Alexandra Panova

Alexandra Panova
Александра Панова

Panova at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 32) Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,310,888
Singles
Career record	391–295 (57.0%)
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 71 (30 July 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
French Open	1R (2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2012)
US Open	1R (2011, 2012, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	261–192 (57.6%)
Career titles	7 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 38 (18 January 2016)
Current ranking	No. 117 (1 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2013, 2015)
French Open	3R (2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2015, 2016)
US Open	2R (2012, 2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–1
Last updated on: 2 November 2021.

Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (Russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis 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 WTA Tour. On the ITF Circuit, she won two of her 16 doubles titles with her older sister Olga Panova.

Career[]

2009[]

In January, Panova obtained an invitation from the Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play 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, 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 Marion Bartoli, a match that she ended up losing in straight sets.^[1]

2012[]

In February Panova made it to her first WTA Tour final at the Copa Colsanitas, upsetting the fifth seed Gisela Dulko 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 Brisbane International. Getting past qualifying, she lost in her first-round match to 2012 champion Kaia Kanepi.^[2] At the Australian Open, Panova was defeated in the second round of qualifying by Stéphanie Dubois.

Panova won her fourth WTA doubles title at the Baku Cup, partnering with British Heather Watson. In the final they crushed Raluca Olaru and Shahar Pe'er.^[3]

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 final in her career.

2015[]

Panova entered the main draw at the Australian Open 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 season losing in the qualifyings of Brisbane, Australian Open and St. Petersburg. She received her first main-draw entry at the Malaysian Open, losing there in the first round. She renewed herself in Bogotá, 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.^[4]

Grand Slam performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Doubles[]

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 1 (runner-up)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2012	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino	2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2010	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Alexandra Dulgheru Magdaléna Rybáriková	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	Feb 2012	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–0	Apr 2012	Morocco Open	International	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	Irina-Camelia Begu Alexandra Cadanțu	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Loss	3–1	Feb 2013	Pattaya Open, Thailand	International	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	Kimiko Date-Krumm Casey Dellacqua	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–2	Feb 2013	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Tímea Babos Mandy Minella	4–6, 3–6
Win	4–2	Jul 2014	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	International	Hard	Heather Watson	Raluca Olaru Shahar Pe'er	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	4–3	Sep 2014	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Margarita Gasparyan	Aleksandra Krunić Kateřina Siniaková	2–6, 1–6
Win	5–3	Aug 2015	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan (2)	International	Hard	Margarita Gasparyan	Vitalia Diatchenko Olga Savchuk	6–3, 7–5
Win	6–3	Oct 2015	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan (2)	International	Hard	Margarita Gasparyan	Vera Dushevina Kateřina Siniaková	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss	6–4	Sep 2016	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Carpet (i)	Alla Kudryavtseva	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss	6–5	Jul 2018	Moscow River Cup, Russia	International	Clay	Galina Voskoboeva	Anastasia Potapova Vera Zvonareva	0–6, 3–6
Win	7–5	Oct 2018	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Laura Siegemund	Darija Jurak Raluca Olaru	6–2, 7–6(7–2)

