onceuponaman: Elena Baltacha British tennis player

Elena Baltacha (Ukrainian: born 14 August 1983) is a triple AEGON Award Winning, British tennis player of Ukrainian parentage who plays for Great Britain. She is the current British number 1, with a current ranking of World No. 53. Her career high ranking of World No. 49 was achieved on 13 September 2010.

Over the course of her career she has won nine ITF singles titles (five $25,000, one $50,000, two $75,000 and one $100,000) and four ITF doubles titles (all $25,000). She has also twice been a runner-up in ITF events in singles and four times in doubles.

In 2010, Baltacha had victories over top 10 players Li Na and Francesca Schiavone, who at the time was the reigning French Open champion.