Olga Govortsova

Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova (Belarusian: Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); Russian: Ольга Алексеевна Говорцова; born 23 August 1988) is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is world No. 35, which she reached on 23 June 2008.

Govortsova at the 2010 US Open

Olga Govortsova
Вольга Гаварцова

Govortsova at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Belarus
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	(1988-08-23) 23 August 1988 Pinsk, Belarus
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 3,217,853
Singles
Career record	415–311 (57.2%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 35 (23 June 2008)
Current ranking	No. 135 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2012, 2013, 2014)
French Open	3R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	4R (2015)
US Open	3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	171–171 (50.0%)
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 24 (29 August 2011)
Current ranking	No. 286 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	3R (2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	3R (2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	26–13 (66.7%)
Last updated on: 20 April 2020.

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[1] and Chinese clothing company Peak.[2] She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardére 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 (4–6, 3–6) 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.[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#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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.

Singles

Current through 2020 Australian Open.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	Q3	1R	Q1	A	Q3	Q2	0 / 8	3–8	27%
French Open	A	A	3R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	Q1	1R	Q1	A	A		0 / 8	7–8	47%
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	4R	1R	Q1	A	A	NH	0 / 10	6–10	38%
US Open	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	Q1	A	Q3	Q2		0 / 9	5–9	36%
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	0–0	0 / 35	21–35	38%
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held		1R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			P	0 / 1	0–1	0%
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	Q1	A	1R	A	A	A	P	0 / 7	3–7	30%
Miami Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	2R	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	P	0 / 7	2–7	22%
Madrid Open	Not Held			Q1	2R	1R	A	Q1	Q1	1R	A	A	A	A	P	0 / 3	1–3	25%
China Open	Not Tier I			1R	2R	Q1	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 3	1–3	25%
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open	Not Tier I		2R	1R	3R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Italian Open	A	A	2R	A	1R	Q1	1R	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	P	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	Q1	A	Q1	A	2R	Q2	A	A	A	P	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Cincinnati Open	Not Tier I			2R	1R	Q2	Q2	Q2	A	Q2	A	A	A	A		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Career
Tournaments	1	12	26	24	27	19	19	14	12	11	12	0	1	1	0	Career total: 179
Titles	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	Career total: 4
Hard Win–Loss	0–1	12–9	12–17	17–15	7–17	4–11	8–9	10–9	5–8	2–5	2–7	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 110	80–110	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 / 47	26–47	36%
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 / 22	13–22	37%
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	14–12	21–26	26–24	13–27	6–19	12–19	12–14	5–12	7–11	2–12	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 179	119–179	40%
Win %	0%	54%	45%	52%	33%	24%	39%	46%	29%	39%	14%	–	50%	0%	–	Career total: 40%
Year-end ranking	334	49	49	52	74	114	57	95	145	69	199	271	427	194		$3,214,253

Doubles

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	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		0 / 7	4–7	36%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	A	2R	2R	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	0 / 5	4–5	44%
US Open	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	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 / 28	16–28	36%
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held		2R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			P	0 / 1	1–1	50%
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	P	0 / 4	0–4	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	P	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Madrid Open	Not Held			A	1R	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	P	0 / 3	1–3	25%
China Open	Not Tier I			1R	W	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A		1 / 5	6–5	55%
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open	Not Tier I		A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	P	0 / 4	2–3	40%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	P	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Cincinnati Masters	Not Tier I			A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 3	0–3	0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Career
Tournaments	1	3	18	15	26	21	18	19	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	Career total: 134
Titles	0	0	1	2	1	3	1	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	Career total: 14
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	1–3	15–17	13–13	26–25	20–17	16–16	13–19	4–8	1–2	4–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	8 / 134	115–126	47%
Win %	0%	25%	47%	50%	51%	54%	50%	41%	33%	33%						Career total: 47%
Year-end ranking	467	404	58	72	29	44	61	60	137	364	247	493

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	Edina Gallovits	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	2–6, 2–6
Win	2010	China Open	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–6^(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–1)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–3)

