Elena Pavlovna Eliseenko (born 5 May 1959) is a Russian former professional

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player. She was a singles and doubles gold medalist at the

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, an event held for countries boycotting the 1984 Olympics. Eliseenko represented the Soviet Union in a total of 14 Federation Cup ties, between 1978 and 1985. She featured in three quarter-finals, including a tie against Great Britain in 1981 where she took Sue Barker to three sets. During her Federation Cup career she won two of her six singles rubbers and lost only once in eight doubles rubbers. While competing on the professional tour she appeared in the main draws of both the French Open and

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. Her best performance was a run to the third round at the

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, as a qualifier.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eliseenko, Elena 1959 births Living people Soviet female tennis players Friendship Games medalists in tennis

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