She pulled out of all events she had entered in early 2006, and for some time, she was unranked in both singles and doubles.
She returned to the WTA Tour at the Kremlin Cup in October 2006.
She has won three career singles titles, including the Tier II Pilot Pen Tennis Open.
She has been a finalist in three singles tournaments, and has five career doubles titles, including the Pan Pacific Open, which she won with Rennae Stubbs, and the Swisscom Challenge in Zurich, with Justine Henin-Hardenne.
In addition she won the 2004 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Nenad Zimonjic, and was the runner-up in the 2002 French Open mixed doubles tournament.
She also was on the victorious 2005 Russian Fed Cup squad and was also on the team from 2001 to 2003.
In 2017, Bovina returned to tennis after a four-year hiatus.