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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Mar 2008U.S. National Indoor, United StatesTier IIIHard Lindsay Davenport2–6, 1–6
Loss0–22009 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles|Kremlin Cup, RussiaPremierHard Francesca Schiavone3–6, 0–6
Loss0–32010 MPS Group Championships – Singles|Amelia Island Championships, United StatesInternationalClay Caroline Wozniacki2–6, 5–7
Loss0–42013 Tashkent Open – Singles|Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHard Bojana Jovanovski6–4, 5–7, 6–7

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2003ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel10,000Hard Shahar Pe'er1–6, 0–6
Loss0–2Nov 2003ITF Haifa, Israel10,000Hard Shahar Pe'er1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss0–3Feb 2007ITF St. Paul, United States50,000Hard Sofia Arvidsson6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win1–3Mar 2007ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000Carpet Eva Hrdinová6–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win2–3Apr 2007ITF Jackson, United States25,000Clay Melissa Torres Sandoval6–1, 6–1
Loss2–4May 2007ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States50,000Clay Bethanie Mattek-Sands5–7, 6–1, 1–6
Loss2–5May 2011Aegon Trophy, United Kingdom75,000Grass Eleni Daniilidou6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Win3–5Feb 2012Dow Classic, United States100,000Hard Magdaléna Rybáriková6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win4–5Feb 2015ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland50,000Carpet Rebecca Šramková6–2, 6–1
Win5–5Mar 2015ITF Seville, Spain25,000Clay Maryna Zanevska7–5, 6–2
Loss5–6Aug 2016Challenger de Granby, Canada50,000Hard Jennifer Brady5–7, 2–6
Win6–6Sep 2016Zhuhai Open, China50,000Hard İpek Soylu6–1, 6–2
Win7–6Apr 2017ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States80,000Clay Amanda Anisimova6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win8–6Jun 2019ITF Darmstadt, Germany25,000Clay Clara Tauson6–1, 7–6
Loss8–7Jul 2019ITF Stuttgart, Germany25,000Clay Georgia Crăciun2–6, 3–6
Win9–7Feb 2020Kentucky Open, United States100,000Hard Claire Liu6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nov 2003ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel10,000Hard Victoria Azarenka Natalie Neri
Danielle Steinberg		6–0, 6–3
Loss1–1Apr 2004ITF Bol, Croatia10,000Clay Victoria Azarenka Anna Bastrikova
Alla Kudryavtseva		4–6, 1–6
Loss1–2Apr 2005ITF Minsk, Belarus10,000Carpet Kateryna Polunina Alexandra Panova
Olga Panova		5–7, 3–6
Loss1–3Aug 2016Challenger de Granby, Canada50,000Hard Julia Glushko Jamie Loeb
An-Sophie Mestach		4–6, 4–6
Loss1–4Jan 2019ITF Plantation, United States25,000Clay Jada Robinson Hsieh Yu-chieh
Lee Pei-chi		1–6, 4–6
Win2–4Feb 2019Dow Classic, United States100,000Hard Valeria Savinykh Coco Gauff
Ann Li		6–4, 6–0
Win3–4Nov 2019Henderson Open, United States60,000Hard 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:
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 July 12.