Svetlana Kuznetsova

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Svetlana Kuznetsova

Nickname(s)	Sveta Kuzzy Kuzya
Country	Russia
Residence	St. Petersburg, Russia
Date of birth	June 27, 1985 (1985-06-27) (age 24)
Place of birth	St. Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$ 12,379,668
Singles
Career record	372–152
Career titles	11 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 2 (September 10, 2007)
Australian Open	QF (2005, 2009)
French Open	W (2009)
Wimbledon	QF (2003, 2005, 2007)
US Open	W (2004)
Major tournaments
WTA Championships	RR (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	190–73
Career titles	14 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 3 (June 7, 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2005)
French Open	F (2004)
Wimbledon	F (2005)
US Open	F (2003, 2004)
Major doubles tournaments
WTA Championships	SF (2003, 2004)
Olympic Games	QF (2008)
Last updated on: June 8, 2009.

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (Russian: Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Кузнецо́ва (help·info); born June 27, 1985 in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) is a Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 5. She won the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open singles titles and was the runner-up in singles at the 2006 French Open and the 2007 US Open.

Contents 1 Family life 2 Tennis career 2.1 Playing style 2.2 Doubles 2.3 Singles 2.3.1 2004 2.3.2 2005 2.3.3 2006 2.3.4 2007 2.3.5 2008 2.3.6 2009 2.4 Coaching 3 Career statistics 3.1 Record against top players 4 Grand Slam finals 4.1 Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) 4.2 Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) 5 Career finals 5.1 Singles: (29) 5.1.1 Wins (11) 5.1.2 Runner-ups (18) 6 WTA Tour women's doubles finals (29) 6.1 Wins (14) 6.2 Runner-ups (15) 7 Performance timelines 7.1 Singles 7.2 Women's doubles 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Family life

Kuznetsova was born in Leningrad. Her father, Alexander Kuznetsov has coached five Olympic and world cycling champions. Her father's protégés include her mother, Galina Tsareva, a six-time world champion and holder of 20 world records, and Svetlana's brother, Nikolai Kuznetsov, a silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Kuznetsova also tried out cycling in her early years, but it bored her.^{[citation needed]} She focused on tennis instead and was sent to Spain when she was 13 years old for better training and coaching also leading her to speak fluent Spanish. Despite training in Barcelona, the Spanish Tennis Federation did not see Kuznetsova as a possible future champion.

[edit] Tennis career

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[edit] Playing style

Kuznetsova is an all-around player as she has adapted her game to all surfaces. Her game is characterized by her strong serve and her heavy forehand. Kuznetsova's serve is aided by her powerful physique, and she is often considered to be one of the physically strongest players on the tour along with Venus and Serena Williams. Many tennis experts say that her powerful inside-out forehand is one of the best in the women's game. Kuznetsova is capable of hitting winners of both wings. Her volleys are very effective, and she is capable of producing deft touch.

Her game is strengthened by her footwork and movement around the court. She is among the few players (along with Jelena Janković and Kim Clijsters) who are capable of sliding on all the major playing surfaces. She is also capable of producing spectacular shots like running shots, passing shots, and between-the-legs shots when in form, but, on an off-day, her shots can fly all over the court.

Although a 2-time Grand Slam champion, Kuznetsova struggles in high pressure matches with the very best in the world and succumbs to her nerves, but she is significantly showing improvement. She is known for her competitiveness and fighting spirit. Tennis Hall-of-Famer Jana Novotná referred to her as a "fighter".This quality was pivotal in Kuznetsova winning the 2009 French Open as she won a penultimate match against Serena Williams in the quaterfinal after being a break down in the third set.

[edit] Doubles

Kuznetsova is a doubles specialist having played with numerous doubles legend who helped her tennis career grow in various aspects of her game.Kuznetsova is a frequent doubles player and has been ranked as high as third in the world (in June 2004). Kuznetsova teamed with Australia's Alicia Molik to win the 2005 Australian Open, defeating Americans Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu in the final. Kuznetsova has reached five other Grand Slam doubles finals, with Martina Navrátilová, Elena Likhovtseva, and Amélie Mauresmo as her partners. Kuznetsova's current doubles partner is Amélie Mauresmo and she cites that they absolutely enjoy playing against each other and they are great friends off-court which is characterized by their frequent smiling in their doubles matches.

