Denis Golovanov

Denis Yuryevich Golovanov (Russian: Дени́с Ю́рьевич Голова́нов, born 27 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.

Golovanov failed to make it through qualifying for the 2002 Wimbledon Championships but was given entry into the main draw as a lucky loser, after British wild card James Auckland withdrew with an injury. He faced fellow lucky loser George Bastl in the first round. Bastl, who went on to upset Pete Sampras, defeated Golovanov in straight sets.

The Russian would never win a singles match on the ATP Tour. One of his losses was to Roger Federer at the 2002 Kremlin Cup.

Golovanov did however have some success as a doubles player, with the highlight of his career coming in 2001, when he and Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the St. Petersburg Open. The wild card pairing benefiting from a walkover in the quarter-finals, with top seeds Jiri Novak and David Rikl withdrawing.

He was also a doubles semi-finalist twice, both times partnering his childhood friend Marat Safin, in the 2000 Kremlin Cup and 2002 President's Cup. Safin would later hire Golovanov as his coach.

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	2001	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Irakli Labadze Marat Safin	7–5, 6–4

Singles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	2002	Hull, Great Britain	Carpet	Arvind Parmar	6–4, 3–1 RET

Doubles: (2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	2001	Andorra	Hard	Tuomas Ketola	Julian Alonso Jairo Velasco, Jr.	6–3, 6–4
2.	2001	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Vadim Kutsenko	Oleg Ogorodov Dmitri Tomashevich	6–1, 4–6, 6–4