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Olga Govortsova
Вольга Гаварцова
Govortsova at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Belarus
ResidenceMinsk, Belarus
Born (1988-08-23) 23 August 1988 (age 36)
Pinsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2002
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$3,658,300
Singles
Career record440–353
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 35 (23 June 2008)
Current rankingNo. 1276 (24 April 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2012, 2013, 2014)
French Open3R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon4R (2015)
US Open3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record188–183
Career titles8 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 24 (29 August 2011)
Current rankingNo. 575 (24 April 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2011)
French Open3R (2010)
Wimbledon3R (2012)
US Open3R (2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup26–13
Last updated on: 24 September 2023.

Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova (Belarusian: Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); Ольга Алексеевна Говорцова; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 24 in the doubles rankings.

Tennis career

She reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2008 Memphis Championships but lost in straight sets to Lindsay Davenport.

Govortsova has been sponsored by Wilson[1] and Chinese clothing company Peak.[2] She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardère Unlimited.[3]

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 where she defeated British 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

Govortsova started the new year at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. At the Sydney International she lost in the first qualifying round to Chanelle Scheepers.

At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber.

At Amelia Island, she beat second seed Alona Bondarenko in the first round, and in the second round Anna Tatishvili, and in the quarterfinals Varvara Lepchenko, and in the semifinals third seed Dominika Cibulková, before losing her third WTA Tour singles final to Caroline Wozniacki.

2015

At the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Govortsova retired in the first round when she played against Mirjana Lučić-Baroni.[4] 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 (who had beaten Serena Williams the previous year) and Magdaléna Rybáriková in the early rounds. She eventually lost to Madison Keys.[5]

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.[6]

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results of WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[7]

Singles

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R Q3 1R Q1 A Q3 Q2 Q1 Q3 A 0 / 8 3–8 27%
French Open A A 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R Q1 1R Q1 A A A 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 9 7–9 44%
Wimbledon A 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 4R 1R Q1 A A NH 1R A A 0 / 11 6–11 35%
US Open A 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R Q1 A Q3 Q2 2R Q1 A Q1 0 / 10 6–10 38%
Win–loss 0–0 2–2 3–4 3–4 1–4 1–4 5–4 1–4 1–4 4–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 38 22–38 37%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH 1R NH A NH A NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] NMS 2R 1R 3R A A 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Indian Wells Open A A 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R Q1 A 1R A A A NH Q2 Q1 0 / 7 3–7 30%
Miami Open A A 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 2R 2R A 1R A A A NH Q2 Q1 0 / 7 2–7 22%
Madrid Open NH Q1 2R 1R A Q1 Q1 1R A A A A NH A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Italian Open A A 2R A 1R Q1 1R Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Canadian Open A A 1R A 1R Q1 A Q1 A 2R Q2 A A A NH A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Cincinnati Open NMS 2R 1R Q2 Q2 Q2 A Q2 A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[b] A A A A 2R A A A A Q1 A A A A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
China Open NMS 1R 2R Q1 1R A Q1 A A A A A NH 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Career statistics
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Career
Tournaments 1 12 26 24 27 19 19 14 12 11 11 0 1 1 3 5 0 Career total: 186
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 4
Hard Win–loss 0–1 12–9 12–17 17–15 7–17 4–11 8–10 10–9 5–8 2–5 2–8 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 0 / 113 83–115 42%
Clay Win–loss 0–0 0–1 8–6 5–6 6–7 1–6 3–8 2–3 0–2 1–4 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0 / 50 26–50 34%
Grass Win–loss 0–0 2–2 1–3 4–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 4–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 23 13–23 36%
Overall win–loss 0–1 14–12 21–26 26–24 13–27 6–19 12–20 12–14 5–12 7–11 2–13 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–5 0–0 0 / 186 122–189 39%
Win % 0% 54% 45% 52% 33% 24% 38% 46% 29% 39% 13% – 50% 0% 50% 0% Career total: 39%
Year-end ranking 334 49 49 52 74 114 57 95 145 69 199 271 427 194 133 134 607 $3,544,459

Doubles

Current after the season of 2021.