[edit] Singles

[edit] 2004

Kuznetsova won her first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open, where she defeated countrywoman Elena Dementieva in straight sets in an all-Russian final (the second in history after the Anastasia Myskina-Dementieva final at the French Open of the same year). Kuznetsova dropped only one set during the tournament.

At the US Open, Kuznetsova was seeded ninth. She defeated Mary Pierce in the fourth round, Nadia Petrova in the quarterfinals before upsetting fifth-seeded Lindsay Davenport in the semifinals (ending Davenport's 22-match winning streak with a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory). In the final, Kuznetsova played flawless tennis to defeat French Open finalist Dementieva 6-3, 7-5.

[edit] 2005

Kuznetsova found it difficult to follow up on her maiden Grand Slam success, failing to advance past the quarterfinals of any Grand Slam tournament, and, moreover, winning no titles of any kind in 2005. At the US Open, Kuznetsova lost to Ekaterina Bychkova, becoming the first female defending US Open champion to lose in the first round.^[1]

[edit] 2006

After an 18-month title drought, Kuznetsova won the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida. She saved match points before defeating Martina Hingis in the third round. She then defeated World No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo in the semifinals before beating Maria Sharapova in the final in straight sets.

At the French Open, Kuznetsova defeated 17 year old Czech Nicole Vaidišová in the semifinals 5–7, 7–6 (5), 6–2 after saving a match point. She then lost in the final to Justine Henin in straight sets.

At Wimbledon, Kuznetsova survived a second-round match against Czech Květa Peschke 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 but lost in the third round to eventual quarterfinalist Li Na 3–6, 6–2, 6–3.

After a month layoff because of an abdominal injury, Kuznetsova returned to the tour at the Tier I Rogers Cup in Montreal. She lost a close two-set match to Hingis in the quarterfinals. At her next tournament, the Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, Connecticut, Kuznetsova lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Henin.

At the US Open, Kuznetsova lost in the fourth round to Jelena Janković.

Kuznetsova then won consecutive singles titles at the Tier II China Open in Beijing, defeating Mauresmo in the final, and at the Tier III Wismilak International in Bali, defeating Lindsay Davenport in the semifinals and Marion Bartoli in the final to win her third title in Bali. Her career win-loss singles record in Bali is 13-0.

At her next three tournaments, Kuznetsova lost in the semifinals of the Tier II Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, the second round of the Tier I Kremlin Cup in Moscow, and the semifinals of the Tier I Zurich Open. At the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid, Kuznetsova lost two of her three round robin matches and failed to advance to the semifinals.

[edit] 2007

Kuznetsova lost in the final of the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California to Slovakian Daniela Hantuchová. Reaching the final improved her ranking to a career high of World No. 3.

In May, she reached the final of another Tier I tournament, the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, losing to Ana Ivanović of Serbia in a very tight match after defeating World No. 1 Justine Henin in the semifinals. Kuznetsova also reached the final of the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before losing to Jelena Janković.

Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon but lost to eventual champion 23rd-seeded Venus Williams 6–3, 6–4.

During the North American summer hard court season, Kuznetsova won the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in unusual circumstances. She led Francesca Schiavone 6–2 in the quarterfinals before Schiavone retired; led Elena Dementieva 4–6, 6–3, 3–0 before Dementieva retired; and was behind Ágnes Szávay 4–6, 3–0 when Szávay retired.

