Open Hard Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 18. 8 February 2004 Tokyo Carpet (i) Magdalena Maleeva Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 19. 28 February 2004 Dubai Hard Svetlana Kuznetsova Janette Husárová
Conchita Martínez
0–6, 6–1, 3–6
Winner 19. 6 March 2004 Doha Hard Svetlana Kuznetsova Janette Husárová
Conchita Martínez
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Runner-up 20. 21 March 2004 Indian Wells Hard Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 21. 4 April 2004 Miami Hard Svetlana Kuznetsova Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 22. 3 June 2004 French Open Clay Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
0–6, 3–6
Runner-up 23. 19 June 2004 Eastbourne Grass Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik
Magüi Serna
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 24. 11 September 2004 US Open Hard Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
4–6, 5–7
Winner 20. 31 October 2004 Linz Hard (i) Janette Husárová Nathalie Dechy
Patty Schnyder
6–2, 7–5
Winner 21. 8 January 2005 Gold Coast Hard Magdalena Maleeva Maria Elena Camerin
Silvia Farina Elia
6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Winner 22. 6 February 2005 Tokyo Carpet (i) Janette Husárová Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu
6–4, 6–3
Winner 23. 8 May 2005 Berlin Clay Vera Zvonareva Cara Black
Liezel Huber
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 25. 18 June 2005 Eastbourne Grass Vera Zvonareva Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 26. 25 July 2005 Stanford Hard Vera Zvonareva Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 5–7
Winner 24. 25 September 2005 Kolkata Hard (i) Anastasia Myskina Neha Uberoi
Shikha Uberoi
6–1, 6–0
Winner 25. 7 January 2006 Auckland Hard Vera Zvonareva Émilie Loit
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–3, 6–4
Winner 26. 7 May 2006 Warsaw Clay Anastasia Myskina Anabel Medina Garrigues
Katarina Srebotnik
6–3, 6–4
Winner 27. 13 January 2007 Hobart Hard Elena Vesnina Anabel Medina Garrigues
Virginia Ruano Pascual
2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 27. 12 February 2007 Antwerp Carpet (i) Elena Vesnina Cara Black
Liezel Huber
5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up 28. 30 April 2007 Warsaw Clay Elena Vesnina Vera Dushevina
Tatiana Perebiynis
5–7, 6–3, [2–10]
Runner-up 29. 23 September 2007 Portorož Hard Andreja Klepač Lucie Hradecká
Renata Voráčová
7–5, 4–6, [7–10]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 24 February 1992 Vilamoura, Portugal Hard Svetlana Krivencheva 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up 1. 16 August 1992 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Nelly Barkan 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2. 13 September 1992 Varna, Bulgaria Clay Linda Niemantsverdriet 2–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 31 January 1993 Båstad, Sweden Hard (i) Maria Francesca Bentivoglio 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 9 (6–3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 19 January 1992 Bamberg, Germany Carpet (i) Dorien Wamelink Olga Lugina
Markéta Štusková
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner 2. 17 February 1992 Algarve, Portugal Hard Svetlana Krivencheva Angelina Petrova
Petra Rihtarić
6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 24 February 1992 Vilamoura, Portugal Hard Svetlana Krivencheva Tânia Couto
Sofia Prazeres
6–3, 6–2
Winner 4. 10 August 1992 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Svetlana Krivencheva Nelly Barkan
Maria Marfina
7–5, 6–2
Winner 5. 17 August 1992 Koksijde, Belgium Clay Maria Marfina Agata Werblińska
Svetlana Krivencheva
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 31 August 1992 Burgas, Bulgaria Clay Svetlana Krivencheva Galia Angelova
Tzvetelina Nikolova
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 19 October 1992 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Julia Lutrova Natalia Egorova
Svetlana Parkhomenko
4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner 6. 15 November 1992 Manchester, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Elena Makarova Elena Pampoulova
Natalie Tschan
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 28 March 1993 Brest, France Hard Elena Makarova Kristie Boogert
Linda Niemantsverdriet
6–4, 5–7, 5–7

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles

Tournament199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007Career W–L
Australian Open A 3R 1R 4R 1R 3R 3R QF 1R 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R 1R 18–14
French Open A A 2R 3R 2R 3R 3R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R SF 1R 2R 17–13
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 4R 2R 3R 3R 2R 3R QF 2R 2R 4R 3R 2R 23–14
US Open 2R 4R 1R 3R 3R 1R 4R 3R 4R 2R 4R 1R 4R 3R 2R 26–15
Win–Loss 1–1 5–3 1–4 10–4 4–4 6–4 9–4 7–4 5–4 7–4 4–4 4–4 13–4 5–4 3–4 84–56

Doubles

Tournament199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008Career W–L
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 2R 3R 2R 1R 3R F 2R QF 1R A 18–14
French Open A 2R 2R 3R 3R QF 1R 3R 3R SF F 3R 3R 1R 2R 27–14
Wimbledon A 1R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 2R SF 3R QF QF 3R QF A 23–13
US Open 1R 1R QF 3R A 1R F SF SF SF F 2R 3R 1R 2R 30–13
Win–Loss 0–2 1–4 5–4 5–4 7–3 5–4 6–4 8–4 10–4 12–4 18–4 7–4 9–4 3–4 2–1 98–54

Mixed doubles

Tournament199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008Career W–L
Australian Open 1R SF 2R QF 1R SF 2R 1R 2R F W A 20–10
French Open 2R 1R SF QF SF QF F 1R 1R F 1R 1R 18–12
Wimbledon 2R QF SF QF SF W 2R QF 3R QF SF A 29–10
US Open QF 2R 1R SF 1R 2R 2R QF 2R 1R 1R A 10–11

Head-vs.-head record

References

  1. Source: Note that other sources, including Australian Open homepage () say 6–4, 6–4, but this one says 7–5, 6–4. The source is a highlights reel.

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