Elena Likhovtseva

Elena Likhovtseva

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Elena Likhovtseva


country = RUS
residence = Moscow, Russia
datebirth = birth date and age|1975|9|8
placebirth = Alma-Ata, Soviet Union flagicon|USSR
height = 1.74 m (5' 8½")
weight = 60 kg (132 lb)
turnedpro = 1992
plays = Right (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney = $6,195,177
singlesrecord = 433–371
singlestitles = 3 [2]
highestsinglesranking = No. 15 (October 25, 1999)
retired = "Active"
AustralianOpenresult = QF (2000)
FrenchOpenresult = SF (2005)
Wimbledonresult = QF (2002)
USOpenresult = 4r (1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)
doublesrecord = 517–305
doublestitles = 27 [7]
highestdoublesranking = No. 3 (September 27, 2004)
updated = March 28, 2008

Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva ( _ru. Елена Лиховцева (jelena lixɔvtseva; born 8 September 1975 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan) is a Russian tennis player, She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16.

Likhovtseva's career best appearance in a Grand Slam was when she reached the semi finals of the French Open 2005 before she was comprehensively defeated by Mary Pierce 6–1 6–1. Elena is also one of the few people in either the mens or womens game to have lost a tiebreaker from 6–0 up (this was also against Mary Pierce, in Moscow; Pierce went on to win the tournament).Together with Mahesh Bhupathi, she won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles championship in 2002. She has also been a 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 survived the first round of the Women's Doubles with her partner Svetlana Kuznetsova, but was defeated in the second. She won the 2007 Australian Open Mixed Doubles championship with Daniel Nestor.

Her friends on the WTA Tour include Anastasia Myskina and Anna Kournikova.

Grand Slam record

*Australian Open
**Doubles finalist: 2004 (w/ Kuznetsova)
**Mixed Doubles finalist: 2006 (w/ Nestor)
**Mixed Doubles champion: 2007 (w/ Nestor)

*French Open
**Doubles finalist: 2004 (w/ Kuznetsova)
**Mixed Doubles finalist: 2003 (w/ Bhupathi, 2006 (w/ Nestor)

*Wimbledon
**Mixed Doubles champion: 2002 (w/ Bhupathi)

*US Open
**Doubles finalist: 2000 (w/ Black), 2004 (w/ Kuznetsova)

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals (5)

Wins (2)

ingles Titles (3)

ingles Performance Timeline

A = did not participate in the tournament

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament

Doubles Performance Timeline

References

External links

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