Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional

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player. On 30 July 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71. On 18 January 2016, she peaked at No. 38 in the doubles rankings. She has won seven doubles titles on the

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. On the ITF Circuit, she won two of her 16 doubles titles with her older sister

Olga Panova Olga Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Ольга Александровна Панова; born 7 January 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player. She was born in Krasnodar. Her younger sister, Alexandra Panova, is also a tennis player. In her car ...

Career

2009

In January, Panova obtained an invitation from the ''Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association'' to play

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with her compatriot Anna Chakvetadze (she replaced Maria Sharapova for injury) and Vera Zvonareva, and then she entered the

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women's qualifying singles unseeded and made it to the qualifying third round before losing to unseeded Julia Schruff of Germany, in two sets.

2011

In August, Panova made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open by coming through qualifying. In the first round she faced the eighth seed

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, a match that she ended up losing in straight sets.

2012

In February Panova made it to her first WTA Tour final at the Copa Colsanitas, upsetting the fifth seed

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along the way. She lost to Lara Arruabarrena in the final, but won the doubles championship. She then won her second doubles title of the year at the Morocco Open. At the US Open, Panova faced then-world No. 1 and eventual runner-up, Victoria Azarenka, in the first round and was heavily defeated, losing in straight sets and winning just one game.

2013

Panova participated in the Fed Cup final against Italy. She lost a marathon match against Roberta Vinci in the first rubber. Panova squandered a 7–5, 5–2, 40–15 lead. Italy went on to win the Fed Cup tie 3–0.

2014

Panova started her 2014 season at the

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. Getting past qualifying, she lost in her first-round match to 2012 champion Kaia Kanepi. At the

, Panova was defeated in the second round of qualifying by Stéphanie Dubois. Panova won her fourth WTA doubles title at the

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, partnering with British

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. In the final they crushed Raluca Olaru and

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. Now with Margarita Gasparyan as her doubles partner, Panova reached the finals of the Tashkent Open, losing to Krunić/ Siniaková. This was Gasparyan's first WTA Tour final in her career.

2015

Panova entered the main draw at the

through qualifying. She won her first ever match at a Grand Slam by beating Sorana Cîrstea in the first round. She then came up against fellow countrywoman Maria Sharapova in the second round and lost in three sets after having two match points on her serve.

2016

Panova started the

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losing in the qualifyings of

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and St. Petersburg. She received her first main-draw entry at the Malaysian Open, losing there in the first round. She renewed herself in

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, where she has been traditionally playing well. There, Panova defeated the top-seeded Elina Svitolina, saving five match points in the third set after being 3–6 behind.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current after the 2017 season.''

Doubles

''Current after the 2022 US Open.''

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Doubles: 28 (16 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Notes

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Panova, Alexandra 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Krasnodar Russian female tennis players Tennis players from Moscow