# Elena Likhovtseva

Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva (Елена Александровна Лиховцева listen; born 8 September 1975) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992, at the age of 16.
Together with Mahesh Bhupathi she won the Wimbledon Mixed doubles in 2002 and the Australian Open mixed-doubles championship with Daniel Nestor in 2007. She also was runner-up in a number of other contests, including the 2000 and 2004 US Open – Women's doubles, the French Open mixed doubles in 2003, the Australian Open women's doubles in 2004, the French Open mixed doubles in 2006. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the first round of the women's doubles competition with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova but was defeated in the second.

## Grand Slam finals
### Women's doubles: 4 (0–4)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2000 | US Open | Hard | Cara Black | Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama | 0–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2004 | French Open | Clay | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2004 | US Open | Hard | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 4–6, 5–7 |

### Mixed doubles: 5 (2–3)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2002 | Wimbledon | Grass | Mahesh Bhupathi | Daniela Hantuchová Kevin Ullyett | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2003 | French Open | Clay | Mahesh Bhupathi | Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2006 | Australian Open | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Martina Hingis Mahesh Bhupathi | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2006 | French Open | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2007 | Australian Open | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi | 6–4, 6–4 |

## WTA Tour finals
### Singles: 8 (3–5)

* Legend
* Tier I (0/1)
* Tier II (0/1)
* Tier III (1/3)
* Tier IV & V (2/0)
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | Oct 1993 | Montpellier | Carpet (i) | Dominique Monami | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1. | Feb 1995 | Oklahoma City | Hard (i) | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2. | Jan 1997 | Gold Coast | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | 3–6, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2. | May 1999 | Strasbourg | Clay | Jennifer Capriati | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | Oct 2000 | Leipzig | Carpet (i) | Kim Clijsters | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Feb 2003 | Doha | Hard | Anastasia Myskina | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5. | Aug 2004 | Montreal | Hard | Amélie Mauresmo | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 3. | Aug 2004 | Forest Hills | Hard | Iveta Benešová | 6–2, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 56 (27–29)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0/4)
* WTA Championships (0/2)
* Tier I (4/4)
* Tier II (10/16)
* Tier III (7/1)
* Tier IV & V (6/2)
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 24 May 1997 | Strasbourg | Clay | Ai Sugiyama | Helena Suková Natasha Zvereva | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1. | 11 January 1998 | Gold Coast | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Sung-Hee Park Wang Shi-ting | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | 22 February 1998 | Hanover | Carpet (i) | Caroline Vis | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 1–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 2. | 1 November 1998 | Luxembourg | Carpet (i) | Ai Sugiyama | Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–3, 2–0 ret. |
| Win | 3. | 8 November 1998 | Leipzig | Carpet (i) | Ai Sugiyama | Manon Bollegraf Irina Spîrlea | 6–3, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 4. | 15 November 1998 | Philadelphia | Carpet (i) | Ai Sugiyama | Monica Seles Natasha Zvereva | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 5. | 17 January 1999 | Sydney | Hard | Ai Sugiyama | Mary Joe Fernández Anke Huber | 6–3, 2–6, 6–0 |
| Loss | 3. | 22 February 1999 | Paris | Carpet (i) | Ai Sugiyama | Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis | 5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Win | 6. | 4 April 1999 | Hilton Head | Clay | Jana Novotná | Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 7. | 23 May 1999 | Strasbourg | Clay | Ai Sugiyama | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 2–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4. | 1 August 1999 | Stanford | Hard | Anna Kournikova | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 29 August 1999 | New Haven | Hard | Jana Novotná | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 7 November 1999 | Leipzig | Carpet (i) | Ai Sugiyama | Larisa Neiland Mary Pierce | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7. | 10 September 2000 | US Open | Hard | Cara Black | Ai Sugiyama Julie Halard-Decugis | 0–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
| Win | 8. | 14 January 2001 | Hobart | Hard | Cara Black | Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano Pascual | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 9. | 6 May 2001 | Hamburg | Clay | Cara Black | Květa Peschke Barbara Rittner | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 8. | 7 May 2001 | Berlin | Clay | Cara Black | Els Callens Meghann Shaughnessy | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 10. | 14 May 2001 | Rome | Clay | Cara Black | Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 11. | 11 June 2001 | Birmingham | Grass | Cara Black | Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 9. | 23 June 2001 | Eastbourne | Grass | Cara Black | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 12. | 30 July 2001 | San Diego | Hard | Cara Black | Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova | 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 13. | 20 August 2001 | New Haven | Hard | Cara Black | Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova | 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 14. | 30 September 2001 | Leipzig | Carpet (i) | Nathalie Tauziat | Květa Peschke Barbara Rittner | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 10. | 4 November 2001 | Munich | Carpet (i) | Cara Black | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 11. | 3 March 2002 | Scottsdale | Hard | Cara Black | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 3–6, 7–5, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 15. | 7 April 2002 | Sarasota | Clay | Jelena Dokić | Els Callens Conchita Martínez | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 12. | 22 June 2002 | Eastbourne | Grass | Cara Black | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 13. | 11 November 2002 | Los Angeles | Hard (i) | Cara Black | Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 14. | 5 January 2003 | Auckland | Hard | Cara Black | Abigail Spears Teryn Ashley | 2–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
| Win | 16. | 12 January 2003 | Hobart | Hard | Cara Black | Barbara Schett Patricia Wartusch | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Win | 17. | 9 February 2003 | Hyderabad | Hard | Iroda Tulyaganova | Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Poutchek | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 15. | 22 February 2003 | Dubai | Hard | Cara Black | Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova | 3–6, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$ |
| Loss | 16. | 28 September 2003 | Leipzig | Carpet (i) | Nadia Petrova | Martina Navratilova Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 18. | 10 January 2004 | Gold Coast | Hard | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 17. | 1 February 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 18. | 8 February 2004 | Tokyo | Carpet (i) | Magdalena Maleeva | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs | 0–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 19. | 28 February 2004 | Dubai | Hard | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez | 0–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Win | 19. | 6 March 2004 | Doha | Hard | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 20. | 21 March 2004 | Indian Wells | Hard | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 21. | 4 April 2004 | Miami | Hard | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 22. | 3 June 2004 | French Open | Clay | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 23. | 19 June 2004 | Eastbourne | Grass | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Alicia Molik Magüi Serna | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 24. | 11 September 2004 | US Open | Hard | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 20. | 31 October 2004 | Linz | Hard (i) | Janette Husárová | Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 21. | 8 January 2005 | Gold Coast | Hard | Magdalena Maleeva | Maria Elena Camerin Silvia Farina Elia | 6–3, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Win | 22. | 6 February 2005 | Tokyo | Carpet (i) | Janette Husárová | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 23. | 8 May 2005 | Berlin | Clay | Vera Zvonareva | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 25. | 18 June 2005 | Eastbourne | Grass | Vera Zvonareva | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 26. | 25 July 2005 | Stanford | Hard | Vera Zvonareva | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 24. | 25 September 2005 | Kolkata | Hard (i) | Anastasia Myskina | Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Win | 25. | 7 January 2006 | Auckland | Hard | Vera Zvonareva | Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 26. | 7 May 2006 | Warsaw | Clay | Anastasia Myskina | Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 27. | 13 January 2007 | Hobart | Hard | Elena Vesnina | Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual | 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 27. | 12 February 2007 | Antwerp | Carpet (i) | Elena Vesnina | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 5–7, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Loss | 28. | 30 April 2007 | Warsaw | Clay | Elena Vesnina | Vera Dushevina Tatiana Perebiynis | 5–7, 6–3, [2–10] |
| Loss | 29. | 23 September 2007 | Portorož | Hard | Andreja Klepač | Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová | 7–5, 4–6, [7–10] |

