Elena Chalova

Elena Chalova

Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Ufa, Russia
Born	(1987-05-16) 16 May 1987 Ufa, Russia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$111,293
Singles
Career record	174–108
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 151 (9 November 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2010)
French Open	Q1 (2010)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2010)
US Open	Q2 (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	103–79
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 133 (14 June 2010)

Elena Valeryevna Chalova (Елена Валерьевна Чалова, born 16 May 1987) is a professional Russian tennis player.

On 9 November 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 151. On 14 June 2010 she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 133.^[1] She is currently coached by Valeri Chalov.^[2]

Personal life

Elena Chalova was born to Valeri Chalov and Irina Chalova, and has a brother named Michael.^[2] She was born on 16 May 1987 in Ufa, Russia, where she currently resides.^[2] She started played tennis at the age of seven.^[2] Her favourite surface is hard.^[2] She speaks English and Russian.^[2]

Career statistics

Singles finals: 11 (8–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	21 June 2004	Protvino, Russia	Carpet	Vasilisa Bardina	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2.	4 July 2005	Krasnoarmeysk, Russia	Hard	Irina Bulykina	6–4, 6–0
Winner	3.	8 August 2005	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Noémie Scharle	6–1 ret.
Winner	4.	12 September 2005	Lleida, Spain	Clay	Núria Roig	6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
Winner	5.	16 July 2006	Chongquing, China	Hard	Shuai Zhang	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	4 February 2008	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Dominika Nociarová	2–6, 0–6
Winner	6.	18 February 2008	Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	6–4, 6–4
Winner	7.	10 March 2008	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Alexandra Cadanţu	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	000000002009-03-10-000010 March 2009	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	0–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up	3.	17 May 2009	Kurume, Japan	Carpet	Ksenia Lykina	5–7, 3–6
Winner	8.	27 July 2009	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	6–3, 6–4

Doubles finals: 21 (9–12)

Outcome	NO	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 June 2004	Protvino, Russia	Hard	Maria Gugel	Vasilisa Bardina Julia Efremova	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	6 June 2005	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Olga Brózda Natalia Kołat	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	21 June 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Ekaterina Lopes	Corina Corduneanu Gabriela Niculescu	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	4 July 2005	Krasnoarmeysk, Russia	Hard	Ekaterina Lopes	Anna Bastrikova Julia Efremova	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	5.	19 July 2005	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Danica Krstajić	Olga Brózda Monika Schneider	6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	31 July 2005	Horb am Neckar, Germany	Clay	Ivanna Israilova	Lucie Kriegsmannová Zuzana Zálabská	4–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	2 August 2005	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Ivanna Israilova	Sandra Martinović Darija Jurak	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	6 September 2005	Durmersheim, Germany	Clay	Danica Krstajić	Adriana Barna Caroline Schneider	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	28 May 2006	Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Nikola Fraňková Alisa Kleybanova	W/O
Runner-up	10.	11 February 2008	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Martina Babáková	Julia Glushko Marina Melnikova	3–6, 6–0, [9-11]
Runner-up	11.	24 February 2008	Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Liudmila Nikoyan	Émilie Bacquet Chayenne Ewijk	W/O
Runner-up	12.	10 March 2008	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Inna Sokolova	Oksana Kalashnikova Galina Fokina	4–6, 2–6
Winner	13.	20 October 2008	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	Rushmi Chakravarthi Isha Lakhani	6–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner–up	14.	19 December 2008	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	Maša Zec Peškirič Irena Pavlovic	6–7(6–8), 6–3, [3–10]
Winner	15.	19 January 2009	Kaarst, Germany	Carpet (i)	Marina Melnikova	Julia Babilon Franziska Etzel	6–3, 6–2
Runner–up	16.	11 July 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Darija Jurak Renata Voráčová	2–6, 5–7
Winner	17.	13 July 2009	Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Darija Jurak	Yurika Sema Aurélie Védy	6–1, 6–4
Winner	18.	1 August 2009	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Nina Bratchikova Ágnes Szatmári	6–1, 6–0
Winner	19.	000000002009-09-07-00007 September 2009	Denain, France	Clay	Ksenia Lykina	Magdalena Kiszczyńska Teodora Mirčić	6–4, 6–3
Winner	20.	05 October 2009	Limoges, France	Clay	Oksana Kalashnikova	Florence Haring Violette Huck	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Winner	21.	6 December 2010	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Tetyana Arefyeva Yuliana Fedak	6–2, 6–4

References

External links

• Elena Chalova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elena Chalova at the International Tennis Federation
• Elena Chalova at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile