Elena Likhovtseva

Elena Likhovtseva
Елена Лиховцева

Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	8 September 1975 (1975-09-08) Alma-Ata, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5' 8½")
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$6,237,556
Singles
Career record	433–372
Career titles	3 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 15 (25 October 1999)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2000)
French Open	SF (2005)
Wimbledon	QF (2002)
US Open	4R (1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	526–314
Career titles	27 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 3 (27 September 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (2004)
French Open	F (2004)
Wimbledon	SF (2002)
US Open	F (2000, 2004)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2007)
French Open	F (2003, 2006)
Wimbledon	W (2002)
US Open	SF (2000)
Last updated on: February 9, 2012.

Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva (Russian: Елена Лиховцева [jelena lixɔftseva]; born 8 September 1975 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, now Kazakhstan) is a Russian former 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 defeated by Mary Pierce, 6–1 6–1. Elena is also one of the few people in either the men's or women's 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 won the first round of the Women's Doubles with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova, but was defeated in the second. She won the 2007 Australian Open Mixed Doubles championship with Daniel Nestor. After losing all four singles of the year, Likhovtseva's best performance in 2008 was the quarter-finals at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami with Lisa Raymond.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2000	US Open	Hard	Cara Black	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	6–0, 1–6, 6–1
Runner-up	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	French Open	Clay	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	US Open	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 7–5

Mixed doubles: 5 (2–3)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Mahesh Bhupati	Daniela Hantuchová Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2003	French Open	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Martina Hingis Mahesh Bhupathi	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2006	French Open	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4

WTA Tour Finals

Singles 8 (3–5)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
Olympic Gold (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/1)
Tier II (0/1)
Tier III (1/3)
Tier IV & V (2/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	17 October 1993	Montpellier	Carpet	Dominique Monami	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	19 February 1995	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	5 January 1997	Gold Coast	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	3–6, 7–6(7), 6–3
Runner-up	2.	17 May 1999	Strasbourg	Clay	Jennifer Capriati	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	30 October 2000	Leipzig	Carpet	Kim Clijsters	7–6(6), 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	16 February 2003	Doha	Hard	Anastasia Myskina	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	2 August 2004	Montreal	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–1, 6–0
Winner	3.	28 August 2004	Forest Hills	Hard	Iveta Benešová	6–2, 6–2

