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Elena Likhovtseva

Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva (Елена Лиховцева (jelena lixɔvtseva; born 8 September 1975 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan) is a Russian 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 comprehensively defeated by Mary Pierce 6–1 6–1. Elena is also one of the few people in either the mens or womens 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 survived the first round of the Women's Doubles with her partner Svetlana Kuznetsova, but was defeated in the second. She won the 2007 Australian Open Mixed Doubles championship with Daniel Nestor.

Her friends on the WTA Tour include Anastasia Myskina and Anna Kournikova.

Grand Slam record

Australian Open

Doubles finalist: 2004 (w/ Kuznetsova)
Mixed Doubles finalist: 2006 (w/ Nestor)
Mixed Doubles champion: 2007 (w/ Nestor)

French Open

Doubles finalist: 2004 (w/ Kuznetsova)
Mixed Doubles finalist: 2003 (w/ Bhupathi, 2006 (w/ Nestor)

Wimbledon

Mixed Doubles champion: 2002 (w/ Bhupathi)

US Open

Doubles finalist: 2000 (w/ Black), 2004 (w/ Kuznetsova)

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals (5)

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2002	Wimbledon	Mahesh Bhupati	Daniela Hantuchová Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 7–5
2007	Australian Open	Daniel Nestor	Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2003	French Open	Mahesh Bhupathi	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
2006	Australian Open	Daniel Nestor	Martina Hingis Mahesh Bhupathi	6–3, 6–3
2006	French Open (2)	Daniel Nestor	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam women's doubles finals (4)

Wins (0)

Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	'''Score in Final
2000	U.S. Open	Cara Black	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	6–0, 1–6, 6–1
2004	Australian Open	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–3
2004	French Open	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–0, 6–3
2004	U.S. Open 2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 7–5

Singles Titles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	Oct 17, 1993	Montpellier, France	Carpet	Dominique Monami	6–3 6–4
2.	Jan 5, 1997	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	3–6 7–6(7) 6–3
3.	Aug 28, 2004	Forest Hills, U.S.	Hard	Iveta Benesova	6–3 6–2

Doubles Titles (27)

Legend (Doubles)
Tier I (4)
Tier II (10)
Tier III (7)
Tier IV (4)
VS (2)
Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Tour Championship (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	January 11, 1998	Gold Coast, Australia	III	Ai Sugiyama	Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.	November 1, 1998	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	III	Ai Sugiyama	Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova	6–7(3), 6–3, 2–0 ret.
3.	November 8, 1998	Leipzig, Germany	II	Ai Sugiyama	Manon Bollegraf Irina Spirlea	6–3, 6–7(2), 6–1
4.	November 15, 1998	Philadelphia, U.S.	II	Ai Sugiyama	Monica Seles Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
5.	January 17, 1999	Sydney, Australia	II	Ai Sugiyama	Mary Joe Fernandez Anke Huber	6–3, 2–6, 6–0
6.	April 4, 1999	Hilton Head, U.S.	I	Jana Novotna	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6–1, 6–4
7.	May 23, 1999	Strasbourg, France	III	Ai Sugiyama	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	2–6, 7–6(6), 6–1
8.	January 14, 2001	Hobart, Australia	VS	Cara Black	Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–4, 6–1
9.	May 6, 2001	Hamburg, Germany	II	Cara Black	Kveta Peschke Barbara Rittner	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
10.	May 20, 2001	Rome, Italy	I	Cara Black	Paola Suarez Patricia Tarabini	6–1, 6–1
11.	June 17, 2001	Birmingham, Great Britain	III	Cara Black	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	6–1, 6–2
12.	August 5, 2001	San Diego, U.S.	II	Cara Black	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
13.	August 25, 2001	New Haven, U.S.	II	Cara Black	Jelena Dokic Nadia Petrova	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
14.	September 30, 2001	Leipzig, Germany	II	Nathalie Tauziat	Kveta Peschke Barbara Rittner	6–4, 6–2
15.	April 7, 2002	Sarasota, U.S.	IV	Jelena Dokic	Els Callens Conchita Martinez	6–7(5), 6–3, 6–3
16.	January 12, 2003	Hobart, Australia	VS	Cara Black	Barbara Schett Patricia Wartusch	7–5, 7–6(1)
17.	February 9, 2003	Hyderabad, India	IV	Iroda Tulyaganova	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–4
18.	January 10, 2004	Gold Coast, Australia	III	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva	6–3, 6–4
19.	March 6, 2004	Doha, Qatar	II	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Janette Husarova Conchita Martinez	7–6(4), 6–2
20.	October 31, 2004	Linz, Austria	II	Janette Husarova	Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder	6–2, 7–5
21.	January 8, 2005	Gold Coast, Australia	III	Magdalena Maleeva	Maria Elena Camerin Silvia Farina Elia	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
22.	February 6, 2005	Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan	I	Janette Husarova	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–3
23.	May 8, 2005	Berlin, Germany	I	Vera Zvonareva	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
24.	September 25, 2005	Kolkata, India	III	Anastasia Myskina	Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi	6–1, 6–0
25.	January 7, 2006	Auckland, Australia	IV	Vera Zvonareva	Emilie Loit Barbora Zahlavova Strycova	6–3, 6–4
26.	May 7, 2006	Warsaw, Poland	II	Anastasia Myskina	Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–4
27.	January 13, 2007	Hobart, Australia	IV	Elena Vesnina	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	2–6, 6–1, 6–2

