Yaroslava Shvedova

Yaroslava Shvedova
Яросла́ва Шве́дова

Yaroslava Shvedova at Citi Open Tennis July 31, 2011
Country	Russia (2002–2008)  Kazakhstan (2008–present)
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1987-09-12) 12 September 1987 (age 25) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,576,507
Singles
Career record	249–163
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 25 (October 29, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 34 (4 March 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2010)
French Open	QF (2010, 2012)
Wimbledon	4R (2012)
US Open	3R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	148–100
Career titles	7 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 4 (June 6, 2011）
Current ranking	No. 28 (4 March 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2012)
French Open	SF (2011)
Wimbledon	W (2010)
US Open	W (2010)
Last updated on: 6 March 2013.

Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (Russian: Яросла́ва Вячесла́вовна Шве́дова, born 12 September 1987 in Moscow) is a Kazakh^[1] professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-high ranking of no. 25 as of 29 October 2012. She has won one WTA singles title, three ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and six doubles titles, including the 2010 Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles titles. She was taught tennis at the age of six by her father who is currently her coach.^[2] She has made two Grand Slam singles quarterfinals, at the 2010 and the 2012 French Open. Shvedova is also one of only two players to record a Golden Set in the professional era, the other being Bill Scanlon. In the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, she achieved a Golden Set against Sara Errani. She went on to win the match 6–0, 6–4.

She began wearing prescription sports glasses in 2012 after seeking medical advice about a nervous tic in one eye.^[3]

[edit] Career

[edit] 2007–2008

In February 2007, she unexpectedly reached the final of the Sony Ericsson International, beating homecrowd favourite and No.2 seed Sania Mirza in the quarterfinals, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4. In the final, she defeated top-seeded defending champion Mara Santangelo 6–4, 6–4, to win her first WTA Tour title.^[4][5] This win caused her to be in the top 100 for the first time, at 78.

At the 2007 Miami Masters, she came through qualifying and impressively recorded her first-ever top 20 win over future number one Ana Ivanović in the second round, beating her 7–5, 6–4. Tathiana Garbin beat her 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 in the third round.

In August 2008, she won an ITF title in Monterrey, Mexico, defeating Magdaléna Rybáriková in the final 6–4, 6–1. Just over a week later, she won through the qualifying rounds for 2008 US Open, but lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round 4–6, 2–6.^[6]

[edit] 2009

Shvedova after her match against Maria Sharapova at the 2009 French Open. Notice the bandages on Sharapova's shoulder as a result of surgery.

In 2009, Shvedova qualified for the main draw of Roland Garros, defeating Americans Shenay Perry in the first qualifying round 6–4, 6–4 and Angela Haynes, 6–1, 6–2 in the second qualifying round. She then beat Elena Baltacha 6–2, 6–2 in the final qualifying round to enter the main draw. She beat Kaia Kanepi in the first round and advanced to the third round after defeating Arantxa Rus, also a qualifier, in the second. There she lost in a close 3rd round match to former number one Maria Sharapova, returning from a long-lasting shoulder injury and then ranked 102, 6–1, 3–6, 4–6.

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships in the first round she faced Romanian Monica Niculescu and demolished her 6–1, 6–0, but lost 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 to American teenager Melanie Oudin in the second. At the 2009 US Open, Shvedova pulled off the biggest win of her career by beating then No. 5 Jelena Janković 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, in a match where she saved two match points.^[7]

[edit] 2010

Shvedova experienced a good run at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. She gained direct entry into the main draw and won a tight first round match against wildcard Ajla Tomljanović 6–7, 7–6, 7–5. She then defeated 23rd seed Sabine Lisicki in the second round after she retired whilst trailing 3–6, 1–0. In the third round, Shvedova advanced against unseeded Andrea Petkovic by winning another close match 6–0, 5–7, 7–5. She fell to 6th seed Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 6–4 in the fourth round.

At the 2010 Barcelona Ladies Open Shvedova defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–1, 6–4 in the first round before upsetting 4th seed Maria Kirilenko 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 in the second round. Next, she defeated Iveta Benešová 6–4, 6–4, before falling to eventual tournament and 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the semifinals.

