Elena Likhovtseva

Elena Likhovtseva
Елена Лиховцева
Country (sports) Soviet Union (1991), Commonwealth of Independent States CIS (1992),
 Kazakhstan (1993–94),
 Russia (since Jul 1995)
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1975-09-08) 8 September 1975 (age 49)
Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Turned pro1992
Retired(last match 2008)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$6,237,556
Singles
Career record433–372
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 15 (25 October 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (2000)
French OpenSF (2005)
WimbledonQF (2002)
US Open4R (1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)
Doubles
Career record526–314
Career titles27
Highest rankingNo. 3 (27 September 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (2004)
French OpenF (2004)
WimbledonSF (2002)
US OpenF (2000, 2004)
Mixed doubles
Career titles2
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (2007)
French OpenF (2003, 2006)
WimbledonW (2002)
US OpenSF (2000)

Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva (Елена Александровна Лиховцева listen; born 8 September 1975) is a Kazakhstani-born 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 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 2000 and 2004 US Open – Women's doubles, the French Open mixed doubles in 2003, the Australian Open women's doubles in 2004, the French Open mixed doubles in 2006. 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.[citation needed]