Alexandra Panova

Russian tennis player

Alexandra Panova
Singles
Panova at the 2022 French Open
Native name	Александра Панова
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35) Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,557,340
Career record	391–295 (57.0%)
Career titles	0
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	310–249 (55.5%)
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 38 (18 January 2016)
Current ranking	No. 54 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2024)
French Open	3R (2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2015, 2016, 2023)
US Open	2R (2012, 2015, 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–1
Last updated on: 24 January 2024.

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 eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour. On the ITF Women's 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.

2010–2013: Major debut, three WTA 250 doubles titles

In August, Panova made her Grand Slam debut at the 2011 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]

In February 2012, 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 singles final, but won her first WTA title in doubles. 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.

Panova participated in the 2013 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 Tour final in her career.

2015–2018: First major win, three more WTA doubles titles

Panova entered the main draw at the 2015 Australian Open through qualifying. She won her first ever match at a major tournament 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.^[4]

Panova started the 2016 season losing in the qualifyings of Brisbane, Australian Open and St. Petersburg. She recorded her first main-draw entry at the Malaysian Open, losing there in the first round. She renewed herself in Bogotá, where she had 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.^[5]

2024: First Grand Slam quarterfinal

As an unseeded pair partnering Cristina Bucsa, she reached her first major quarterfinal at the 2024 Australian Open defeating eight seeds Beatriz Haddad Maia and Taylor Townsend.

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current after the 2017 season.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q3	1R	Q2	2R	Q2	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	1R	Q2	Q2	Q1	A	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	Q1	1R	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q2	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q1	Q1	Q3	1R	1R	Q3	Q3	1R	Q2	Q1	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 7	1–7	14%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[a]	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	3	5	3	17	6	6	7	2	0	Career total: 51
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Overall win-loss	1–2	4–3	3–5	0–3	12–17	1–7	4–6	5–7	2–2	0–0	0 / 51	32–52	38%
Year-end ranking	191	140	127	117	71	93	122	119	133	233	$1,402,780

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Linz Open.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	QF	0 / 8	6–8	43%
French Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R		0 / 10	5–10	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	Q1	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	NH	A	A^[b]	2R		0 / 8	3–8	27%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R		0 / 8	4–8	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–4	1–4	2–3	4–4	2–4	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–4	3–1	0 / 34	18–34	35%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[a]	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R			0 / 4	3–4	43%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	2R	A	A	A	A	NH	1R	A			0 / 3	3–3	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	QF	A	A	A	2R	NH	A	1R			0 / 4	3–4	43%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	NH	A	2R			0 / 3	2–3	40%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R			0 / 3	1–3	25%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	5	11	11	13	15	17	12	3	5	14	0	17	17	5		Career total: 146
Titles	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		Career total: 7
Finals	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1		Career total: 14
Overall win-loss	1–1	0–1	6–4	5–11	14–9	13–13	16–14	20–15	10–12	1–3	9–4	5–13	0–0	13–17	14–17	4–5		7 / 146	131–139	48%
Year-end ranking	226	201	106	88	64	66	53	40	89	312	91	162	n/a	116	59	61

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)

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

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (7–7)

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	Grand Prix Lalla Meryem, Morocco	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^[d]	Hard (i)	Laura Siegemund	Darija Jurak Raluca Olaru	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	7–6	May 2022	Grand Prix Lalla Meryem, Morocco	WTA 250	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	7–6^(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	7–7	Feb 2023	Lyon Open, France	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Olga Danilović	Cristina Bucșa Bibiane Schoofs	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Win	8–7	Jul 2023	Hamburg European Open, Germany	WTA 250	Clay	Anna Danilina	Miriam Kolodziejová Angela Kulikov	6–4, 6–2

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 4 (runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2022	Open de Valencia, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Rus	Aliona Bolsova Rebeka Masarova	0–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2022	Contrexéville Open, France	Clay	Han Xinyun	Ulrikke Eikeri Tereza Mihalíková	6–7^(8–10), 2–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2023	Chicago Challenger, United States	Hard	Cristina Bucșa	Ulrikke Eikeri Ingrid Neel	w/o
Loss	0–4	Dec 2023	Open Angers, France	Hard (i)	Anna Danilina	Cristina Bucșa Monica Niculescu	1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75/80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

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, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Xie Yanze	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	May 2008	Kurume Cup, Japan	50,000^[e]	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	Saransk Cup, Russia	50,000	Clay	Marina Melnikova	6–0, 6–2
Win	5–4	Oct 2011	Telavi Open, Georgia	50,000	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	6–4	Sep 2013	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	25,000	Hard	Kateryna Kozlova	6–4, 0–6, 7–5
Win	7–4	Sep 2013	Telavi Open, Georgia (2)	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, United States	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^[f]	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	Fukuoka International, 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	Pune Championships, 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	Open de Biarritz, France	100,000	Clay	Urszula Radwańska	Erika Sema Roxane Vaisemberg	6–2, 6–1
Loss	9–7	Jul 2011	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	Vitalia Diatchenko Galina Voskoboeva	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9–8	Aug 2011	Tatarstan Open, 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	Open de 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	Contrexéville Open, France	100,000	Clay	Laura Thorpe	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	6–3, 4–0 ret.
Win	14–10	Nov 2014	Dubai Challenge, UAE	75,000	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Lyudmyla Kichenok Olga Savchuk	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss	14–11	May 2016	Charlottesville Open, United States	60,000	Clay	Shelby Rogers	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 0–6
Win	15–11	May 2016	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	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

Notes

^ ^a ^b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
^ Suspended due to politics.
^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.
^ The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 events in 2017.
^ The $75,000 tournaments were reclassified as $80,000 events in 2017.

References

^ "Wimbledon Champion Kvitova beaten in round one". BBC. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
^ "Kanepi, Cibulkova through to second round". www.brisbaneinternational.com.au. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ "Heather Watson and Alexandra Panova win WTA Baku Cup". BBC Sport. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ "MARIA SHARAPOVA FIGHTS OFF MATCH POINTS TO BEAT QUALIFIER ALEXANDRA PANOVA".
^ WTA Staff (13 April 2016). "Svitolina Stunned In Bogota". wtatennis.com. WTA Tennis. Retrieved 14 July 2018.