Olga Govortsova
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Residence | Minsk, Belarus |
Born | Pinsk, Soviet Union | 23 August 1988
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 2002 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $ 2,865,468 |
Singles | |
Career record | 321–252 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | 35 (23 June 2008) |
Current ranking | 73 (8 February 2016) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2012, 2013, 2014) |
French Open | 3R (2008, 2009) |
Wimbledon | 4R (2015) |
US Open | 3R (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 136–148 |
Career titles | 8 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | 24 (29 August 2011) |
Current ranking | 369 (8 February 2016) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2011) |
French Open | 3R (2010) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2012) |
US Open | 3R (2009) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 24–9 |
Last updated on: 8 February 2016. |
Olga Govortsova (Belarusian: Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Havartsova); Russian: Ольга Алексеевна Говорцова; born 23 August 1988) is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking was world number 35, which she reached on 23 June 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.
Olga is sponsored by Wilson [1] and Chinese clothing company Peak.[2] She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardére Unlimited [3]
Personal
She has two brothers and four dogs who reside in Minsk, Belarus.
2009
She began her year at the 2009 Brisbane International, here she defeated 8th seed Francesca Schiavone en route to the quarterfinals. She fell here however against world number 41 Sara Errani.
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 number 1 Anne Keothavong in the first round before falling to Peng Shuai.
In Miami the second premier mandatory event she lost in the first round to Belarusian qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova.
In October, she reached the final of the Kremlin Cup, losing to Francesca Schiavone of Italy.
2010
She started the year 2010 with the 2010 Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. At the 2010 Medibank International Sydney she lost in the first qualifying round to Chanelle Scheepers.
At the 2010 Australian Open she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber.
At the MPS Group Championships she beat second seed Alona Bondarenko in the first round, in the second round she beat Anna Tatishvili, in the quarterfinals she defeated Varvara Lepchenko, in the semifinal she defeated third seed Dominika Cibulková, to lose in the final to Caroline Wozniacki, and so lost the third WTA singles final of her career.
2015
In 2015 Internationaux de Strasbourg Olga Govortsova retired in the first round when she played against Mirjana Lučić-Baroni.[4] In 2015 Olga Govortsova failed to qualify for 2015 French Open, losing 6:2,4:6,8:6 to Alexa Glatch.
At Wimbledon, Govortsova advanced to the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time, after defeating opponents such as Alizé Cornet (who had beaten Serena Williams the previous year) and Magdaléna Rybáriková in the early rounds. She eventually lost to Madison Keys.[5]
At the Rogers Cup, Govortsova qualified for the main draw and defeated Irina-Camelia Begu in her opening match before losing to fifth seed Ana Ivanovic in straight sets in the second.[6]
Significant finals
Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2008 | Charleston | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2010 | Beijing | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7-2), 1–6, [10–7] |
WTA career finals
Singles: 4 (4 runners-up)
Legend (pre/post 2009) |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0-0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0-0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0-0) |
Tier II / Premier (0–1) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–3) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1 March 2008 | Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 25 October 2009 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 11 April 2010 | MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra Beach, United States | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 4. | 14 September 2013 | Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 6–7(3–7) |
Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runners-up)
Legend (pre/post 2009) |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0-0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0-0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1-1) |
Tier II / Premier (1–0) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (6–5) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 14 April 2008 | Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 19 May 2008 | İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 20 September 2009 | Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
Winner | 3. | 26 September 2009 | Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7(1-7), [10–8] |
Winner | 4. | 9 October 2010 | China Open, Beijing, China | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7-2), 1–6, [10–7] |
Winner | 5. | 19 February 2011 | Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, [10–8] |
Winner | 6. | 12 June 2011 | Aegon Classic, Birmingham, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
Runner-up | 2. | 31 July 2011 | Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 7. | 27 August 2011 | New Haven Open at Yale, New Haven, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 February 2012 | Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 8. | 26 May 2012 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3] |
Runner-up | 4. | 14 September 2013 | Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | ![]() |
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3-6, 3-6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 7 April 2014 | Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11] |
Runner-up | 6. | 24 September 2016 | Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.
