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

[1] In 2002, he won the Hull challenger event, defeating future top 20 players David Ferrer and Ivo Karlović in the first two rounds.

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.

[2] 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.

[2] The wild card pairing benefiting from a walkover in the quarter-finals, with top seeds Jiří Novák and David Rikl withdrawing.