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Olga Govortsova

Olga Govortsova
  • Residence: Minsk, Belarus
  • Date of Birth: 23 Aug 1988
  • Birthplace: Pinsk, Belarus
  • Height: 6' (1.82 m)
  • Weight: 148 lbs. (67 kg)
  • Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
  • Status: Pro (2002)

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Olga Govortsova Biography

Coached by brother, Ilya Govortsov ... Mother is Tatiana; father is Alexei; brothers are Ilya, Alexander ... Has two chihuahuas (Lucky, Chip) ... Baseliner whose favorite shot is backhand; favorite surface is clay ... Started playing at age 6 when mother and brother introduced her to the sport ... Speaks Belarusian, Russian, English ... Likes rap, rock, pop and Russian music ... Other interests include hockey, shopping ... Favorite places to visit are Hawaii, Belarus; favorite tournament is Dubai ... Tennis players admired growing up were Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati ... Goal is to reach Top 10.
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Stats

YTD Career
WTA Singles Titles 0 0
WTA Doubles Titles 0 8
ITF Women's Circuit Singles Titles 0 3
ITF Women's Circuit Doubles Titles 0 1
Prize Money $131,263 $2,021,169
W/L - Singles 5 - 9 249 - 199
W/L - Doubles 4 - 8 117 - 121
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Results

ROME

WTA // ITALY // 13-May-2013 // $2,369,000 // Clay (Outdoor) // Draw: 64M/32Q/32D // Rank: 63 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
Q-R32 Loss Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 97 3-6 6-3 6-1

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$1,840
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Rankings

Singles Race to Istanbul Doubles
64 97 54
Career-high Singles Career-high Doubles
23-Jun-2008 (35) 29-Aug-2011 (24)
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JANUARY - Reached 2r at Hobart (l. to Gajdosova); reached 2r at Australian Open (l. to Li).

FEBRUARY - Fell 1r at Doha (l. to Halep); fell in Dubai qualifying.

MARCH - Reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. to Kvitova); reached 2r at Miami (l. to Stephens).

APRIL - Reached 2r at Charleston (l. to Goerges).
2002 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Belarus.

2003 - Won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first WTA qualifying at Tashkent.

2005 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Played first WTA main draw at Tashkent, falling 1r; fell in qualifying once.

2007 - First Top 50 season; SF at Tashkent (l. to Parmentier); QF three times at Cincinnati, Stanford and Québec City; reached 2r five times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); fell 1r three times and in qualifying twice; made Top 100 debut on July 23 (after Cincinnati; rose from No.107 to No.100) and Top 50 debut on October 15 (rose from No.51 to No.50); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Another Top 50 season; reached first WTA final at Memphis (l. to Davenport); QF at Istanbul; reached 3r three times (incl. Roland Garros) and 2r 11 times (incl. US Open); fell 1r 10 times (incl. other two majors, Olympics) and in qualifying once; won one WTA doubles title.

2009 - Another Top 100 season; runner-up at Moscow (l. to Schiavone in final); SF at Tashkent (l. to Peer); QF four times at Brisbane, 's-Hertogenbosch, Palermo and Istanbul; reached 3r once (Roland Garros) and 2r nine times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r eight times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying three times; won two WTA doubles titles.

2010 - Another Top 100 season; runner-up at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to Wozniacki in final); reached 3r once and 2r eight times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r 16 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying once; won one WTA doubles title.

2011 - QF at Monterrey; reached 2r four times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r 14 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying seven times; won three WTA doubles titles; retired in Wimbledon 1r w/left ankle injury.

2012 - Fifth Top 100 season; QF twice at Barcelona and New Haven; reached 3r once (US Open) and 2r six times (incl. other three majors); fell 1r 10 times (incl. Beijing - l. to Paszek 75 06 76(6); held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-breaK) and in qualifying three times; won one WTA doubles title; won one singles title on ITF Circuit; struggled throughout season w/illness (retired in Bastad 1r, withdrew from Baku, retired in Guangzhou 2r and withdrew from Osaka); also withdrew from Bad Gastein w/right adductor injury and from Tashkent w/right shoulder injury.
SINGLES
Finalist (3): 2010 - Ponte Vedra Beach; 2009 - Moscow; 2008 - Memphis.

DOUBLES
Winner (8): 2012 - Strasbourg (w/Jans-Ignacik); 2011 - Memphis, Birmingham (both w/Kudryavtseva), New Haven (w/Chuang); 2010 - Beijing (w/Chuang); 2009 - Guangzhou, Tashkent (both w/Poutchek); 2008 - Istanbul (w/Craybas).
Finalist (3): 2012 - Memphis (w/Dushevina); 2011 - College Park (w/Kudryavtseva); 2008 - Charleston (w/Gallovits-Hall).

