Elena Baltacha (; born 14 August 1983) is a four-time
AEGON Award Winning,
British tennis player of
Ukrainian parentage who plays for Great Britain.
Over the course of her career she has won ten
ITF singles titles (five $25,000, one $50,000, two $75,000 and two $100,000) and four ITF doubles titles (all $25,000). She has also twice been a runner-up in ITF events in singles and four times in doubles.
In 2010, Baltacha had victories over top 10 players, including two victories over
Li Na and one against
Francesca Schiavone, who at the time was the reigning
French Open champion. In 2011, Baltacha won her most highest ranked tournament of the ITF tour winning the
2011 AEGON Nottingham Challenge.
Personal life
Baltacha was born in
Kiev,
Ukraine. She comes from a sporting family: her father
Sergei is a former professional
footballer, representing the
USSR and playing in the United Kingdom with
Ipswich Town,
St Johnstone and
Inverness Caledonian Thistle, and her mother Olga represented the USSR in both the
pentathlon and
heptathlon at the
Olympic Games. Her brother
Sergei played football for......
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