Yaroslava Shvedova

Yaroslava Shvedova
Яросла́ва Шве́дова

Yaroslava Shvedova at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Russia (2002–08)  Kazakhstan (2008–present)
Residence	Astana, Kazakhstan..
Born	12 September 1987 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 4,783,748
Singles
Career record	330–233
Career titles	1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	25 (29 October 2012)
Current ranking	71 (21 March 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	QF (2010, 2012)
Wimbledon	4R (2012, 2014)
US Open	3R (2009, 2013)
Doubles
Career record	239–147
Career titles	12 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	3 (23 February 2016)
Current ranking	4 (21 March 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2012)
French Open	F (2015)
Wimbledon	W (2010)
US Open	W (2010)
Medal record Women's tennis Representing  Kazakhstan Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team event
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (Russian: Яросла́ва Вячесла́вовна Шве́дова, born 12 September 1987) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player.

Shvedova has won one singles and eleven doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 29 October 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 25. On 6 June 2011, she peaked at world number 4 in the doubles rankings.

Born to ethnic Russian father Vyacheslav and Bashkir mother Nurziya, she began playing tennis at age 8 by her father who is currently her coach.^[1]

Shvedova has made two Grand Slam singles quarterfinals, at the 2010 and the 2012 French Open. She has won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles, the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and the 2010 US Open, partnering American player Vania King in both. Shvedova is also one of four players to record a golden set in the professional era, the others being Bill Scanlon, Tine Scheuer-Larsen^[2] and Julian Reister. She achieved this feat at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in her match against Sara Errani, the only time a golden set was recorded in a Grand Slam.

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

Career

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. In the final, she defeated top-seeded defending champion Mara Santangelo in straight sets, 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 Ivanovic 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 in two sets. Just over a week later, she won through the qualifying rounds for 2008 US Open, but lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round.^[6]

2009

Shvedova after her match against Maria Sharapova at the 2009 French Open.

In 2009, Shvedova qualified for the main draw of Roland Garros, defeating Americans Shenay Perry in the first qualifying round and Angela Haynes, in the second qualifying round. She then beat Elena Baltacha 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 three-sets third round match to former number one Maria Sharapova, returning from a long-lasting shoulder injury and then ranked 102.

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships in the first round she faced Romanian Monica Niculescu and defeated her with the loss of just one game, but lost 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 in three sets, in a match where she saved two match points.^[7]

2010

Yaroslava Shvedova at the 2010 US Open

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 in the first round before upsetting fourth-seeded Maria Kirilenko in the second round. Next, she defeated Iveta Benešová 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 close 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 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 in three sets after the match was played over two days due to heavy rainfall.

2011

Yaroslava Shvedova in 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 four WTA Doubles titles. Her decline in form in singles was later explained by a knee injury that required surgery.

2012

Yaroslava Shvedova at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships

She started the year at the 2012 Australian Open, where she lost in the first round of qualifying to Bibiane Schoofs in a marathon three-set match. She then rebounded, qualifying into the main draw in Bogotá, winning five total matches to enter the quarterfinals, where she fell to Hungary's Tímea 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. 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 Suárez 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.^[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 fourth "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 before losing the first point of the second set to break the sequence. She went on to win the match in straight sets 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 in three sets.

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

2013

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

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]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-up)

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)
Runner-up	2015	French Open	Clay	Casey Dellacqua	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2015	US Open (2)	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	3–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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]

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2011	Rome	Clay	Vania King	Peng Shuai Zheng Jie	2–6, 3–6
Winner	2011	Cincinnati	Hard	Vania King	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Winner	2015	Madrid Open	Clay	Casey Dellacqua	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), [10–5]
Runner-up	2015	Cincinnati	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	5–7, 4–6
	2016	Miami Open	Hard	Tímea Babos	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (1–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Winner	1.	18 February 2007	Bangalore Open, Bangalore, India	Hard	Mara Santangelo	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	19 April 2015	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Teliana Pereira	6–7^(2–7), 1–6

Doubles: 25 (12 titles, 13 runners-up)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (2–3) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–3) Tier II / Premier (2–1) Tier III, IV & V / International (6–6) 125K Series (1–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (9–8) Grass (1–1) Clay (1–4) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 September 2008	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	1.	15 February 2009	Pattaya Women's Open, Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Yuliya Beygelzimer Vitalia Diatchenko	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	11 April 2010	Andalucia Tennis Experience, Marbella, Spain	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	19 June 2010	Ordina Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Vania King	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Winner	2.	3 July 2010	Wimbledon, London, Great Britain	Grass	Vania King	Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva	7–6^(8–6), 6–2
Winner	3.	13 September 2010	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Vania King	Liezel Huber Nadia Petrova	2–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	4.	15 May 2011	Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy	Clay	Vania King	Peng Shuai Zheng Jie	2–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	31 July 2011	Citi Open, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Sania Mirza	Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva	6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	20 August 2011	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Vania King	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	5.	11 September 2011	US Open, New York, 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	HP Open, Osaka, Japan	Hard	Vania King	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai	5–7, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner	6.	22 October 2011	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Vania King	Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Runner-up	7.	8 April 2012	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová	7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	8.	5 May 2012	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Galina Voskoboeva	Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai	6–4, 1–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	9.	5 January 2013	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Julia Görges	Cara Black Anastasia Rodionova	6–2, 2–6, [5–10]
Winner	7.	1 March 2013	Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, Brasil	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Anne Keothavong Valeria Savinykh	6–0, 6–4
Winner	8.	14 September 2013	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Tímea Babos	Mandy Minella Olga Govortsova	6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	28 February 2014	Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, Brazil	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Francesca Schiavone Silvia Soler Espinosa	7–6^(7–1), 2–6, [10–3]
Winner	10.	6 April 2014	Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States	Clay (green)	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Winner	11.	9 May 2015	Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Clay	Casey Dellacqua	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	7 June 2015	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Casey Dellacqua	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	23 August 2015	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	13 September 2015	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	3–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	18 October 2015	Hong Kong Tennis Open, Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Hard	Alizé Cornet	Lara Arruabarrena Andreja Klepač	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	3 April 2016	Miami Open, Miami, United States	Hard	Timea Babos	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	3-6, 4-6