At the US Open, second-seeded Maria Sharapova and fourth-seeded Kunznetsova were placed in the bottom half of the draw. Therefore, the two would have played in the semifinals had form held. However, because of Sharapova's loss in the third round to 30th seeded Agnieszka Radwańska, Kuznetsova as the highest seeded player remaining in the bottom half became favored to reach the final. Kuznetsova defeated Klára Zakopalová in the first round and French player Camille Pin in the second round 6–3, 4–6, 6–0. Kuznetsova then defeated Spanish player Anabel Medina Garrigues and Belarussian teen Victoria Azarenka in the next two rounds to advance to the quarterfinals. This was the first time she had advanced beyond the fourth round since she won the event in 2004. Kuznetsova then defeated Szávay in the quarterfinals and Anna Chakvetadze in the semifinals 3–6, 6–1, 6–1. Kuznetsova described the first set of that match as "embarrassing." In the final, Kuznetsova lost to Justine Henin in straight sets, handing the Belgian her second US Open title, making numerous unforced errors. Nevertheless, her performance at the US Open caused her ranking to rise to a career-high World No. 2.

Kuznetsova then went on to compete for Russia in the Fed Cup, winning both her rubbers and in the process helping Russia to retain the cup.

At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Germany, Kuznetsova recorded her first career win over Serena Williams 6–3, 6–3 before losing in the semifinals to Tatiana Golovin 6–2, 6–4. She then reached the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup, her best finish at the principal Russian tournament on the WTA Tour.

At the Sony Ericsson Championships, Kuznetsova lost to Sharapova (5–7, 6–2, 6–2), Ivanović (6–1, 4–6, 7–5), and Daniela Hantuchová (7-6(7), 6-0) in the round-robin stage and therefore did not advance to the semifinals. It was her third appearance at the end-of-the-year championships and the third time she failed to advance. She finished the year ranked at a career high World No. 2.

[edit] 2008

Kuznetsova was the runner-up at the Medibank International in Sydney, losing to World No. 1 Justine Henin in the final. Although Kuznetsova was the second seeded player at the Australian Open, she lost in third round to Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–4.

Kuznetsova also was the runner-up at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, defeating Jelena Janković in the semifinals before losing in the final to compatriot Elena Dementieva.

At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Kuznetsova received a bye in the first round before defeating each of her next four opponents in straight sets, including Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarterfinals. Then, Kuznetsova handed Maria Sharapova her first loss of the year, defeating her in the semifinals 6–3, 5–7, 6–2. In the final, Kuznetsova lost to top-seeded Ana Ivanović in straight sets. At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida the next week, Kuznetsova was defeated in the semifinals by defending champion and eventual winner Serena Williams 3–6, 7–5, 6–3.

During the spring clay court season, Kuznetsova lost in the third round of the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin to Alyona Bondarenko and in the third round of the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome to qualifier and eventual runner-up Alizé Cornet of France 6–2, 6–4. At the French Open, Kuznetsova reached the semifinals without dropping a set but lost there to recent Berlin winner Dinara Safina 6–3, 6–2.

Kuznetsova was the top seed at the grass court International Women's Open in Eastbourne, United Kingdom but lost in the second round to Dane Caroline Wozniacki. At Wimbledon, Kuznetsova was seeded fourth; however, Kuznetsova failed to hold a 4-1 lead in the third set and lost to fourteenth-seeded Agnieszka Radwańska in the fourth round 6–4, 1–6, 7–5.

At the Tier I Rogers Cup in Montreal, Kuznetsova failed to hold a 2–0 second set lead against Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals before losing 2–6, 6–3, 6–2.

Kuznetsova was the third-seeded player at the Olympic Games in Beijing but lost in the first round to Li Na of China 7–6(5), 6–4. Kuznetsova was also the third-seeded player at the US Open but lost in the third round to 28th seeded Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–7(1), 6–3. Kuznetsova met Srebotnik several weeks later at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, where she defeated her 7–6(5), 6–2 in the semi-finals, after having defeated Jelena Janković in the previous stage.^[2] She faced Dinara Safina in the final, whom she lost to 6–1, 6–3.^[3]

Kuznetsova then lost at the China Open to Jelena Janković in the finals, 6-3, 6-2.

