Elena Baltacha

Quick Facts

Full Name	Elena Baltacha
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 14, 1983(1983-08-14)
Age	41
Date Of Death	May 4, 2014, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Birthplace	Russia
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Leo

Elena Baltacha Biography

Elena Baltacha is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on August 14, 1983 in Russia, Russia. Four-time Aegon Award winner who held the #1 national ranking in the United Kingdom from 2002 to 2012. She died of liver cancer at the age of 30.

She reached the third round of the 2010 Australian Open; the tournament was eventually won by Serena Williams .

Elena Sergeevna Baltacha (Ukrainian: Олена Сергіївна Балтача ; 14 August 1983 – 4 May 2014) was a Ukrainian-born British professional tennis player. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Awards, she was also a long-term British No. 1, a position she held intermittently from 2002 to 2012. However, as a result of her absence from competition due to knee surgery, she dropped down the world rankings and at the time of her retirement on 18 November 2013, she was ranked as the world No. 221 and British No. 6. Her career-high ranking of world No. 49 was achieved in September 2010.

After arriving at Heathrow Airport on 13 January 1989, Baltacha moved to Ipswich where her father was to play football for the next year before moving to Perth, Scotland, where she grew up and spent some of her teenage years, before moving to Paisley, Scotland, and attending Castlehead High School.

Her brother Sergei became a professional soccer player. She was married to tennis coach Nino Severino.

Elena Baltacha Net Worth

Elena Baltacha is one of the richest Tennis Player from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elena Baltacha 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a Commonwealth Youth Games silver medalist in 2000.

Her career was derailed after a 2013 knee injury.

Her grass-court season then began and the Aegon Trophy, a $50k event in Nottingham, gave Baltacha the second title of the year. She didn’t drop a set throughout the tournament, including in the final when she faced Carly Gullickson. Baltacha stayed on grass for her next tournament, the Aegon Classic, where she was the number 12 seed. She was forced to retire after losing the first set in her first round match against Kaia Kanepi. Her next event was the Aegon International where during her first-round match with Li Na, the Chinese player had to retire with a leg injury after winning the first set on a tie-break. After a second-round win over another Chinese player, Zheng Jie, she lost to Sam Stosur in three sets in the quarterfinals. Nevertheless, this was the first time since 1983 that a British woman had progressed to the quarterfinals of this tournament. Baltacha then suffered a disappointing first round loss at Wimbledon. She lost in three sets to Petra Martić after leading by a set and 5–2.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Elena Baltacha height 5 feet 9 inches Elena weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Elena Baltacha Dating?

According to our records, Elena Baltacha married to Nino Severino. As of December 1, 2023, Elena Baltacha’s is not dating anyone.

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In February 2002, Baltacha reached the quarterfinals of the $25k tournament in Sutton, London. She played for Great Britain in the Fed Cup in April and won her singles rubber against Norway’s Annette Aksdal. She then beat Lina Stančiūtė from Lithuania in the relegation play-offs in three sets. Following this she attempted to qualify for the Tier III Croatian Bol Ladies Open where she was beaten in round one of the qualifying draw. This was the first of a string of five consecutive losses, the last of which was in the first round of the qualifying draw for the DFS Classic, a Tier-III event. She broke this string of losses with a win over Alina Jidkova in round one of the qualifying draw for the Tier II Aegon International. She was beaten by Elena Likhovtseva in the second round of qualifying. She was then given a wild card into the main draw of Wimbledon where she beat María Vento-Kabchi in the first round and Amanda Coetzer in the second round before losing to Elena Likhovtseva (for the second time in two consecutive tournaments) in the third round.

Facts & Trivia

Elena Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Elena Baltacha celebrates birthday on August 14 of every year.

Baltacha began the year at the Hobart International, but lost to Roberta Vinci in the second round. Baltacha then entered the Australian Open without having to qualify. In the first round, she defeated American qualifier Jamie Hampton. In round two, however, she was defeated by former world number 1 and 2004 Australian Open Champion Justine Henin. Her next tournament was the Pattaya Open, where she lost to sixth seed Peng Shuai.

What happened Elena Baltacha?

Baltacha was diagnosed with liver cancer in January 2014, just a few weeks after her marriage to tennis coach Niño Severino. She died on 4 May 2014 , aged 30.

Which tennis player died of cancer?

Singles

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