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 8 4–8 33%
French Open A A 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Wimbledon A A 1R A 2R 2R 3R 1R A A A A A A NH A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
US Open A 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 8 4–8 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–4 2–3 4–4 3–4 3–4 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 28 16–28 36%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH 2R NH A NH A NH A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] NMS A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Indian Wells Masters A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A NH A A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Miami Open A A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A NH A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Madrid Open NH A 1R 1R A 2R A A A A A A NH A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Italian Open A A A A 2R 1R 1R 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 4 2–3 40%
Canadian Open A A A A 1R 2R A 2R A A A A A A NH A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Cincinnati Masters NMS A 1R 1R 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
China Open NMS 1R W 1R 1R 1R 2R A A A A A NH 1 / 5 6–5 55%
Career statistics
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Career
Tournaments 1 3 18 15 26 21 18 19 9 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 Career total: 137
Titles 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 8
Finals 0 0 2 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 14
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–3 15–17 13–13 26–25 20–17 16–16 13–19 6–9 1–2 4–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 8 / 137 118–129 48%
Win % 0% 25% 47% 50% 51% 54% 50% 41% 40% 33% 57% 50% – 50% – 33% Career total: 48%
Year-end ranking 467 404 58 72 29 44 61 60 137 364 247 493 753 199 251 507
Govortsova at the 2010 US Open

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2008 Charleston Open Hard Romania Edina Gallovits Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Japan Ai Sugiyama 		2–6, 2–6
Win 2010 China Open Hard Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta 		7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]

WTA Tour career finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
Premier / WTA 500 (0–1)
Tier III / International / WTA 250 (0–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2008 National Indoor Championships, U.S. Tier III Hard (i) United States Lindsay Davenport 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2009 Kremlin Cup, Russia Premier Hard (i) Italy Francesca Schiavone 3–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Apr 2010 Amelia Island Championships, U.S. International Clay Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–4 Sep 2013 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Serbia Bojana Jovanovski 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I / Premier 5 & M / WTA 1000 (1–1)
Premier / WTA 500 (1–0)
Tier III / International / WTA 250 (6–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2008 Charleston Open, U.S. Tier I Clay Romania Edina Gallovits Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Japan Ai Sugiyama 		2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2008 İstanbul Cup, Turkey Tier III Clay United States Jill Craybas New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Slovenia Polona Hercog 		6–1, 6–2
Win 2–1 Sep 2009 Guangzhou Open, China International Hard Belarus Tatiana Poutchek Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm
China Sun Tiantian 		3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 3–1 Sep 2009 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Belarus Tatiana Poutchek Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
Belarus Ekaterina Dzehalevich 		6–2, 6–7(1–7), [10–8]
Win 4–1 Oct 2010 China Open Premier M Hard Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta 		7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]
Win 5–1 Feb 2011 National Indoor Championships, U.S. International Hard (i) Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 		6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 6–1 Jun 2011 Birmingham Classic, UK International Grass Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci 		1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 6–2 Jul 2011 Washington Open, U.S. International Hard Russia Alla Kudryavtseva India Sania Mirza
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova 		3–6, 3–6
Win 7–2 Aug 2011 New Haven Open, U.S. Premier Hard Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci 		7–5, 6–2
Loss 7–3 Feb 2012 National Indoor Championships, U.S. International Hard (i) Russia Vera Dushevina Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 		3–6, 4–6
Win 8–3 May 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay Poland Klaudia Jans-Ignacik South Africa Natalie Grandin
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová 		6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]
Loss 8–4 Sep 2013 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Luxembourg Mandy Minella Hungary Tímea Babos
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 8–5 Apr 2014 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Hungary Tímea Babos Croatia Darija Jurak
United States Megan Moulton-Levy 		6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Loss 8–6 Sep 2016 Guangzhou Open, China International Hard Belarus Vera Lapko United States Asia Muhammad
China Peng Shuai 		2–6, 6–7(3–7)