This table is current through the 2015 Kremlin Cup.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | LQ | 1R | 0 / 8 | 3–8 | 27% |
French Open | A | A | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | LQ | 0 / 7 | 7–7 | 50% | |
Wimbledon | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 0 / 9 | 6–9 | 40% | |
US Open | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 36% | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 5–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 33 | 21–33 | 39% |
National representation | ||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | A | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | LQ | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% | |
Miami Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% | |
Madrid Open | Not Held | LQ | 2R | 1R | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |||
China Open | Not Tier I | 1R | 2R | LQ | 1R | A | A | LQ | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |||
WTA Premier 5 tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Dubai Championships | Not Tier I | 1R | 3R | A | Not Premier 5 | A | NP5 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | ||||
Qatar Open | Not Tier I | 2R | Not Held | NP5 | A | 1R | A | NP5 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |||
Italian Open | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | LQ | 1R | LQ | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
Canadian Open | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | LQ | A | LQ | A | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
Cincinnati Masters | Not Tier I | 2R | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |||
Pan Pacific Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | NP5 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||
Wuhan Open | Not Held | A | LQ | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Tournaments played | 1 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 165 | |||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–1 | 14–12 | 21–26 | 26–24 | 13–27 | 6–19 | 12–19 | 12–14 | 5–12 | 7–11 | 0 / 165 | 116–165 | 41.28% | |
Win % | 0% | 54% | 45% | 52% | 33% | 24% | 39% | 46% | 29% | 39% | 41.28% | |||
Year-end ranking | 334 | 49 | 49 | 52 | 74 | 114 | 57 | 95 | 145 | $2,830,354 |
Doubles
Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.
This table is current through the 2015 US Open.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
French Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% |
US Open | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0 / 27 | 16–27 | 37% |
National representation | |||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | A | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments | |||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
Madrid Open | Not Held | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | ||
China Open | Not Tier I | 1R | W | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 1 / 5 | 6–5 | 55% | ||
WTA Premier 5 tournaments | |||||||||||||
Dubai Championships | Not Tier I | A | A | A | Not Premier 5 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
Qatar Open | Not Tier I | A | Not Held | NP5 | A | 1R | A | NP5 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–3 | 40% |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
Cincinnati Masters | Not Tier I | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||
Pan Pacific Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NP5 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wuhan Open | Not Held | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Tournaments played | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 131 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–1 | 1–3 | 15–17 | 13–13 | 26–25 | 20–17 | 16–16 | 13–19 | 4–8 | 1–2 | 8 / 131 | 109–121 | 47.39% |
Win % | 0% | 25% | 47% | 50% | 51% | 54% | 50% | 41% | 33% | 33% | 47.39% | ||
Year-end ranking | 467 | 404 | 58 | 72 | 29 | 44 | 61 | 60 | 137 |
Record against select players
Govortsova's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or better is as follows:
Lindsay Davenport 0–1
Venus Williams 0–2
Serena Williams 0–1
Amélie Mauresmo 0–1
Maria Sharapova 0–1
Ana Ivanovic 0–3
Jelena Janković 0–1
Caroline Wozniacki 0–1
Victoria Azarenka 1–1
Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–1
Petra Kvitová 0–2
Agnieszka Radwańska 1–3
Li Na 0–4
Simona Halep 0–3
Nadia Petrova 0–2
Elena Dementieva 0–3
Jelena Dokic 0–1
Francesca Schiavone 4–2
Samantha Stosur 1–0
Daniela Hantuchová 1–4
Anna Chakvetadze 0–1
Angelique Kerber 1–5
Sara Errani 0–2
Eugenie Bouchard 0–2
Lucie Šafářová 0–2
Patty Schnyder 0–1
Nicole Vaidišová 1–0
Marion Bartoli 1–3
Karolína Plíšková 1–0
Ai Sugiyama 1–1
Ekaterina Makarova 2–0
Carla Suárez Navarro 2–2
Andrea Petkovic 1–2
Flavia Pennetta 0–3
Maria Kirilenko 0–1
Dominika Cibulková 1–0
References
- ^ Olga Govortsova. Wilson Tennis
- ^ http://www.peaksporteu.com/olga_govortsova
- ^ Lagardére Unlimited press kit p. 13
- ^ [1]
- ^ "RADWANSKA SETS UP KEYS CLASH". WTA official website. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "IVANOVIC ADVANCES IN TORONTO". WTA official website. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
External links
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- Olga Govortsova at the Women's Tennis Association
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- Olga Govortsova at the Billie Jean King Cup