## ITF Circuit finals

* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 4 (2–2)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 24 February 1992 | Vilamoura, Portugal | Hard | Svetlana Krivencheva | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Loss | 1. | 16 August 1992 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | Nelly Barkan | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 13 September 1992 | Varna, Bulgaria | Clay | Linda Niemantsverdriet | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2. | 31 January 1993 | Båstad, Sweden | Hard (i) | Maria Francesca Bentivoglio | 6–2, 6–1 |

### Doubles: 9 (6–3)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 19 January 1992 | Bamberg, Germany | Carpet (i) | Dorien Wamelink | Olga Lugina Markéta Štusková | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 2. | 17 February 1992 | Algarve, Portugal | Hard | Svetlana Krivencheva | Angelina Petrova Petra Rihtarić | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3. | 24 February 1992 | Vilamoura, Portugal | Hard | Svetlana Krivencheva | Tânia Couto Sofia Prazeres | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4. | 10 August 1992 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | Svetlana Krivencheva | Nelly Barkan Maria Marfina | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 5. | 17 August 1992 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Maria Marfina | Agata Werblińska Svetlana Krivencheva | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1. | 31 August 1992 | Burgas, Bulgaria | Clay | Svetlana Krivencheva | Galia Angelova Tzvetelina Nikolova | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 19 October 1992 | Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | Julia Lutrova | Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Win | 6. | 15 November 1992 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | Elena Makarova | Elena Pampoulova Natalie Tschan | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | 28 March 1993 | Brest, France | Hard | Elena Makarova | Kristie Boogert Linda Niemantsverdriet | 6–4, 5–7, 5–7 |

## Grand Slam performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Career W–L |
| Australian Open | A | 3R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 3R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 18–14 |
| French Open | A | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | 2R | 17–13 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | QF | 2R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 23–14 |
| US Open | 2R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 26–15 |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–4 | 10–4 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 9–4 | 7–4 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 13–4 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 84–56 |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Career W–L |
| Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | F | 2R | QF | 1R | A | 18–14 |
| French Open | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | QF | 1R | 3R | 3R | SF | F | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 27–14 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | SF | 3R | QF | QF | 3R | QF | A | 23–13 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | QF | 3R | A | 1R | F | SF | SF | SF | F | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 30–13 |
| Win–loss | 0–2 | 1–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 10–4 | 12–4 | 18–4 | 7–4 | 9–4 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 98–54 |

### Mixed doubles

| Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Career W–L |
| Australian Open | 1R | SF | 2R | QF | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | 2R | F | W | A | 20–10 |
| French Open | 2R | 1R | SF | QF | SF | QF | F | 1R | 1R | F | 1R | 1R | 18–12 |
| Wimbledon | 2R | QF | SF | QF | SF | W | 2R | QF | 3R | QF | SF | A | 29–10 |
| US Open | QF | 2R | 1R | SF | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 10–11 |

## Head-vs.-head record

* Steffi Graf 0–3
* Dominique Monami 5–5
* Kim Clijsters 1–3
* Justine Henin 0–3
* Serena Williams 1–4
* Lindsay Davenport 0–10
* Martina Hingis 0–8
* Venus Williams 0–9
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–5
* Nadia Petrova 3–4
* Dinara Safina 1–1
* Maria Sharapova 1–3