Alexandra Panova

Alexandra Panova
Александра Панова

Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 23) Krasnodar, SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	63 kg (140 lb)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$117.826
Singles
Career record	146–104
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 74 (28 May 2012)
Current ranking	No. 74 (28 May 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2009, 2012)
French Open	Q2 (2009)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2010)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	55–34
Career titles	3 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 71 (19 September 2011)
Last updated on: 30 January 2012.

Alexandra Panova (Russian: Александра Александровна Панова, born 2 March 1989) is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 109, which she reached on 30 January 2012. Her career high in doubles is 71, which she reached on 19 September 2011.

Career

2009

In January, Panova obtained an invite from Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play 2009 JB Group Classic with her compatriot Anna Chakvetadze (she replaced Maria Sharapova for injury) and Vera Zvonareva, and then she entered the Australian Open women's qualifying singles unseeded and made it to the qualifying third round before losing to unseeded Julia Schruff of Germany 7–6, 6–4.

2011

In August, Panova made her grand slam debut at the US Open by coming through qualifying. In the first round she faced the 8th Seed, Marion Bartoli, a match that she ended up losing 7–5, 6–3.^[1]

2012

In February Panova made it to her first WTA final at the 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, upsetting the 5th seed Gisela Dulko along the way. She lost to Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino in the final, but won the doubles championship. She then won her second doubles title of the year at the 2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem.

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Runner-up 1. 19 February 2012 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 3 (3-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	20 September 2010	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Alexandra Dulgheru Magdaléna Rybáriková	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	18 February 2012	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	28 April 2012	Fes, Morocco	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	Irina-Camelia Begu Alexandra Cadanțu	3-6, 7–6(7–5), [11-9]

ITF Career Finals

Singles (3–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	29 May 2005	Kiev, Ukraine	Clay	Oxana Lyubtsova	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 2–0 ret.
Runner-up	2.	24 September 2006	Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Anna Gerasimou	4–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1 October 2006	Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Madlen Kadur	6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	5 May 2008	Changwon, Korea	Hard	Xie Yanze	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	12 May 2008	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Chang Kai-Chen	7–5, 6–3
Winner	6.	21 March 2010	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Neuza Silva	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	18 July 2011	La Coruna, Spain	Clay	Gail Brodsky	6–3, 6–4
Winner	8.	5 September 2011	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Marina Melnikova	6–0, 6–2

Doubles (10–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	10 April 2005	Minsk, Belarus	Carpet	Olga Panova	Olga Govortsova Katerina Polunina	7–5, 6–3
Winner	2.	29 May 2005	Kiev, Ukraine	Clay	Olga Panova	Vailisa Davydova Kristina Movsesyan	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	22 September 2006	Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Maja Kambič	Anna Koumantou İpek Şenoğlu	6–2, 6–1
Winner	4.	29 September 2006	Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Amra Sadikovic Stefanie Vögele	6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Winner	5.	12 September 2008	Rousse, Bulgaria	Clay	Ksenia Pervak	Vitalia Diatchenko Eugeniya Pashkova	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Winner	6.	8 March 2009	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Tomoko Yonemura	Ekaterina Bychkova Ekatarina Dzehalevich	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	22 March 2009	Redding, United States	Hard	Tomoko Yonemura	Anna Orlik Maša Zec Peškirič	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	26 April 2009	Dothan, United States	Clay	Ekaterina Bychkova	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–2, 1–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	9.	20 March 2010	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Eugeniya Pashkova	Alyona Sotnikova Maryna Zanevska	5–7, 3–6
Winner	10.	3 April 2010	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Carpet	Ksenia Pervak	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	7–6(9–7), 2–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	11.	9 May 2010	Fukuoka, Japan	Carpet	Marina Erakovic	Misaki Doi Kotomi Takahata	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	4 June 2010	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Ksenia Pervak	Andreja Klepač Tadeja Majerič	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	13.	20 December 2010	Pune, India	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Anna Shkudun Sachie Ishizu	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	14.	21 March 2011	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Olga Panova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–3, 6–3
Winner	15.	8 July 2011	Biarritz, France	Clay	Urszula Radwańska	Erika Sema Roxane Vaisemberg	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	16.	25 July 2011	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	Vitalia Diatchenko Galina Voskoboeva	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	8 August 2011	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Andreja Klepač Ekaterina Ivanova	W/O
Winner	18.	13 May 2012	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Urszula Radwańska	Katalin Marosi Renata Voráčová	7–5, 4–6, [10–6]

References

External links

• Alexandra Panova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Alexandra Panova at the International Tennis Federation
• Alexandra Panova statistics

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