Elena Likhovtseva

Elena Likhovtseva
Елена Лиховцева
Country (sports)	Soviet Union (1991), CIS (1992), ; Kazakhstan (1993–94), ; Russia (since Jul 1995)
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	8 September 1975; Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	(last match 2008)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$6,237,556
Singles
Career record	433–372
Career titles	3
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
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 (Елена Александровна Лиховцева listen^ⓘ; born 8 September 1975) is a Kazakhstani-born 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 in 2002 and the Australian Open mixed-doubles championship with Daniel Nestor in 2007.^[1] She also was runner-up in a number of other contests, including the 2000 and 2004 US Open – Women's doubles, the French Open mixed doubles in 2003, the Australian Open women's doubles in 2004, the French Open mixed doubles in 2006. 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.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2000	US Open	Hard	Cara Black	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	0–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2004	French Open	Clay	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	0–6, 3–6
Loss	2004	US Open	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4–6, 5–7

Mixed doubles: 5 (2–3)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi	Daniela Hantuchová Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 7–5
Loss	2003	French Open	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Martina Hingis Mahesh Bhupathi	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2006	French Open	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 4–6
Win	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4^[2]

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Legend
Tier I (0/1)
Tier II (0/1)
Tier III (1/3)
Tier IV (1/0)
Tier V (1/0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1993	Montpellier, France	Tier III	Carpet (i)	Dominique Monami	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Feb 1995	Oklahoma City, US	Tier III	Hard (i)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Jan 1997	Gold Coast, Australia	Tier III	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	3–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–3
Loss	2–2	May 1999	Strasbourg, France	Tier III	Clay	Jennifer Capriati	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Oct 2000	Leipzig, Germany	Tier II	Carpet (i)	Kim Clijsters	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Feb 2003	Doha, Qatar	Tier III	Hard	Anastasia Myskina	3–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	Aug 2004	Montreal, Canada	Tier I	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	1–6, 0–6
Win	3–5	Aug 2004	Forest Hills, US	Tier V	Hard	Iveta Benešová	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 56 (27–29)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/4)
WTA Championships (0/2)
Tier I (4/4)
Tier II (10/16)
Tier III (7/1)
Tier IV & V (6/2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 1997	Strasbourg	Clay	Ai Sugiyama	Helena Suková Natasha Zvereva	1–6, 1–6
Win	1.	Jan 1998	Gold Coast	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Sung-Hee Park Wang Shi-ting	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	2.	Feb 1998	Hanover	Carpet (i)	Caroline Vis	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 3–6
Win	2.	Nov 1998	Luxembourg	Carpet (i)	Ai Sugiyama	Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 2–0 ret.
Win	3.	Nov 1998	Leipzig	Carpet (i)	Ai Sugiyama	Manon Bollegraf Irina Spîrlea	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–1
Win	4.	Nov 1998	Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Ai Sugiyama	Monica Seles Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Win	5.	Jan 1999	Sydney	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Mary Joe Fernández Anke Huber	6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Loss	3.	Feb 1999	Paris	Carpet (i)	Ai Sugiyama	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	6.	Apr 1999	Hilton Head	Clay	Jana Novotná	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	6–1, 6–4
Win	7.	May 1999	Strasbourg	Clay	Ai Sugiyama	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	2–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–1
Loss	4.	Aug 1999	Stanford	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	Aug 1999	New Haven	Hard	Jana Novotná	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–7^(1–7), 2–6
