Svetlana Kuznetsova

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**Svetlana Kuznetsova**
Kuznetsova at the 2006 Australian Open
Country	Russia
Residence	St. Petersburg, Russia
Date of birth	June 27, 1985 (age 21)
Place of birth	St. Petersburg, Russia
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.74 m)
Weight	161 lb (73 kg)
Turned Pro	2000
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$ 6,551,817
Singles
Career record:	259-109
Career titles:	8 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	3 (March 19, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2005)
French Open	F (2006)
Wimbledon	QF (2003, 2005)
U.S. Open	W (2004)
Doubles
Career record:	170-61
Career titles:	13 WTA
Highest ranking:	3 (June 7, 2004)
Infobox last updated on: March 21, 2007.

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (svet-LAH-nah kooz-nit-SO-vuh; Russian: Светлана Александровна Кузнецова (help·info); born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player.

1 Family life
2 Tennis career
3 Grand Slam singles finals
- 3.1 Wins (1)
- 3.2 Runner-ups (1)
4 WTA Tour and ITF Circuit (22)
- 4.1 WTA Tour and ITF Circuit singles titles (9)
- 4.2 Doubles wins (13)
5 Runner-ups (24)
- 5.1 Singles runner-ups (9)
- 5.2 Doubles runner-ups (15)
6 Singles performance timeline
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Family life

Kuznetsova was born in Leningrad, Russia (now St. Petersburg, Russia). Her father Alexandr 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. She focused on tennis instead and was sent to Spain when she was 15 years old for better training and coaching.

[edit] Tennis career

Kuznetsova is a very good mover on court and plays mainly from the baseline. Her strongest shot is her heavy forehand.

Kuznetsova won her only Grand Slam singles title at the 2004 U.S. 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 is a frequent doubles player and has been ranked as high as third in the world (January 2005). 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 Navratilova, Elena Likhovtseva, and Amélie Mauresmo as her partners.

A year after winning the 2004 U.S. Open, Kuznetsova became the first female defending champion during the open era to lose in the first round. She lost to Ekaterina Bychkova.

After an 18-month title drought, Kuznetsova won the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on April 1, 2006, beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3. At the French Open, Kuznetsova defeated 17 year old Czech Nicole Vaidisova in a semifinal 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2 but lost in the final to Justine Henin 6-4, 6-4.

Kuznetsova survived a first round match against Czech Kveta Peschke at Wimbledon in 2006 but lost in the third round to Na Li.

After a month lay off 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 Martina Hingis in a quarterfinal. At her next tournament, the Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, Connecticut, Kuznetsova lost in a semifinal to eventual champion Henin.

At the 2006 U.S. Open, Kuznetsova reached the fourth round where she lost to Jelena Janković. Since then, Kuznetsova has won titles at the Tier III Wismilak International in Bali, beating Marion Bartoli in the final, and the Tier II China Open in Beijing, defeating Mauresmo in the final.

In 2007, Kuznetsova lost in the final of the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California to Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 6-4. Reaching the final improved her ranking to a career high of No. 3 in the world.

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2004	U.S. Open	Elena Dementieva	6-3, 7-5

[edit] Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2006	French Open	Justine Henin	6-4, 6-4

[edit] WTA Tour and ITF Circuit (22)

[edit] WTA Tour and ITF Circuit singles titles (9)

Legend (Singles)
Tier I (1)
Tier II (2)
Tier III (3)
Tier IV (1)
Grand Slam Title (1)
WTA Championships (0)
ITF Circuit (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	22 April 2001	Cagliari, Italy	Clay	Andreea Vanc	6-3, 6-4
2.	8 May 2002	Helsinki, Finland	Clay	Denisa Chladkova	0-6, 6-3, 7-6(2)
3.	29 September 2002	Wismilak International, Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Conchita Martinez	3-6, 7-6, 7-5
4.	14 June 2004	The Hastings Direct International Championships Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Daniela Hantuchová	2-6, 7-6, 6-4
5.	11 September 2004	U.S. Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Elena Dementieva	6-3, 7-5
6.	19 September 2004	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Marlene Weingartner	6-1, 6-4
7.	1 April 2006	NASDAQ-100 Open, Miami, United States	Hard	Maria Sharapova	6-4, 6-3
8.	11 September 2006	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Marion Bartoli	7-5, 6-2
9.	24 September 2006	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6-4, 6-0

[edit] Doubles wins (13)

