About Elena Baltacha

Elena Baltacha is a Scottish tennis player of Ukrainian parentage who has played for Great Britain and formerly Scotland in the now defunct Aberdeen Cup. She is a former British No.1, however, she is the current British No.2, behind Anne Keothavong, achieving her highest World Ranking of No. 105 on 15 June 2009. Over the course of her career she has won six ITF singles titles and four ITF doubles titles. She has also twice been a runner-up in ITF events in singles and four times in doubles. In terms of wins, she has had the greatest success in Grand Slams of all the currently active female British tennis players. She reached the third round of the Australian Open in 2005 and the second round in 2009, both times as a qualifier. She also reached the third round of Wimbledon in 2002 and the second round twice in 2004 and 2008. This means that overall, she has won seven singles matches in