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Svetlana Kuznetsova
Светла́на Кузнецо́ва
Kuznetsova at the 2009 US Open
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceSaint Petersburg, Russia[1]
Born (1985-06-27) June 27, 1985 (age 39)[1]
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1]
Turned pro2000[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
Prize money$15,935,608[2]
Singles
Career record443–196[2]
Career titles13 WTA, 1 ITF[2]
Highest rankingNo. 2 (September 10, 2007)[2]
Current rankingNo. 21 (October 10, 2011)[3]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (2005, 2009)[1]
French OpenW (2009)[1]
WimbledonQF (2003, 2005, 2007)[1]
US OpenW (2004)[1]
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)[1]
Doubles
Career record209–87[2]
Career titles14 WTA[2]
Highest rankingNo. 3 (June 7, 2004)[2]
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2005)[1]
French OpenF (2004)[1]
WimbledonF (2005)[1]
US OpenF (2003, 2004)[1]
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2003, 2004)[1]
Olympic GamesQF (2008)[1]
Last updated on: September 12, 2011.

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ([Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Кузнецо́ваⓘ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)); born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles finals, winning once. She has qualified five times for the round-robin stage of the WTA Tour Championships but has never qualified for the semifinals.

Her first Grand Slam title came at the 2004 US Open, making her the third Russian woman to win a Grand Slam title, after Anastasia Myskina and Maria Sharapova who won at the 2004 French Open and 2004 Wimbledon tournaments respectively. Kuznetzova's second Grand Slam title was the 2009 French Open, defeating Serena Williams in the quarterfinal, Samantha Stosur in the semifinal, and compatriot Dinara Safina in the final in straight sets. At the 2006 French Open and the 2007 US Open singles tournament she was the runner-up, both times to Belgian player Justine Henin. As a result, Kuznetsova obtained her new WTA ranking of No. 2, her best to that date. Kuznetsova has won a total of 13 WTA and 1 ITF singles titles and 14 WTA doubles titles to date[needs update] and US$15,935,608 in prize money, making her the second top Russian earner on court and number 11 of all female tennis players to date and No. 5 of active players, after only Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Kim Clijsters, and Maria Sharapova respectively.

Early life

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova was born in Leningrad. Her father, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, has coached five Olympic and world cycling champions. Kuznetsova's mother, Galina Tsareva, is a six-time world champion and holder of 20 world records in cycling, and her brother, Nikolay Kuznetsov, was a silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and coach of the Russian cycling team Lokomotiv. Svetlana Kuznetsova began to play tennis at the age of 7 and moved to Spain 6 years later for better training and coaching. While there she became fluent in Spanish.[1][4]

Career

2000: ITF Junior Career

Kuznetsova debuted in her first International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Mallorca on January 31. In the first round she defeated Katia Altilia from Italy in two straight sets, 6–0, 6–4. However, she lost in the quarter final to Oana–Elena Golimbioschi, 7–5, 6–1.[5] Her next appearance was in Talence in April. She defeated Aurore Desertin in the first round, but lost in the second round to Berengere Karpenschif, both from France.[5] In Minsk, Belarus, in a tournament using the short sets scoring system, she reached the quarter final, after defeating the unranked Vera Zvonareva in the first round in four sets, 5–3, 4–2, 4–5(4), 4–2, and Daria Panova in three sets, 5–3, 4–2, 4–1 in the second round. In the quarter final she lost to 574th ranked Elena Voropaeva in four sets, 5–4(5), 5–4(4), 4–2, after losing two tie breaks in the two earlier sets.[5] However, Kuznetsova was ranked in the top 900, receiving her first ranking below 889. She moved to Mallorca again and joined the Mallorca 3 tournament. Kuznetsova lost in the first round to Dinara Safina after winning the first set, 4–5(0), 4–1, 4–1, 4–0.[5] Subsequently, she moved down to 891. Her last tournament this year was again in Mallorca, but now played in a minimum of four sets. In the Round of 32 she defeated Silvia Disderi, 4–2, 4–1, 3–5, 3–5, 4–2. However, she fell to 8th seeded Mihaela Moldovan in the last round, 4–2, 0–4, 5–4(5), 4–2.[5] She ended the season ranked 889.[2]