Shvedova enjoyed arguably her best career result at the 2010 French Open. There, she advanced to the quarterfinals in the Women's Singles competition. Shvedova defeated 8th seed Agnieszka Radwańska, avenging her loss to her in Miami, en route to the quarters. As the last unseeded player in the tournament, Shvedova was defeated by 4th seed Jelena Janković in the quarterfinal, 7–5, 6–4. In mixed doubles, Shvedova partnered with Julian Knowle of Austria to reach the final, beating doubles legends Cara Black and Leander Paes, the second seeds, along the way. They fell 4–6, 7–6, [11–9] in a nailbighting final to sixth seeds Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and Nenad Zimonjić of Serbia.

At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Shvedova entered the Women's Doubles competition unseeded with partner Vania King. The two began playing together at the start of the grass court season two weeks before, and were only in their third event together. In a stunning string of upsets, Shvedova and King won the tournament, beating Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva 7–6, 6–2 in the final. The pairing they beat in the final beat Serena and Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, and Zvonareva lost to Serena in the women's singles final.

Both Shvedova and King continued their good form onto the hard courts of the 2010 US Open, being seeded 6th, the team continued to win match after match before taking a spot in their second consecutive Grand Slam final, this time facing Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova. King and Shvedova won 2–6, 6–4, 7–6 after the match was played over two days due to heavy rainfall.

[edit] 2011

Shvedova missed the Australian Open due to injury. She began her season at the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships, losing in the first round to Zhang Shuai. She then suffered two most consecutive losses in Doha and Indian Wells. She then lost in the second round of three more tournaments. After losing two more matches in Rome and Madrid (reaching the semifinals and final in doubles, respectively), she entered the French Open, ranked No. 54. Shvedova lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, which saw her ranking drop to No. 115 as a result. She also reached the semifinals of the tournament with her regular doubles partner Vania King.

She won one match at the 2011 AEGON Classic followed by a 4-match losing streak. Now ranked No. 157, she played at an $50K ITF event in The Bronx, where she reached the final. She lost to Italian Romina Oprandi after retiring early in the second set. She then lost in the first round of qualifying of the 2011 US Open.

She showed some resurgence, qualifying through to the main draw in Seoul and Osaka, losing in the second round of the main draw of both tournaments. Her final tournament of the year saw her reach the quarterfinals of a $100K ITF event in Taipei.

Shvedova ended the year ranked No. 206, her lowest year-end singles ranking since 2005. She also won 4 WTA Doubles titles. Her decline in form in singles was later explained by a knee injury that required surgery.

[edit] 2012

She started the year at the 2012 Australian Open, where she lost in the first round of qualifying to Bibiane Schoofs in a marathon 4–6, 6–3, 9–11 match. She then rebounded, qualifying into the main draw in Bogota, winning five total matches to enter the quarterfinals, where she fell to Hungary's Timea Babos. Shvedova then entered the 2012 Monterrey Open, where she beat countrywoman Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round. She lost to Mandy Minella in the second round.

She then played in Acapulco, before playing in a $25K ITF event in Irapuato, where she reached the final. She continued her rise in form at another $25K ITF event in Poza Rica, where she won the title, dropping only one set the entire tournament. She continued her tour, reaching the third round of the Premier-level 2012 Family Circle Cup, losing to Sabine Lisicki, 5–7, 4–6. Shvedova then played two more European tournaments before the French Open.

At the 2012 Roland Garros Championship, Shvedova qualified into the main draw. There, she defeated Mandy Minella, Sofia Arvidsson, and Carla Suarez Navarro. In the fourth round, she beat defending champion Li Na to advance to her second grand slam quarterfinal. This is Shvedova's biggest win in singles. She lost to reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová in the quarterfinals, 6–3, 2–6, 4–6.^[8] In doubles, she also reached the quarterfinals with Vania King.

On 15 June 2012, Shvedova and her partner Sania Mirza made a shock first-round exit from the AEGON Classic.^[9]

At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, Shvedova received a wild card into the main draw. There, she defeated Chanelle Scheepers and Kiki Bertens to reach the third round. In the third round, she faced tenth seed Sara Errani and won the third "Golden Set" in the history of tennis. She won all 24 points in the fifteen-minute-long first set, blasting 14 winners and making 0 unforced errors. She also went on to win the match 6–0, 6–4, reaching the second week of Wimbledon for the first time. In the fourth round, she was defeated by sixth-seed and eventual champion Serena Williams 1–6, 6–2, 5–7.

