Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova (Belarusian: Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); Ольга Алексеевна Говорцова; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 24 in the doubles rankings.
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She reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2008 Memphis Open but lost in straight sets to Lindsay Davenport.
Govortsova is sponsored by Wilson[1] and Chinese clothing company Peak.[2] She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardère Unlimited.[3]
She began her season at the Brisbane International, where she defeated eighth seed Francesca Schiavone en route to the quarterfinals. However, she fell against world No. 41, Sara Errani. At the Australian Open, she received main-draw entry but lost in straight sets against 20th seed Amélie Mauresmo in the first round.
She then played in Indian Wells, a Premier-Mandatory event where she defeated British Anne Keothavong in the first round before falling to Peng Shuai. In Miami, at the second Premier-Mandatory event, she lost in the first round to Belarusian qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova.
In October, she reached the final of the Kremlin Cup, losing to Francesca Schiavone.
Govortsova started the new year at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. At the Sydney International she lost in the first qualifying round to Chanelle Scheepers.
At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber.
At Amelia Island, she beat second seed Alona Bondarenko in the first round, and in the second round Anna Tatishvili, and in the quarterfinals Varvara Lepchenko, and in the semifinals third seed Dominika Cibulková, before losing her third WTA Tour singles final to Caroline Wozniacki.
At the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Govortsova retired in the first round when she played against Mirjana Lučić-Baroni.[4] She failed to qualify for the French Open, losing in three sets to Alexa Glatch.
At Wimbledon, Govortsova advanced to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, by defeating opponents such as Alizé Cornet (who had beaten Serena Williams the previous year) and Magdaléna Rybáriková in the early rounds. She eventually lost to Madison Keys.[5]
At the Rogers Cup, Govortsova qualified for the main draw, and defeated Irina-Camelia Begu in her opening match before losing to fifth seed Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.[6]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results of WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[7]
Current through the 2022 Australian Open.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | Q3 | 1R | Q1 | A | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q3 | 0 / 8 | 3–8 | 27% |
French Open | A | A | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 9 | 7–9 | 44% |
Wimbledon | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 11 | 6–11 | 35% | |
US Open | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | A | Q3 | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 10 | 6–10 | 38% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 5–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 38 | 22–38 | 37% |
National representation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | 1R | NH | A | NH | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | NMS | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% | |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | A | 1R | A | A | A | NH | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
Miami Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | NH | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 7 | 2–7 | 22% |
Madrid Open | NH | Q1 | 2R | 1R | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |||
Italian Open | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
Canadian Open | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 2R | Q2 | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
Cincinnati Open | NMS | 2R | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |||
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[lower-alpha 2] | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||
China Open | NMS | 1R | 2R | Q1 | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | ||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Career | |||
Tournaments | 1 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | Career total: 186 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 4 | ||
Hard Win–loss | 0–1 | 12–9 | 12–17 | 17–15 | 7–17 | 4–11 | 8–10 | 10–9 | 5–8 | 2–5 | 2–8 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 113 | 83–115 | 42% |
Clay Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 8–6 | 5–6 | 6–7 | 1–6 | 3–8 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 50 | 26–50 | 34% |
Grass Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 23 | 13–23 | 36% |
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 14–12 | 21–26 | 26–24 | 13–27 | 6–19 | 12–20 | 12–14 | 5–12 | 7–11 | 2–13 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0 / 186 | 122–189 | 39% |
Win % | 0% | 54% | 45% | 52% | 33% | 24% | 38% | 46% | 29% | 39% | 13% | – | 50% | 0% | 50% | 0% | Career total: 39% | |||
Year-end ranking | 334 | 49 | 49 | 52 | 74 | 114 | 57 | 95 | 145 | 69 | 199 | 271 | 427 | 194 | 133 | 134 | $3,544,459 |
Current after the season of 2021.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% |
French Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% | |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% | |
US Open | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 28 | 16–28 | 36% |
National representation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | 2R | NH | A | NH | A | NH | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | NMS | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | |
Madrid Open | NH | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |||
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–3 | 40% | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | |
Cincinnati Masters | NMS | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | |||
China Open | NMS | 1R | W | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 1 / 5 | 6–5 | 55% | ||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Career | |||