Loss	6.	Nov 1999	Leipzig	Carpet (i)	Ai Sugiyama	Larisa Neiland Mary Pierce	4–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	Sep 2000	US Open	Hard	Cara Black	Ai Sugiyama Julie Halard-Decugis	0–6, 6–1, 1–6
Win	8.	Jan 2001	Hobart	Hard	Cara Black	Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–4, 6–1
Win	9.	May 2001	Hamburg	Clay	Cara Black	Květa Peschke Barbara Rittner	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	8.	May 2001	Berlin	Clay	Cara Black	Els Callens Meghann Shaughnessy	4–6, 3–6
Win	10.	May 2001	Rome	Clay	Cara Black	Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	6–1, 6–1
Win	11.	Jun 2001	Birmingham	Grass	Cara Black	Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat	6–1, 6–1
Loss	9.	Jun 2001	Eastbourne	Grass	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 2–6
Win	12.	Jul 2001	San Diego	Hard	Cara Black	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Win	13.	Aug 2001	New Haven	Hard	Cara Black	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Win	14.	Sep 2001	Leipzig	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Květa Peschke Barbara Rittner	6–4, 6–2
Loss	10.	Nov 2001	Munich	Carpet (i)	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	11.	Mar 2002	Scottsdale	Hard	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 7–5, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	15.	Apr 2002	Sarasota	Clay	Jelena Dokić	Els Callens Conchita Martínez	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
Loss	12.	Jun 2002	Eastbourne	Grass	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(6–8), 2–6
Loss	13.	Nov 2002	Los Angeles	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	14.	Jan 2003	Auckland	Hard	Cara Black	Abigail Spears Teryn Ashley	2–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win	16.	Jan 2003	Hobart	Hard	Cara Black	Barbara Schett Patricia Wartusch	7–5, 7–6^(7–1)
Win	17.	Feb 2003	Hyderabad	Hard	Iroda Tulyaganova	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–4
Loss	15.	Feb 2003	Dubai	Hard	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	3–6, 6–7^(7–9)
Loss	16.	Sep 2003	Leipzig	Carpet (i)	Nadia Petrova	Martina Navratilova Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win	18.	Jan 2004	Gold Coast	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva	6–3, 6–4
Loss	17.	Feb 2004	Australian Open	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4–6, 3–6
Loss	18.	Feb 2004	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Magdalena Maleeva	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	0–6, 1–6
Loss	19.	Feb 2004	Dubai	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	0–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	19.	Mar 2004	Doha	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Loss	20.	Mar 2004	Indian Wells	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	1–6, 2–6
Loss	21.	Apr 2004	Miami	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	2–6, 3–6
Loss	22.	Jun 2004	French Open	Clay	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	0–6, 3–6
Loss	23.	Jun 2004	Eastbourne	Grass	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Alicia Molik Magüi Serna	4–6, 4–6
Loss	24.	Sep 2004	US Open	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4–6, 5–7
Win	20.	Oct 2004	Linz	Hard (i)	Janette Husárová	Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder	6–2, 7–5
Win	21.	Jan 2005	Gold Coast	Hard	Magdalena Maleeva	Maria Elena Camerin Silvia Farina Elia	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Win	22.	Feb 2005	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Janette Husárová	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–3
Win	23.	May 2005	Berlin	Clay	Vera Zvonareva	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	25.	Jun 2005	Eastbourne	Grass	Vera Zvonareva	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 5–7
Loss	26.	Jul 2005	Stanford	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 5–7
Win	24.	Sep 2005	Kolkata	Hard (i)	Anastasia Myskina	Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi	6–1, 6–0
Win	25.	Jan 2006	Auckland	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–3, 6–4
Win	26.	May 2006	Warsaw	Clay	Anastasia Myskina	Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–4
Win	27.	Jan 2007	Hobart	Hard	Elena Vesnina	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	27.	Feb 2007	Antwerp	Carpet (i)	Elena Vesnina	Cara Black Liezel Huber	5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	28.	Apr 2007	Warsaw	Clay	Elena Vesnina	Vera Dushevina Tatiana Perebiynis	5–7, 6–3, [2–10]
Loss	29.	Sep 2007	Portorož	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	7–5, 4–6, [7–10]

