Olga Govortsova

Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova (Belarusian: Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); Ольга Алексеевна Говорцова; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian inactive 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.

Olga Govortsova
Вольга Гаварцова

Govortsova at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	Belarus
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	(1988-08-23) 23 August 1988 (age 37) Pinsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$3,658,300
Singles
Career record	440–353
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (23 June 2008)
Current ranking	No. 1276 (24 April 2023)
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	188–183
Career titles	8 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 24 (29 August 2011)
Current ranking	No. 575 (24 April 2023)
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
Last updated on: 24 September 2023.

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	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 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)	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, U.S.	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
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	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	Premier M	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]
Win	5–1	Feb 2011	National Indoor Championships, U.S.	International	Hard (i)	Alla Kudryavtseva	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	6–1	Jun 2011	Birmingham Classic, UK	International	Grass	Alla Kudryavtseva	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss	6–2	Jul 2011	Washington Open, U.S.	International	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Sania Mirza Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–2	Aug 2011	New Haven Open, U.S.	Premier	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	7–5, 6–2
Loss	7–3	Feb 2012	National Indoor Championships, U.S.	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)

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2012	Taipei Challenger, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Chang Kai-chen	Chan Hao-ching Kristina Mladenovic	7–5, 2–6, [8–10]
Win	1–1	Jul 2021	Serbia Challenger Open, Serbia	Clay	Lidziya Marozava	Alena Fomina-Klotz 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	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(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	Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom	75,000	Grass	Eleni Daniilidou	6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Win	3–5	Feb 2012	Midland Tennis 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: 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	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	Midland Tennis Classic, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Valeria Savinykh	Coco Gauff Ann Li	6–4, 6–0
Win	3–4	Nov 2019	Las Vegas Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Mandy Minella	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–5	Jan 2021	Georgia's Rome Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Jovana Jović	Emina Bektas Tara Moore	7–5, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	3–6	May 2022	ITF Bonita Springs, United States	100,000	Clay	Katarzyna Kawa	Tímea Babos 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:

• 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 12 July.^[8]

Notes

1. 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.