Elena Olegovna Bovina (; born 10 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 in April 2005. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when she got to the quarterfinals of the 2002 US Open, defeating Clarisa Fernández, Jelena Dokic, Stéphanie Foretz, and Francesca Schiavone, before losing to Lindsay Davenport.

In June 2005, Bovina sustained a right shoulder injury, which forced her to withdraw from all tournaments through the end of the year. She pulled out of all events she had entered in early 2006, and for some time, she was unranked in both singles and doubles. She returned to the WTA Tour at the Kremlin Cup in October 2006.

She won three career singles titles, including the Tier II Pilot Pen Tennis Open. She was a finalist in three singles tournaments, and won five career doubles titles, including the Pan Pacific Open (with Rennae Stubbs), and the Swisscom Challenge in Zurich with Justine Henin-Hardenne. In addition, she won the 2004 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Nenad Zimonjić, and was the runner-up in the 2002 French Open mixed doubles tournament. She also was on the victorious 2005 Russian Fed Cup squad and was also on the team from 2001 to 2003.

In 2017, Bovina returned to tennis after a four-year hiatus. She competed in some ITF events during 2017 and the following year.

Grand Slam tournament finals Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2002French OpenClay Mark Knowles3–6, 3–6Win 2004Australian OpenHard Nenad Zimonjić6–1, 7–6(7–3)

WTA Tour finals Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendTier II (1–1)Tier III, IV & V (2–2) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss Apr 2001 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Ángeles Montolio 6–3, 3–6, 2–6Win May 2002 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Henrieta Nagyová 6–3, 6–1Win Sep 2002 Bell Challenge, Canada Carpet (i) Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian 6–3, 6–4Win Aug 2004 New Haven Open, United States Hard Nathalie Dechy 6–2, 2–6, 7–5Loss Oct 2004 Gaz de France Stars, Belgium Carpet (i) Elena Dementieva 0–6, 6–0, 4–6Loss Oct 2004 Linz Open, Austria Hard (i) Amélie Mauresmo 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendTier I (2–0)Tier II (0–1)Tier III, IV & V (3–2) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin Oct 2001 Bratislava Open, Slovakia Hard (i) Dája Bedáňová Nathalie Dechy Meilen Tu 6–3, 6–4Win Oct 2001 Luxembourg Open Hard (i) Daniela Hantuchová Bianka Lamade Patty Schnyder 6–3, 6–3Win Apr 2002 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Zsófia Gubacsi Barbara Rittner María Vento-Kabchi 6–3, 6–1Loss Apr 2002 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Zsófia Gubacsi Catherine Barclay Émilie Loit 6–4, 3–6, 3–6Loss May 2002 Bol Open, Croatia Clay Henrieta Nagyová Tathiana Garbin Angelique Widjaja 5–7, 6–3, 4–6Win Oct 2002 Zurich Open, Switzerland Carpet (i) Justine Henin Jelena Dokic Nadia Petrova 6–2, 7–6(7–2)Wi Feb 2003 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Carpet (i) Rennae Stubbs Lisa Raymond Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–4Loss Aug 2003 LA Championships, US Hard Els Callens Mary Pierce Rennae Stubbs 3–6, 3–6

