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

Elena Chalova
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceUfa, Russia
Born (1987-05-16) 16 May 1987 (age 37)
Ufa
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2012
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$111,293
Singles
Career record174–108
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (9 November 2009)
Doubles
Career record103–79
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 133 (14 June 2010)

Elena was born to Valeri Chalov and Irina Chalova, and has a brother named Michael. She started played tennis at the age of seven.

On 9 November 2009, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 151. On 14 June 2010, she peaked at No. 133 in the doubles rankings.

ITF finals

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (8–3)

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

Doubles: 21 (9–12)

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

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