Olga Alexandrovna Panova (Russian: Ольга Александровна Панова; born 7 January 1987[1]) is a Russian former tennis player. Her younger sister, Alexandra Panova, is still active as a tennis player.

Olga Panova
Ольга Панова
Full nameOlga Alexandrovna Panova
Country (sports) Russia
Born (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 37)
Krasnodar, Soviet Union
Prize money$47,075
Singles
Career record121–108
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 274 (17 July 2006)
Doubles
Career record112–81
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 192 (21 August 2006)

In her career, Olga won nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 17 July 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 274. On 21 August 2006, she peaked at No. 192 in the doubles rankings.

Partnering Ekaterina Makarova in 2005, Panova was runner-up at the $75k Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2006 İstanbul Cup, partnered with Vasilisa Davydova,[2] but they lost their first-round match against Yuliana Fedak and Eva Hrdinová.[2]

ITF finals

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Singles (0–2)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 4 July 2004 Krasnoarmeysk, Russia Hard   Ekaterina Bychkova 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 13 August 2005 Moscow, Russia Clay   Anastasia Pivovarova 6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)

Doubles (9–11)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–6)
Clay (6–5)
Carpet (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 3 August 2003 Istanbul, Turkey Hard   Irina Kotkina   Julia Ács
  Zsuzsanna Fodor
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 6 February 2005 Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard   Irina Buryachok   Mădălina Gojnea
  Gabriela Niculescu
3–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 20 February 2005 Portimão, Portugal Hard   Irina Buryachok   Anaïs Laurendon
  Linda Smoleňáková
6–4, 6–2
Winner 4. 10 April 2005 Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i)   Alexandra Panova   Olga Govortsova
  Kateryna Polunina
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 8 May 2005 Antalya, Turkey Clay   Irina Buryachok   Gabriela Niculescu
  Monica Niculescu
3–6, 4–6
Winner 6. 29 May 2005 Kyiv, Ukraine Clay   Alexandra Panova   Vasilisa Davydova
  Kristina Movsesyan
6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 7. 3 July 2005 Galați, Romania Clay   Vasilisa Davydova   Gabriela Niculescu
  Corina-Claudia Corduneanu
4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Winner 8. 12 August 2005 Moscow, Russia Clay   Ekaterina Lopes   Anna Bastrikova
  Vasilisa Davydova
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 9. 4 September 2005 Balashikha, Russia Clay   Ekaterina Lopes   Anna Bastrikova
  Nina Bratchikova
2–6, 2–6
Winner 10. 17 September 2005 Tbilisi, Georgia Clay   Irina Kotkina   Vasilisa Davydova
  Pemra Özgen
6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 11. 17 December 2005 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard   Ekaterina Makarova   Gabriela Chmelinová
  Hana Šromová
5–7, 4–6
Winner 12. 26 March 2006 Amiens, France Clay (i)   Yaroslava Shvedova   Julie Coin
  Karla Mraz
6–4, 6–1
Winner 13. 19 November 2006 Pune, India Clay   Ágnes Szatmári   Nicole Clerico
  Ksenia Palkina
6–2, 6–4
Winner 14. 18 February 2007 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i)   Danica Krstajić   Sorana Cîrstea
  Melanie South
6–2, 0–6, 6–2
Runner-up 15. 23 March 2007 Mumbai, India Hard   Stefanie Vögele   Akgul Amanmuradova
  Nina Bratchikova
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 16. 14 August 2010 Versmold, Germany Clay   Aminat Kushkhova   Erika Sema
  Hana Birnerová
3–6, 3–6
Winner 17. 29 August 2010 Braunschweig, Germany Clay   Aminat Kushkhova   Jana Nabel
  Antonia Lottner
6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 18. 5 September 2010 Mollerussa, Spain Hard   Aminat Kushkhova   Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko
  Nadia Lalami
3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up 19. 26 February 2011 Antalya, Turkey Clay   Marina Shamayko   Tian Ran
  Liang Chen
7–6(7–2), 5–7, [9–11]
Runner-up 20. 26 March 2011 Moscow, Russia Hard (i)   Alexandra Panova   Lyudmyla Kichenok
  Nadiia Kichenok
3–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ Панова Ольга Александровна — РНИ 421. Russian Tennis Tour (in Russian). Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "2006 İstanbul Cup" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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