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	24 February 1992	Vilamoura, Portugal	Hard	Svetlana Krivencheva	4–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	1.	16 August 1992	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Nelly Barkan	3–6, 0–6
Loss	2.	13 September 1992	Varna, Bulgaria	Clay	Linda Niemantsverdriet	2–6, 3–6
Win	2.	31 January 1993	Båstad, Sweden	Hard (i)	Maria Francesca Bentivoglio	6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 9 (6–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	19 January 1992	Bamberg, Germany	Carpet (i)	Dorien Wamelink	Olga Lugina Markéta Štusková	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	2.	17 February 1992	Algarve, Portugal	Hard	Svetlana Krivencheva	Angelina Petrova Petra Rihtarić	6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	24 February 1992	Vilamoura, Portugal	Hard	Svetlana Krivencheva	Tânia Couto Sofia Prazeres	6–3, 6–2
Win	4.	10 August 1992	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	Nelly Barkan Maria Marfina	7–5, 6–2
Win	5.	17 August 1992	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Maria Marfina	Agata Werblińska Svetlana Krivencheva	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1.	31 August 1992	Burgas, Bulgaria	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	Galia Angelova Tzvetelina Nikolova	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	19 October 1992	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Julia Lutrova	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	6.	15 November 1992	Manchester, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Elena Makarova	Elena Pampoulova Natalie Tschan	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3.	28 March 1993	Brest, France	Hard	Elena Makarova	Kristie Boogert Linda Niemantsverdriet	6–4, 5–7, 5–7

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career W–L
Australian Open	A	3R	1R	4R	1R	3R	3R	QF	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	18–14
French Open	A	A	2R	3R	2R	3R	3R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	SF	1R	2R	17–13
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	4R	2R	3R	3R	2R	3R	QF	2R	2R	4R	3R	2R	23–14
US Open	2R	4R	1R	3R	3R	1R	4R	3R	4R	2R	4R	1R	4R	3R	2R	26–15
Win–loss	1–1	5–3	1–4	10–4	4–4	6–4	9–4	7–4	5–4	7–4	4–4	4–4	13–4	5–4	3–4	84–56

Doubles

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career W–L
Australian Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	2R	3R	2R	1R	3R	F	2R	QF	1R	A	18–14
French Open	A	2R	2R	3R	3R	QF	1R	3R	3R	SF	F	3R	3R	1R	2R	27–14
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	SF	3R	QF	QF	3R	QF	A	23–13
US Open	1R	1R	QF	3R	A	1R	F	SF	SF	SF	F	2R	3R	1R	2R	30–13
Win–loss	0–2	1–4	5–4	5–4	7–3	5–4	6–4	8–4	10–4	12–4	18–4	7–4	9–4	3–4	2–1	98–54

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career W–L
Australian Open	1R	SF	2R	QF	1R	SF	2R	1R	2R	F	W	A	20–10
French Open	2R	1R	SF	QF	SF	QF	F	1R	1R	F	1R	1R	18–12
Wimbledon	2R	QF	SF	QF	SF	W	2R	QF	3R	QF	SF	A	29–10
US Open	QF	2R	1R	SF	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	1R	1R	A	10–11

Head-vs.-head record

References

^ "Nestor and Likhovtseva win mixed doubles". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
^ Source: [1] Note that other sources, including Australian Open homepage ([2]) say 6–4, 6–4, but this one says 7–5, 6–4. The source is a highlights reel.

External links

Elena Likhovtseva at the Women's Tennis Association
Elena Likhovtseva at the International Tennis Federation
Elena Likhovtseva at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
Elena Likhovtseva at Wimbledon
Elena Likhovtseva at ESPN.com
Elena Likhovtseva at Olympedia
Elena Likhovtseva at Olympics.com

[1] "Nestor and Likhovtseva win mixed doubles". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 July 2025.

[2] Source: [1] Note that other sources, including Australian Open homepage ([2]) say 6–4, 6–4, but this one says 7–5, 6–4. The source is a highlights reel.

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