Elena Bovina

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.

Elena Bovina
Елена Бовина

Bovina in 2002
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Quebec City, Canada
Born	(1983-03-10) 10 March 1983 Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Ini Ghidirmic
Prize money	$1,997,443
Singles
Career record	397–237
Career titles	3 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 14 (4 April 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2003)
French Open	4R (2005)
Wimbledon	2R (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
US Open	QF (2002)
Doubles
Career record	171–105
Career titles	5 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 14 (3 February 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2003)
French Open	QF (2003)
Wimbledon	1R (2002)
US Open	QF (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 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.

Grand Slam tournament finals

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

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2002	French Open	Clay	Mark Knowles	Cara Black  Wayne Black	3–6, 3–6
Win	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Leander Paes  Martina Navratilova	6–1, 7–6(7–3)

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	Beatriz Garcia-Vidagany  María Emilia Salerni	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]

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

External links

• Elena Bovina at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elena Bovina at the International Tennis Federation
• Elena Bovina at the Billie Jean King Cup