Elena Bovina facts for kids

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Elena Bovina
Елена Бовина

Bovina in 2002
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Quebec City, Canada
Born	(1983-03-10) 10 March 1983 (age 42) 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 (62.62%)
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 (61.96%)
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)

Elena Bovina is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She was born on March 10, 1983. Elena was a very talented player. She reached a high singles ranking of No. 14 in the world in April 2005.

One of her best moments was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2002 US Open. She beat several strong players before losing to Lindsay Davenport.

In June 2005, Elena got a shoulder injury. This meant she had to stop playing for a while. She even lost her ranking in tennis. But she worked hard to get back on the court. She returned to the WTA Tour in October 2006.

Elena won many tennis titles during her career. She won three singles titles and five doubles titles. She also won a big mixed doubles title at the 2004 Australian Open with her partner Nenad Zimonjić. She was also part of the Russian team that won the Fed Cup in 2005. She played for the team from 2001 to 2003.

After not playing for four years, Elena returned to tennis in 2017. She played in some smaller tournaments during 2017 and 2018.

Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Finals

Elena played in two Grand Slam mixed doubles finals. She won one of them!

Winning a Grand Slam Title

Elena won the mixed doubles title at the 2004 Australian Open. She played with Nenad Zimonjić. They beat Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova in the final.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Leander Paes  Martina Navratilova	6–1, 7–6(7–3)

Being a Runner-Up

Elena was also a runner-up at the 2002 French Open mixed doubles. She played with Mark Knowles.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2002	French Open	Clay	Mark Knowles	Cara Black  Wayne Black	3–6, 3–6

WTA Tour Finals

Elena played in several finals on the WTA Tour. This is where professional tennis players compete.

Singles Titles

Elena won three singles titles on the WTA Tour.

• In 2002, she won the Warsaw Open in Poland.
• Later in 2002, she won the Bell Challenge in Canada.
• In 2004, she won the New Haven Open in the United States.

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 Titles

Elena also won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She played with different partners.

• In 2001, she won in Bratislava and Luxembourg.
• In 2002, she won in Estoril and Zurich.
• In 2003, she won the Pan Pacific Open in Japan.

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 Tournaments

Elena also played in ITF tournaments. These are smaller professional tennis events. She won many titles there too!

ITF Singles Titles

She won 8 singles titles on the ITF tour.

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

ITF Doubles Titles

Elena won 11 doubles titles on the ITF tour.

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]

Images for kids

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  Bovina in 2002

See also

In Spanish: Yelena Bóvina para niños