Elena Likhovtseva


Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva 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 also was 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 competition with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova, but was defeated in the second.

Major finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

Mixed doubles: 5 (2–3)

WTA career finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.17 October 1993MontpellierCarpet Dominique Monami6–3, 6–4
Runner-up1.19 February 1995Oklahoma CityHard Brenda Schultz-McCarthy1–6, 2–6
Winner2.5 January 1997Gold CoastHard Ai Sugiyama3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up2.17 May 1999StrasbourgClay Jennifer Capriati1–6, 3–6
Runner-up3.30 October 2000LeipzigCarpet Kim Clijsters6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up4.16 February 2003DohaHard Anastasia Myskina3–6, 1–6
Runner-up5.2 August 2004MontrealHard Amélie Mauresmo1–6, 0–6
Winner3.28 August 2004Forest HillsHard Iveta Benešová6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 56 (27–29)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.24 May 1997StrasbourgClay Ai Sugiyama Helena Suková
Natasha Zvereva
1–6, 1–6
Winner1.11 January 1998Gold CoastHard Ai Sugiyama Sung-Hee Park
Wang Shi-ting
1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up2.22 February 1998HanoverCarpet Caroline Vis Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Winner2.1 November 1998LuxembourgCarpet Ai Sugiyama Larisa Neiland
Elena Tatarkova
6–7, 6–3, 2–0 ret.
Winner3.8 November 1998LeipzigCarpet Ai Sugiyama Manon Bollegraf
Irina Spîrlea
6–3, 6–7, 6–1
Winner4.15 November 1998PhiladelphiaCarpet Ai Sugiyama Monica Seles
Natasha Zvereva
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Winner5.17 January 1999SydneyHard Ai Sugiyama Mary Joe Fernandez
Anke Huber
6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Runner-up3.22 February 1999ParisCarpet Ai Sugiyama Irina Spîrlea
Caroline Vis
5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Winner6.4 April 1999Hilton HeadClay Jana Novotná Barbara Schett
Patty Schnyder
6–1, 6–4
Winner7.23 May 1999StrasbourgClay Ai Sugiyama Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat
2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Runner-up4.1 August 1999StanfordHard Anna Kournikova Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up5.29 August 1999New HavenHard Jana Novotná Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–7, 2–6
Runner-up6.7 November 1999LeipzigCarpet Ai Sugiyama Larisa Neiland
Mary Pierce
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up7.10 September 2000US OpenHard Cara Black Ai Sugiyama
Julie Halard-Decugis
0–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner8.14 January 2001HobartHard Cara Black Ruxandra Dragomir
Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–4, 6–1
Winner9.6 May 2001HamburgClay Cara Black Květa Peschke
Barbara Rittner
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up8.7 May 2001BerlinClay Cara Black Els Callens
Meghann Shaughnessy
4–6, 3–6
Winner10.14 May 2001RomeClay Cara Black Paola Suárez
Patricia Tarabini
6–1, 6–1
Winner11.11 June 2001BirminghamGrass Cara Black Kimberly Po
Nathalie Tauziat
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up9.23 June 2001EastbourneGrass Cara Black Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 2–6
Winner12.30 July 2001San DiegoHard Cara Black Martina Hingis
Anna Kournikova
6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Winner13.20 August 2001New HavenHard Cara Black Jelena Dokić
Nadia Petrova
6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Winner14.30 September 2001LeipzigCarpet Nathalie Tauziat Květa Peschke
Barbara Rittner
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up10.4 November 2001MunichCarpet Cara Black Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up11.3 March 2002ScottsdaleHard Cara Black Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 7–5, 6–7
Winner15.7 April 2002SarasotaClay Jelena Dokić Els Callens
Conchita Martínez
6–7, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up12.22 June 2002EastbourneGrass Cara Black Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
7–6, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up13.11 November 2002Los AngelesHard Cara Black Elena Dementieva
Janette Husárová
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up14.5 January 2003AucklandHard Cara Black Abigail Spears
Teryn Ashley
2–6, 6–2, 0–6
Winner16.12 January 2003HobartHard Cara Black Barbara Schett
Patricia Wartusch
7–5, 7–6
Winner17.9 February 2003HyderabadHard Iroda Tulyaganova Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Tatiana Poutchek
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up15.22 February 2003DubaiHard Cara Black Svetlana Kuznetsova
Martina Navratilova
3–6, 6–7
Runner-up16.28 September 2003LeipzigCarpet Nadia Petrova Martina Navratilova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Winner18.10 January 2004Gold CoastHard Svetlana Kuznetsova Liezel Huber
Magdalena Maleeva
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up17.1 February 2004Australian OpenHard Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up18.8 February 2004TokyoCarpet Magdalena Maleeva Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
0–6, 1–6
Runner-up19.28 February 2004DubaiHard Svetlana Kuznetsova Janette Husárová
Conchita Martínez
0–6, 6–1, 3–6
Winner19.6 March 2004DohaHard Svetlana Kuznetsova Janette Husárová
Conchita Martínez
7–6, 6–2
Runner-up20.21 March 2004Indian WellsHard Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up21.4 April 2004MiamiHard Svetlana Kuznetsova Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up22.3 June 2004French OpenClay Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
0–6, 3–6
Runner-up23.19 June 2004EastbourneGrass Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik
Magüi Serna
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up24.11 September 2004US OpenHard Svetlana Kuznetsova Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
4–6, 5–7
Winner20.31 October 2004LinzHard Janette Husárová Nathalie Dechy
Patty Schnyder
6–2, 7–5
Winner21.8 January 2005Gold CoastHard Magdalena Maleeva Maria Elena Camerin
Silvia Farina Elia
6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Winner22.6 February 2005TokyoCarpet Janette Husárová Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu
6–4, 6–3
Winner23.8 May 2005BerlinClay Vera Zvonareva Cara Black
Liezel Huber
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up25.18 June 2005EastbourneGrass Vera Zvonareva Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up26.25 July 2005StanfordHard Vera Zvonareva Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 5–7
Winner24.25 September 2005KolkataHard Anastasia Myskina Neha Uberoi
Shikha Uberoi
6–1, 6–0
Winner25.7 January 2006AucklandHard Vera Zvonareva Émilie Loit
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–3, 6–4
Winner26.7 May 2006WarsawClay Anastasia Myskina Anabel Medina Garrigues
Katarina Srebotnik
6–3, 6–4
Winner27.13 January 2007HobartHard Elena Vesnina Anabel Medina Garrigues
Virginia Ruano Pascual
2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up27.12 February 2007AntwerpCarpet Elena Vesnina Cara Black
Liezel Huber
5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up28.30 April 2007WarsawClay Elena Vesnina Vera Dushevina
Tatiana Perebiynis
5–7, 6–3,
Runner-up29.23 September 2007PortorožHard Andreja Klepač Lucie Hradecká
Renata Voráčová
7–5, 4–6,

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Doubles: 9 (6–3)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Head-vs.-head record