Olga Govortsova

Olga Govortsova
Вольга Гаварцова

Country	Belarus
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	August 23, 1988 (1988-08-23) Pinsk, Belarus then Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	67 kg (150 lb; 10.6 st)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,479,154
Singles
Career record	204–153
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (June 23, 2008)
Current ranking	No. 97 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	3R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2007, 2009)
US Open	2R (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	85–87
Career titles	7 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (January 31, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 29 (July 18, 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	3R (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2010, 2011)
US Open	3R (2009)
Last updated on: October 26, 2009.

Olga Govortsova (Belarusian: Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова; Russian: Ольга Алексеевна Говорцова; born 23 August 1988 in Pinsk, Brest Voblast) is a professional Belarusian tennis player. As of May 10, 2010 her highest singles ranking on the WTA is World Number 35, which she achieved on June 23, 2008.

Career

She reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2008 Cellular South Open in Memphis, Tennessee. There she lost in straight sets to Lindsay Davenport.

2009

She began her year at the 2009 Brisbane International, here she defeated 8th seed Francesca Schiavone 7–5 6–2 en route to the quarter finals. She fell here however against world no 41. Sara Errani 6–3 6–3.

At the Australian Open she received main draw entry but was drawn against 20th seed Amélie Mauresmo in the first round, she lost in straight sets 6–4 6–3.

She then played in Indian Wells, a premier mandatory event. She defeated British no 1 Anne Keothavong in the first round before falling to Shuai Peng.

In Miami the second premier mandatory event she lost in the first round to Belarusian qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova.

In October, she reached the finals of the Kremlin Cup, losing 6–3 6–0 to Francesca Schiavone of Italy.

2010

She started the year 2010 with the 2010 Brisbane International were she lost in the first round to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová with the score 4–6, 1–6.At the 2010 Medibank International Sydney she lost in the first qualifing round to Chanelle Scheepers with the score 2–6, 3–6. At the 2010 Australian Open she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerberwit the 2 sets 6–3. At the MPS Group Championships she beat seed 2 Alona Bondarenko in the first round 6-3m 4–6, 6–0, in the secound round se beat Anna Tatishvili with the score 6–2, 6–2, in the quarter-finals she defarted Varvara Lepchenko with the score 6–2, 6–3, in semi-final she defarted seed 3 Dominika Cibulková with the score 6–2, 7–5, to lost in the final to Caroline Wozniacki withj the score 2–6, 5–7, and to lost her third WTA singles final in her career.

WTA Career Finals

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (0)

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	March 1, 2008	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Lindsay Davenport	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	October 25, 2009	Moscow, Russia	Hard(i)	Francesca Schiavone	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	April 11, 2010	Ponte Vedra Beach, USA	Green Clay	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 7–5

Doubles: 8 (6–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	April 14, 2008	Charleston, United States	Green Clay	Edina Gallovits	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1.	May 19, 2008	Istanbul, Turkey	Red Clay	Jill Craybas	Marina Erakovic Polona Hercog	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	September 20, 2009	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Kimiko Date Krumm Sun Tiantian	3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Winner	3.	September 26, 2009	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Vitalia Diatchenko Ekaterina Dzehalevich	6–2, 6–7(1), [10–8]
Winner	4.	October 9, 2010	Beijing, China	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–6(2), 1–6, [10–7]
Winner	5.	February 19, 2011	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Alla Kudryavtseva	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner	6.	June 12, 2011	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Alla Kudryavtseva	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Runner-up	2.	July 31, 2011	Washington D.C., United States	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Sania Mirza Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	August 27, 2011	New Haven, United States	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	7–5, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Win-Lost
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	0–4
French Open	A	3R	3R	2R	2R	6–4
Wimbledon	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	3–5
US Open	2R	2R	1R	1R		2–4
Win-Loss	2–2	3–4	3–4	2–4	1–3	11–16
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held	1R	Not Held			0–1
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A		0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2–3
Key Biscayne	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	0–4
Madrid	Not Held		LQ	2R	A	1–3
Beijing	1R	LQ	1R	2R		1–3
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not TierI		1R	3R	A	2–2
Rome	A	2R	A	1R	LQ	1–2
Cincinnati	QF	A	2R	2R		4–3
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Tokyo	A	A	A	2R		1–1
Premier
Charleston	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1–4
Moscow	A	A	F	1R		4–2
Doha	A	2R	Not Held		A	1–1
Berlin	A	1R	Not Held			0–1
Zurich	A	A	Not Held			0–0
San Diego	LQ	A	A	1R		0–1
Year End Ranking	49	49	53	50		N/A

External links

• Olga Govortsova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Olga Govortsova at the International Tennis Federation

Olga Govortsova premier website: http://www.govortsova.com