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Elena Likhovtseva

RUS Age 51 174 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1993–2008

Elena Likhovtseva represented Russia on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 15. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 358–340 and 3 singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

15 (Oct 25, 1999)

Elo peak

1912 (87th percentile)

Singles record

358–340 (51.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$6,237,555

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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Elena Likhovtseva's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Elena Vesnina #53	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 2008*	R128	Miami Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard
Na Li #29	1-6 6-0 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 20, 2008*	R64	Qatar Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard
Na Li #33	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 14, 2008*	R32	Antwerp	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard
Sybille Bammer #20	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 21, 2007*	R16	Portoroz	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Klara Koukalova #86	7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 20, 2007*	R32	Portoroz	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard

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Elena Likhovtseva's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Mary Pierce	4	8	12	Oct 15, 2005	H2H
Magdalena Maleeva	4	8	12	Sep 1, 2005	H2H
Ai Sugiyama	6	4	10	Mar 23, 2006	H2H
Silvia Farina Elia	4	6	10	Oct 20, 2005	H2H
Dominique Monami	5	5	10	Jun 23, 2000	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Elena Likhovtseva singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1993	17	1	—	—	—	1	—	Montpellier
1997	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Hope Island
2004	28	1	—	—	—	1	—	Forest Hills
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Elena Likhovtseva Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1996	Atlanta Olympics	First Round	0	1	Mary Joe Fernandez #8 def. Elena Likhovtseva #29 6-2 6-4	H2H	Match data
2000	Sydney Olympics	First Round	0	1	Jana Kandarr #76 def. Elena Likhovtseva #27 6-4 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Elena Likhovtseva career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1993	17	11	8	19	57.9%	319	67
1994	18	17	19	36	47.2%	67	62
1995	19	18	18	36	50.0%	61	45
1996	20	30	22	52	57.7%	43	18
1997	21	24	24	48	50.0%	16	31
1998	22	35	29	64	54.7%	38	26
1999	23	34	29	63	54.0%	26	18
2000	24	29	28	57	50.9%	18	21
2001	25	25	24	49	51.0%	21	36
2002	26	24	27	51	47.1%	36	42
2003	27	26	26	52	50.0%	42	37
2004	28	26	24	50	52.0%	37	24
2005	29	30	22	52	57.7%	24	17
2006	30	16	20	36	44.4%	17	43
2007	31	13	17	30	43.3%	43	62
2008	32	0	3	3	0.0%	62	1,044
