Alexandra Panova

Alexandra Panova
Panova at the 2022 French Open
Native nameАлександра Панова
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989
Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,702,779
Singles
Career record391–295
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 71 (30 July 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2015)
French Open1R (2012)
Wimbledon1R (2012)
US Open1R (2011, 2012, 2015)
Doubles
Career record314–256
Career titles11
Highest rankingNo. 30 (28 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 30 (28 October 2024
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2024)
French OpenQF (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2015, 2016, 2023, 2025)
US Open2R (2012, 2015, 2023, 2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2025)
French Open1R (2025)
Wimbledon2R (2024, 2025)
US Open1R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup0–1
Last updated on: 29 October 2024.

Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (Russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 30 achieved on 28 October 2024. She peaked at No. 71 in singles on 30 July 2012.

She has won 11 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 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 Tour 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 Tour 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 top-seeded Elina Svitolina, saving five match points in the third set after being 3–6 behind.[5]

2024: First two Grand Slam quarterfinals

As an unseeded pair partnering Cristina Bucșa, Panova made her first major quarterfinal at the 2024 Australian Open, defeating eighth-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia and Taylor Townsend. They then lost to fourth seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe in straight sets.[6]

She also reached the quarterfinals at the 2024 French Open for the first time at this major, this time with Giuliana Olmos, with an upset over fourth seeds Barbora Krejčíková and Laura Siegemund.[7]

Partnering with Yana Sizikova, Panova won the Palermo Ladies Open, defeating Yvonne Cavallé Reimers and Aurora Zantedeschi.[8]

Alongside with Giuliana Olmos, Panova was runner-up in the doubles at the Monterrey Open, losing to Guo Hanyu and Monica Niculescu in final.[9]

2025: Two doubles titles

Partnering with Guo Hanyu, Panova won the doubles title at the Adelaide International, defeating Beatriz Haddad Maia and Laura Siegemund in the final in straight sets.[10] They were also title winners at the Bad Homburg Open, overcoming Lyudmyla Kichenok and Ellen Perez in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[11]

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

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 QF 0 / 11 8–11 42%
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 6–2 0 / 35 21–35 38%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[a] A A A A A A 1R NTI A NTI A NTI A NTI 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Dubai[a] A A A A A A NTI QF NTI A NTI A NTI 1R NTI 0 / 2 2–2 50%
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 - 116 59 61 30

WTA Tour 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: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (2–1)
WTA 250 (8–8)
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 Rabat Grand Prix, 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 Rabat Grand Prix, 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
Win 9–7 Jul 2024 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay Yana Sizikova Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Aurora Zantedeschi
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 9–8 Jul 2024 Iași Open, Romania WTA 250 Clay Yana Sizikova Anna Danilina
Irina Khromacheva
4–6, 2–6
Loss 9–9 Aug 2024 Monterrey Open,
Mexico
WTA 500 Hard Giuliana Olmos Guo Hanyu
Monica Niculescu
7–5, 6–4
Win 10–9 Jan 2025 Adelaide International,
Australia
WTA 500 Hard Guo Hanyu Beatriz Haddad Maia
Laura Siegemund
7–5, 6–4

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 4 (runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2022 Internacional 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
$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 Kyiv, 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 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 Kyiv, 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 Dothan Pro Classic, 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 Fukuoka International, Japan 50,000 Carpet Marina Erakovic Misaki Doi
Kotomi Takahata
4–6, 4–6
Loss 7–5 Jun 2010 Maribor Open, 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 Osprey Challenger, 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 Donetsk Cup, 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 Tennis 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 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy 60,000 Clay Anastasia Pribylova Cristina Dinu
Hanna Poznikhirenko
3–6, 6–7(6)
Win 16–12 Oct 2018 Internationaux de Poitiers, France 80,000 Hard (i) Anna Blinkova Viktorija Golubic
Arantxa Rus
6–1, 6–1

Notes

  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ Suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  3. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

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