At the WTA Tour Championships her first round robin match was against compatriot Vera Zvonareva. Kuznetsova lost 6-2, 6-3. Her next round robin match was against world no. 1 Jelena Janković, where she lost again. She then lost to Ivanović replacement Agnieszka Radwańska, once again eliminating her before the semis.

[edit] 2009

Kuznetsova was seeded eighth at the Australian Open and lost to the eventual winner of the tournament, Serena Williams, in the quarterfinals 5–7, 7–5, 6–1, despite having served for the match at 5–4 in the second set.

At the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, a Premier 5 event, Kuznetsova lost in the second round to Elena Vesnina 6–4, 3–6, 6–0 after receiving a first round bye.

Her next tournament was a Premier Mandatory event, the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California where she was the runner-up in 2007 and 2008. Kuznetsova suffered another early exit, losing in the second round to wildcard Urszula Radwańska 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 after receiving a first round bye. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, another Premier Mandatory event, Kuznetsova lost in the semifinals to Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 2–6, 7–5.

In April, Kuznetsova took part in Russia's Fed Cup World Group semi-finals against Italy. She lost her first match to Francesca Schiavone 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 but defeated Flavia Pennetta in her second match, 6–0, 6–3. Russia lost the tie 4–1.

Seeded No. 5 at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Kuznetsova defeated German qualifier Andrea Petkovic and China's Na Li in her first two rounds, both in three sets. She then went on to defeat Argentine Gisela Dulko in the quarter-finals, 6–3, 6–2. In her first semi-final of the year, Kuznetsova defeated No. 2 seed Elena Dementieva, 6–4, 6–2. She then defeated World No. 1 and top seed Dinara Safina in the final 6–4, 6–3 to win her first singles title since August 2007. She then rose to World No. 8.

At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, defeated Daniela Hantuchová and Flavia Pennetta in the second and third rounds respective after receiving a bye in the first. In the quarter-finals she defeated the fourth seed and two time defending champion Jelena Janković 6–1, 7–6(7–3) and went on to defeat Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals 6–2, 6–4. She struggled in the final, falling to Safina 6–3, 6–2. She then rose to World No. 7. At the inaugural Premier Mandatory Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, Kuznetsova lost in the second round to Alona Bondarenko.

Kuznetsova won her second Grand Slam singles title at the 2009 French Open. She defeated World #2 Serena Williams in a close quarterfinal match 7–6 (7–3), 5–7, 7–5 where she recovered from a break down in the final set after losing an opportunity to close the match out in the second set. She then defeated semifinalist Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 to advance to the finals. She defeated World #1 Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2 in the final.^[4]

In her first match since winning the French Open, Kuznetsova was demolished in the first round of the AEGON International in Eastbourne by Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak 6–0, 6–3. ^[5]

Kuznetsova is seeded 5th at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. She faced Akiko Morigami in the first round and won easily. She easily defeated Pauline Parmentier in the second round but was defeated, on her 24th birthday, by rising teenager Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 7-5. This match was a classic example of Svetlana's off day as it was characterized by a high unforced error count spraying balls all over.

[edit] Coaching

Kuznetsova underwent coaching at the Sanchez-Casal academy in Spain and she was coached by Emilio Sánchez and Stefan Ortega along with other coaches at the academy. But her major coaching relationship was with Stefan Ortega who was a regular face in her player's box and helped catapult her game. But after a series of dismal results in finals Kuznetsova's ended her relationship with Sanchez-Casal academy and moved to Moscow on the advice of Tennis Maestro Roger Federer and started coaching with experienced Russian coach Olga Morozova. They ended their relationship after the BNP Paribas Open in March 2009, after which Kuznetsova was without a coach.As of May 2009 her new coach is former Russian tennis player and Fed Cup Coach Larisa Savchenko.Within a short span she was able to win the French open with her new team and she acknowledged all her coaches so far in her victory speech at the french open [1]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Record against top players