Career		358	340	698	51.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Elena Likhovtseva career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1993	17	6	6	12	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	11	8	19	57.9%
1994	18	14	12	26	53.8%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	17	19	36	47.2%
1995	19	12	11	23	52.2%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	18	18	36	50.0%
1996	20	12	12	24	50.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	4	2	6	66.7%	6	4	10	60.0%	30	22	52	57.7%
1997	21	15	10	25	60.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	6	9	33.3%	24	24	48	50.0%
1998	22	11	13	24	45.8%	11	7	18	61.1%	6	2	8	75.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	35	29	64	54.7%
1999	23	13	13	26	50.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	4	2	6	66.7%	7	8	15	46.7%	34	29	63	54.0%
2000	24	15	15	30	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	29	28	57	50.9%
2001	25	9	11	20	45.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	7	3	10	70.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	25	24	49	51.0%
2002	26	10	14	24	41.7%	8	7	15	53.3%	6	3	9	66.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	24	27	51	47.1%
2003	27	18	14	32	56.3%	6	7	13	46.2%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	26	26	52	50.0%
2004	28	19	14	33	57.6%	4	5	9	44.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	26	24	50	52.0%
2005	29	15	13	28	53.6%	8	5	13	61.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	30	22	52	57.7%
2006	30	6	10	16	37.5%	1	5	6	16.7%	6	3	9	66.7%	3	2	5	60.0%	16	20	36	44.4%
2007	31	6	9	15	40.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	13	17	30	43.3%
2008	32	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	—	181	180	361	50.1%	77	73	150	51.3%	47	34	81	58.0%	53	53	106	50.0%	358	340	698	51.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Elena Likhovtseva career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1993	17	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	3	2	5	60.0%	9	7	16	56.2%
1994	18	0	5	5	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	7	5	12	58.3%	6	0	6	100.0%	16	18	34	47.1%
1995	19	0	4	4	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	6	6	12	50.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	15	17	32	46.9%
1996	20	3	5	8	37.5%	4	8	12	33.3%	16	7	23	69.6%	5	0	5	100.0%	28	20	48	58.3%
1997	21	0	8	8	0.0%	7	9	16	43.8%	9	4	13	69.2%	4	2	6	66.7%	20	23	43	46.5%
1998	22	0	11	11	0.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	17	10	27	63.0%	8	1	9	88.9%	34	28	62	54.8%
1999	23	2	9	11	18.2%	6	11	17	35.3%	17	7	24	70.8%	8	1	9	88.9%	33	28	61	54.1%
2000	24	3	11	14	21.4%	5	6	11	45.5%	13	9	22	59.1%	7	2	9	77.8%	28	28	56	50.0%
2001	25	1	7	8	12.5%	3	10	13	23.1%	13	7	20	65.0%	8	0	8	100.0%	25	24	49	51.0%
2002	26	1	7	8	12.5%	2	6	8	25.0%	10	11	21	47.6%	11	3	14	78.6%	24	27	51	47.1%
2003	27	1	3	4	25.0%	2	10	12	16.7%	19	10	29	65.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	25	25	50	50.0%
