Olga Govortsova

Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova (Belarusian: Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); Russian: Ольга Алексеевна Говорцова; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking was world No. 35, which she reached on 23 June 2008.

Olga Govortsova
Вольга Гаварцова
Country (sports) Belarus
ResidenceMinsk, Belarus
Born (1988-08-23) 23 August 1988
Pinsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2002
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 3,321,003
Singles
Career record419–313 (57.2%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 35 (23 June 2008)
Current rankingNo. 126 (14 September 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2012, 2013, 2014)
French Open3R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon4R (2015)
US Open3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record171–171 (50.0%)
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 24 (29 August 2011)
Current rankingNo. 290 (14 September 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2011)
French Open3R (2010)
Wimbledon3R (2012)
US Open3R (2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup26–13 (66.7%)
Last updated on: 20 September 2020.

Tennis career

She reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2008 Cellular South Open in Memphis. She lost in straight sets to Lindsay Davenport.

Govortsova is sponsored by Wilson[1] and Chinese clothing company Peak.[2] She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardére Unlimited.[3]

2009

She began her season at the Brisbane International, where she defeated eighth seed Francesca Schiavone en route to the quarterfinals. However, she fell against world No. 41, Sara Errani. At the Australian Open she received main-draw entry but lost in straight sets (4–6, 3–6) against 20th seed Amélie Mauresmo in the first round.

She then played in Indian Wells, a Premier-Mandatory event. She defeated British No. 1, Anne Keothavong in the first round before falling to Peng Shuai. In Miami, at the second Premier-Mandatory event, she lost in the first round to Belarusian qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova.

In October, she reached the final of the Kremlin Cup, losing to Francesca Schiavone.

2010
Govortsova at the 2010 US Open

Govortsova started the year 2010 at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. At the Medibank International Sydney she lost in the first qualifying round to Chanelle Scheepers.

At the Australian Open she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber.

At the MPS Group Championships she beat second seed Alona Bondarenko in the first round, in the second round she beat Anna Tatishvili, in the quarterfinals she defeated Varvara Lepchenko, and in the semifinals she defeated third seed Dominika Cibulková, before losing her third WTA singles final to Caroline Wozniacki.

2015

At the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Govortsova retired in the first round when she played against Mirjana Lučić-Baroni.[4] She failed to qualify for the French Open, losing in three sets to Alexa Glatch.

At Wimbledon, Govortsova advanced to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, by defeating opponents such as Alizé Cornet (who had beaten Serena Williams the previous year) and Magdaléna Rybáriková in the early rounds. She eventually lost to Madison Keys.[5]

At the Rogers Cup, Govortsova qualified for the main draw, and defeated Irina-Camelia Begu in her opening match before losing to fifth seed Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.[6]

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results of WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

Singles

Current through 2021 Australian Open.

Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R Q3 1R Q1 A Q3 Q2 Q1 0 / 8 3–8 27%
French Open A A 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R Q1 1R Q1 A A A 0 / 8 7–8 47%
Wimbledon A 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 4R 1R Q1 A A NH 0 / 10 6–10 38%
US Open A 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R Q1 A Q3 Q2 2R 0 / 10 6–10 38%
Win–Loss 0–0 2–2 3–4 3–4 1–4 1–4 5–4 1–4 1–4 4–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0 / 36 22–36 38%
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R Q1 A 1R A A A NH 0 / 7 3–7 30%
Miami Open A A 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 2R 2R A 1R A A A NH 0 / 7 2–7 22%
Madrid Open Not Held Q1 2R 1R A Q1 Q1 1R A A A A NH 0 / 3 1–3 25%
China Open Not Tier I 1R 2R Q1 1R A Q1 A A A A A NH 0 / 3 1–3 25%
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open Not Tier I 2R 1R 3R A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Italian Open A A 2R A 1R Q1 1R Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Canadian Open A A 1R A 1R Q1 A Q1 A 2R Q2 A A A NH 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Cincinnati Open Not Tier I 2R 1R Q2 Q2 Q2 A Q2 A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open A A A A 2R A A A A Q1 A A A A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Career
Tournaments 1 12 26 24 27 19 19 14 12 11 12 0 1 1 3 0 Career total: 182
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 4
Hard Win–Loss 0–1 12–9 12–17 17–15 7–17 4–11 8–9 10–9 5–8 2–5 2–7 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 0 / 113 83–113 42%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 8–6 5–6 6–7 1–6 3–8 2–3 0–2 1–4 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 47 26–47 36%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 2–2 1–3 4–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 4–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 22 13–22 37%
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 14–12 21–26 26–24 13–27 6–19 12–19 12–14 5–12 7–11 2–12 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 0 / 182 122–182 40%
Win % 0% 54% 45% 52% 33% 24% 39% 46% 29% 39% 14%  –  50% 0% 50% Career total: 40%
Year-end ranking 334 49 49 52 74 114 57 95 145 69 199 271 427 194 134 $3,214,253

