Anna Chakvetadze
2007
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| Country (sports) |
 Russia
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| Residence | Moscow, Russia |
| Born |
5 March 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union now Russia |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Retired | 2013 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 3,909,854 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 296–170 |
| Career titles | 8 WTA, 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (10 September 2007) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2007) |
| French Open | QF (2007) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2008) |
| US Open | SF (2007) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 38–64 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 53 (6 August 2007) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2007–2012) |
| French Open | QF (2006) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2007, 2009) |
| US Open | 3R (2006) |
| Last updated on: 11 September 2013. | |
Anna Djambuliovna Chakvetadze (Russian: Анна Джамбулиевна Чакветадзе; Georgian: ანა ჯამბულის ასული ჩაკვეტაძე; born 5 March 1987) is a retired Russian professional tennis player who was born to a Georgian father and a Russian mother. On 10 September 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of world no. 5. She has won eight WTA singles titles and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. She was also a quarterfinalist at the 2007 Australian Open and the 2007 French Open. She announced her retirement on 11 September 2013, due to a persisting back injury. She is currently a commentator on Eurosport channel.
She began playing tennis at the age of eight after being introduced to the sport by her mother, Natalia. She speaks both Russian and English.
Chakvetadze hit her peak of world no. 5 in 2007 after a semifinal appearance at the 2007 US Open. Also in that year, she reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the French Open, both of which were career bests for those events. Four of her eight career singles titles also occurred in 2007.
In 2003, she made it to the final of the Junior Championships at Wimbledon before falling to Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. The same year, she won the International Bavarian Junior Challenge, defeating Marta Domachowska of Poland 7–6, 6–5. Her record as a junior was 67–19 in singles, and 22–14 in doubles. Her highest world ranking as a junior was #22 achieved in December 2003.
Chakvetadze debuted on the ITF circuit in November 2001, losing in the first round in Minsk, Belarus. In July 2002, she won her first ITF doubles title in Istanbul, teaming with fellow Russian Irina Kotkina.
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