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner–ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2005	ITF Kiev, Ukraine	10,000	Clay	Oxana Lyubtsova	3–6, 7–6(4), 2–0 ret.
Loss	1–1	Sep 2006	ITF Mytilini, Greece	10,000	Hard	Anna Gerasimou	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2006	ITF Thessaloniki, Greece	10,000	Clay	Madlen Kadur	6–7(7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–2	May 2008	ITF Changwon, Korea	25,000	Hard	Xie Yanze	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	May 2008	ITF Kurume, Japan	50,000	Carpet	Chang Kai-chen	5–7, 3–6
Win	3–3	Mar 2010	ITF St. Petersburg, Russia	10,000	Hard (i)	Neuza Silva	6–1, 7–5
Loss	3–4	Jul 2011	ITF La Coruña, Spain	25,000	Clay	Gail Brodsky	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	Sep 2011	ITF Saransk, Russia	50,000	Clay	Marina Melnikova	6–0, 6–2
Win	5–4	Oct 2011	ITF Telavi, Georgia	50,000	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	6–4	Sep 2013	ITF Batumi, Georgia	25,000	Hard	Kateryna Kozlova	6–4, 0–6, 7–5
Win	7–4	Sep 2013	ITF Telavi, Georgia	50,000	Clay	Victoria Kan	7–5, 6–1
Loss	7–5	Mar 2014	ITF Campinas, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Irina-Camelia Begu	2–6, 4–6
Loss	7–6	Mar 2014	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Irina-Camelia Begu	5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	7–7	May 2017	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Myrtille Georges	1–6, 1–6
Win	8–7	Apr 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Anastasia Pribylova	6–2, 7–6(3)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2005	ITF Minsk, Belarus	10,000	Carpet (i)	Olga Panova	Olga Govortsova Kateryna Polunina	7–5, 6–3
Win	2–0	May 2005	ITF Kiev, Ukraine	10,000	Clay	Olga Panova	Vasilisa Davydova Kristina Movsesyan	6–2, 6–0
Win	3–0	Sep 2006	ITF Mytilini, Greece	10,000	Hard	Maja Kambič	Anna Koumantou İpek Şenoğlu	6–2, 6–1
Win	4–0	Sep 2006	ITF Thessaloniki, Greece	10,000	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Amra Sadiković Stefanie Vögele	6–4, 7–6(8)
Win	5–0	Sep 2008	ITF Rousse, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Ksenia Pervak	Vitalia Diatchenko Eugeniya Pashkova	6–2, 6–7(5), [10–5]
Win	6–0	Mar 2009	ITF Fort Walton Beach, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Ekaterina Bychkova Ekaterina Dzehalevich	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–1	Mar 2009	ITF Redding, United States	25,000	Hard	Tomoko Yonemura	Anna Orlik Maša Zec Peškirič	2–6, 2–6
Loss	6–2	Apr 2009	ITF Dothan, United States	75,000	Clay	Ekaterina Bychkova	Julie Ditty Carly Gullickson	6–2, 1–6, [6–10]
Loss	6–3	Mar 2010	ITF St. Petersburg, Russia	10,000	Hard (i)	Eugeniya Pashkova	Alyona Sotnikova Maryna Zanevska	5–7, 3–6
Win	7–3	Apr 2010	ITF Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	50,000	Carpet (i)	Ksenia Pervak	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	7–6(7), 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	7–4	May 2010	ITF Fukuoka, Japan	50,000	Carpet	Marina Erakovic	Misaki Doi Kotomi Takahata	4–6, 4–6
Loss	7–5	Jun 2010	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	50,000	Clay	Ksenia Pervak	Andreja Klepač Tadeja Majerič	3–6, 6–7(6)
Win	8–5	Dec 2010	ITF Pune, India	25,000	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Anna Shkudun Sachie Ishizu	6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss	8–6	Mar 2011	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard	Olga Panova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	3–6, 3–6
Win	9–6	Jul 2011	ITF Biarritz, France	100,000	Clay	Urszula Radwańska	Erika Sema Roxane Vaisemberg	6–2, 6–1
Loss	9–7	Jul 2011	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	Vitalia Diatchenko Galina Voskoboeva	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9–8	Aug 2011	ITF Kazan, Russia	50,000	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Andreja Klepač Ekaterina Lopes	w/o
Loss	9–9	Mar 2012	ITF Osprey, United States	50,000	Clay	Lesia Tsurenko	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	10–9	May 2012	ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Urszula Radwańska	Katalin Marosi Renata Voráčová	7–5, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	10–10	Jul 2013	ITF Donetsk, Ukraine	75,000	Hard	Vesna Dolonc	Yuliya Beygelzimer Renata Voráčová	1–6, 4–6
Win	11–10	Mar 2014	ITF Campinas, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Laura Thorpe Stephanie Vogt	6–1, 6–3
Win	12–10	Mar 2014	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Irina-Camelia Begu	María Irigoyen María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	13–10	Jun 2014	ITF Contrexéville, France	100,000	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	6–3, 4–0 ret.
Win	14–10	Nov 2014	ITF Dubai, UAE	75,000	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Lyudmyla Kichenok Olga Savchuk	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss	14–11	May 2016	ITF Charlottesville, U.S.	60,000	Clay	Shelby Rogers	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	6–7(4), 0–6
Win	15–11	May 2016	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, U.S.	75,000	Clay	Julia Glushko	Jessica Pegula Maria Sanchez	7–5, 6–4
Loss	15–12	Jun 2018	ITF Brescia, Italy	60,000	Clay	Anastasia Pribylova	Cristina Dinu Ganna Poznikhirenko	3–6, 6–7(6)
Win	16–12	Oct 2018	ITF Poitiers, France	80,000	Hard (i)	Anna Blinkova	Viktorija Golubic Arantxa Rus	6–1, 6–1

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