2001–2002

Kuznetsova began playing in tournaments on the ITF Circuit in 2000, winning her first title on the circuit in April 2001.[5] Her first appearances in the main draws of tournaments on the main WTA Tour were at the Madrid Open in May of that year and at the Waikoloa Championships in Waikoloa, Hawaii, losing in the second round on both occasions. She finished the year 2001 ranked 259.[2]

Kuznetsova made her debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam at the 2002 Australian Open, where, as a qualifier, she reached the second round before losing to 16th seed Iroda Tulyaganova.[6] However, she lost in the qualifying rounds of both the French Open and Wimbledon.[5]

As a qualifier at the clay-court Nordea Nordic Light Open in Helsinki, Finland in August, Kuznetsova won her first WTA singles title, defeating World No.  24 Patty Schnyder in the quarterfinals for her first win over a top 40 player,[5] before defeating Denisa Chládková in the final.[7] Kuznetsova entered the top 100 for the first time as a result of that victory.[5] Kuznetsova qualified for the US Open, defeating 19th seed Anne Kremer in the first round for her first win over a top 20 player,[5] before losing in the third round to 13th seed Silvia Farina Elia.[8] In September, Kuznetsova won her second title at the hard court Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia,[5] defeating former Grand Slam champions Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Conchita Martínez.[9] Also during 2002, she teamed up with Sánchez Vicario to win the first WTA doubles titles of her career, in Sopot, Poland, Helsinki and Kōtō, Japan.[5] Kuznetsova finished the season as World No.  43 in singles.[2]

2003

Kuznetsova began her season at the Brisbane International. She received a wild card, but fell in the first round in the singles to Elena Bovina, 7–5, 6–4. At the doubles competition she paired with Martina Navratilova, with whom she would later play throughout the year (except on the Pacific Life Open, partnered with Slovak Janette Husárová), and won against Nathalie Dechy and Emilie Loit in straight sets, 6–4, 6–4.[10] In the Australian Open she lost to second seed Venus Williams in the first round, 4–6, 2–6. With Navratilova, they lost against 9th seed Daniela Hantuchová/Chanda Rubin in the 3rd Round, 4–6, 6–3, 5–7.[11] In the singles event of the Dubai Tennis Championships in February, Kuznetsova managed the first round against 6th seeded Francesca Schiavone, but was beaten by Dinara Safina in the second round, 6–4, 6–3, and in the doubles event the first round before being beaten by runner-ups María Vento-Kabchi and Angelique Widjaja.[12] She did not reach the quarterfinals of any tournaments during the first half of the year.[5] Kuznetsova's win over World No.  11 Anastasia Myskina in the second round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California was her first over a top-10 player this year.[13]

In the first round of the French Open, Kuznetsova lost to Meghann Shaughnessy 3–6, 7–5, 11–9.[14] Kuznetsova's came at Wimbledon, where in the fourth round, she defeated Maria Sharapova to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, losing to third seed Justine Henin. At the doubles, they were defeated by Kim Clijsters and partner Ai Sugiyama.[15] She then made her first semifinal of the year at the Acura Classic in San Diego[5] before losing to Henin.[16] At the US Open singles tournament, Kuznetsova lost in the third round to top seed Kim Clijsters. However, at the doubles competition she again partnered with Navratilova, but was beaten by Paola Suárez and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6–2 6–3.[17] She joined the Sparkassen Cup, losing to 5th seeded Daniela Hantuchová in the first round. Kuznetsova won the doubles title against Elena Likhovtseva and Nadia Petrova, 3–6 6–1 6–3.[18] In the doubles competition at the Ladies Kremlin Cup they reached the semifinals before losing to Russian couple and runner-ups Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva, 6–7(8) 6–2 6–4.[19] Her last appearance this year was at the Tour Championships.[5] In the first round they lost to champions Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez, 6–4 6–4.[20] She finished the season as World No.  36.[2]

