Olga Govortsova
Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is world No. 35, which she reached on 23 June 2008.
Career
She reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2008 Cellular South Open in Memphis. She lost in straight sets to Lindsay Davenport.Olga Govortsova is sponsored by Wilson and Chinese clothing company Peak. She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardére Unlimited
2009
She began her season at the Brisbane International, where she defeated eighth seed Francesca Schiavone en route to the quarterfinals. However, she fell against world No. 41, Sara Errani.At the Australian Open she received main-draw entry but lost in straight sets against 20th seed Amélie Mauresmo in the first round.
She then played in Indian Wells, a Premier-Mandatory event. She defeated British No. 1, Anne Keothavong in the first round before falling to Peng Shuai.
In Miami, at the second Premier-Mandatory event, she lost in the first round to Belarusian qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova.
In October, she reached the final of the Kremlin Cup, losing to Francesca Schiavone.
2010
She started the year 2010 with the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. At the Medibank International Sydney she lost in the first qualifying round to Chanelle Scheepers.At the Australian Open she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber.
At the MPS Group Championships she beat second seed Alona Bondarenko in the first round, in the second round she beat Anna Tatishvili, in the quarterfinals she defeated Varvara Lepchenko, and in the semifinals third seed Dominika Cibulková, to lose her third WTA singles final to Caroline Wozniacki.
2015
At the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Govortsova retired in the first round when she played against Mirjana Lučić-Baroni. She failed to qualify for the French Open, losing in three sets to Alexa Glatch.At Wimbledon, Govortsova advanced to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, by defeating opponents such as Alizé Cornet and Magdaléna Rybáriková in the early rounds. She eventually lost to Madison Keys.
At the Rogers Cup, Govortsova qualified for the main draw, and defeated Irina-Camelia Begu in her opening match before losing to fifth seed Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results of WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.Singles
Current through 2020 Australian Open.Doubles
Significant finals
Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
WTA career finals
Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2008 | U.S. National Indoor, United States | Tier III | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | 2009 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles| | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Premier | Hard | Francesca Schiavone | 3–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | 2010 MPS Group Championships – Singles| | Amelia Island Championships, United States | International | Clay | Caroline Wozniacki | 2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–4 | 2013 Tashkent Open – Singles| | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | Bojana Jovanovski | 6–4, 5–7, 6–7 |
Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2003 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Shahar Pe'er | 1–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2003 | ITF Haifa, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Shahar Pe'er | 1–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2007 | ITF St. Paul, United States | 50,000 | Hard | Sofia Arvidsson | 6–2, 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–3 | Mar 2007 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Carpet | Eva Hrdinová | 6–7, 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 2–3 | Apr 2007 | ITF Jackson, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Melissa Torres Sandoval | 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 2–4 | May 2007 | ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States | 50,000 | Clay | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 5–7, 6–1, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | May 2011 | Aegon Trophy, United Kingdom | 75,000 | Grass | Eleni Daniilidou | 6–1, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3–5 | Feb 2012 | Dow Classic, United States | 100,000 | Hard | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 |
Win | 4–5 | Feb 2015 | ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland | 50,000 | Carpet | Rebecca Šramková | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 5–5 | Mar 2015 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Maryna Zanevska | 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–6 | Aug 2016 | Challenger de Granby, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | Jennifer Brady | 5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 6–6 | Sep 2016 | Zhuhai Open, China | 50,000 | Hard | İpek Soylu | 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 7–6 | Apr 2017 | ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States | 80,000 | Clay | Amanda Anisimova | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
Win | 8–6 | Jun 2019 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Clara Tauson | 6–1, 7–6 |
Loss | 8–7 | Jul 2019 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Georgia Crăciun | 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 9–7 | Feb 2020 | Kentucky Open, United States | 100,000 | Hard | Claire Liu | 6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Win | 1–0 | Nov 2003 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | Victoria Azarenka | Natalie Neri Danielle Steinberg | 6–0, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2004 | ITF Bol, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | Victoria Azarenka | Anna Bastrikova Alla Kudryavtseva | 4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2005 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 10,000 | Carpet | Kateryna Polunina | Alexandra Panova Olga Panova | 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2016 | Challenger de Granby, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | Julia Glushko | Jamie Loeb An-Sophie Mestach | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Jan 2019 | ITF Plantation, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Jada Robinson | Hsieh Yu-chieh Lee Pei-chi | 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–4 | Feb 2019 | Dow Classic, United States | 100,000 | Hard | Valeria Savinykh | Coco Gauff Ann Li | 6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 3–4 | Nov 2019 | Henderson Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Mandy Minella | Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller | 6–3, 6–4 |
Record against select players
Govortsova's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or better is as follows:- Lindsay Davenport 0–1
- Venus Williams 0–2
- Serena Williams 0–1
- Amélie Mauresmo 0–1
- Maria Sharapova 0–1
- Ana Ivanovic 0–3
- Jelena Janković 0–1
- Caroline Wozniacki 0–1
- Victoria Azarenka 1–1
- Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–1
- Petra Kvitová 0–2
- Agnieszka Radwańska 1–3
- Li Na 0–4
- Simona Halep 0–3
- Elina Svitolina 0–1
- Nadia Petrova 0–2
- Elena Dementieva 0–3
- Jelena Dokic 0–1
- Francesca Schiavone 4–2
- Samantha Stosur 1–0
- Daniela Hantuchová 1–4
- Anna Chakvetadze 0–1
- Angelique Kerber 1–5
- Sara Errani 0–2
- Eugenie Bouchard 0–2
- Lucie Šafářová 0–2
- Patty Schnyder 0–1
- Nicole Vaidišová 1–0
- Marion Bartoli 1–3
- Karolína Plíšková 1–0
- Ai Sugiyama 1–1
- Ekaterina Makarova 2–0
- Carla Suárez Navarro 2–2
- Andrea Petkovic 1–2
- Flavia Pennetta 0–3
- Maria Kirilenko 0–1
- Dominika Cibulková 1–0
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