Olga Alekseyevna Puchkova is a Russian former professional tennis player.
17 Facts About Olga Puchkova
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Olga Puchkova, coached by her father Alex Poutchkov, was No 1 in the world in the ITF U12 rankings in 1999.
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Olga Puchkova started her ITF Women's Circuit career in March 2002 when she played in four tournaments in Australia, reaching the quarterfinals at Warrnambool and Benalla.
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Olga Puchkova won her second professional title 11 July 2004 in College Park, Maryland.
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Olga Puchkova defeated top-seeded Maureen Drake in the second round and Rossana de los Rios in the final.
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Olga Puchkova reached her fifth ITF final in August 2005, beating Stephanie Dubois en route.
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Olga Puchkova comfortably won the final, beating Andrea Hlavackova for her third ITF title.
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Olga Puchkova then lost her second-round match against fourth seed fellow Russian Elena Likhovtseva.
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Olga Puchkova herself won all her matches and faced Belarusian Tatiana Poutchek in the final, which was easily won by Olga Puchkova.
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Olga Puchkova then faced Marion Bartoli in the first round and was not able to excel against the 26th seed.
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Olga Puchkova reached her first WTA Tour final in Kolkata, India, in September 2006, losing to Martina Hingis but beating seventh seed Nicole Pratt en route.
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Olga Puchkova made her top 100 debut in 2006, and peaked at a high of world No 32 on 17 June 2007.
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Olga Puchkova had to attempt to qualify for the French Open before falling to eventual quarterfinalist Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in the qualifying playoff round.
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Olga Puchkova then fell at the same stage in Wimbledon qualifying to Eva Hrdinova.
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Olga Puchkova failed to qualify for another main draw of a tour-level tournament in 2008, but did receive direct entry into the Bell Challenge, before losing in the second round to Melanie Oudin.
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Olga Puchkova fell in the final round of qualifying yet again in the 2009 Australian Open, and didn't enter into a WTA tournament until she was given the opportunity to qualify for the Bell Challenge.
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Olga Puchkova did manage to qualify, but lost to Amra Sadikovic in the opening main-draw round.