Elena Baltacha

Elena Baltacha, (Ukrainian: Елена Балтача; born August 14, 1983 in Kiev, Ukraine) is a Scottish tennis player.

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Elena Baltacha comes from a very sporty family. Father Sergei used to play professional football, whilst mother Olga represented the USSR in the Olympic Games. Brother Sergei also plays football, for Scottish Football League First Division team St Mirren of Paisley.

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Currently living in Enfield, London, England, with her mother, she practices at the Hazelwood Tennis Club, in Winchmore Hill, North London, where she is coached by Alan Jones and Jo Durie.

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After arriving at Heathrow Airport on January 13, 1989, Elena moved to Ipswich where her father Sergei was to play football for the next year before moving to Scotland. The family lived in Perth where she grew up and spent her teenage years. The British No. 1 tennis player reached her highest world ranking in March 2005, when she was ranked 118 overall.

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August 14: August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining....

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