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Elena Likhovtseva

Elena Likhovtseva
Елена Лиховцева
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Country (sports)  Russia
Residence Moscow, Russia
Born (1975-09-08) 8 September 1975 (age 41)
Alma-Ata, Soviet Union
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Turned pro 1992
Retired 2008
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 6,237,556
Singles
Career record 433–372
Career titles 3 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking No. 15 (25 October 1999)
Grand Slam Singles 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)

Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva (Russian: Елена Александровна Лиховцева [jɪˈlʲɛnə ˈlʲixəftsɨvə]; born 8 September 1975) is a Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16.

Together with Mahesh Bhupathi she won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles championship in 2002, and the Australian Open mixed doubles championship with Daniel Nestor in 2007.

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.


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