Doubles 56 (27–29)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/4)
Olympic Gold (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/2)
Tier I (4/4)
Tier II (10/16)
Tier III (7/1)
Tier IV & V (6/2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	24 May 1997	Strasbourg	Clay	Ai Sugiyama	Helena Suková Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 6–1
Winner	1.	11 January 1998	Gold Coast	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	22 February 1998	Hanover	Carpet	Caroline Vis	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–1, 6–7(4), 6–3
Winner	2.	1 November 1998	Luxembourg	Carpet	Ai Sugiyama	Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova	6–7(3), 6–3, 2–0 ret.
Winner	3.	8 November 1998	Leipzig	Carpet	Ai Sugiyama	Manon Bollegraf Irina Spîrlea	6–3, 6–7(2), 6–1
Winner	4.	15 November 1998	Philadelphia	Carpet	Ai Sugiyama	Monica Seles Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	5.	17 January 1999	Sydney	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Mary Joe Fernandez Anke Huber	6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	22 February 1999	Paris	Carpet	Ai Sugiyama	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	6.	4 April 1999	Hilton Head	Clay	Jana Novotná	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	23 May 1999	Strasbourg	Clay	Ai Sugiyama	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	2–6, 7–6(6), 6–1
Runner-up	4.	1 August 1999	Stanford	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	29 August 1999	New Haven	Hard	Jana Novotná	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–6(1), 6–2
Runner-up	6.	7 November 1999	Leipzig	Carpet	Ai Sugiyama	Larisa Neiland Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	10 September 2000	US Open	Hard	Cara Black	Ai Sugiyama Julie Halard-Decugis	6–0, 1–6, 6–1
Winner	8.	14 January 2001	Hobart	Hard	Cara Black	Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–4, 6–1
Winner	9.	6 May 2001	Hamburg	Clay	Cara Black	Květa Peschke Barbara Rittner	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	7 May 2001	Berlin	Clay	Cara Black	Els Callens Meghann Shaughnessy	6–4, 6–3
Winner	10.	14 May 2001	Rome	Clay	Cara Black	Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	6–1, 6–1
Winner	11.	11 June 2001	Birmingham	Grass	Cara Black	Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	23 June 2001	Eastbourne	Grass	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–2
Winner	12.	30 July 2001	San Diego	Hard	Cara Black	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	13.	20 August 2001	New Haven	Hard	Cara Black	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	14.	30 September 2001	Leipzig	Carpet	Nathalie Tauziat	Květa Peschke Barbara Rittner	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	4 November 2001	Munich	Carpet	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	3 March 2002	Scottsdale	Hard	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 5–7, 7–6(4)
Winner	15.	7 April 2002	Sarasota	Clay	Jelena Dokić	Els Callens Conchita Martínez	6–7(5), 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	22 June 2002	Eastbourne	Grass	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–7(5), 7–6(6), 6–2
Runner-up"	13.	11 November 2002	Los Angeles	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	5 January 2003	Auckland	Hard	Cara Black	Abigail Spears Teryn Ashley	6–2, 2–6, 6–0
Winner	16.	12 January 2003	Hobart	Hard	Cara Black	Barbara Schett Patricia Wartusch	7–5, 7–6(1)
Winner	17.	9 February 2003	Hyderabad	Hard	Iroda Tulyaganova	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	17 February 2003	Dubai	Hard	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navrátilová	6–3, 7–6(7)
Runner-up	16.	22 September 2003	Leipzig	Carpet	Nadia Petrova	Martina Navratilova Svetlana Kuznetsova	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	18.	10 January 2004	Gold Coast	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	1 February 2004	Australian Open	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	18.	8 February 2004	Tokyo	Carpet	Magdalena Maleeva	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	19.	28 February 2004	Dubai	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Winner	19.	6 March 2004	Doha	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	7–6(4), 6–2
Runner-up	20.	21 March 2004	Indian Wells	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	21.	4 April 2004	Miami	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	22.	3 June 2004	French Open	Clay	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	23.	19 June 2004	Eastbourne	Grass	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	24.	11 September 2004	US Open	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 7–5
Winner	20.	31 October 2004	Linz	Hard (i)	Janette Husárová	Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder	6–2, 7–5
Winner	21.	8 January 2005	Gold Coast	Hard	Magdalena Maleeva	Maria Elena Camerin Silvia Farina Elia	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Winner	22.	6 February 2005	Tokyo	Carpet	Janette Husárová	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–3
Winner	23.	8 May 2005	Berlin	Clay	Vera Zvonareva	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	25.	18 June 2005	Eastbourne	Grass	Vera Zvonareva	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	26.	25 July 2005	Stanford	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 7–5
Winner	24.	25 September 2005	Kolkata	Hard (i)	Anastasia Myskina	Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi	6–1, 6–0
Winner	25.	7 January 2006	Auckland	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–3, 6–4
Winner	26.	7 May 2006	Warsaw	Clay	Anastasia Myskina	Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–4
Winner	27.	13 January 2007	Hobart	Hard	Elena Vesnina	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	27.	12 February 2007	Antwerp	Carpet	Elena Vesnina	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up	28.	30 April 2007	Warsaw	Clay	Elena Vesnina	Vera Dushevina Tatiana Perebiynis	7–5, 3–6, [10–2]
Runner-up	29.	23 September 2007	Portorož	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	1R	4R	1R	3R	3R	QF	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	18–14
French Open	A	A	2R	3R	2R	3R	3R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	SF	1R	2R	17–13
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	4R	2R	3R	3R	2R	3R	QF	2R	2R	4R	3R	2R	23–14
US Open	2R	4R	1R	3R	3R	1R	4R	3R	4R	2R	4R	1R	4R	3R	2R	29–15

Women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	2R	3R	2R	1R	3R	F	2R	QF	1R	A	18–14
French Open	A	2R	2R	3R	3R	QF	1R	3R	3R	SF	F	3R	3R	1R	2R	27–14
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	SF	3R	QF	QF	3R	QF	A	23–13
US Open	1R	1R	QF	3R	A	1R	F	SF	SF	SF	F	2R	3R	1R	2R	30–13

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	SF	2R	QF	1R	SF	2R	1R	2R	F	W	A	20–10
French Open	2R	1R	SF	QF	SF	QF	F	1R	1R	F	1R	1R	18–12
Wimbledon	2R	QF	SF	QF	SF	W	2R	QF	3R	QF	SF	A	29–10
US Open	QF	2R	1R	SF	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	1R	1R	A	10–11

External links

• Elena Likhovtseva at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elena Likhovtseva at the Fed Cup