2004	28	3	8	11	27.3%	8	7	15	53.3%	11	7	18	61.1%	4	2	6	66.7%	26	24	50	52.0%
2005	29	2	8	10	20.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	16	8	24	66.7%	7	1	8	87.5%	30	22	52	57.7%
2006	30	0	5	5	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	10	8	18	55.6%	1	2	3	33.3%	15	20	35	42.9%
2007	31	1	3	4	25.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	12	17	29	41.4%
2008	32	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		17	94	111	15.3%	63	105	168	37.5%	176	108	284	62.0%	84	24	108	77.8%	340	331	671	50.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 671/698 (96.1%) of Elena Likhovtseva's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Elena Likhovtseva performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	27	7/52	3.3	4.6	61.6%	67.0%	46.2%	62.5%	46.7%	58.7%	44.9%
2004	28	5/50	1.6	4.4	63.3%	65.5%	42.0%	46.7%	46.9%	57.0%	46.9%
2005	29	18/52	2.3	3.8	61.4%	62.1%	44.7%	53.8%	52.4%	54.8%	45.6%
2006	30	27/36	1.9	3.1	65.2%	59.3%	47.6%	51.3%	48.8%	55.2%	46.4%
2007	31	23/30	1.8	3.5	64.9%	64.2%	45.9%	55.1%	47.9%	57.6%	42.7%
2008	32	3/3	1.0	3.7	59.7%	57.8%	41.5%	36.1%	22.8%	51.0%	39.1%
Career		83/698	2.0	3.6	63.7%	62.2%	45.8%	53.0%	48.1%	56.0%	44.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 83/698 (11.9%) of Elena Likhovtseva's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Elena Likhovtseva advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1993	17	1634	127.1	—	—	—	—	+37	—	—	56.8%	+0.48	3–3 (50%)	2–0	—	+1.42
1994	18	1737	144.1	—	—	—	—	+23	—	—	49.4%	-0.07	4–7 (36%)	2–0	—	-2.34
1995	19	1716	139.9	—	—	—	—	+42	-182	—	48.1%	-0.27	6–3 (67%)	4–5 (44%)	102.0	-1.00
1996	20	1816	147.2	—	—	—	—	-25	-115	-207	52.0%	+0.03	15–4 (79%)	9–5 (64%)	114.1	-0.96
1997	21	1748	148.3	—	—	—	—	+20	-67	-109	50.9%	+0.16	6–8 (43%)	4–5 (44%)	95.9	-1.89
1998	22	1829	147.2	—	—	—	—	-41	-55	-44	52.5%	+0.22	10–11 (48%)	5–4 (56%)	102.2	-1.26
1999	23	1756	151.4	—	—	—	—	-21	+65	+33	52.5%	+0.32	8–7 (53%)	5–10 (33%)	98.6	-0.89
2000	24	1757	148.3	—	—	—	—	+3	+17	+50	50.4%	+0.05	11–12 (48%)	8–4 (67%)	99.7	+0.59
2001	25	1746	140.2	—	—	—	—	-54	+47	+174	53.5%	+0.30	7–11 (39%)	3–7 (30%)	92.1	+0.51
2002	26	1667	127.8	—	—	—	—	-65	+102	+297	48.7%	-0.15	8–9 (47%)	8–6 (57%)	99.0	+0.12
2003	27	1679	134.9	+1.49	+0.52	1.089	52.0%	-25	+64	+194	50.9%	+0.17	7–7 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	99.4	-0.21
2004	28	1820	143.6	+1.45	+1.57	1.088	51.6%	-18	-76	-35	50.4%	-0.33	12–9 (57%)	3–5 (38%)	102.1	-1.72
2005	29	1795	137.5	+0.25	+1.06	1.009	50.2%	-28	+31	-16	52.8%	+0.02	17–6 (74%)	10–4 (71%)	113.3	+0.64
2006	30	1694	129.9	-0.47	+1.55	1.034	50.6%	+3	+16	+165	44.4%	-0.23	5–4 (56%)	3–1 (75%)	102.3	+1.01
2007	31	1666	126.5	+1.88	-0.78	1.007	50.3%	-17	+24	+183	44.1%	-0.15	3–2 (60%)	3–4 (43%)	99.7	-0.64
2008	32	1635	111.2	+0.16	-0.58	0.798	44.5%	-16	—	—	14.3%	-2.14	0–1	—	—	-0.57
Career		1912	147.6	+0.64	+0.64	1.019	50.4%	-12	+4	+83	50.6%	+0.03	122–104 (54%)	73–65 (53%)	105.6	-1.03