ADDITIONAL
Belarusian Fed Cup Team, 2008-12; Belarusian Olympic Team, 2008.

Overall Stats

YTD Career
WTA Singles Titles 0 0
WTA Doubles Titles 0 8
ITF Women's Circuit Singles Titles 0 3
ITF Women's Circuit Doubles Titles 0 1
Prize Money $131,263 $2,021,169
W/L - Singles 5 - 9 249 - 199
W/L - Doubles 4 - 8 117 - 121

Grand Slam History

Singles

W/L   2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
2 / 6 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2r 2r 1r 1r 1r 1r - -
7 / 5 FRENCH OPEN - 2r 2r 2r 3r 3r - -
3 / 6 WIMBLEDON - 2r 1r 1r 2r 1r 2r -
4 / 6 US OPEN - 3r 1r 1r 1r 2r 2r -

Doubles

W/L   2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
4 / 6 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2r 1r 3r 1r 1r 2r - -
3 / 5 FRENCH OPEN - 2r 1r 3r 1r 1r - -
4 / 4 WIMBLEDON - 3r 2r 2r - 1r - -
3 / 6 US OPEN - 1r 1r 2r 3r 1r 1r -
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Olga Govortsova Results

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ROME

WTA // ITALY // 13-May-2013 // $2,369,000 // Clay (Outdoor) // Draw: 64M/32Q/32D // Rank: 63 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
Q-R32 Loss Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 97 3-6 6-3 6-1

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$1,840

MADRID

WTA // SPAIN // 04-May-2013 // $5,137,962 // Clay (Outdoor) // Draw: 64M/32Q/32D // Rank: - // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
Q-R32 Loss Camila Giorgi (ITA) 93 2-6 6-0 6-1

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$1,592

CHARLESTON

WTA // USA // 01-Apr-2013 // $795,707 // Clay (Outdoor) // Draw: 64M/32Q/16D // Rank: - // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R64 Win Jamie Hampton (USA) 66 6-4 6-7 (7) 6-4
R32 Loss [10] Julia Goerges (GER) 30 6-2 0-6 6-3

WTA Rankings PTS

+40

Prize Money

$4,480

MIAMI

WTA // USA // 19-Mar-2013 // $5,185,625 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 128M/64Q/32D // Rank: 64 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R128 Win [Q] Melinda Czink (HUN) 94 3-6 6-3 6-2
R64 Loss [16] Sloane Stephens (USA) 16 0-6 6-4 6-4

WTA Rankings PTS

+50

Prize Money

$13,750

INDIAN WELLS

WTA // USA // 06-Mar-2013 // $6,020,268 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 128M/64Q/32D // Rank: 67 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R128 Win Mandy Minella (LUX) 96 6-2 3-6 6-4
R64 Loss [5] Petra Kvitova (CZE) 7 6-4 3-6 6-3

WTA Rankings PTS

+50

Prize Money

$16,000

DUBAI

WTA // UNITED ARAB EMIRATES // 18-Feb-2013 // $2,000,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/32Q/16D // Rank: 64 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
Q-R32 Loss [2] Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 28 6-3 6-1

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$1,726

DOHA

WTA // QATAR // 11-Feb-2013 // $2,369,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 64M/32Q/32D // Rank: 66 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R64 Loss Simona Halep (ROU) 49 6-1 6-0

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$6,415

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Grand Slam // AUSTRALIA // 14-Jan-2013 // $13,712,772 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 128M/128Q/64D // Rank: - // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R128 Win Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 67 2-6 6-3 6-2
R64 Loss [6] Na Li (CHN) 6 6-2 7-5

WTA Rankings PTS

+100

Prize Money

$45,723

HOBART

WTA // AUSTRALIA // 06-Jan-2013 // $235,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/32Q/16D // Rank: 57 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R32 Win [5] Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 34 6-2 6-1
R16 Loss [W] Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 167 6-3 6-1