Legend (Doubles)
Tier I (2)
Tier II (5)
Tier III (3)
Tier IV (1)
Grand Slam Title (1)
WTA Championship (0)
ITF Circuit (0)

#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1.	22 July 2002	Orange Prokom Open, Sopot, Poland	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Ekaterina Sysoeva Evgenia Kulikovskaya	6-2, 6-2
2.	5 August 2002	Helsinki, Finland	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Eva Bes Maria Jose Martinez	6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3
3.	19 September 2002	AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	6-2, 6-4
4.	30 December 2002	Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Nathalie Dechy Emilie Loit	6-4, 6-4
5.	17 February 2003	Dubai Duty Free Women's Open, Dubai, UAE	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6-3, 7-6(7)
6.	12 May 2003	Telicon Italia Masters Roma, Rome, Italy	Clay	Martina Navrátilová	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	6-4, 5-7, 6-2
7.	11 August 2003	Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Maria Vento-Kabchi Angelique Widjaja	3-6, 6-1, 6-1
8.	22 September 2003	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Martina Navrátilová	Elena Likhovtseva Nadia Petrova	3-6, 6-1, 6-3
9.	5 January 2004	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Liezel Huber Katerina Maleeva	6-3, 6-4
10.	1 March 2004	Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Janette Husárová Conchita Martinez	7-6(4), 6-2
11.	17 January 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Alicia Molik	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6-3, 6-4
12.	21 March 2005	Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, USA	Hard	Alicia Molik	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2
13.	19 June 2006	The Hastings Direct International Championships, Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Amélie Mauresmo	Martina Navrátilová Liezel Huber	6-2, 6-4

[edit] Runner-ups (24)

[edit] Singles runner-ups (9)

2004: Dubai Duty Free Women's Open (lost to Justine Henin)
2004: Qatar Total Open in Doha (lost to Anastasia Myskina)
2004: J&S Cup in Warsaw (lost to Venus Williams)
2004: China Open in Beijing (lost to Serena Williams)
2005: Warsaw (lost to Henin)
2006: Warsaw (lost to Kim Clijsters)
2006: French Open (lost to Henin)
2007: Doha (lost to Henin)
2007: Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California (lost to Daniela Hantuchová)

[edit] Doubles runner-ups (15)

2002: Japan Open Tennis Championships (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
2002: Wismilak International in Bali (with Sánchez-Vicario)
2003: U.S. Open (with Martina Navratilova)
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: The Hastings Direct International Championships in Eastbourne, United Kingdom (with Likhovtseva)
2004: U.S. Open (with Likhovtseva)
2004: Bali (with Sánchez-Vicario)
2005: Dubai (with Alicia Molik)
2005: Wimbledon (with Amelie Mauresmo)
2006: Dubai (with Nadia Petrova)
2007: Dubai (with Molik)

[edit] Singles performance timeline

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 on April 1, 2007.

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	3R	QF	4R	4R	0 / 6	16-6
French Open	A	A	LQ	1R	4R	4R	F		0 / 4	13-5
Wimbledon	A	A	LQ	QF	1R	QF	3R		0 / 4	11-5
U.S. Open	A	A	3R	3R	W	1R	4R		1 / 5	17-4
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	1 / 21	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0-0	0-0	11-4	6-4	12-3	11-4	14-4	3-1	N/A	57-20
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	0 / 1	2-1
Indian Wells	A	A	A	3R	QF	QF	A	F	0 / 4	13-4
Miami	A	A	A	2R	4R	4R	W	4R	1 / 5	12-4
Charleston	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF		0 / 1	2-1
Berlin	A	A	A	2R	QF	QF	QF		0 / 4	8-4
Rome	A	A	A	3R	QF	2R	SF		0 / 4	8-4
San Diego	A	A	A	SF	3R	3R	A		0 / 3	6-3
Montreal/Toronto	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	QF		0 / 3	3-3
Moscow	A	LQ	A	2R	QF	QF	2R		0 / 4	4-5
Zurich	A	A	A	LQ	A	1R	SF		0 / 2	4-3
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	RR	A	RR		0 / 2	2-4
Finals reached	0	0	2	0	7	1	5	2	N/A	17
Tournaments Won	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	N/A	8
Overall Win-Loss	6-5	16-6	48-15	26-18	60-23	29-17	60-20	16-7	N/A	261-111
Year End Ranking	889	259	43	36	5	15	4		N/A	N/A

LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Qualifying matches are included in the win-loss records.