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Elena Likhovtseva Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1993	17	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1994	18	R32	—	R128	R16	5–3 (62%)
1995	19	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1996	20	R16	R32	R16	R32	10–4 (71%)
1997	21	R128	R64	R64	R32	4–4 (50%)
1998	22	R32	R32	R32	R128	6–4 (60%)
1999	23	R32	R32	R32	R16	9–4 (69%)
2000	24	QF	R128	R64	R32	7–4 (64%)
2001	25	R128	R128	R32	R16	5–4 (56%)
2002	26	R128	R32	QF	R64	7–4 (64%)
2003	27	R128	R128	R64	R16	4–4 (50%)
2004	28	R32	R64	R64	R128	4–4 (50%)
2005	29	R32	SF	R16	R16	13–4 (76%)
2006	30	R64	R128	R32	R32	5–4 (56%)
2007	31	R128	R64	R64	R64	3–4 (43%)
W-L		18–14 (56%)	17–13 (57%)	23–14 (62%)	26–15 (63%)	84–56 (60%)

WTA 1000

Elena Likhovtseva WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	DOH	IW	MIA	ITA	SDG	PAN	BER	CAN	CHA	BER	HIL	KEY	KRE	MOS	PAN	ZUR	W-L Win %
1993	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1995	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	R128	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1996	20	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	7–4 (64%)
1997	21	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	R64	R16	R32	—	R32	—	6–8 (43%)
1998	22	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	R32	R16	—	R16	—	8–8 (50%)
1999	23	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	QF	R16	R32	—	R16	R32	11–9 (55%)
2000	24	—	R16	R16	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	6–7 (46%)
2001	25	—	R64	R64	R16	—	—	R64	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	7–8 (47%)
2002	26	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	R16	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	6–7 (46%)
2003	27	—	R32	R32	R64	—	—	QF	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	7–7 (50%)
2004	28	—	R64	R32	R16	R16	R32	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	12–8 (60%)
2005	29	—	R64	R16	R64	R16	QF	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	8–9 (47%)
2006	30	—	—	R32	R64	R64	QF	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	4–6 (40%)
2007	31	—	R32	R128	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
2008	32	R64	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	10–11 (48%)	8–9 (47%)	8–10 (44%)	3–3 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	11–11 (50%)	14–12 (54%)	5–4 (56%)	4–2 (67%)	6–4 (60%)	7–6 (54%)	1–3 (25%)	4–6 (40%)	3–5 (38%)	0–3 (0%)	89–94 (49%)

WTA 500

Elena Likhovtseva WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	ATL	DLB	DOH	DUB	EAS	HAM	IW	MAD	PAR	SDG	POR	AME	BRI	CHI	ESS	POR	HAN	LEI	LIN	LOS	MAN	NEW	OAK	PHI	SCO	STA	STR	SYD	TOY	WAR	W-L Win %
1993	17	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1994	18	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	R32	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	6–9 (40%)
1995	19	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–8 (53%)
1996	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–8 (38%)
1997	21	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	6–8 (43%)
1998	22	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R32	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	9–12 (43%)
1999	23	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	R16	R32	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	10–13 (43%)
2000	24	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	R16	F	QF	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	14–12 (54%)
2001	25	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	9–10 (47%)
2002	26	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	4–9 (31%)
2003	27	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–8 (43%)
2004	28	—	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	7–9 (44%)
2005	29	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	5–7 (42%)
2006	30	—	—	—	R32	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	4–8 (33%)
2007	31	QF	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	2–4 (33%)
2008	32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	1–2 (33%)	2–5 (29%)	11–12 (48%)	2–5 (29%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	3–7 (30%)	8–11 (42%)	0–1 (0%)	13–9 (59%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	5–8 (38%)	5–4 (56%)	9–8 (53%)	4–6 (40%)	4–5 (44%)	3–6 (33%)	3–5 (38%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	3–2 (60%)	1–3 (25%)	100–129 (44%)

WTA 250

Elena Likhovtseva WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BRI	DOH	EAS	KIT	MTP	BIR	BOS	BRA	BUD	CAN	CAN	FOR	GOL	HOB	HOP	HYD	JAK	KOL	LIN	LUX	MOS	OKL	POR	ROS	SAN	SAR	STR	WAI	WAR	W-L Win %
1993	17	—	—	—	—	R32	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	6–3 (67%)
1994	18	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1995	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–3 (73%)
1996	20	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	8–5 (62%)
1997	21	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	W	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	8–4 (67%)
1998	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	12–5 (71%)
1999	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	4–2 (67%)
2000	24	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	2–3 (40%)
2001	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–2 (67%)
2002	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	7–7 (50%)
2003	27	R16	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	9–7 (56%)
2004	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	W	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
2005	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–2 (67%)
2006	30	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2007	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–5 (44%)
W-L		4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	12–6 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	2–3 (40%)	9–9 (50%)	7–2 (78%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	4–2 (67%)	7–2 (78%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	8–5 (62%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	85–57 (60%)

WTA Finals

Elena Likhovtseva WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	WTA	W-L Win %
1999	23	—	R16	0–1 (0%)
2000	24	R16	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Oct 25, 1999

