Olga Barabanschikova


Olga Barabanschikova is a former professional Belarusian tennis player.
Barabanschikova's highest WTA singles ranking is 49th, which she reached on 2 March 1998. Her career high in doubles was at 81 set at 19 October 1998. Barabanschikova was also a spokesperson in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, announcing the televotes of Belarus.
Barabanschikova was born in Minsk. She married her longtime domestic partner, Luanne, in 2008. They currently reside between Los Angeles, CA and Europe.
Since retiring from tennis, Olga has participated in a variety of projects, including music videos and a television show in her native Belarus called "Time of Sport". She recently partnered with Natasha Zvereva at the World Beach Tennis Championship in Rome.

Major finals

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.9 August 1998Istanbul, TurkeyHard Henrieta Nagyová4–6, 6–3, 6–7

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.24 October 1999Bratislava, SlovakiaHard Lilia Osterloh Kim Clijsters
Laurence Courtois
2–6, 6–3, 5–7

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 7 (3–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.23 January 1995Pontevedra, SpainHard Paula Hermida1–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner1.Poitiers, FranceHard Elena Tatarkova6–3, 6–1
Runner-up2.5 August 1996Austin, United StatesHard Jane Chi2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner2.Bushey, United KingdomCarpet Raluca Sandu6–1, 7–6
Runner-up3.Southampton, United KingdomHard Sofia Arvidsson2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner3.27 October 2002Opole, PolandCarpet Anna Bastrikova2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up4.23 February 2003Redbridge, United KingdomHard Karolina Šprem3–6, 2–6

Doubles finals: 7 (4–3)