Alexandra Panova

Panova at the2022 French Open
Native name	Александра Панова
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (age 36) Krasnodar,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,702,779
Singles
Career record	391–295
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	314–256
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 30 (28 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 30 (28 October 2024
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2024)
French Open	QF (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2015,2016,2023)
US Open	2R (2012,2015,2023,2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2025)
Wimbledon	2R (2024)
US Open	1R (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–1
Last updated on: 29 October 2024.

Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (Russian:Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professionaltennis player who specializes in doubles.She has a career-highWTA 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 eight doubles titles on theWTA Tour. On theITF Women's Circuit, she won two of her 16 doubles titles with her older sister,Olga Panova.

In January, Panova obtained an invitation from theHong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to playJB Group Classic with her compatriotAnna Chakvetadze (she replacedMaria Sharapova for injury) andVera Zvonareva, and then she entered theAustralian Open women's qualifying singles unseeded and made it to the qualifying third round, before losing to unseededJulia Schruff of Germany, in two sets.

In August, Panova made her Grand Slam debut at the2011 US Open by coming through qualifying. In the first round, she faced the eighth seedMarion 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 theCopa Colsanitas, upsetting the fifth seedGisela Dulko along the way. She lost toLara Arruabarrena in the singles final, but won her first WTA title in doubles. She then won her second doubles title of the year at theMorocco Open.

At theUS 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 theFed Cup final against Italy. She lost a marathon match againstRoberta 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.

Panova started her 2014 season at theBrisbane International. Getting past qualifying, she lost in her first-round match to 2012 champion Kaia Kanepi.^[2] At theAustralian Open, Panova was defeated in the second round of qualifying by Stéphanie Dubois.

Panova won her fourth Tour doubles title at theBaku Cup, partnering with BritishHeather Watson. In the final they crushedRaluca Olaru andShahar Pe'er.^[3]

Now withMargarita Gasparyan as her doubles partner, Panova reached the finals of theTashkent Open, losing toKrunić/Siniaková. This was Gasparyan's first WTA Tour final in her career.

Panova entered the main draw at the2015 Australian Open through qualifying. She won her first ever match at a major tournament by beatingSorana Cîrstea in the first round. She then came up against fellow countrywomanMaria Sharapova in the second round and lost in three sets after having two match points on her serve.^[4]

Panova started the2016 season losing in the qualifyings ofBrisbane,Australian Open andSt. Petersburg. She recorded her first main-draw entry at theMalaysian Open, losing there in the first round. She renewed herself inBogotá, where she had been traditionally playing well. There, Panova defeated top-seededElina Svitolina, saving five match points in the third set after being 3–6 behind.^[5]

As an unseeded pair partneringCristina Bucșa, Panova made her first major quarterfinal at the2024 Australian Open, defeating eighth-seededBeatriz Haddad Maia andTaylor Townsend. They then lost to fourth seedsGabriela Dabrowski andErin Routliffe in straight sets.^[6]

She also reached the quarterfinals at the2024 French Open for the first time at this major, this time withGiuliana Olmos, with an upset over fourth seedsBarbora Krejčíková andLaura Siegemund.^[7]

Partnering withYana Sizikova, Panova won thePalermo Ladies Open, defeatingYvonne Cavallé Reimers andAurora Zantedeschi.^[8]

Alongside withGiuliana Olmos, Panova was runner-up in the doubles at theMonterrey Open, losing toGuo Hanyu andMonica Niculescu in final.^[9]

Partnering withGuo Hanyu, Panova won the doubles title at theAdelaide International, defeatingBeatriz Haddad Maia andLaura Siegemund in the final in straight sets.^[10]

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.

Current through the 2023 Linz Open.

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

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

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

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)

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

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