First Top 100

Oct 18, 1993

First Top 50

Sep 19, 1994

First Top 20

Dec 23, 1996

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Elena Likhovtseva ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1992	16	—	—	563	559	530	528	519	427	368	370	318	319
1993	17	313	280	312	298	247	232	233	132	102	73	67	67
1994	18	68	67	60	54	60	61	56	59	49	64	62	62
1995	19	63	48	45	45	45	39	35	43	55	45	45	45
1996	20	35	36	49	47	32	30	29	28	26	24	23	18
1997	21	20	20	19	19	21	24	25	25	24	26	31	31
1998	22	38	35	42	38	31	24	26	27	25	28	26	26
1999	23	25	22	22	22	21	22	20	19	17	15	18	18
2000	24	16	18	17	16	19	23	23	24	26	25	21	21
2001	25	28	28	29	34	32	29	25	27	24	24	36	36
2002	26	36	37	41	47	43	48	34	38	41	42	42	42
2003	27	37	29	30	30	29	33	51	36	34	37	37	37
2004	28	38	44	42	47	43	39	35	24	28	24	24	24
2005	29	22	18	17	16	19	17	16	21	16	17	17	17
2006	30	18	16	17	19	20	26	28	35	38	45	43	43
2007	31	58	53	50	54	56	50	58	59	61	67	65	62
2008	32	67	106	124	134	141	204	294	305	1034	1054	1049	1044
2009	33	1038	1092	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Elena Likhovtseva's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Lisa Raymond	USA	#15	1,946	600	327	273	54.5%	$10,026,421	4	1989–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Anna Smashnova	ISR	#15	1,881	464	242	222	52.2%	$2,274,431	12	1991–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Iroda Tulyaganova	UZB	#16	1,815	174	93	81	53.4%	$973,334	3	1999–2008	Rivalries	Match log
Fabiola Zuluaga	COL	#16	1,835	216	117	99	54.2%	$1,358,668	5	1994–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Elena Bovina	RUS	#14	1,967	237	127	110	53.6%	$1,997,443	3	2000–2011	Rivalries	Match log
Daja Bedanova	CZE	#16	1,806	137	65	72	47.4%	$902,005	1	1999–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Magui Serna	ESP	#19	1,849	375	186	189	49.6%	$2,065,291	3	1996–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Tamarine Tanasugarn	THA	#19	1,825	544	268	276	49.3%	$3,491,770	4	1993–2015	Rivalries	Match log
Silvija Talaja	CRO	#18	1,811	283	131	152	46.3%	$1,135,876	2	1993–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Jie Zheng	CHN	#15	1,906	414	218	196	52.7%	$6,157,773	4	2002–2015	Rivalries	Match log
Kaia Kanepi	EST	#15	1,908	500	264	236	52.8%	$8,492,308	4	2001–2023	Rivalries	Match log
Amy Frazier	USA	#13	1,956	723	416	307	57.5%	$3,460,799	8	1987–2006	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Elena Likhovtseva?: Elena Likhovtseva is 51 years old, born on September 8, 1975.
Which country does Elena Likhovtseva represent?: Elena Likhovtseva represents Russia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Elena Likhovtseva?: Elena Likhovtseva is 174 cm / 5'9".
Does Elena Likhovtseva use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Elena Likhovtseva uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Elena Likhovtseva left-handed or right-handed?: Elena Likhovtseva plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Elena Likhovtseva won?: Elena Likhovtseva has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Elena Likhovtseva won?: TennisDB does not group any of Elena Likhovtseva's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Elena Likhovtseva won?: Elena Likhovtseva has won 3 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Forest Hills in 2004.
What is Elena Likhovtseva's highest WTA ranking?: Elena Likhovtseva's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 15, first achieved on October 25, 1999.
What is Elena Likhovtseva's career win-loss record?: Elena Likhovtseva has a career WTA singles record of 358 wins and 340 losses (51.3%).
How much career prize money has Elena Likhovtseva earned?: Elena Likhovtseva has earned at least $6,237,555 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Elena Likhovtseva's career appear in TennisDB?: Elena Likhovtseva appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1993 through 2008.
On which surface does Elena Likhovtseva have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Elena Likhovtseva's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 58.0% (47–34).
Who has Elena Likhovtseva faced most often?: Elena Likhovtseva's most frequent opponent is Mary Pierce, with a head-to-head record of 4–8 across 12 meetings.