Tournaments | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Career total: 137 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 8 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 14 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 1–3 | 15–17 | 13–13 | 26–25 | 20–17 | 16–16 | 13–19 | 6–9 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 8 / 137 | 118–129 | 48% |
Win % | 0% | 25% | 47% | 50% | 51% | 54% | 50% | 41% | 40% | 33% | 57% | 50% | – | 50% | – | 33% | Career total: 48% | |||
Year-end ranking | 467 | 404 | 58 | 72 | 29 | 44 | 61 | 60 | 137 | 364 | 247 | 493 | 753 | 199 | 251 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2008 | Charleston Open | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2010 | China Open | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7] |
Legend (pre/post 2009) |
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Grand Slam |
WTA 1000 |
Premier / WTA 500 (0–1) |
Tier III / International / WTA 250 (0–3) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2008 | National Indoors, U.S. | Tier III | Hard (i) | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2009 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Premier | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Apr 2010 | Amelia Island Championships, U.S. | International | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–4 | Sep 2013 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 6–7(3–7) |
Legend (pre/post 2009) |
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Grand Slam |
Tier I / Premier 5 & M / WTA 1000 (1–1) |
Premier / WTA 500 (1–0) |
Tier III / International / WTA 250 (6–5) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2008 | Charleston Open, U.S. | Tier I | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2008 | İstanbul Cup, Turkey | Tier III | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 2–1 | Sep 2009 | Guangzhou Open, China | International | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2009 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7(1–7), [10–8] |
Win | 4–1 | Oct 2010 | China Open | Premier M | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7] |
Win | 5–1 | Feb 2011 | National Indoors, U.S. | International | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, [10–8] |
Win | 6–1 | Jun 2011 | Birmingham Classic, UK | International | Grass | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–1, [10–5] |
Loss | 6–2 | Jul 2011 | Washington Open, U.S. | International | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 7–2 | Aug 2011 | New Haven Open, U.S. | Premier | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 7–3 | Feb 2012 | National Indoors, U.S. | International | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 8–3 | May 2012 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | International | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–3] |
Loss | 8–4 | Sep 2013 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 8–5 | Apr 2014 | Monterrey Open, Mexico | International | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–3, [9–11] |
Loss | 8–6 | Sep 2016 | Guangzhou Open, China | International | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2021 | Swedish Open | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | Serbia Challenger Open | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75/80,000 tournaments |
$50/60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2003 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2003 | ITF Haifa, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 7–6(4), 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2007 | ITF St. Paul, United States | 50,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–3 | Mar 2007 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–7(5), 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 2–3 | Apr 2007 | ITF Jackson, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 2–4 | May 2007 | ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 6–1, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | May 2011 | Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom | 75,000 | Grass | ![]() |
6–1, 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3–5 | Feb 2012 | Midland Classic, United States | 100,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 6–7(6), 7–6(5) |
Win | 4–5 | Feb 2015 | ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland | 50,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 5–5 | Mar 2015 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–6 | Aug 2016 | Granby Challenger, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 6–6 | Sep 2016 | Zhuhai Open, China | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 7–6 | Apr 2017 | ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States | 80,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
Win | 8–6 | Jun 2019 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 7–6(3) |
Loss | 8–7 | Jul 2019 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 9–7 | Feb 2020 | Kentucky Open, United States | 100,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$80,000 tournaments |
$50/60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2003 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2004 | ITF Bol, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2005 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 10,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2016 | Challenger de Granby, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Jan 2019 | ITF Plantation, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–4 | Feb 2019 | Midland Classic, United States | 100,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 3–4 | Nov 2019 | Henderson Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–5 | Jan 2021 | ITF Rome, United States | 60,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 2–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 3–6 | May 2022 | ITF Bonita Springs, United States | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
Govortsova's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or better is as follows:
Govortsova has played three seasons with World TeamTennis, making her debut in 2013 with the Sacramento Capitals. She has since played for the Springfield Lasers in 2014 and 2019 was announced to be joining the Lasers again during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[8]
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