Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( be, Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional

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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

She reached her first

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final at the 2008 Memphis Open but lost in straight sets to

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. Govortsova is sponsored by Wilson and Chinese clothing company Peak. She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardère Unlimited.

2009

She began her season at the

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, where she defeated eighth seed

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en route to the quarterfinals. However, she fell against world No. 41, Sara Errani. At the

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, she received main-draw entry but lost in straight sets against 20th seed

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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

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. 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

2010

Govortsova started the new year at the

where she lost in the first round to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. At the Sydney International she lost in the first qualifying round to

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. At the

, she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber. At

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, she beat second seed

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in the first round, and in the second round

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, and in the quarterfinals

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, and in the semifinals third seed

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, before losing her third WTA Tour singles final to

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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

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, 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

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(who had beaten

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the previous year) and Magdaléna Rybáriková in the early rounds. She eventually lost to Madison Keys. At the

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, Govortsova qualified for the main draw, and defeated

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in her opening match before losing to fifth seed

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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.''

Doubles

''Current after the season of 2021.''

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

WTA 125 tournament finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Head-to-head records

Govortsova's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or better is as follows: *

0–1 *

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0–2 *

0–1 *

Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2 ...

0–1 *

0–3 *

Jelena Janković Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former tennis player. A former world No. 1, Janković reached the top ranking before her career-best major performance, a runner-up finish at the ...

0–1 *

Victoria Azarenka Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former w ...

1–1 * Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–1 *

Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová, OLY ( , ; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 29 career singles titles, including two major titles at Wimbledon in 2011 and ...

0–2 * Agnieszka Radwańska 1–3 *

Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand ...

0–4 * Simona Halep 0–3 * Elina Svitolina 0–1 *

Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova (russian: Надежда Викторовна Петрова ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ...

0–2 *

Elena Dementieva Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. ...

0–3 * Jelena Dokic 0–1 *

4–2 *

Samantha Stosur Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten s ...

1–0 *

Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Masters, defeating M ...

1–4 * Anna Chakvetadze 0–1 * Angelique Kerber 1–5 * Sara Errani 0–2 *

Eugenie Bouchard Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; french: Eugénie Bouchard, ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam t ...

0–2 *

Lucie Šafářová Lucie Šafářová (; born 4 February 1987) is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and No. 5 in singles. She is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 ...

0–2 * Patty Schnyder 0–1 *

Nicole Vaidišová Nicole Vaidišová Štěpánková (; born 23 April 1989) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Vaidišová is an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist as well as a two-time quarterfinalist at Wimbledon. She started playing tenn ...

1–0 *

Marion Bartoli Marion Bartoli (; born 2 October 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open. She also ...

1–3 * Karolína Plíšková 1–0 * Ai Sugiyama 1–1 *

Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova ( rus, Екатери́на Вале́рьевна Мака́рова; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles. She ...

2–0 * Carla Suárez Navarro 2–2 * Andrea Petkovic 1–2 * Flavia Pennetta 0–3 *

Maria Kirilenko Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...

0–1 *

1–0

World TeamTennis

Govortsova has played three seasons with

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, making her debut in 2013 with the

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. She has since played for the Springfield Lasers in 2014 and 2019 was announced to be joining the Lasers again during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Govortsova, Olga 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Pinsk Belarusian female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Belarus Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles 21st-century Belarusian women