Elena Sergeevna Baltacha was a professional tennis player. She was a long term British no.1, held from 2002-2012, and a 4-time winner of the Aegon Award. She won 11 ITF singles, 4 ITF doubles, and a runner-up in 3 ITF events in singles, and 4 in doubles. In 2010 she had victories over top ten players. In 2011 she won her highest ranked tournament on the ITF tour, the 2011 Aegon Nottingham Challenge. She died from liver cancer on May 4, 2014. She was 30 years old.