2004

Kuznetsova reached the third round of the singles competition at the Australian Open before losing to top seed Justine Henin. She reached her second Grand Slam doubles final[5] with new partner Elena Likhovtseva before losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.[21] Several weeks later, playing singles at Dubai, Kuznetsova defeated former World No.  1 Venus Williams 6–2, 6–3 in the quarterfinals before defeating World No.  8 Ai Sugiyama in the semifinals for her first win over a top 10 player.[5] Kuznetsova lost to World No.  1 Henin.[22] The following week, Kuznetsova defeated Henin for the first time in the semifinals of the Qatar Total Open in Doha, Qatar, before losing in the final to Myskina in three sets,[23] pushing her into the top 20 for the first time.[5] In April, Kuznetsova reached her third singles final[5] of the year at the start of the clay-court season at the J&S Cup in Warsaw, losing there to Venus Williams in the final.[24] Kuznetsova had climbed to No. 11 by the time of the French Open.[5] There, she reached the fourth round before losing to champion Myskina 1–6, 6–4, 8–6, after holding a match point in the third. In doubles Kuznetsova and Likhovtseva reached the final, losing to Suarez and Ruano Pascual.[25] Following the French Open, Kuznetsova climbed to career-highs of World No.  9 in the singles rankings, her first time in the top ten, and World No.  3 in the doubles rankings.[5] Kuznetsova won her third title at the Hastings Direct International Championships in Eastbourne, defeating Hantuchová in the final.[26] At Wimbledon itself, Kuznetsova suffered a first-round loss to 118–ranked Virginie Razzano.[15]

Representing Russia at the Olympics in August, Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals before losing to silver-medallist Amélie Mauresmo.[27] She went into the US Open seeded ninth. There, she defeated 14th seed Petrova in the quarterfinals, and in her first Grand Slam semifinal, defeated fifth seed and former champion Davenport 1–6, 6–4, 6–2, ending the American's 22-match winning streak.[28] In the final, Kuznetsova defeated sixth seed Dementieva 6–3, 7–5. Kuznetsova was the first female Russian to win the US Open and the third to win any Grand Slam singles title, following the successes of Myskina and Maria Sharapova earlier in the year. Meanwhile, Kuznetsova teamed with Likhovtseva to reach the final of the doubles tournament before losing there to Suarez and Ruano Pascual, marking Kuznetsova's fourth consecutive defeat to the pair in Grand Slams.[5][29] Kuznetsova continued her success by winning the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia defeating Marlene Weingärtner in the final.[30] This increased her ranking to a new high of World No.  5.[5] The following week, at the China Open in Beijing, Kuznetsova defeated Wimbledon champion Sharapova in the semifinals 6–2, 6–2 to extend her winning streak to 14 matches.[5] However, she lost in the final to Serena Williams.[31] Making her debut at the season-ending WTA Championships in Los Angeles, Kuznetsova lost two of three matches in the preliminary round-robin stage and exited before the semifinals.[32] Kuznetsova finished the season as World No.  5.[2]

2005

Kuznetsova began the year by reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, losing to fourth seed Sharapova in three. Kuznetsova teamed with Molik to win her first Grand Slam doubles title,[5] defeating Davenport and Corina Morariu.[33] In the first round she received a bye at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, but she was defeated by runner-up Lindsay Davenport in the semfinal, 6–1 7–6(2).[34] Kuznetsova did not reach any finals during the spring hard-court season,[5] with defeats including one to World No.  97 Sania Mirza in the first round at Dubai.[35] She received a bye at the Pacific Life Open and reached the quarterfinal. There, she lost to Elena Dementieva, 3–6 6–3 7–5.[36] She joined the next event, the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami, and succeeded to the 4th Round after receiving a bye in the 1st Round. However, there she was defeated by Ana Ivanović, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5.[37]

She made her first final of the year at the J&S Cup in Warsaw, defeating former World No.  1 Clijsters in the semis. In the final, Kuznetsova lost to Henin.[38] At the French Open, Kuznetsova lost again to champion Henin in the fourth round 7–6(6), 4–6, 7–5, having saved a match point in the third set.[39] Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals of for her second time before losing to top seed Davenport. However, she teamed up with Mauresmo to reach her sixth Grand Slam doubles final, losing there to Cara Black and Liezel Huber.[40]

At the US Open, she lost to World No.  97 Ekaterina Bychkova in the first round, becoming the first female defending US Open champion to lose in the first round.[41] This defeat dropped her out of the top ten.[5] She defeated Zvonareva in the quarterfinal of the Kremlin Cup but was beaten by Francesca Schiavone in the semifinal, 6–3, 6–1.[42] At the $1,300,000 Zurich Open Kuznetsova lost in the first round to the unseeded Nathalie Dechy, 6–4 4–6 7–6(3).[43] She finished the year ranked World No.  18.[2]

