Famous Athletes Biography: Elena Likhovtseva

Friday 6 April 2012

Elena Likhovtseva

Elena Likhovtseva Biography

Elena Likhovtseva is a Russian tennis player, born
8 September 1975 in Almaty|Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan.
She turned professional in January 1992 at the age
of 16.
Together with Mahesh Bhupathi, she won the List of
Wimbledon Mixed Doubles champions|Wimbledon Mixed
Doubles championship in 2002. She has also been a
runner-up in a number of other contests, including
the French Open champions (Women's Doubles)|French
Open Women's Doubles in 2004 and French Open
champions (Mixed Doubles)|Mixed Doubles in 2003,
and the 2004 US Open champions (Women's
Doubles)|US Open Women's Doubles. In the 2004
Summer Olympics, she survived the first round of
the Women's Doubles with her partner Svetlana
Kuznetsova, but was defeated in the second.
As of 3 August 2005 she has ranked as high as 6th
for doubles and 17th for singles.

Elena Likhovtseva