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

Elena Baltacha comes from a very sporty family.
Father Sergei Baltacha (senior)|Sergei used to
play professional Football (soccer)|football,
whilst mother Olga Baltacha|Olga represented the
USSR in the Olympic Games. Brother Sergei Baltacha
(junior)|Sergei also plays football, for Scottish
Football League First Division team St Mirren
F.C.|St Mirren.

Currently living in Enfield 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.

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, Scotland|Perth where she grew up and spent
her teenage years. The Great Britain|British No. 1
tennis player reached her highest world ranking in
March 2005, when she was ranked 118 overall.

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