Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian 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.
Tennis career 2008 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 and Chinese clothing company Peak. She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardère Unlimited.
2009 She began her 2009 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.
2013 Govortsova reached her fourth WTA Tour singles final at the Tashkent Open, losing to top seed Bojana Jovanovski.
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 (who had beaten Serena Williams the previous year) 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 the 2022 Australian Open. Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAA1R1R1R1R2R2R2RQ31RQ1AQ3Q2Q1Q3A0 / 83–8 French OpenAA3R3R2R2R2R1R1RQ11RQ1AAA1RQ1Q10 / 97–9 WimbledonA2R1R2R1R1R2R1R1R4R1RQ1AANH1RAA0 / 116–11 US OpenA2R2R1R1R1R3R1R1R2RQ1AQ3Q22RQ1AQ10 / 106–10Win–loss0–02–23–43–41–41–45–41–41–44–20–30–00–00–01–10–20–00–00 / 3822–38National representationSummer OlympicsNH1RNHANHANHA0 / 10–1WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenNMS2R1R3RAA1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 43–4Indian Wells OpenAA2R2R2R1R1R2RQ1A1RAAANHQ2Q10 / 73–7Miami OpenAA1R1R1R1RQ12R2RA1RAAANHQ2Q10 / 72–7Madrid OpenNHQ12R1RAQ1Q11RAAAANHA0 / 31–3Italian OpenAA2RA1RQ11RQ1AAAAAAAA0 / 31–3Canadian OpenAA1RA1RQ1AQ1A2RQ2AAANHA0 / 31–3Cincinnati OpenNMS2R1RQ2Q2Q2AQ2AAAAAA0 / 21–2Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAA2RAAAAQ1AAAANH0 / 11–1China OpenNMS1R2RQ11RAQ1AAAAANH0 / 31–3Career statistics20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022CareerTournaments112262427191914121111011350Career total: 186Titles00000000000000000Career total: 0Finals00111001000000000Career total: 4Hard Win–loss0–112–912–1717–157–174–118–1010–95–82–52–80–01–10–13–30–10–00 / 11383–115Clay Win–loss0–00–18–65–66–71–63–82–30–21–40–40–00–00–00–00–30–00 / 5026–50Grass Win–loss0–02–21–34–30–31–21–20–20–24–20–10–00–00–00–00–10–00 / 2313–23Overall win–loss0–114–1221–2626–2413–276–1912–2012–145–127–112–130–01–10–13–30–50–00 / 186122–189Win %0%54%45%52%33%24%46%29%39%–50%0%50%Career total: Year-end ranking33449495274114579514569199271427194133134607$3,544,459
Doubles Current after the season of 2021. Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAA2R1R1R3R1R2R1RA1RAAAAAA0 / 84–8 French OpenAA1R1R3R1R2R2R1RAAAAAAAA0 / 74–7 WimbledonAA1RA2R2R3R1RAAAAAANHAA0 / 54–5 US OpenA1R1R3R2R1R1R1RA2RAAAAAAA0 / 84–8Win–loss0–00–11–42–34–43–43–42–40–21–10–10–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 2816–28National representationSummer OlympicsNH2RNHANHANHANH0 / 11–1WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenNMSAAAAA1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Indian Wells MastersAAAA1R1R1R1RAAAAAANHAA0 / 40–4Miami OpenAAAA2R1R1R1RAAAAAANHA0 / 41–4Madrid OpenNHA1R1RA2RAAAAAANHA0 / 31–3Italian OpenAAAA2R1R1R2RAAAAAAAA0 / 42–3Canadian OpenAAAA1R2RA2RAAAAAANHA0 / 32–3Cincinnati MastersNMSA1R1R1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 30–3China OpenNMS1RW1R1R1R2RAAAAANH1 / 56–5Career statistics20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022CareerTournaments 13181526211819922001020Career total: 137Titles00121310000000000Career total: 8Finals00221421101000000Career total: 14Overall win–loss0–11–315–1713–1326–2520–1716–1613–196–91–24–31–10–01–10–01–20–08 / 137118–129Win %0%25%47%50%51%54%50%41%40%33%57%50%–50%–33%Career total: Year-end ranking467404587229446160137364247493753199251507
Significant finals Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2008Charleston OpenHard Edina Gallovits Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama2–6, 2–6Win2010China OpenHard Chuang Chia-jung Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]
WTA Tour career finals Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups) Legend (pre/post 2009)Grand SlamWTA 1000Premier / WTA 500 (0–1)Tier III / International / WTA 250 (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Mar 2008National Indoor Championships, U.S.Tier IIIHard (i) Lindsay Davenport2–6, 1–6Loss0–2 Kremlin Cup, RussiaPremierHard (i) Francesca Schiavone3–6, 0–6Loss0–3Amelia Island Championships, U.S.InternationalClay Caroline Wozniacki2–6, 5–7Loss0–4Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHard Bojana Jovanovski6–4, 5–7, 6–7(3–7)
Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups) Legend (pre/post 2009)Grand Slam tournamentsTier I / Premier 5 & M / WTA 1000 (1–1)Premier / WTA 500 (1–0)Tier III / International / WTA 250 (6–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Apr 2008Charleston Open, U.S.Tier IClay Edina Gallovits Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama2–6, 2–6Win1–1May 2008İstanbul Cup, TurkeyTier IIIClay Jill Craybas Marina Erakovic Polona Hercog6–1, 6–2Win2–1Sep 2009Guangzhou Open, ChinaInternationalHard Tatiana Poutchek Kimiko Date-Krumm Sun Tiantian3–6, 6–2, [10–8]Win3–1Sep 2009Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHard Tatiana Poutchek Vitalia Diatchenko Ekaterina Dzehalevich6–2, 6–7(1–7), [10–8]Win4–1Oct 2010China OpenPremier MHard Chuang Chia-jung Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]Win5–1Feb 2011National Indoor Championships, U.S.InternationalHard (i) Alla Kudryavtseva Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká6–3, 4–6, [10–8]Win6–1Jun 2011Birmingham Classic, UKInternationalGrass Alla Kudryavtseva Sara Errani Roberta Vinci1–6, 6–1, [10–5]Loss6–2Jul 2011Washington Open, U.S.InternationalHard Alla Kudryavtseva Sania Mirza Yaroslava Shvedova3–6, 3–6Win7–2Aug 2011New Haven Open, U.S.PremierHard Chuang Chia-jung Sara Errani Roberta Vinci7–5, 6–2Loss7–3Feb 2012National Indoor Championships, U.S.InternationalHard (i) Vera Dushevina Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká3–6, 4–6Win8–3May 2012Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceInternationalClay Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3]Loss8–4Sep 2013Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHard Mandy Minella Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova3–6, 3–6Loss8–5Apr 2014Monterrey Open, MexicoInternationalHard Tímea Babos Darija Jurak Megan Moulton-Levy6–7(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) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Swedish Open, Sweden Clay Nuria Párrizas Díaz 2–6, 2–6
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Carpet (i) Chang Kai-chen Chan Hao-ching Kristina Mladenovic 7–5, 2–6, [8–10]Win 1–1Serbia Challenger Open, SerbiaClay Lidziya Marozava Alena Fomina-Klotz Ekaterina Yashina6–2, 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 ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 2003ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel10,000 Hard Shahar Pe'er 1–6, 0–6Loss 0–2 Nov 2003ITF Haifa, Israel10,000 Hard Shahar Pe'er 1–6, 7–6(4), 3–6Loss 0–3 Feb 2007ITF St. Paul, United States50,000 Hard (i) Sofia Arvidsson 6–2, 1–6, 4–6Win 1–3 Mar 2007ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000 Carpet (i) Eva Hrdinová 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–3Win 2–3 Apr 2007ITF Jackson, United States25,000 Clay Melissa Torres Sandoval 6–1, 6–1Loss 2–4 May 2007ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States50,000 Clay Bethanie Mattek-Sands 5–7, 6–1, 1–6Loss 2–5 May 2011Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom75,000 Grass Eleni Daniilidou 6–1, 4–6, 2–6Win 3–5 Feb 2012Midland Tennis Classic, United States100,000 Hard (i) Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–3, 6–7(6), 7–6(5)Win 4–5 Feb 2015ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland50,000 Carpet (i) Rebecca Šramková 6–2, 6–1Win 5–5 Mar 2015ITF Seville, Spain25,000 Clay Maryna Zanevska 7–5, 6–2Loss 5–6 Aug 2016Challenger de Granby, Canada50,000 Hard Jennifer Brady 5–7, 2–6Win 6–6 Sep 2016Zhuhai Open, China50,000 Hard İpek Soylu 6–1, 6–2Win 7–6 Apr 2017ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States80,000 Clay Amanda Anisimova 6–3, 4–6, 6–3Win 8–6 Jun 2019ITF Darmstadt, Germany25,000 Clay Clara Tauson 6–1, 7–6(3)Loss 8–7 Jul 2019ITF Stuttgart, Germany25,000 Clay Georgia Crăciun 2–6, 3–6Win 9–7 Feb 2020Kentucky Open, United States100,000 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 ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Nov 2003ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel10,000 Hard Victoria Azarenka Natalie Neri Danielle Steinberg 6–0, 6–3Loss 1–1 Apr 2004ITF Bol, Croatia10,000 Clay Victoria Azarenka Anna Bastrikova Alla Kudryavtseva 4–6, 1–6Loss 1–2 Apr 2005ITF Minsk, Belarus10,000 Carpet (i) Kateryna Polunina Alexandra Panova Olga Panova 5–7, 3–6Loss 1–3 Aug 2016Challenger de Granby, Canada50,000 Hard Julia Glushko Jamie Loeb An-Sophie Mestach 4–6, 4–6Loss 1–4 Jan 2019ITF Plantation, United States25,000 Clay Jada Robinson Hsieh Yu-chieh Lee Pei-chi 1–6, 4–6Win 2–4 Feb 2019Midland Tennis Classic, United States100,000 Hard (i) Valeria Savinykh Coco Gauff Ann Li 6–4, 6–0Win 3–4 Nov 2019Las Vegas Open, United States60,000 Hard Mandy Minella Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller 6–3, 6–4Loss 3–5 Jan 2021Georgia's Rome Open, United States60,000 Hard Jovana Jović Emina Bektas Tara Moore 7–5, 2–6, [8–10]Loss 3–6 May 2022ITF Bonita Springs, United States100,000 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