2006

Kuznetsova at the Zurich Open, 2006

Kuznetsova started her season this year in the Australian Open and reached the fourth round before losing there to top seed Davenport.[44] Several weeks later, Kuznetsova rebounded at Dubai, defeating World No.  2 Mauresmo in the quarterfinals for her first win over a top ten player since 2004.[5] She then lost to Henin in the semifinals.[45] In March, Kuznetsova defeated former World No.  1 Martina Hingis in the third round of the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami, before going on to defeat World No.  1 Mauresmo 6–1, 6–4 in the semifinals. In the final, she defeated Sharapova to win the first Tier I title of her career and her first singles title of any kind in 18 months.[46] This win returned her to the top ten.[5]

Kuznetsova reached her second final of the year at the clay-court J&S Cup in Warsaw, defeating Williams en route. In the final, she lost to World No.  2 Clijsters,[47] marking third consecutive runner-up finish.[5] At the French Open, Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals for the first time, where she defeated 14th seed Safina. In the semifinals, she defeated 17 year old Czech Nicole Vaidišová 5–7, 7–6 (5), 6–2 after saving a match point. In her second Grand Slam final, Kuznetsova lost to Henin 6–4, 6–4.[48] Kuznetsova reached only the third round at Wimbledon, losing to 27th seed Li Na, 3–6 6–2 6–3.[49]

At the US Open Kuznetsova lost in the fourth round to 19th seed Jelena Janković, 6–7(5) 6–3 6–2.[50] In September, Kuznetsova won her second title of the year at the $225,000 donated tournament Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, defeating Davenport in the semifinals and Marion Bartoli in the final.[51] The following week, she won the China Open in Beijing, after defeating World No.  1 Mauresmo 6–4, 6–0 in the final.[52] This marked the first time Kuznetsova had won back-to-back tournaments.[5]

Competing at the season-ending WTA Championships for the second time in Madrid, Kuznetsova again failed to advance past the preliminary round-robin stage, winning just one of three matches.[53] She finished the season as World No.  4.[2]

2007

Kuznetsova began the year by losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open to 16th seed Pe'er.[54] She rebounded to reach her first final of the year in February at the Qatar Total Open in Doha Qatar, losing there to Henin in two sets, 6–4, 7–5.[55] She then made the final of the Tier I Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells, but then lost to Hantuchová.[56] Reaching the final improved her ranking to third, a career high.[5]

Kuznetsova continued on form during the clay-courts season. At the J&S Cup in Warsaw, she defeated V. Williams for the first time in her career in the quarterfinals before losing to Alona Bondarenko in the semifinals.[57] She made the final of another Tier I tournament, at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, after defeating World No.  1 Henin for only the second time in the semifinals.[5] In the final, Kuznetsova lost to Ana Ivanović.[58] The following week, Kuznetsova reached the final of the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, losing there to Janković.[59] As the third seed at the French Open, Kuznetsova advanced to the quarterfinals without dropping a set but lost there to runner-up Ivanović 6–0, 3–6, 6–1.[60] Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the third time in July, but lost there to champion Venus Williams 6–3, 6–4.[61]

In August, Kuznetsova won her first title of the year at the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, after three of her opponents retired due to injury or illness, including her finals opponent Ágnes Szávay.[62] At the US Open, Kuznetsova defeated sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze in the semifinals to advance to her third Grand Slam final. She lost to Henin 6–1, 6–3.[63] As a result of this run, Kuznetsova reached World No.  2.[5]

At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, Kuznetsova recorded her first career win over Serena Williams before losing in the semifinals to Tatiana Golovin.[64] The following week, she lost to Serena Williams in the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup.[65] Kuznetsova completed the year by competing at the year-ending Championships in Madrid, but once again failed to progress beyond the preliminary round-robin stage, losing all three matches.[66] She finished the season as World No.  2 and as the highest-ranked Russian player for the first time.[2]

2008

Kuznetsova at Suzuki Warsaw Masters 2008

Kuznetsova began the season by reaching the final at the Medibank International in Sydney, losing there to World No.  1 Henin in the final set.[67] At the Australian Open, Kuznetsova was seeded second, but fell in the third round to 29th seed Agnieszka Radwańska.[68] Kuznetsova made her second final of the season in Dubai, defeating former World No.  1 Mauresmo in the quarterfinals and World No.  4 Janković in the semifinals. However, in the final, Kuznetsova lost to Elena Dementieva.[69] At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in March, Kuznetsova defeated Radwańska in the quarterfinals before defeating Australian Open champion Sharapova in the semifinals. In the final, Kuznetsova lost to top-seeded Ivanović, 4–6, 3–6.[70] This marked her eighth defeat in her nine most recent appearances in finals.[5] At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open the next fortnight, Kuznetsova defeated Venus Williams in the quarterfinals but then lost to Serena Williams 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 in the semifinals.[71]

