Olga Poutchkova Biography
She was one of the new bevy of Russian beauties to hit the tennis scene and she started with such promise.
Olga Poutchkova was born on September 27th 1987 in Moscow but now lives in America where she models for Elite Model Management.
Coached by her father Alex she was the World Number 1 Junior in the ITF Under 12 rankings and in the Eddie Herr competition that year she beat Shahar Peer in the Final of the Under 12s.
She made her debut on the Under 18 circuit on August 13th 2000 in the USTA Junior International Grass Court Championships but was beaten in the first round. A week later at the USTA Under 18 Junior International Hard Court Championships she had her first win in the Under 18 doubles, playing with Brazilian Caroline Neves.
In 2003 she won the Under 18 Junior Singles Title in the Junior International Hard Court Championships beating Jessi Robinson in the Final.
Poutchkova started her ITF professional career in March 2002 and played four tournaments in Australia. She reached the quarter finals at Warrnambool and Benalie. In 2003 she reached the final in Miami in January and the semi-final in Houston in June. She won her first WTA professional tournament in Baltimore in January 2003.
She made her WYA main draw debut in Hobart in 2006 but lost in the qualifying for the Australian Open. She also failed to qualify for both the French Open at Roland Garros and Wimbledon that year but she won through qualifying to make the main draw of the US Open. She was beaten by Marion Bartoli in the first roun

Olga Poutchkova