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Kuznetsova, as of April 28, 2008, has a 1–6 record against Kim Clijsters[2], a 2-16 record against Justine Henin[3], a 4–4 record against Maria Sharapova[4], a 4–4 record against Amélie Mauresmo[5], a 2–2 record against Martina Hingis[6], a 2–3 record against Lindsay Davenport[7], a 0–1 record against Jennifer Capriati[8], a 4–3 record against Venus Williams[9], a 2–5 record against Serena Williams[10], a 1–0 record against Mary Pierce[11] a 5–4 record against Jelena Janković[12], a 4–1 record against Nadia Petrova[13], a 6–4 record against Elena Dementieva[14], a 2–4 record against Anastasia Myskina[15], a 1–5 record against Ana Ivanović[16] and a 6–8 record against Dinara Safina[17].

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2004	US Open	Hard	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	2006	French Open	Clay	Justine Henin	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2007	US Open	Hard	Justine Henin	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2009	French Open	Clay	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–2

[edit] Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2003	US Open	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	French Open	Clay	Elena Likhovtseva	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	US Open (2)	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2005	Australian Open	Hard	Alicia Molik	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Amélie Mauresmo	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–2, 6–1

[edit] Career finals

[edit] Singles: (29)

[edit] Wins (11)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009 Grand Slam tournaments (2) Olympic Gold (0) WTA Championships (0) Tier I (1) Premier Mandatory (0) Tier II (3) Premier 5 (0) Tier III (3) Premier (1) Tier IV & V (1) International (0)

Titles by Surface Hard (7) Grass (1) Clay (3) Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	May 8, 2002	Helsinki, Finland	Clay	Denisa Chládková	0–6, 6–3, 7–6(2)
2.	September 29, 2002	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Conchita Martínez	3–6, 7–6(4), 7–5
3.	June 14, 2004	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Daniela Hantuchová	2–6, 7–6(4), 6–4
4.	September 11, 2004	US Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 7-5
5.	September 19, 2004	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Marlene Weingärtner	6–1, 6–4
6.	April 1, 2006	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–3
7.	September 11, 2006	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Marion Bartoli	7–5, 6–2
8.	September 24, 2006	Beijing, China	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–0
9.	August 25, 2007	New Haven, USA	Hard	Ágnes Szávay	4–6, 3–0 retired
10.	May 3, 2009	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–3
11.	June 6, 2009	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	February 23, 2004	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Justine Henin	7–6(3), 6–3
2.	March 6, 2004	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Anastasia Myskina	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
3.	April 26, 2004	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Venus Williams	6–1, 6–4
4.	September 26, 2004	Beijing, China	Hard	Serena Williams	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
5.	May 1, 2005	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Justine Henin	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
6.	May 7, 2006	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Kim Clijsters	7–5, 6–2
7.	June 10, 2006	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Justine Henin	6–4, 6–4
8.	March 3, 2007	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Justine Henin	6–4, 6–2
9.	March 17, 2007	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Daniela Hantuchová	6–3, 6–4
10.	May 13, 2007	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Ana Ivanović	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(3)
11.	May 20, 2007	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jelena Janković	7–5, 6–1
12.	September 8, 2007	US Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Justine Henin	6–1, 6–3
13.	January 11, 2008	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Justine Henin	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
14.	March 1, 2008	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Elena Dementieva	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
15.	March 23, 2008	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Ana Ivanović	6–4, 6–3
16.	September 21, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Dinara Safina	6–1, 6–3
17.	September 28, 2008	Beijing, China	Hard	Jelena Janković	6–3, 6–2
18.	May 9, 2009	Rome, Italy	Clay	Dinara Safina	6–3, 6–2

[edit] WTA Tour women's doubles finals (29)

[edit] Wins (14)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (1)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (3)	Premier Mandatory (1)
Tier II (5)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (3)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (1)	International (0)