Kuznetsova's form dipped following the conclusion of the spring hard-court season, as she won just three of five matches on clay leading up to the French Open.[5] She advanced to the semifinals without dropping a set, but then lost to Safina 6–3, 6–2.[72] At Wimbledon, Kuznetsova lost in the fourth round to Radwańska 6–4, 1–6, 7–5, after leading by a break in the third set.[73]

In the summer, she competed at the Beijing Olympics, losing to Li Na in the first round.[5] In the US Open she fell to Katarina Srebotnik in the third round in three sets, 6–3, 6–7(1), 6–3.[74] After the latter loss, she dropped out of the top five on the world rankings for the first time in two years.[5] The following week, Kuznetsova made her first final since March at the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, defeating World No.  2 Janković in the quarterfinals before going on to lose to Safina 6–1, 6–3 in the final.[75] The following week, Kuznetsova reached the final at the China Open in Beijing, but lost there to Janković 6–3, 6–2.[76] This marked Kuznetsova's 10 defeat in her last 11 finals.[5]

She mirrored her earlier performance at the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha, Qatar, losing all three of her matches.[77] Kuznetsova finished the year ranked World No.  8, the only woman in the top ten not to have won a title that year.[2]

2009

At the Australian Open, Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals for the second time in her career,[5] but lost there to champion Serena Williams 5–7, 7–5, 6–1, after approaching with two points of winning in the second set.[78] After that, Kuznetsova did not win another match for nearly two months.[5] She broke the losing streak at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, reaching the semifinals before losing there to Victoria Azarenka.[79]

Kuznetsova at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships

At the Porsche Tennis Grand Pris in Stuttgart, Kuznetsova defeated World No.  3 Dementieva 6–4, 6–2 in the semfinals to reach her first final that year. There, she defeated World No.  1 Safina 6–4, 6–3[80] to win her first singles title since August 2007.[5] The following week, Kuznetsova also reached the final at the Premier 5 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, having defeated World No.  4 Janković en route. She lost the championship to Safina 6–3, 6–2.[81] In the semifinals of the French Open, Kuznetsova defeated Samantha Stosur to reach her fourth Grand Slam final, where she defeated top seed Safina 6–4, 6–2 to win her second Grand Slam title.[82] At Wimbledon, Kuznetsova fell in the third round to unseeded German Sabine Lisicki.[83]

She pulled out of the LA Women's Tennis Championships, citing a foot injury.[84] Her next event was the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, where she felled to Clijsters in the third round, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2.[85] She then played in the Rogers Cup and fell to Stosur in the second round.[86] She received a wild card entrance to the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mauresmo.[5] At the US Open she won in straight set wins over Gorges, Sevatsova, and Peer, but lost against Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round.[87] At the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, seeded fifth, she lost to Andrea Petkovic.[88]

The week later, she played at China Open as the sixth seed. She advanced to the final beating Petrova in the semifinal and then faced Agnieszka Radwańska in the final, winning 6–2, 6–4.[89] Soon after, she played at the WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar. She entered the Maroon group along with Dementieva, Serena Williams and Venus Williams. She lost both her matches against the Williams Sisters, 6(6)-7, 5–7 against Serena despite having 2 set points in the first set, and 2–6, 7–6(3), 4–6 against Venus. She, however, defeated Dementieva, breaking her 8–match losing streak at the Championships.[90] Kuznetsova ended the year ranked No. 3.[2]