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2021 Swedish Open, Sweden Clay Spain Nuria Párrizas Díaz 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 Serbia Challenger Open Clay Belarus Lidziya Marozava Russia Alena Fomina-Klotz
Russia Ekaterina Yashina 		6–2, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75/80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2003 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel 10,000 Hard Israel Shahar Pe'er 1–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2003 ITF Haifa, Israel 10,000 Hard Israel Shahar Pe'er 1–6, 7–6(4), 3–6
Loss 0–3 Feb 2007 ITF St. Paul, United States 50,000 Hard (i) Sweden Sofia Arvidsson 6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–3 Mar 2007 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Carpet (i) Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–3 Apr 2007 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay Mexico Melissa Torres Sandoval 6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–4 May 2007 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States 50,000 Clay United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands 5–7, 6–1, 1–6
Loss 2–5 May 2011 Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom 75,000 Grass Greece Eleni Daniilidou 6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Win 3–5 Feb 2012 Midland Tennis Classic, United States 100,000 Hard (i) Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–3, 6–7(6), 7–6(5)
Win 4–5 Feb 2015 ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland 50,000 Carpet (i) Slovakia Rebecca Šramková 6–2, 6–1
Win 5–5 Mar 2015 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Belgium Maryna Zanevska 7–5, 6–2
Loss 5–6 Aug 2016 Challenger de Granby, Canada 50,000 Hard United States Jennifer Brady 5–7, 2–6
Win 6–6 Sep 2016 Zhuhai Open, China 50,000 Hard Turkey İpek Soylu 6–1, 6–2
Win 7–6 Apr 2017 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States 80,000 Clay United States Amanda Anisimova 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win 8–6 Jun 2019 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Denmark Clara Tauson 6–1, 7–6(3)
Loss 8–7 Jul 2019 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Romania Georgia Crăciun 2–6, 3–6
Win 9–7 Feb 2020 Kentucky Open, United States 100,000 Hard (i) United States Claire Liu 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2003 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel 10,000 Hard Belarus Victoria Azarenka United Kingdom Natalie Neri
Israel Danielle Steinberg 		6–0, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Apr 2004 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Belarus Victoria Azarenka Russia Anna Bastrikova
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva 		4–6, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Apr 2005 ITF Minsk, Belarus 10,000 Carpet (i) Ukraine Kateryna Polunina Russia Alexandra Panova
Russia Olga Panova 		5–7, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Aug 2016 Challenger de Granby, Canada 50,000 Hard Israel Julia Glushko United States Jamie Loeb
Belgium An-Sophie Mestach 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jan 2019 ITF Plantation, United States 25,000 Clay United States Jada Robinson Chinese Taipei Hsieh Yu-chieh
Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi 		1–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Feb 2019 Midland Tennis Classic, United States 100,000 Hard (i) Russia Valeria Savinykh United States Coco Gauff
United States Ann Li 		6–4, 6–0
Win 3–4 Nov 2019 Las Vegas Open, United States 60,000 Hard Luxembourg Mandy Minella United States Sophie Chang
United States Alexandra Mueller 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–5 Jan 2021 Georgia's Rome Open, United States 60,000 Hard Serbia Jovana Jović United States Emina Bektas
United Kingdom Tara Moore 		7–5, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss 3–6 May 2022 ITF Bonita Springs, United States 100,000 Clay Poland Katarzyna Kawa Hungary Tímea Babos
Japan Nao Hibino 		4–6, 6–3, [7–10]

Head-to-head record

Govortsova's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or better is as follows:

World TeamTennis

Govortsova has played three seasons with World TeamTennis, making her debut in 2013 with the Sacramento Capitals. She has since played for the Springfield Lasers in 2014 and 2019 was announced to be joining the Lasers again during the 2020 WTT season set to begin 12 July.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Olga Govortsova". Wilson Tennis. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Olga Govortsova – PEAK Sport". peaksporteu.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Press Kit" (PDF). Lagardére Unlimited. p. 13. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Mirjana Lucic-Baroni vs. Olga Govortsova". TennisLive.com. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  5. ^ "RADWANSKA SETS UP KEYS CLASH". WTA official website. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. ^ "IVANOVIC ADVANCES IN TORONTO". WTA official website. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Olga Govortsova [BLR]". ausopen.com. Australian Open. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  8. ^ "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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