ITF finals Singles: 11 (8–3) Legend$100,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments Finals by surfaceHard (7–2)Clay (0–1)Carpet (1–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1.31 May 1998ITF El Paso, United StatesHard Diana Ospina3–6, 7–6, 7–6Win2.6 February 2000ITF Jersey, United KingdomHard (i) Helen Reesby6–2, 6–3Win3.13 February 2000Birmingham, UKHard (i) Anna Zaporozhanova6–1, 6–2Win4.20 February 2000Redbridge, UKHard (i) Julie Pullin2–6, 6–0, 6–1Loss1.5 March 2000Chengdu, ChinaHard Yi Jingqian1–6, 2–6Win5.17 August 2008Bronx Open, USHard Anna-Lena Grönefeld6–3, 7–5Win6.16 March 2009Tenerife, SpainHard Rebecca Marino6–2, 6–4Win7.7 February 2010Belfort, FranceCarpet (i) Romina Oprandi7–6(3), 5–7, 6–4Win8.9 August 2010Tallinn, EstoniaHard Anne Keothavong6–4, 4–1 ret.Loss2.19 February 2012Portimão, PortugalHard Justine Ozga6–4, 1–6, 1–6Loss3.8 April 2012ITF Jackson, USClay Heidi El Tabakh0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 17 (11–6) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. 6 February 2000 ITF Jersey, United Kingdom Hard (i) Anna Zaporozhanova Selima Sfar Jo Ward 6–3, 6–2Winner 2. 13 February 2000 Birmingham, UK Hard (i) Anna Zaporozhanova Natalia Egorova Ekaterina Sysoeva 6–3, 6–4Runner-up 3. 4 September 2000 Denain, France Clay Mariana Díaz Oliva Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez 4–6, 0–6Winner 4. 6 June 2009 Galatina, Italy Clay Regina Kulikova 6–2, 6–1Runner-up 5. 12 June 2009 Open de Marseille, France Clay Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin María Emilia Salerni 7–6(4), 3–6, [7–10]Winner 6. 7 February 2010 Belfort, France Carpet (i) Irena Pavlovic Nikola Hofmanova Karina Pimkina 6–2, 2–6, [10–6]Winner 7. 6 March 2010 Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Irena Pavlovic Maret Ani Vitalia Diatchenko 6–0, 6–1Winner 8. 8 November 2010 Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Ekaterina Bychkova Paula Kania Katarzyna Piter 6–4, 6–0Winner 9. 3 April 2011 Monzón, Spain Hard Valeria Savinykh Margalita Chakhnashvili Ivana Lisjak 6–1, 2–6, [10–4]Winner 10. 16 October 2011 Troy, United States Hard Valeria Savinykh Varvara Lepchenko Mashona Washington 7–6(6), 6–3Runner-up 11. Fort Walton Beach, US Hard Alizé Lim Madison Brengle Paula Kania 3–6, 4–6Winner 12. 8 April 2012 Jackson, US Clay Tereza Mrdeža Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen 6–3, 6–3Runner-up 13. 14 April 2012 Pelham, US Clay Ekaterina Bychkova Julie Coin Marie-Ève Pelletier 5–7, 4–6Runner-up 14. 29 April 2012 Charlottesville Open, US Clay Julia Glushko Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack 2–6, 2–6Winner 15. 18 June 2012 ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay Valeria Solovyeva Viktoryia Kisialeva Ilona Kremen 6–2, 6–2Runner-up 16. 30 September 2012 Las Vegas Open, United States Hard Edina Gallovits-Hall Anastasia Rodionova Arina Rodionova 2–6, 6–2, [6–10]Winner 17. 18 June 2012 ITF New Braunfels, US Hard Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Mariana Duque Mariño Adriana Pérez 6–3, 4–6, [10–8]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Career W-L Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAA1R1R4R2RAA1RAQ1Q2Q1A4–5 French OpenAA1R3R1R2R3R4RAAAQ1Q2AA8–6 WimbledonAAQ12R2R2R2RAAAAAQ2AA4–4 US OpenAAQ21RQF1R3RAAAQ2Q1Q2AA6–4GS Win–loss0–13–45–45–46–43–1N/A0–1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A22–19Year-end ranking3823981354926211562—324186225154301214

Doubles Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 Career Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAA1R3RAA2RAAAA0 / 3 French OpenAA3RQFA2RAAAAA0 / 3 WimbledonQ1A1RAAAAAAAA0 / 1 US OpenA1R1RQFAAAAAAA0 / 3 Premier Mandatory tournaments Indian WellsAAQFQFA2RAAAAA0 / 3 MiamiAA2R1RAQFAAAAA0 / 3 Premier 5 tournaments RomeAAAAQFAAAAAA0 / 1 Montréal / TorontoA1R1RAAAAAAAA0 / 2 TokyoAAAWAAAAAAA1 / 1 Former Tier I tournamentsCharlestonAAAQFAAAAAAA0 / 1BerlinAAAA1R2RAnotheld0 / 2ZurichAAWAAAA1 / 1Moscow1RASFASFAAAAAA0 / 3Finals002100000003Titles022100000005Overall win–loss14–611–1023–1821–99–75–42–29–320–1021–1415–11134–83Year-end ranking37788272268142278255185105116N/A

Mixed doubles Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Career W-L Australian OpenAAWAA1R5–1 French OpenFASFAAA7–2 Wimbledon1RQFAAAA2–2 US OpenQFAAAAA2–1

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