Doubles
Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017 2018 2019 2020SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 8 4–8 33%
French Open A A 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R A A A A A 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Wimbledon A A 1R A 2R 2R 3R 1R A A A A A A NH 0 / 5 4–5 44%
US Open A 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 2R A A A A 0 / 8 4–8 33%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 1–4 2–3 4–4 3–4 3–4 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 28 16–28 36%
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held 2R Not Held A Not Held A Not Held P 0 / 1 1–1 50%
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Masters A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A P 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Miami Open A A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A P 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Madrid Open Not Held A 1R 1R A 2R A A A A A A P 0 / 3 1–3 25%
China Open Not Tier I 1R W 1R 1R 1R 2R A A A A A 1 / 5 6–5 55%
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open Not Tier I A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A 2R 1R 1R 2R A A A A A A P 0 / 4 2–3 40%
Canadian Open A A A A 1R 2R A 2R A A A A A A P 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Cincinnati Masters Not Tier I A 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Career
Tournaments 1 3 18 15 26 21 18 19 8 2 2 0 0 1 0 Career total: 134
Titles 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 8
Finals 0 0 2 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 14
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 1–3 15–17 13–13 26–25 20–17 16–16 13–19 4–8 1–2 4–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 8 / 134 115–126 47%
Win % 0% 25% 47% 50% 51% 54% 50% 41% 33% 33% Career total: 47%
Year-end ranking 467 404 58 72 29 44 61 60 137 364 247 493