WTA 125s finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	15 November 2015	Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Naomi Osaka	6–4, 6–7^(8–10), 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	3 November 2013	Nanjing Ladies Open, Ninjing, China	Hard	Zhang Shuai	Misaki Doi Xu Yifan	1–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	10 November 2013	OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open, Chinese Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Caroline Garcia	Anna-Lena Friedsam Alison Van Uytvanck	6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Current through 2016 Australian Open.

	Russia		Kazakhstan
Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q3	2R	1R	2R	A	Q1	1R	1R	3R	2R	5–7
French Open	Q1	1R	Q1	3R	QF	1R	QF	2R	2R	1R		12–8
Wimbledon	1R	1R	Q2	2R	2R	1R	4R	2R	4R	1R		9–8
US Open	Q3	1R	1R	3R	1R	Q1	2R	3R	1R	Q3		5–7
Win-Loss	0–1	0–3	1–2	5–4	6–4	0–2	8–3	4–3	4–4	2–3	1–1	31–30

Doubles

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	QF	1R	2R	2R	0 / 7	5–7
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	SF	QF	2R	1R	F	0 / 9	12–8
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	2R	W	2R	3R	A	3R	QF	1 / 7	16–6
US Open	A	QF	1R	2R	W	F	3R	1R	2R	F	1 / 9	22–8
Win-Loss	0–0	2–2	1–4	2–4	12–2	10–3	9–4	1–2	4–4	14–4	2 / 32	55–29
Year-End Championship
Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	SF	SF	A	A	A		0 / 2	0–2
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	A	2R	2R	A	0 / 5	4–5
Miami	A	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	QF	QF	A	0 / 7	7–7
Madrid	Not Held			A	2R	SF	QF	1R	SF	W	1 / 6	13–5
Beijing	Not Tier I			1R	SF	SF	2R	1R	1R	SF	0 / 7	5–7
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Tier II			A	1R	1R	Premier			A	0 / 2	0–2
Doha	Tier II		2R	Not Held		P	A	A	A	P	0 / 1	1–1
Rome	A	A	1R	SF	QF	F	A	A	SF	2R	0 / 6	11–6
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 4	1–4
Cincinnati	Tier III			2R	2R	W	A	A	QF	F	1 / 4	11–4
Tokyo	A	A	QF	A	1R	SF	1R	A	Premier		0 / 4	3–4
Wuhan	Not Held								A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Year-end Ranking	242	111	42	49	7	5	26	59	24	6

Mixed

	Russia		Kazakhstan
Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	SF	A	4–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	F	A	1R	A	SF	7–3
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	QF	2R	3R	A	A	7–4
US Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A		1–2

Records

Tournament	Year	Record accomplished	Player tied
Wimbledon	2012	Achieved a Golden Set[2]	Pauline Betz (1943) Tine Scheuer-Larsen (1995)

Head vs. Head Record

• Ana Ivanovic 1–2
• Dinara Safina 0–1
• Jelena Janković 1–4
• Maria Sharapova 0–1
• Victoria Azarenka 0–2
• Serena Williams 0–2
• Caroline Wozniacki 1–1

References

1. Yaroslava Shvedova bio
2. Politiken, 10 May 1995, 1st Section, p.10
3. "Chinese get clearer vision of Li conqueror Shvedova". AFP. 5 June 2012.
4. "Shvedova tops Santangelo in final at Sony Ericsson". Retrieved 19 February 2007.
5. "SI.com – Tennis – Shvedova stuns Santangelo for first WTA win – Sunday February 18, 2007 3:22 pm". Retrieved 19 February 2007.
6. ITF tennis profile: Activity
7. "Error-strewn Jelena Janković crashes out in battle with Yaroslava Shvedova". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 9 May 2009.
8. "Yaroslava Shvedova". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
9. "Sania-Shvedova pair suffers upset defeat at Aegon Classic". 15 June 2012.
10. "Getting to know...Yaroslava Shvedova". Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
11. Najibullah, Farangis (1 June 2010). "In a first, Kazakhstan's Shvedova reaches fourth round at French Open". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 3 July 2010.

External links

• Official website
• Yaroslava Shvedova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Yaroslava Shvedova at the International Tennis Federation