2010

Kuznetsova began the year at the Medibank International Sydney. She defeated Alisa Kleybanova in the first round before falling to Dominika Cibulková in the second round.[91] Kuznetsova was seeded 3rd for the Australian Open. She advanced to the 4th round, losing 3–6, 6–3, 1–6, to No. 19 Petrova.[92] Following the tournament, Kuznetsova fell to World No.  4.[5] Kuznetsova was seeded 2nd for the Dubai Tennis Championships but fell in a 3rd round upset to qualifier and World No.  99 Regina Kulikova 7–5, 6–7(2), 4–6.[93] At the Billie Jean King Cup, Kuznetsova lost her match 6–4 to Williams.[94] As the top seed due to Serena Williams and Safina's withdrawal at the BNP Paribas Open she was upset by Carla Suárez Navarro, 4–6 6–4 1–6 in the second round after receiving a first round bye.[95] Kuznetsova was seeded No. 1 once again at the Sony Ericsson Open and after receiving a bye in the first round, managed to prevent another upset by defeating Peng Shuai in the second round 6–2, 3–6, 6–4. She then defeated 27th seed Ágnes Szávay 6–2, 6–3 to book a fourth round encounter with 13th seed Bartoli, losing to the French No. 1 6–3, 6–0 in the quarterfinal.[96]

Kuznetsova was the defending champion at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, but fell to Li Na in the second round, 6–3 7–5, after defeating Srebotnik.[97] At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where she had reached the final the year before, she lost in the second round to Maria Kirilenko 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, after receiving a first round bye.[98] As the defending champion at the French Open, Kuznetsova was the 6th seed. She defeated Sorana Cîrstea 6–3, 6–1 in the first round and faced Petkovic in the second round, whom she defeated 4–6, 7–5, 6–4. In the third round she lost to 30th seeded Kirilenko, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6.[99] Kuznetsova advanced to the quarterfinals of the AEGON International, losing to Ekaterina Makarova.[100] Kuznetsova was seeded 19th at the Wimbledon. She defeated Akgul Amanmuradova in the first round, 6–2 6–7(5) 6–4, before falling to Anastasia Rodionova in the second round, 6–4 2–6 6–4.[101]

Kuznetsova rallied by winning the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego. She defeated Yanina Wickmayer, Sara Errani, Coco Vandeweghe, and Flavia Pennetta in route to the final where she won in three sets against Agnieszka Radwańska.[102] She then played at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati in a losing effort to Sharapova 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 in the first round.[103] At the Rogers Cup, Kuznetsova defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7–5, 4–6, 6–1, Timea Bacsinszky 7–6(6), 6–4, 7th seed Radwańska 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 and Zheng Jie 6–1, 6–3 before falling to Wozniacki in the semifinals.[104] Kuznetsova was seeded 11th at the US Open. She defeated Kimiko Date Krumm, Anastasija Sevastova, and 23rd seed Kirilenko before falling in the 4th round to unseeded Cibulková.[105] Kuznetsova was the 10th seed at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, but fell to Petkovic in the second round.[106]

As the defending champion, Kuznetsova fell in the first round of the Premier tournament China Open to Roberta Vinci.[107] She finished the year ranked World No.  27, her lowest since 2003.[2]

2011

Svetlana Kuznetsova at Roland Garros

Kuznetsova's first tournament of 2011 was the ASB Classic Open in Auckland, New Zealand where she was the third seed. She fell to Peng Shuai in the second, although initially up a set.[108] She then headed to Sydney for the Medibank International Sydney where she lost in the quarterfinals to eight-seeded Li.[109] Kuznetsova was seeded 23rd at the Australian Open where she lost in the fourth round to No. 6 seed Schiavone, squandering six match points.[110] The match was the longest recorded women's Grand Slam match in the Open Era, with a final scoreline of 6–4, 1–6, 16–14. It was the second-longest women's match in the Open Era at any tournament.[111] Her next tournament was the Dubai Tennis Championships. The 16th seed set up a date in the final with Caroline Wozniacki by beating Flavia Pennetta in the semifinal, 6–4, 6–4. However, Kuznetsova was defeated by the top-seed, 1–6, 3–6. In doubles, she teamed up with Vera Zvonareva, and in the semifinal the pair disrupted the match between 2nd seed Liezel Huber and María José Martínez Sánchez due to a right elbow injury Zvonareva had received before. Subsequently Huber/Sanchez received a walkover.[112] She lost in the Qatar Ladies Open tournament against 8th seed Shahar Pe'er in the first round, 2–6, 4–6.[113] As an 11th seed, Kuznetsova received a bye in the 2nd Round at the BNP Paribas Open, but were defeated by wildcard Christina McHale, 6–7(4), 6–7(7). At the doubles event, Kuznetsova teamed up with Vera Zvonareva. They received a wildcard in the first round, but were defeated by 4th seed King/Shvedova, 2–6, 3–6.[114] In the singles tournament of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Svetlana Kuznetsova was 11th-seeded. Alike in the prior tournament, seeded players starts in the second round. There, Simona Halep was her opponent, who she beat in two sets, 6–0, 6–4. Her next opponent was Peng Shuai, whom she has lost, 3–6, 1–6. At the doubles tournament, again with Zvonareva and a wildcard entry, they defeated Alexandra Dulgheru and Magdaléna Rybáriková in the first round, 6–4, 6–2. In the second round they lost against María José Martínez Sánchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues, 1–6, 4–6.[115]

