Her younger sister, Alexandra Panova, is still active as a tennis player.

In her career, Olga won nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Partnering Ekaterina Makarova in 2005, Panova was runner-up at the $75k Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2006 İstanbul Cup, partnered with Vasilisa Davydova,[2] but they lost their first-round match against Yuliana Fedak and Eva Hrdinová.

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