WTA Rankings PTS

+30

Prize Money

$3,100
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Current WTA Rankings

Singles Race to Istanbul Doubles
64 97 54

Rankings Breakdown

Grand Slams

Date Tournament Round Points
14/01/2013 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 100
27/08/2012 US OPEN 3R 160
25/06/2012 WIMBLEDON 2R 100
27/05/2012 FRENCH OPEN 2R 100
16/01/2012 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 100
29/08/2011 US OPEN 1R 5
20/06/2011 WIMBLEDON 1R 5
22/05/2011 FRENCH OPEN 2R 160
17/01/2011 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 5
30/08/2010 US OPEN 1R 5
Date Tournament Round Points
21/06/2010 WIMBLEDON 1R 5
23/05/2010 FRENCH OPEN 2R 100
18/01/2010 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 5
31/08/2009 US OPEN 1R 5
22/06/2009 WIMBLEDON 2R 100
24/05/2009 FRENCH OPEN 3R 160
19/01/2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 5
25/08/2008 US OPEN 2R 60
23/06/2008 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
25/05/2008 FRENCH OPEN 3R 90
Date Tournament Round Points
14/01/2008 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
27/08/2007 US OPEN 2R 60
25/06/2007 WIMBLEDON 2R 91
Complete Rankings Breakdown

Rankings History

Year Season-ending Singles Season-ending Doubles
2012 57 61
2011 114 44
2010 74 29
2009 52 72
2008 49 58
2007 49 404
2006 334 467
2004 600 677
Career-high Singles Career-high Doubles
23-Jun-2008 (35) 29-Aug-2011 (24)

Current WTA Rankings

Ranking Points
64 916

Rankings Breakdown

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    Doubles

Grand Slams

Date Tournament Round Points
14/01/2013 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 100
27/08/2012 US OPEN 3R 160
25/06/2012 WIMBLEDON 2R 100
27/05/2012 FRENCH OPEN 2R 100
16/01/2012 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 100
29/08/2011 US OPEN 1R 5
20/06/2011 WIMBLEDON 1R 5
22/05/2011 FRENCH OPEN 2R 160
17/01/2011 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 5
30/08/2010 US OPEN 1R 5
Date Tournament Round Points
21/06/2010 WIMBLEDON 1R 5
23/05/2010 FRENCH OPEN 2R 100
18/01/2010 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 5
31/08/2009 US OPEN 1R 5
22/06/2009 WIMBLEDON 2R 100
24/05/2009 FRENCH OPEN 3R 160
19/01/2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 5
25/08/2008 US OPEN 2R 60
23/06/2008 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
25/05/2008 FRENCH OPEN 3R 90
Date Tournament Round Points
14/01/2008 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
27/08/2007 US OPEN 2R 60
25/06/2007 WIMBLEDON 2R 91

Premier Mandatory Events

Date Tournament Round Points
13/05/2013 ROME Q - 1R 1
04/05/2013 MADRID 1R 1
01/04/2013 CHARLESTON 2R 40
19/03/2013 MIAMI 2R 50
06/03/2013 INDIAN WELLS 2R 50
18/02/2013 DUBAI Q - 1R 1
11/02/2013 DOHA 1R 1
29/09/2012 BEIJING 2R 20
19/08/2012 NEW HAVEN 3R 140
13/08/2012 CINCINNATI Q - 2R 20
Date Tournament Round Points
14/05/2012 ROME 1R 30
02/04/2012 CHARLESTON 1R 1
20/03/2012 MIAMI Q - 1R 1
07/03/2012 INDIAN WELLS 1R 30
17/10/2011 MOSCOW Q - 3R 12
01/10/2011 BEIJING 1R 1
21/08/2011 NEW HAVEN 3R 12
15/08/2011 CINCINNATI 2R 20
08/08/2011 TORONTO Q - 1R 1
01/08/2011 CARLSBAD 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
09/05/2011 ROME 1R 1
30/04/2011 MADRID 1R 30
04/04/2011 CHARLESTON 1R 1
22/03/2011 MIAMI 1R 5
09/03/2011 INDIAN WELLS 1R 5
18/10/2010 MOSCOW 1R 1
02/10/2010 BEIJING 2R 80
26/09/2010 TOKYO - PAN PACIFIC 2R 70
22/08/2010 NEW HAVEN 2R 60
16/08/2010 MONTREAL 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
09/08/2010 CINCINNATI 1R 1
02/08/2010 SAN DIEGO 1R 1
26/07/2010 STANFORD 2R 60
14/06/2010 EASTBOURNE 1R 1
17/05/2010 WARSAW 1R 1
08/05/2010 MADRID 2R 80
02/05/2010 ROME 1R 1
26/04/2010 STUTTGART 1R 1
12/04/2010 CHARLESTON 1R 1
23/03/2010 MIAMI 1R 5
Date Tournament Round Points
10/03/2010 INDIAN WELLS 2R 50
14/02/2010 DUBAI 3R 125
08/02/2010 PARIS 1R 1
10/01/2010 SYDNEY Q - 1R 1
19/10/2009 MOSCOW QF 320
03/10/2009 BEIJING 1R 30
23/08/2009 NEW HAVEN Q - 1R 1
10/08/2009 CINCINNATI 2R 90
18/05/2009 WARSAW 1R 1
09/05/2009 MADRID Q - 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
27/04/2009 STUTTGART Q - 2R 8
13/04/2009 CHARLESTON 1R 1
25/03/2009 MIAMI 1R 5
11/03/2009 INDIAN WELLS 2R 50
15/02/2009 DUBAI 1R 1

