Tatiana Urayevna Panova (born 13 August 1976, Moscow,

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'', July 6, 2004 ("Born Aug 13 1976 in Moscow.")) is a former Russian tennis player. On 23 September 2002, she reached her career-high singles ranking, when she peaked at world No. 20.

Career

2002 was the first year that Panova really jumped into the spotlight, reaching finals in Auckland and Sarasota early in the season. That year she also reached quarterfinals of Miami Open by beating

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in straight sets. She reached the third round of Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and at the US Open, defeating

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and

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along the way. Martina Navratilova, at age 45, beat her at Eastbourne, in her first singles match in eight years. Panova was a member of the Russian

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team, going 12–3 throughout her career.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (6–2)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Head-to-head record

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