Significant finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2008 Charleston Open Hard Edina Gallovits Katarina Srebotnik
Ai Sugiyama		 2–6, 2–6
Win 2010 China Open Hard Chuang Chia-jung Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta		 7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)
Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–1)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2008 U.S. National Indoor, United States Tier III Hard (i) Lindsay Davenport 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2009 Kremlin Cup, Russia Premier Hard (i) Francesca Schiavone 3–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Apr 2010 Amelia Island Championships, United States International Clay Caroline Wozniacki 2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–4 Sep 2013 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Bojana Jovanovski 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–1)
Tier II / Premier (1–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (6–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2008 Family Circle Cup,
United States		 Tier I Clay Edina Gallovits Katarina Srebotnik
Ai Sugiyama		 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2008 İstanbul Cup,
Turkey		 Tier III Clay Jill Craybas Marina Erakovic
Polona Hercog		 6–1, 6–2
Win 2–1 Sep 2009 Guangzhou Open,
China		 International Hard Tatiana Poutchek Kimiko Date-Krumm
Sun Tiantian		 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 3–1 Sep 2009 Tashkent Open,
Uzbekistan		 International Hard Tatiana Poutchek Vitalia Diatchenko
Ekaterina Dzehalevich		 6–2, 6–7(1–7), [10–8]
Win 4–1 Oct 2010 China Open,
China		 Premier M Hard Chuang Chia-jung Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta		 7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]
Win 5–1 Feb 2011 U.S. National Indoor,
United States		 International Hard (i) Alla Kudryavtseva Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká		 6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 6–1 Jun 2011 Birmingham Classic,
United Kingdom		 International Grass Alla Kudryavtseva Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci		 1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 6–2 Jul 2011 Washington Open,
United States		 International Hard Alla Kudryavtseva Sania Mirza
Yaroslava Shvedova		 3–6, 3–6
Win 7–2 Aug 2011 Connecticut Open,
United States		 Premier Hard Chuang Chia-jung Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci		 7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–3 Feb 2012 U.S. National Indoor,
United States		 International Hard (i) Vera Dushevina Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká		 3–6, 4–6
Win 8–3 May 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg,
France		 International Clay Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Natalie Grandin
Vladimíra Uhlířová		 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]
Loss 8–4 Sep 2013 Tashkent Open,
Uzbekistan		 International Hard Mandy Minella Tímea Babos
Yaroslava Shvedova		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 8–5 Apr 2014 Monterrey Open,
Mexico		 International Hard Tímea Babos Darija Jurak
Megan Moulton-Levy		 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Loss 8–6 Sep 2016 Guangzhou Open,
China		 International Hard Vera Lapko Asia Muhammad
Peng Shuai		 2–6, 6–7(3–7)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2003 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel 10,000 Hard Shahar Pe'er 1–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2003 ITF Haifa, Israel 10,000 Hard Shahar Pe'er 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Loss 0–3 Feb 2007 ITF St. Paul, United States 50,000 Hard (i) Sofia Arvidsson 6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–3 Mar 2007 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Carpet (i) Eva Hrdinová 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–3 Apr 2007 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay Melissa Torres Sandoval 6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–4 May 2007 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States 50,000 Clay Bethanie Mattek-Sands 5–7, 6–1, 1–6
Loss 2–5 May 2011 Aegon Trophy, United Kingdom 75,000 Grass Eleni Daniilidou 6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Win 3–5 Feb 2012 Dow Classic, United States 100,000 Hard (i) Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–3, 6–7(6), 7–6(5)
Win 4–5 Feb 2015 ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland 50,000 Carpet (i) Rebecca Šramková 6–2, 6–1
Win 5–5 Mar 2015 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Maryna Zanevska 7–5, 6–2
Loss 5–6 Aug 2016 Challenger de Granby, Canada 50,000 Hard Jennifer Brady 5–7, 2–6
Win 6–6 Sep 2016 Zhuhai Open, China 50,000 Hard İpek Soylu 6–1, 6–2
Win 7–6 Apr 2017 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States 80,000 Clay Amanda Anisimova 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win 8–6 Jun 2019 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Clara Tauson 6–1, 7–6(3)
Loss 8–7 Jul 2019 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Georgia Crăciun 2–6, 3–6
Win 9–7 Feb 2020 Kentucky Open, United States 100,000 Hard (i) Claire Liu 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2003 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel 10,000 Hard Victoria Azarenka Natalie Neri
Danielle Steinberg		 6–0, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Apr 2004 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Victoria Azarenka Anna Bastrikova
Alla Kudryavtseva		 4–6, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Apr 2005 ITF Minsk, Belarus 10,000 Carpet (i) Kateryna Polunina Alexandra Panova
Olga Panova		 5–7, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Aug 2016 Challenger de Granby, Canada 50,000 Hard Julia Glushko Jamie Loeb
An-Sophie Mestach		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jan 2019 ITF Plantation, United States 25,000 Clay Jada Robinson Hsieh Yu-chieh
Lee Pei-chi		 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Feb 2019 Dow Classic, United States 100,000 Hard (i) Valeria Savinykh Coco Gauff
Ann Li		 6–4, 6–0
Win 3–4 Nov 2019 Henderson Open, United States 60,000 Hard Mandy Minella Sophie Chang
Alexandra Mueller		 6–3, 6–4

Record against select players

Govortsova's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or better is as follows:

World TeamTennis

Govortsova has played three seasons with World TeamTennis, making her debut in 2013 with the Sacramento Capitals. She has since played for the Springfield Lasers in 2014 and 2019 was announced to be joining the Lasers again during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[7]

References
  1. Olga Govortsova. Wilson Tennis
  2. http://www.peaksporteu.com/olga_govortsova
  3. Lagardére Unlimited press kit p. 13
  4. http://www.tennislive.net/wta/match/mirjana-lucic-VS-olga-govortsova/internationaux-de-strasbourg-strasbourg-2015/
  5. "RADWANSKA SETS UP KEYS CLASH". WTA official website. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. "IVANOVIC ADVANCES IN TORONTO". WTA official website. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  7. "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.
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