Internationals

Date Tournament Round Points
06/01/2013 HOBART 2R 30
15/10/2012 LUXEMBOURG 1R 1
17/09/2012 GUANGZHOU 2R 30
29/07/2012 WASHINGTON DC 2R 30
16/07/2012 BASTAD 1R 1
17/06/2012 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH 1R 1
21/05/2012 STRASBOURG 1R 1
30/04/2012 ESTORIL 1R 1
23/04/2012 FES 1R 1
09/04/2012 BARCELONA 3R 70
Date Tournament Round Points
19/02/2012 MEMPHIS 2R 30
08/01/2012 HOBART Q - 2R 6
10/10/2011 OSAKA 2R 30
12/09/2011 TASHKENT 1R 1
25/07/2011 WASHINGTON DC 1R 1
11/07/2011 BAD GASTEIN 1R 1
06/06/2011 BIRMINGHAM 2R 15
25/04/2011 ESTORIL 1R 1
28/02/2011 MONTERREY 3R 70
21/02/2011 ACAPULCO 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
13/02/2011 MEMPHIS 1R 1
09/01/2011 HOBART 2R 46
02/01/2011 BRISBANE 1R 1
13/09/2010 QUEBEC CITY 1R 1
07/06/2010 BIRMINGHAM 2R 1
05/04/2010 PONTE VEDRA BEACH QF 200
22/02/2010 KUALA LUMPUR 1R 1
03/01/2010 BRISBANE 1R 1
12/10/2009 LINZ 2R 30
21/09/2009 TASHKENT 4R 130
Date Tournament Round Points
14/09/2009 GUANGZHOU 2R 30
27/07/2009 ISTANBUL 3R 70
20/07/2009 PORTOROZ 2R 30
13/07/2009 PALERMO 3R 70
14/06/2009 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH 3R 70
08/06/2009 BIRMINGHAM 2R 15
04/05/2009 ESTORIL 2R 30
06/04/2009 PONTE VEDRA BEACH 1R 1
11/01/2009 HOBART 2R 30
04/01/2009 BRISBANE 3R 70
Date Tournament Round Points

Fed Cup

Date Tournament Round Points
04/02/2012 FED CUP WEEK 1 1R 0

Tier 1-5

Date Tournament Round Points
27/10/2008 QUEBEC CITY 2R 20
29/09/2008 TASHKENT 1R 1
22/09/2008 BEIJING Q - 2R 5
15/09/2008 GUANGZHOU 2R 20
17/08/2008 NEW HAVEN 2R 35
28/07/2008 MONTREAL 1R 1
21/07/2008 LOS ANGELES 3R 35
14/07/2008 STANFORD 1R 1
16/06/2008 EASTBOURNE 2R 35
09/06/2008 BIRMINGHAM 2R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
19/05/2008 ISTANBUL 3R 35
12/05/2008 ROME 2R 35
05/05/2008 BERLIN 1R 1
14/04/2008 CHARLESTON 2R 35
07/04/2008 AMELIA ISLAND 3R 35
26/03/2008 MIAMI 1R 1
12/03/2008 INDIAN WELLS 2R 1
24/02/2008 MEMPHIS QF 100
18/02/2008 DOHA 2R 40
11/02/2008 ANTWERP 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
04/02/2008 PARIS 1R 1
06/01/2008 HOBART 2R 15
29/10/2007 QUEBEC CITY 3R 35
22/10/2007 LINZ Q - 2R 1
02/10/2007 TASHKENT 4R 50
24/09/2007 GUANGZHOU 2R 20
17/09/2007 BEIJING 1R 1
19/08/2007 NEW HAVEN 1R 15
06/08/2007 LOS ANGELES 2R 30
30/07/2007 SAN DIEGO Q - 2R 10
Date Tournament Round Points
23/07/2007 STANFORD 3R 85
16/07/2007 CINCINNATI 3R 35
11/06/2007 BIRMINGHAM 2R 14
21/05/2007 ISTANBUL 1R 1
02/10/2006 TASHKENT 1R 4
22/05/2006 ISTANBUL Q - 2R 2
11/10/2004 TASHKENT Q - 2R 3
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