Elena Bovina

Elena Olegovna Bovina (Russian: Елена Олеговна Бовина, IPA: ; 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.

Elena Bovina
Елена Бовина
Elena Bovina
Bovina in 2002
Country (sports)Elena Bovina Russia
ResidenceQuebec City, Canada
Born (1983-03-10) 10 March 1983 (age 41)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachIni Ghidirmic
Prize money$1,997,443
Singles
Career record397–237 (62.6%)
Career titles3 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 14 (4 April 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2003)
French Open4R (2005)
Wimbledon2R (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
US OpenQF (2002)
Doubles
Career record171–105 (62.0%)
Career titles5 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 14 (3 February 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2003)
French OpenQF (2003)
Wimbledon1R (2002)
US OpenQF (2003)

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 has won three career singles titles, including the Tier II Pilot Pen Tennis Open. She has been a finalist in three singles tournaments, and has five career doubles titles, including the Pan Pacific Open, which she won 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.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2002 French Open Clay Elena Bovina  Mark Knowles 3–6, 3–6
Win 2004 Australian Open Hard Elena Bovina  Nenad Zimonjić 6–1, 7–6(7–3)


WTA career finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tier I
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 Elena Bovina  Ángeles Montolio 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win 2. May 2002 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Elena Bovina  Henrieta Nagyová 6–3, 6–1
Win 3. Sep 2002 Bell Challenge, Canada Carpet (i) Elena Bovina  Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian 6–3, 6–4
Win 4. Aug 2004 New Haven Open, United States Hard Elena Bovina  Nathalie Dechy 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 5. Oct 2004 Hasselt, Belgium Carpet (i) Elena Bovina  Elena Dementieva 0–6, 6–0, 4–6
Loss 6. Oct 2004 Linz Open, Austria Hard (i) Elena Bovina  Amélie Mauresmo 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

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) Elena Bovina  Dája Bedáňová Elena Bovina  Nathalie Dechy
Elena Bovina  Meilen Tu
6–3, 6–4
Win 2. Oct 2001 Luxembourg Open Hard (i) Elena Bovina  Daniela Hantuchová Elena Bovina  Bianka Lamade
Elena Bovina  Patty Schnyder
6–3, 6–3
Win 3. Apr 2002 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Elena Bovina  Zsófia Gubacsi Elena Bovina  Barbara Rittner
Elena Bovina  María Vento-Kabchi
6–3, 6–1
Loss 4. Apr 2002 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Elena Bovina  Zsófia Gubacsi Elena Bovina  Catherine Barclay
Elena Bovina  Émilie Loit
6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 5. May 2002 Bol Open, Croatia Clay Elena Bovina  Henrieta Nagyová Elena Bovina  Tathiana Garbin
Elena Bovina  Angelique Widjaja
5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win 6. Oct 2002 Zurich Open, Switzerland Carpet (i) Elena Bovina  Justine Henin Elena Bovina  Jelena Dokić
Elena Bovina  Nadia Petrova
6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Win 7. Feb 2003 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Carpet (i) Elena Bovina  Rennae Stubbs Elena Bovina  Lisa Raymond
Elena Bovina  Lindsay Davenport
6–3, 6–4
Loss 8. Aug 2003 LA Championships, U.S. Hard Elena Bovina  Els Callens Elena Bovina  Mary Pierce
Elena Bovina  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)
Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 31 May 1998 ITF El Paso, United States Hard Elena Bovina  Diana Ospina 3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Winner 2. 6 February 2000 Jersey, United Kingdom Hard (i) Elena Bovina  Helen Reesby 6–2, 6–3
Winner 3. 13 February 2000 Birmingham, United Kingdom Hard (i) Elena Bovina  Anna Zaporozhanova 6–1, 6–2
Winner 4. 20 February 2000 Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Elena Bovina  Julie Pullin 2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 5 March 2000 Chengdu, China Hard Elena Bovina  Yi Jingqian 1–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 17 August 2008 Bronx Open, United States Hard Elena Bovina  Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 7–5
Winner 6. 16 March 2009 Tenerife, Spain Hard Elena Bovina  Rebecca Marino 6–2, 6–4
Winner 7. 7 February 2010 Belfort, France Carpet (i) Elena Bovina  Romina Oprandi 7–6(3), 5–7, 6–4
Winner 8. 9 August 2010 Tallinn, Estonia Hard Elena Bovina  Anne Keothavong 6–4, 4–1 ret.
Runner-up 2. 19 February 2012 Portimão, Portugal Hard Elena Bovina  Justine Ozga 6–4, 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 8 April 2012 ITF Jackson, United States Clay Elena Bovina  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) Elena Bovina  Anna Zaporozhanova Elena Bovina  Selima Sfar
Elena Bovina  Jo Ward
6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 13 February 2000 Birmingham, United Kingdom Hard (i) Elena Bovina  Anna Zaporozhanova Elena Bovina  Natalia Egorova
Elena Bovina  Ekaterina Sysoeva
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 4 September 2000 Denain, France Clay Elena Bovina  Mariana Díaz Oliva Elena Bovina  Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Elena Bovina  María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 0–6
Winner 4. 6 June 2009 Galatina, Italy Clay Elena Bovina  Regina Kulikova 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 12 June 2009 Open de Marseille, France Clay Elena Bovina  Timea Bacsinszky Elena Bovina  Tathiana Garbin
Elena Bovina  María Emilia Salerni
7–6(4), 3–6, [7–10]
Winner 6. 7 February 2010 Belfort, France Carpet (i) Elena Bovina  Irena Pavlovic Elena Bovina  Nikola Hofmanova
Elena Bovina  Karina Pimkina
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner 7. 6 March 2010 Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Elena Bovina  Irena Pavlovic Elena Bovina  Maret Ani
Elena Bovina  Vitalia Diatchenko
6–0, 6–1
Winner 8. 8 November 2010 Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Elena Bovina  Ekaterina Bychkova Elena Bovina  Paula Kania
Elena Bovina  Katarzyna Piter
6–4, 6–0
Winner 9. 3 April 2011 Monzón, Spain Hard Elena Bovina  Valeria Savinykh Elena Bovina  Margalita Chakhnashvili
Elena Bovina  Ivana Lisjak
6–1, 2–6, [10–4]
Winner 10. 16 October 2011 Troy, United States Hard Elena Bovina  Valeria Savinykh Elena Bovina  Varvara Lepchenko
Elena Bovina  Mashona Washington
7–6(6), 6–3
Runner-up 11. 6 March 2012 Fort Walton Beach, United States Hard Elena Bovina  Alizé Lim Elena Bovina  Madison Brengle
Elena Bovina  Paula Kania
3–6, 4–6
Winner 12. 8 April 2012 Jackson, United States Clay Elena Bovina  Tereza Mrdeža Elena Bovina  Mailen Auroux
Elena Bovina  María Irigoyen
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 13. 14 April 2012 Pelham, United States Clay Elena Bovina  Ekaterina Bychkova Elena Bovina  Julie Coin
Elena Bovina  Marie-Ève Pelletier
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 14. 29 April 2012 Charlottesville Classic, United States Clay Elena Bovina  Julia Glushko Elena Bovina  Maria Sanchez
Elena Bovina  Yasmin Schnack
2–6, 2–6
Winner 15. 18 June 2012 ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay Elena Bovina  Valeria Solovyeva Elena Bovina  Viktoryia Kisialeva
Elena Bovina  Ilona Kremen
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 16. 30 September 2012 Las Vegas Open, United States Hard Elena Bovina  Edina Gallovits-Hall Elena Bovina  Anastasia Rodionova
Elena Bovina  Arina Rodionova
2–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner 17. 18 June 2012 ITF New Braunfels, United States Hard Elena Bovina  Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Elena Bovina  Mariana Duque Mariño
Elena Bovina  Adriana Pérez
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]