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

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

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–1)
Tier II / Premier (1–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (6–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2008	Family Circle Cup, United States	Tier I	Clay	Edina Gallovits	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	May 2008	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	Tier III	Clay	Jill Craybas	Marina Erakovic Polona Hercog	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–1	Sep 2009	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Kimiko Date-Krumm Sun Tiantian	3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	3–1	Sep 2009	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Vitalia Diatchenko Ekaterina Dzehalevich	6–2, 6–7^(1–7), [10–8]
Win	4–1	Oct 2010	China Open, China	Premier M	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–6^(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]
Win	5–1	Feb 2011	U.S. National Indoor, United States	International	Hard (i)	Alla Kudryavtseva	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	6–1	Jun 2011	Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom	International	Grass	Alla Kudryavtseva	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss	6–2	Jul 2011	Washington Open, United States	International	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Sania Mirza Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–2	Aug 2011	Connecticut Open, United States	Premier	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	7–5, 6–2
Loss	7–3	Feb 2012	U.S. National Indoor, United States	International	Hard (i)	Vera Dushevina	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 4–6
Win	8–3	May 2012	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–7^(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]
Loss	8–4	Sep 2013	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Mandy Minella	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 3–6
Loss	8–5	Apr 2014	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Tímea Babos	Darija Jurak Megan Moulton-Levy	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	8–6	Sep 2016	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Vera Lapko	Asia Muhammad Peng Shuai	2–6, 6–7^(3–7)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments

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

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2003	ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel	10,000	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	Natalie Neri Danielle Steinberg	6–0, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Apr 2004	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Victoria Azarenka	Anna Bastrikova Alla Kudryavtseva	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Apr 2005	ITF Minsk, Belarus	10,000	Carpet (i)	Kateryna Polunina	Alexandra Panova Olga Panova	5–7, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Aug 2016	Challenger de Granby, Canada	50,000	Hard	Julia Glushko	Jamie Loeb An-Sophie Mestach	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 2019	ITF Plantation, United States	25,000	Clay	Jada Robinson	Hsieh Yu-chieh Lee Pei-chi	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Feb 2019	Dow Classic, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Valeria Savinykh	Coco Gauff Ann Li	6–4, 6–0
Win	3–4	Nov 2019	Henderson Open, United States	60,000	Hard	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:

• Lindsay Davenport 0–1
• Venus Williams 0–2
• Serena Williams 0–1
• Amélie Mauresmo 0–1
• Maria Sharapova 0–1
• Ana Ivanovic 0–3
• Jelena Janković 0–1
• Caroline Wozniacki 0–1
• Victoria Azarenka 1–1
• Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–1
• Petra Kvitová 0–2
• Agnieszka Radwańska 1–3
• Li Na 0–4
• Simona Halep 0–3
• Elina Svitolina 0–1
• Nadia Petrova 0–2
• Elena Dementieva 0–3
• Jelena Dokic 0–1
• Francesca Schiavone 4–2
• Samantha Stosur 1–0
• Daniela Hantuchová 1–4
• Anna Chakvetadze 0–1
• Angelique Kerber 1–5
• Sara Errani 0–2
• Eugenie Bouchard 0–2
• Lucie Šafářová 0–2
• Patty Schnyder 0–1
• Nicole Vaidišová 1–0
• Marion Bartoli 1–3
• Karolína Plíšková 1–0
• Ai Sugiyama 1–1
• Ekaterina Makarova 2–0
• Carla Suárez Navarro 2–2
• Andrea Petkovic 1–2
• Flavia Pennetta 0–3
• Maria Kirilenko 0–1
• Dominika Cibulková 1–0

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 July 12.[7]

References

1. Olga Govortsova. Wilson Tennis
2. http://www.peaksporteu.com/olga_govortsova
3. Lagardére Unlimited press kit p. 13
5. "RADWANSKA SETS UP KEYS CLASH". WTA official website. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
6. "IVANOVIC ADVANCES IN TORONTO". WTA official website. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
7. "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.

External links

• Olga Govortsova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Olga Govortsova at the International Tennis Federation
• Olga Govortsova at the Fed Cup