Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva is a 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 championship in 2002, and the Australian Open mixed-doubles championship with Daniel Nestor in 2007.
She also was runner-up in a number of other contests, including the Australian Open women's doubles event in 2004, French Open women's doubles in 2004 and mixed doubles in 2003, and the 2000 and 2004 US Open women's doubles. 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.
Major finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 4 (0–4)
Mixed doubles: 5 (2–3)
WTA career finals
Singles: 8 (3–5)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 17 October 1993 | Montpellier | Carpet | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 19 February 1995 | Oklahoma City | Hard | ![]() | 1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 5 January 1997 | Gold Coast | Hard | ![]() | 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 17 May 1999 | Strasbourg | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 October 2000 | Leipzig | Carpet | ![]() | 6–7, 6–4, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 16 February 2003 | Doha | Hard | ![]() | 3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 2 August 2004 | Montreal | Hard | ![]() | 1–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 3. | 28 August 2004 | Forest Hills | Hard | ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 |
Doubles: 56 (27–29)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 24 May 1997 | Strasbourg | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 1. | 11 January 1998 | Gold Coast | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 22 February 1998 | Hanover | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 7–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 1 November 1998 | Luxembourg | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 6–3, 2–0 ret. |
Winner | 3. | 8 November 1998 | Leipzig | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–7, 6–1 |
Winner | 4. | 15 November 1998 | Philadelphia | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 5. | 17 January 1999 | Sydney | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 2–6, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 3. | 22 February 1999 | Paris | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
Winner | 6. | 4 April 1999 | Hilton Head | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 23 May 1999 | Strasbourg | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 7–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1 August 1999 | Stanford | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 29 August 1999 | New Haven | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 7 November 1999 | Leipzig | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 10 September 2000 | US Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 0–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
Winner | 8. | 14 January 2001 | Hobart | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 9. | 6 May 2001 | Hamburg | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 8. | 7 May 2001 | Berlin | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 10. | 14 May 2001 | Rome | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 11. | 11 June 2001 | Birmingham | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 9. | 23 June 2001 | Eastbourne | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 12. | 30 July 2001 | San Diego | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 13. | 20 August 2001 | New Haven | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 14. | 30 September 2001 | Leipzig | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 10. | 4 November 2001 | Munich | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 3 March 2002 | Scottsdale | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 7–5, 6–7 |
Winner | 15. | 7 April 2002 | Sarasota | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 12. | 22 June 2002 | Eastbourne | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6, 6–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 11 November 2002 | Los Angeles | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 14. | 5 January 2003 | Auckland | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
Winner | 16. | 12 January 2003 | Hobart | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 7–6 |
Winner | 17. | 9 February 2003 | Hyderabad | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 15. | 22 February 2003 | Dubai | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 16. | 28 September 2003 | Leipzig | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 18. | 10 January 2004 | Gold Coast | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 17. | 1 February 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 18. | 8 February 2004 | Tokyo | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 0–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 19. | 28 February 2004 | Dubai | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 0–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
Winner | 19. | 6 March 2004 | Doha | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 20. | 21 March 2004 | Indian Wells | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 21. | 4 April 2004 | Miami | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 22. | 3 June 2004 | French Open | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 0–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 23. | 19 June 2004 | Eastbourne | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 24. | 11 September 2004 | US Open | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 20. | 31 October 2004 | Linz | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 21. | 8 January 2005 | Gold Coast | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 |
Winner | 22. | 6 February 2005 | Tokyo | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 23. | 8 May 2005 | Berlin | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 25. | 18 June 2005 | Eastbourne | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 26. | 25 July 2005 | Stanford | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 24. | 25 September 2005 | Kolkata | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–0 |
Winner | 25. | 7 January 2006 | Auckland | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 26. | 7 May 2006 | Warsaw | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 27. | 13 January 2007 | Hobart | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 27. | 12 February 2007 | Antwerp | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–4, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 28. | 30 April 2007 | Warsaw | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–3, |
Runner-up | 29. | 23 September 2007 | Portorož | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 4–6, |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (2–2)
Doubles: 9 (6–3)
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
Head-vs.-head record
- Steffi Graf 0–3
- Dominique Monami 5–5
- Kim Clijsters 1–3
- Justine Henin 0–3
- Serena Williams 1–4
- Lindsay Davenport 0–10
- Martina Hingis 0–8
- Venus Williams 0–9
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–5
- Nadia Petrova 3–4
- Dinara Safina 1–1
- Maria Sharapova 1–3