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Full Svetlana Kuznetsova Biography
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (Cyrillic: Светлана Александровна Кузнецова (help·info); born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. On September 10, 2007, she became the No. 2 player in the world, making her the No.1 Russian player on the Tour, overtaking Maria Sharapova. She has career wins over former number ones Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Martina Hingis and Amélie Mauresmo.
Kuznetsova was born in Leningrad. 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 13 years old for better training and coaching.
Kuznetsova is a very good mover on court and plays mainly from the baseline. Her strongest shot is her heavy forehand, which many analysts and commentators point to as one of the very best in women's tennis. It can also break down tremendously in pressure situations.
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 Navratilova, Elena Likhovtseva, and Amélie Mauresmo as her partners.
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 Vaidišová in a semifinal 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-2 but lost in the final to Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4.
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.
At the 2007 U.S. Open, Kuznetsova, wearing a red color, breezed through the first round defeating Klára Zakopalová 6-2, 6-3. With both second seeded Maria Sharapova, who was favored to reach the finals, and Kunznetsova at the bottom draw, the two were to meet in the semifinals, but due to Sharapova's shocking defeat in the third round to 30th seeded Agnieszka Radwańska, Kuznetsova became the favored to reach the finals. She received a challenge from French player Camille Pin, who took Kuznetsova to a third set before losing the match 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. In the third round she once again got through fairly easily against Spanish player Anabel Medina Garrigues defeating her 6-3, 6-1. She got through into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open by defeating Belarussian teen Victoria Azarenka. This marks the first time she has gone further than the Round of 16 since she won the event in 2004. Not content with this, she eased her way in to the semifinal by defeating Ágnes Szávay 6-1, 6-4. Kuznetsova defeated Anna Chakvetadze, in what was said to be a disastrous match for Kuznetsova; she describes the first set as "embarrassing", in the semifinals of the US Open, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. Kuznetsova was defeated by Justine Henin in the Final of the U.S. Open 6-1, 6-3, unable to shake her disastrous performance once again and return back to form. During the match, she made numerous unforced-errors, though the crowd cheered for her; as when Henin served, a spectator shouted out, forcing Henin to stop midway through the serve. As a result of her performance at the US Open, she rose to a career-high ranking of No.2 in the world.
After reaching the semi-finals in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Germany, losing to Tatiana Golovin 6-2, 6-4, she reached the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup, her best finish at the principle Russian tournament on the WTA Tour.
Kuznetsova, as of October 21, 2007, has a 1-6 record against Kim Clijsters, a 2-15 record against Justine Henin, a 3-3 record against Maria Sharapova, a 3-4 record against Amélie Mauresmo, a 2-2 record against Martina Hingis, a 2-3 record against Lindsay Davenport, a 0-1 record against Jennifer Capriati, a 3-3 record against Venus Williams, a 1-3 record against Serena Williams, a 1-0 record against Mary Pierce a 2-2 record against Jelena Janković, a 3-1 record against Nadia Petrova, a 5-3 record against Elena Dementieva, a 2-4 record against Anastasia Myskina, and a 1-3 record against Ana Ivanović.
Overall Win-Loss6-516-648-1526-1860-2329-1760-2055-17N/A300-121
- 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.
Grand Slam Win-Loss0-00-01-212-418-415-43-24-2N/A53-18TokyoAAAAAAAA0 / 00-0Indian WellsAAA2RF1RAA0 / 35-2MiamiAAASFFWSF2R1 / 515-4CharlestonAAAAAAAA0 / 00-0BerlinAAAQF2RAAQF0 / 33-3RomeAAAWAAAA1 / 15-0San DiegoAAAQFAAAA0 / 11-1MoscowAQFASF1R1RQFA0 / 54-5Montréal/TorontoAAAWAQFAQF1 / 36-2ZürichAAAAA1R1RA0 / 20-2WTA Tour ChampionshipsAAASFSFAAA0 / 20-2 |
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