#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	July 22, 2002	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Ekaterina Sysoeva Evgenia Kulikovskaya	6–2, 6–2
2.	August 5, 2002	Helsinki, Finland	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Eva Bes María José Martínez	6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3
3.	September 19, 2002	Kōtō, Japan	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	6–2, 6–4
4.	December 30, 2002	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Nathalie Dechy Émilie Loit	6–4, 6–4
5.	February 17, 2003	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6–3, 7–6(7)
6.	May 12, 2003	Rome, Italy	Clay	Martina Navrátilová	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
7.	August 11, 2003	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Maria Vento-Kabchi Angelique Widjaja	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
8.	September 22, 2003	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Martina Navrátilová	Elena Likhovtseva Nadia Petrova	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
9.	January 5, 2004	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva	6–3, 6–4
10.	March 1, 2004	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	7–6(4), 6–2
11.	January 17, 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Alicia Molik	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6–3, 6–4
12.	March 21, 2005	Key Biscayne, U.S.	Hard	Alicia Molik	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2
13.	June 19, 2006	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Amélie Mauresmo	Martina Navrátilová Liezel Huber	6–2, 6–4
14.	April 5, 2009	Key Biscayne, U.S.	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	4–6, 6–3, [10–3]

[edit] Runner-ups (15)

• 2002: Japan Open Tennis Championships (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
• 2002: Wismilak International in Bali (with Sánchez Vicario)
• 2003: US Open (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 2004: Australian Open (with Elena Likhovtseva)
• 2004: Dubai (with Likhovtseva)
• 2004: Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California (with Likhovtseva)
• 2004: Sony Ericsson Open in Miami (with Likhovtseva)
• 2004: French Open (with Likhovtseva)
• 2004: International Women's Open in Eastbourne, United Kingdom (with Likhovtseva)
• 2004: US Open (with Likhovtseva)
• 2004: Bali (with Sánchez Vicario)
• 2005: Dubai (with Alicia Molik)
• 2005: Wimbledon (with Amélie Mauresmo)
• 2006: Dubai (with Nadia Petrova)
• 2007: Dubai (with Molik)

[edit] Performance timelines

[edit] Singles

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR	the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played	W-L	player's Win-Loss record
Performance Table Legend
NH	tournament not held in that calendar year	A	did not participate in the tournament
LQ	lost in qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = round robin)
QF	advanced to but not past the quarterfinals	SF	advanced to but not past the semifinals
F	advanced to the final, tournament runner-up	W	won the tournament

NM5				means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament.

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, which ended March 5, 2009.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	3R	QF	4R	4R	3R	QF	0 / 8	19–8
French Open	A	A	LQ	1R	4R	4R	F	QF	SF	W	1 / 7	28–6
Wimbledon	A	A	LQ	QF	1R	QF	3R	QF	4R	3R	0 / 7	19–7
US Open	A	A	3R	3R	W	1R	4R	F	3R		1 / 7	22–6
SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 2	2 / 28	N/A
Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	3–2	6–4	12–3	11–4	14–4	17–4	12–4	11–1	N/A	86–26
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			QF	Not Held			1R	Not Held	0 / 2	3–2
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	RR	A	RR	RR	RR		0 / 4	2–10
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	3R	QF	QF	A	F	F	2R	0 / 6	18–6
Key Biscayne	A	A	A	2R	4R	4R	W	4R	SF	SF	1 / 7	20–6
Madrid	Not Held									2R	0 / 1	0–1
Beijing	Not Held				Not Tier I						0 / 0	0–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Tier I									2R	0 / 1	0–1
Rome	A	A	A	3R	QF	2R	SF	F	3R	F	0 / 7	17–7
Cincinnati	Not Held				Not Tier I						0 / 0	0–0
Montreal / Toronto	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	QF	QF	QF		0 / 5	7–5
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	F		0 / 2	6–2
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	NM5	0 / 1	2–1
Moscow	A	LQ	A	2R	QF	QF	2R	SF	QF		0 / 6	8–6
Doha	Not Held	Not Tier I							3R	Not Held	0 / 1	1–1
Berlin	A	A	A	2R	QF	QF	QF	F	3R		0 / 6	13–6
San Diego	Not Tier I				3R	3R	A	A	Not Held		0 / 2	2–2
Zürich	A	A	A	LQ	A	1R	SF	QF	Not Tier I		0 / 3	5–3
Career Statistics
WTA Tournaments Played	0	3	16	18	22	17	22	19	19	6	N/A	142
Finals reached	0	0	2	0	7	1	5	6	5	1	N/A	27
WTA Tournaments Won	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	N/A	10
Overall Win-Loss	6–5	16–6	48–15	26–18	60–23	29–17	60–20	55–20	44–21	21–7	N/A	362–152
Year End Ranking	889	259	43	36	5	18	4	2	8		N/A	N/A

• Qualifying matches are included in the win-loss records.

