- Yaroslava Shvedova
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Yaroslava Shvedova
country= RUS KAZ
residence=Moscow, Russia
datebirth= birth date and age|1987|9|12
placebirth=Moscow ,Russian SFSR
height= 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
weight= 67 kg (147 lb)
turnedpro= 2002
plays= Right; Double-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $402,644
singlesrecord= 130–81
singlestitles= 1 WTA, 3 ITF
highestsinglesranking= No. 70 (August 27 ,2007 )
AustralianOpenresult= 2r (2008)
FrenchOpenresult= 1r (2007)
Wimbledonresult= 1r (2006, 2007)
USOpenresult= 1r (2007, 2008)
doublesrecord= 39–33
doublestitles= 0 WTA, 2 ITF
highestdoublesranking= No. 45 (August 18 ,2008 )
updated=August 25 ,2008 Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova ( _ru. Ярослава Вячеславовна Шведова, born
September 12 ,1987 inMoscow ) is aKazakhstan i professionaltennis player. She has achieved a career high ranking of No. 70 as of 2007. She has won 1 WTA singles title, 3 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and 2 doubles titles. She was taught tennis at the age of 6 by her father.Biography
In February 2007, she stunned all by reaching the final of the Sony Ericsson International, causing a shock upset over homecrowd favourite and No.2 seed
Sania Mirza in the quarterfinals, 6–7 (2–7), 6–4, 6–4. In the final, she defeated top-seeded defending championMara Santangelo 6–4, 6–4, to win her very first WTA Tour title. [citeweb|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=bangaloretennis&prov=st&type=lgns|title=Shvedova tops Santangelo in final at Sony Ericsson|accessdate=2007-02-19] [citeweb|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/tennis/02/18/bc.ten.bangaloreopen.ap/|title=SI.com - Tennis - Shvedova stuns Santangelo for first WTA win - Sunday February 18, 2007 3:22PM|accessdate=2007-02-19] This win caused her to be in the top 100 for the first time, at 78.At the
Miami Masters , she came through qualifying and recorded her first-ever top 20 win overAna Ivanović in the second round, beating her 7–5 6–4. She lost in the third round toTathiana Garbin .Her win-loss record for 2007 currently stands at 24-20.
WTA Tour titles (1)
ingles (1)
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