Grand Slam performance timelines

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

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Career W-L
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 4R 2R A A 1R A Q1 Q2 Q1 A 4–5
French Open A A 1R 3R 1R 2R 3R 4R A A A Q1 Q2 A A 8–6
Wimbledon A A Q1 2R 2R 2R 2R A A A A A Q2 A A 4–4
US Open A A Q2 1R QF 1R 3R A A A Q2 Q1 Q2 A A 6–4
GS Win–loss 0–1 3–4 5–4 5–4 6–4 3–1 N/A 0–1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 22–19
Year-end ranking 382 398 135 49 26 21 15 62 324 186 225 154 301 214

Doubles

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 Career
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 3R A A 2R A A A A 0 / 3
French Open A A 3R QF A 2R A A A A A 0 / 3
Wimbledon Q1 A 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1
US Open A 1R 1R QF A A A A A A A 0 / 3
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells A A QF QF A 2R A A A A A 0 / 3
Miami A A 2R 1R A QF A A A A A 0 / 3
Premier 5 tournaments
Rome A A A A QF A A A A A A 0 / 1
Montréal / Toronto A 1R 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 2
Tokyo A A A W A A A A A A A 1 / 1
Former Tier I tournaments
Charleston A A A QF A A A A A A A 0 / 1
Berlin A A A A 1R 2R A Not
Held
0 / 2
Zurich A A W A A A A 1 / 1
Moscow 1R A SF A SF A A A A A A 0 / 3
Finals 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Titles 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Overall win–loss 14–6 11–10 23–18 21–9 9–7 5–4 2–2 9–3 20–10 21–14 15–11 134–83
Year-end ranking 377 88 27 22 68 142 278 255 185 105 116 N/A

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Career W-L
Australian Open A A W A A 1R 5–1
French Open F A SF A A A 7–2
Wimbledon 1R QF A A A A 2–2
US Open QF A A A A A 2–1

References

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