She was seeded second at the 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience after receiving a wildcard. She succeeded to move to the semifinal where she lost against qualifier Irina-Camelia Begu, 6–3, 6–7(3), 4–6.[116] She failed to succeed into the second round in both the Madrid Open and Internationali BNL d'Italia, against Dominika Cibulková in the former and against Gréta Arn in the latter tournament. In Madrid she partnered with Zvonareva and received a wildcard. They moved into the second round, but lost against King/Shvedova.[117] Kuznetsova was seeded 13th at the French Open singles event where she lost against Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinal, her first in a Grand Slam tournament since 2009, 6–7(7), 4–6. At the doubles event she paired with Zvonareva and defeated unseeded Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska from Poland. They lost against third seeds King/Shvedova, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3.[118] She lost against Dominika Cibulková in the quarterfinal of the UNICEF Open.[119] At the Wimbledon singles tournament she defeated Zhang Shuai and Alexandra Dulgheru, but lost against Yanina Wickmayer.[120]

Kuznetsova was the defending champion on the Mercury Insurance Open, but withdrew due to a groin strain.[121] She recovered fast from the injury and entered the Rogers Cup, but lost to Simona Halep in the first round.[122] As an 14th-seed, she succeeded into the 3rd of the Western & Southern Open, but was beaten by eventual champion Maria Sharapova.[123] Kuznetsova reached the fourth round of the US Open, until losing to top-seeded Wozniacki.

Fed Cup participation

Kuznetsova joined team Russia in 2004 in the doubles and singles competition. Her teammates were Myskina and Zvonareva in singles and Likhovtseva (with Kuznetsova) in doubles. They competed against Australia in the first round in the Luzhniki Stadium in an indoor carpet court. Kuznetsova defeated Molik, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 and Molik/Rennae Stubbs 6–7(0), 6–3, 6–2. The end result was 4–1 for Russia; Myskina lost to Molik, 3–6, 3–6.[124] In the quarterfinal they faced Argentina in Buenos Aires. Kuznetsova lost to Gisela Dulko, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6. In the doubles she defeated Dulko and partner Patricia Tarabini, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4. The final score was the same as in the first round, 4–1.[125] In the semifinal they faced Austria. Again in Moscow, Kuznetsova defeated Yvonne Meusburger, Daniela Kix and Meusburger and Patricia Wartusch all in straight sets, 6–1, 6–1; 6–1, 6–1; 6–2, 6–2. The final stand was a straight 5–0.[126] In the final they faced France only 3 days after the semifinal. Kuznetsova beat Dechy, but lost to Tatiana Golovin, 4–6, 1–6.[127] Russia won the final 3–2 for its first Fed Cup victory.[128]

Kuznetsova did not participate in the next two years. She rejoined in 2007 and defeated Spain's Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the quarterfinal.[129] She was elected in the final that year. There, she won against Mara Santangelo and Schiavone from Italy. Russia again won that year's Cup.[130]

The next year she again participated. She played against the United States, defeating then-282nd-ranked Ahsha Rolle in the semifinal, 6–2, 6–1. By contrast, Kuznetsova lost the doubles competition with partner Elena Vesnina, beaten by Liezel Huber and Vania King. In the end, Russia defeated the US 3–2.[131] In the final, Russia defeated Spain as it had the prior year. Kuznetsova won against Carla Suárez Navarro and Garrigues, 6–3, 6–1 and 5–7, 6–3, 6–4. Team Russia won the 2008 Fed Cup with a straight defeat, 4–0.[131]

In 2009 Kuznetsova joined the group again. She played against China in the quarterfinal and won in the singles over opponent Zi Yan, and in the doubles, together with Dementieva, over Tian-Tian Sun and Zi Yan, after losing the first set. Russia won against China in a straight 5–0 final scoreline.[132] Russia lost to Italy in the semifinal. Kuznetsova was the only winner, defeating Pennetta, 6–0, 6–3.[133]

At the 57th Fed Cup, Russia lost against Serbia in the quarterfinal 3–2.[134] There, Kuznetsova won two of three matches, beating Ivanović, 6–1, 6–4, and Ivanović and Janković in doubles, with partner Kleybanova, with the same scoreline. She lost to Janković, 3–6 6–4 3–6.