Singles Performance Timeline

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	3R	1R	4R	1R	3R	3R	QF	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	A	0 / 14	18-14
French Open	A	A	2R	3R	2R	3R	3R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	SF	1R	2R	A	0 / 13	17-13
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	4R	2R	3R	3R	2R	3R	QF	2R	2R	4R	3R	2R	A	0 / 14	23-14
U.S. Open	2R	4R	1R	3R	3R	1R	4R	3R	4R	2R	4R	1R	4R	3R	2R	A	0 / 15	26-15
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 0	0 / 56	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	1–1	5–3	1–4	10-4	4–4	6–4	9–4	7–4	5–4	7–4	4–4	4–4	13-4	5–4	3-4	0-0	N/A	84-56
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Doha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	A	A	F	2R	A	1R	A	1R	0 / 1	0-1
Indian Wells	A	2R	QF	2R	3R	1R	2R	4R	2R	3R	3R	2R	2R	A	3R	A	0 / 13	13-13
Miami	A	2R	1R	2R	4R	3R	4R	4R	2R	2R	3R	3R	4R	3R	1R	1R	0 / 15	15-16
Charleston	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	QF	3R	QF	2R	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 8	11-8
Berlin	A	1R	1R	SF	1R	2R	3R	A	1R	3R	QF	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 13	15-13
Rome	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 10	8-10
San Diego	QF	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	QF	3R	3R	1R	A	-	0 / 14	13-14
Montreal/Toronto	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	F	A	A	A	A	0 / 12	16-12
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	QF	2R	A	0 / 10	9-10
Moscow	A	QF	QF	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	QF	2R	A	A	0 / 11	9-11
Zurich	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	LQ	A	1R	A	A	-	0 / 5	4–5
Tournaments Played	14	19	17	22	25	29	32	29	26	28	29	25	22	20	18	4	N/A	359
Finals Reached	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	8
Tournaments Won	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	3
Overall Win-Loss	38-13	20-19	17-17	30-22	24-25	35-29	37-32	31-29	25-26	27-28	29-29	28-24	30-22	16-20	16-18	0-4	N/A	433-372
Year End Ranking	67	62	45	23	31	26	18	21	36	42	37	24	17	42	62		N/A	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament

Doubles Performance Timeline

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	2R	3R	2R	1R	3R	F	2R	QF	1R	0 / 14	18-14
French Open	A	2R	2R	3R	3R	QF	1R	3R	3R	SF	F	3R	3R	1R	0 / 13	26-13
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	SF	3R	QF	QF	3R	QF	0 / 13	23-13
U.S. Open	1R	1R	QF	3R	A	1R	F	SF	SF	SF	F	2R	3R	1R	0 / 13	30-13
Grand Slam SR	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 53	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0–2	1–4	5–4	5–4	7–3	5–4	8–4	8–4	10-4	12-4	18-4	7–4	9–4	2–4	N/A	97-55
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	QF	QF	QF	F	F	SF	SF	SF	A	A		0 / 8	4–8