At the 2012 US Open, Shvedova was defeated in the second round by eventual quarterfinalist Roberta Vinci.

[edit] 2013

In doubles, Shvedova reached two early finals, in Auckland with Julia Görges and in Florianopolis with Anabel Medina Garrigues. She and Medina Garrigues defeated Anne Keothavong and Valeria Savinykh for the title in Brazil.

[edit] Personal

Shvedova was born to father Vyacheslav and mother Nurzia, who used to be a professional runner (winner of the International Association of Ultra Runners 100 Kilometres World Challenge, 1992). Shvedova has one brother named Pavel who is a student. She began playing tennis at age 8 when her father introduced her to the sport in Chernogolovka (Moscow region). Although she was born in Russia and continues to live and train in Moscow, Shvedova changed her nationality from Russian to Kazakhstani in 2008 as part of the country's attempts to boost its sporting profile.^[10][11]

[edit] Major finals

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Women's doubles: 3 (2–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Vania King	Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva	7–6(8–6), 6–2
Winner	2010	US Open	Hard	Vania King	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	2011	US Open	Hard	Vania King	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)

[edit] Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2010	French Open	Clay	Julian Knowle	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [9–11]

[edit] WTA career finals

[edit] Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	18 February 2007	Bangalore, India	Hard	Mara Santangelo	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Doubles: 16 (7–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 September 2008	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	1.	15 February 2009	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Yulia Beygelzimer Vitalia Diatchenko	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	11 April 2010	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	19 June 2010	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Vania King	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Winner	2.	3 July 2010	Wimbledon, Great Britain	Grass	Vania King	Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva	7–6(8–6), 6–2
Winner	3.	13 September 2010	US Open, United States	Hard	Vania King	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	4.	15 May 2011	Rome, Italy	Clay	Vania King	Peng Shuai Zheng Jie	2–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	31 July 2011	Washington D.C., United States	Hard	Sania Mirza	Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva	6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	20 August 2011	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Vania King	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	5.	11 September 2011	US Open, United States	Hard	Vania King	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	6.	16 October 2011	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Vania King	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai	5–7, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner	6.	22 October 2011	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Vania King	Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Runner-up	7.	8 April 2012	Charleston, United States	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová	7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	8.	5 May 2012	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Galina Voskoboeva	Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai	6–4, 1–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	9.	5 January 2013	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Julia Görges	Cara Black Anastasia Rodionova	6–2, 2–6, [5–10]
Winner	7.	1 March 2013	Florianópolis, Brasil	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Anne Keothavong Valeria Savinykh	6–0, 6–4

[edit] Grand Slam performance timelines

[edit] Singles

	Russia		Kazakhstan
Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	LQ	2R	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	4–6
French Open	LQ	1R	LQ	3R	QF	1R	QF		13–7
Wimbledon	1R	1R	LQ	2R	2R	1R	4R		6–6
US Open	LQ	1R	1R	3R	1R	LQ	2R		8–7

[edit] Doubles

	Russia		Kazakhstan
Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	QF		3–4
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	SF	QF		7–6
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	2R	W	2R	3R		11–4
US Open	A	QF	1R	2R	W	F	3R		16–5

[edit] Mixed

	Russia		Kazakhstan
Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	SF	1–3
French Open	A	A	A	A	F	A	1R		4–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	QF	2R			5–3
US Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R			1–2

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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Awards
Preceded by Sabine Lisicki	WTA Comeback Player of the Year 2012	Succeeded by Incumbent

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Kazakhstani female singles tennis players as of 15 April 2013 1. Yaroslava Shvedova (37 1) 2. Yulia Putintseva (96 4) 3. Ksenia Pervak (108 ) 4. Galina Voskoboeva (115 2) 5. Sesil Karatantcheva (119 ) 6. Zarina Diyas (218 1) 7. Anna Danilina (350 1) 8. Zalina Khairudinova (692 3) 9. Kamila Kerimbayeva (703 4) 10. Yelena Nemchen (962 1)