Elena Bovina
Elena Olegovna Bovina is a professional tennis player from Russia. She reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 14 in April 2005. Her best performance at a Grand Slam came when she got to the quarter finals of the 2002 US Open, defeating Clarisa Fernández, Jelena Dokic, Stéphanie Foretz and Francesca Schiavone before losing to Lindsay Davenport.
In June 2005, Bovina sustained a right shoulder injury, which forced her to withdraw from all tournaments through the end of the year. She pulled out of all events she had entered in early 2006, and for some time, she was unranked in both singles and doubles. She returned to the WTA Tour at the Kremlin Cup in October 2006.
She has won three career singles titles, including the Tier II Pilot Pen Tennis Open. She has been a finalist in three singles tournaments, and has five career doubles titles, including the Pan Pacific Open, which she won with Rennae Stubbs, and the Swisscom Challenge in Zurich, with Justine Henin-Hardenne. In addition she won the 2004 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Nenad Zimonjić, and was the runner-up in the 2002 French Open mixed doubles tournament. She also was on the victorious 2005 Russian Fed Cup squad and was also on the team from 2001 to 2003.
In 2017, Bovina returned to tennis after a four-year hiatus. She competed in some ITF events during the year.
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)
WTA career finals
Singles: 6 (3–3)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 7 Apr 2001 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay |  Ángeles Montolio | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 12 May 2002 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay |  Henrieta Nagyová | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 22 Sep 2002 | Quebec City, Canada | Carpet |  Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 28 Aug 2004 | New Haven, United States | Hard |  Nathalie Dechy | 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 3 Oct 2004 | Hasselt, Belgium | Carpet |  Elena Dementieva | 0–6, 6–0, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 31 Oct 2004 | Linz, Austria | Hard | Amélie Mauresmo | 2–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 8 (5–3)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 21 October 2001 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard |  Dája Bedáňová | Nathalie Dechy  Meilen Tu | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 28 October 2001 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Hard | Daniela Hantuchová |  Bianka Lamade Patty Schnyder | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 3. | 14 April 2002 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay |  Zsófia Gubacsi | Barbara Rittner  María Vento-Kabchi | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 21 April 2002 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Zsófia Gubacsi |  Catherine Barclay Émilie Loit | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 5 May 2002 | Bol, Croatia | Clay | Henrieta Nagyová |  Tathiana Garbin Angelique Widjaja | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 20 October 2002 | Zurich, Switzerland | Carpet |  Justine Henin |  Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 2 February 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | Rennae Stubbs | Lisa Raymond Lindsay Davenport | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 10 August 2003 | Los Angeles, USA | Hard | Els Callens | Mary Pierce Rennae Stubbs | 3–6, 3–6 |
ITF Finals
Singles: 11 (8-3)
| Outcome | No | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 1. | 31 May 1998 | El Paso, United States | Hard | Diana Ospina | 3–6, 7–6, 7–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 6 February 2000 | Jersey, United Kingdom | Hard |  Helen Reesby | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 3. | 13 February 2000 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Hard |  Anna Zaporozhanova | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 20 Feb 2000 | Redbridge, United Kingdom | Hard | Julie Pullin | 2–6, 6–0, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 5 March 2000 | Chengdu, China | Hard |  Yi Jingqian | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 17 August 2008 | The Bronx, United States | Hard | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Winner | 6. | 16 March 2009 | Tenerife, Spain | Hard |  Rebecca Marino | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 7. | 7 February 2010 | Belfort, France | Carpet | Romina Oprandi | 7–6, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 9 August 2010 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hard | Anne Keothavong | 6–4, 4–1 Ret. |
| Runner-up | 2. | 19 February 2012 | Portimão, Portugal | Hard | Justine Ozga | 6–4, 1–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 8 April 2012 | Jackson, United States | Green Clay | Heidi El Tabakh | 0–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 17 (11–6)
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Career SR | Career Win-Loss |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 4R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 4R | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 6 | 8–6 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 |
| US Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | QF | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 |
| Grand Slam SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | N/A | 0 / 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 / 20 | N/A | - | - | |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 0–1 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 3–1 | N/A | 0–1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 22–19 | - | - | |
| Year End Ranking | 382 | 398 | 135 | 49 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 62 | — | 324 | 186 | 225 | 154 | 301 | 214 | - | - |