[edit] Women's doubles

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Rogers Cup in Montreal, which ended on August 2, 2008.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	W	A	A	3R	F	W	3R	2R	2R	1 / 6	17–3
French Open	A	A	A	3R	F	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	8–3
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	QF	QF	F	2R	QF	A	0 / 6	15–5
US Open	A	A	2R	F	F	QF	A	A		0 / 4	14–4
SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	1 / 19	N/A
Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	12–4	18–4	15–3	3–0	4–2	1–0	N/A	54–15
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			2R	Not Held				0 / 0	1–1
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	SF	SF	A	A	A		0 / 2	0–2
Current WTA Tier I Tournaments
Doha	Not Held	Not Tier I							A	0 / 0	0–0
Indian Wells	A	A	A	2R	F	1R	A	A	2R	0 / 4	6–3
Miami	A	A	A	SF	F	W	SF	2R	QF	1 / 6	17–5
Charleston	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Berlin	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	A	QF	A	0 / 3	3–3
Rome	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 1	5–0
Montreal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	W	A	QF	A	1R	1 / 4	6–3
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Moscow	A	QF	A	SF	1R	1R	QF	A		0 / 5	4–5
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments
Zürich	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	Not Tier I	0 / 2	0–2
San Diego	Not Tier I				A	A	A	A	Not Held	0 / 0	0–0
Career Statistics
Finals Reached	0	0	5	6	10	4	2	1	0	N/A	N/A
Tournaments Won	0	0	3	5	2	2	1	0	0	N/A	N/A
Overall Win-Loss	6–5	4–4	25–10	43–12	47–15	23–9	15–6	14–5	4–6	N/A	181–72

• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

[edit] See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
• List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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• Svetlana Kuznetsova profile on the WTA Tour's official website

Preceded by Daniela Hantuchová

WTA Newcomer of the Year 2002

Succeeded by Maria Sharapova

Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Grand Slam Tournaments v • d • e French Open women's singles champions (1968) Nancy Richey · (1969) Margaret Court · (1970) Margaret Court · (1971) Evonne Goolagong · (1972) Billie Jean King · (1973) Margaret Court · (1974) Chris Evert · (1975) Chris Evert · (1976) Sue Barker · (1977) Mima Jaušovec · (1978) Virginia Ruzici · (1979) Chris Evert-Lloyd · (1980) Chris Evert-Lloyd · (1981) Hana Mandlíková · (1982) Martina Navrátilová · (1983) Chris Evert-Lloyd · (1984) Martina Navrátilová · (1985) Chris Evert-Lloyd · (1986) Chris Evert · (1987) Steffi Graf · (1988) Steffi Graf · (1989) Arantxa Sánchez · (1990) Monica Seles · (1991) Monica Seles · (1992) Monica Seles · (1993) Steffi Graf · (1994) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario · (1995) Steffi Graf · (1996) Steffi Graf · (1997) Iva Majoli · (1998) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario · (1999) Steffi Graf · (2000) Mary Pierce · (2001) Jennifer Capriati · (2002) Serena Williams · (2003) Justine Henin-Hardenne · (2004) Anastasia Myskina · (2005) Justine Henin-Hardenne · (2006) Justine Henin-Hardenne · (2007) Justine Henin · (2008) Ana Ivanović · (2009) Svetlana Kuznetsova v • d • e US Open women's singles champions (1968) Virginia Wade · (1969) Margaret Court · (1970) Margaret Court · (1971) Billie Jean King · (1972) Billie Jean King · (1973) Margaret Court · (1974) Billie Jean King · (1975) Chris Evert · (1976) Chris Evert · (1977) Chris Evert · (1978) Chris Evert · (1979) Tracy Austin · (1980) Chris Evert-Lloyd · (1981) Tracy Austin · (1982) Chris Evert-Lloyd · (1983) Martina Navrátilová · (1984) Martina Navrátilová · (1985) Hana Mandlíková · (1986) Martina Navrátilová · (1987) Martina Navrátilová · (1988) Steffi Graf · (1989) Steffi Graf · (1990) Gabriela Sabatini · (1991) Monica Seles · (1992) Monica Seles · (1993) Steffi Graf · (1994) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario · (1995) Steffi Graf · (1996) Steffi Graf · (1997) Martina Hingis · (1998) Lindsay Davenport · (1999) Serena Williams · (2000) Venus Williams · (2001) Venus Williams · (2002) Serena Williams · (2003) Justine Henin-Hardenne · (2004) Svetlana Kuznetsova · (2005) Kim Clijsters · (2006) Maria Sharapova · (2007) Justine Henin · (2008) Serena Williams