Kuznetsova joined the Russian team in 2011. In the first round they faced France, February 5 through February 6. In the first round, Kuznetsova was defeated by Alizé Cornet, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, but defeated Virginie Razzano a day later, 6–4, 6–4. She teamed up with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and defeated Cornet/Julie Coin, 7–6(4), 6–0 in the doubles.[135] Russia became just the fourth nation to come back from 0–2 down in a Fed Cup tie since the best-of-five-match format was introduced to the World Group in 1995.[136] Russia defeated Italy in the semifinal in 5–0. There, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Roberta Vinci, 6–2, 6–7(4), 6–1.[137] Russia succeeded, the first time since 2008, in a final in the Fed Cup. They will play against Czech Republic, who defeated Belgium in 3–2.[138]

Off-Court

Coaches

Kuznetsova underwent coaching at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Spain and was coached by club president Emilio Sánchez under the direction of Emilio Sánchez Vicario and Sergio Casal.[139] But her major coaching relationship was with Stefan Ortega who was a regular face in her player's box and helped advance her game.[139]

After a series of dismal finals' results Kuznetsova's ended her relationship with the Sanchez-Casal academy and moved to Moscow on the advice of Roger Federer and started training with experienced Russian coach Olga Morozova.[140] They ended that relationship after the BNP Paribas Open in March 2009, after which Kuznetsova was without a coach.[141] As of May 2009 her coach was former Russian tennis player and Fed Cup coach Larisa Savchenko.[142] She was coached for a short period by Loic Courteau after trying unsuccessfully to convince Mauresmo to coach her.[143] Her next coach was for a short time the former Spanish tennis player Carlos Cuadrado, until being replaced with her former coach Savchenko.[1][144]

Appearances in video games

Svetlana Kuznetsova appeared in video games Top Spin 3[145] and Virtua Tennis 2009[146] and has been announced as part of the roster of Virtua Tennis 4 as a playable character.[147]

Playing style

Svetlana Kuznetsova is an all-round player.[148] She is noted for her great speed on court and her strong forehand with lot of topspin.[149] She is capable of producing effective volley winners providing an agile touch.[148] However, she is known for her unpredictability and inconsistency.[150][151]

Career statistics

Main article: Svetlana Kuznetsova career statistics

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 3R QF 4R 4R 3R QF 4R 4R 0 / 10 25–10
French Open A A LQ 1R 4R 4R F QF SF W 3R QF 1 / 9 34–8
Wimbledon A A LQ QF 1R QF 3R QF 4R 3R 2R 3R 0 / 9 22–9
US Open A A 3R 3R W 1R 4R F 3R 4R 4R 4R 1 / 10 31–9
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 3–2 6–4 12–3 11–4 14–4 17–4 12–4 16–3 9–4 12–4 2 / 39 112–36
Overall Win–Loss 6–5 16–6 48–15 26–18 60–23 29–17 60–20 55–20 44–21 43–16 26–17 30–18 443–190
Year End Ranking 889 259 43 36 5 18 4 2 8 3 27 14

Grand Slam finals

Singles

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

Doubles

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

Awards and nominations

2002
2005
2006
  • WTA Awards – Diamond Aces (won)[152]
2009

Records

Label Figure Position Notes Refs
WTA Prize money leaders (of all time) US$15,935,608 11 [156][157]
WTA Prize money leaders (active players) 5 [156]
Most singles matches won (official WTA tour events; active players) 430 11 shared with Daniela Hantuchová [156]
Most singles titles won (official WTA tour events; active players) 13 6 [156]
Longest match in a Grand Slam in the Open Era by time played 4 hours and 44 minutes 1 against Francesca Schiavone [156]
Second-longest match in the Open Era by time played [156]

See also

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by WTA Newcomer of the Year
2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by ITF Junior World Champion
2001 		Succeeded by

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