Svetlana Kuznetsova Achievements ‹ The template below (Top ten tennis players) is being considered for deletion. See templates for deletion to help reach a consensus. › v • d • e World rankings · Top ten tennis players as of July 13, 2009 ATP singles ATP doubles WTA singles WTA doubles ▬ Roger Federer ▬ Rafael Nadal ▬ Andy Murray ▬ Novak Djokovic ▲ Andy Roddick ▼ Juan Martín del Potro ▬ Gilles Simon ▬ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ▬ Fernando Verdasco ▬ Fernando González ▬ Bob Bryan ▬ Mike Bryan ▬ Daniel Nestor ▬ Nenad Zimonjić ▬ Lukáš Dlouhý ▬ Leander Paes ▬ Mark Knowles ▬ Mahesh Bhupathi ▬ Wesley Moodie ▬ Kevin Ullyett ▬ Dinara Safina ▬ Serena Williams ▬ Venus Williams ▬ Elena Dementieva ▬ Svetlana Kuznetsova ▬ Jelena Janković ▬ Vera Zvonareva ▬ Victoria Azarenka ▬ Caroline Wozniacki ▬ Nadia Petrova ▬ Cara Black ▬ Liezel Huber ▬ Anabel Medina Garrigues ▬ Virginia Ruano Pascual ▬ Samantha Stosur ▬ Ai Sugiyama ▬ Lisa Raymond ▬ Rennae Stubbs ▬ Květa Peschke ▬ Serena Williams ▬ Venus Williams v • d • e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten European female singles tennis players as of 06 July 2009 1. Dinara Safina (1▬) 2. Elena Dementieva (4 ▬) 3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (5 ▬) 4. Jelena Janković (6 ▬) 5. Vera Zvonareva (7 ▬) 6. Victoria Azarenka (8▬) 7. Caroline Wozniacki (9▬) 8. Nadia Petrova (10.▬) 9. Ana Ivanovic (11.▲) 10. Dominika Cibulková (12.▲) v • d • e Women's Tennis Association: Top Russian female singles tennis players as of 6 July 2009 1. Dinara Safina (1 ▬) 2. Elena Dementieva (4 ▬) 3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (5 ▬) 4. Vera Zvonareva (7 ▬) 5. Nadia Petrova (10 ▬) 6. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (33 ▼) 7. Elena Vesnina (34 ▲) 8. Alisa Kleybanova (35 ▼) 9. Anna Chakvetadze (40 ▼) 10. Ekaterina Makarova (41 ▲) 11. Vera Dushevina (49 ▬) 12. Maria Kirilenko (53 ▲) 13. Maria Sharapova (60 ▬) 14. Alla Kudryavtseva (100 ▼)

Persondata
NAME	Kuznetsova, Svetlana Aleksandrovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Russian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 27, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leningrad, USSR
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH