Zvonareva at the 2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open
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Country (sports) | Russia | ||||||||||||
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Residence | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||
Born |
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Moscow, Russia) |
7 September 1984 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
Turned pro | September 2000 | ||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
Prize money | US$13,512,165 | ||||||||||||
Official website | www |
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Singles | |||||||||||||
Career record | 475–230 (67.38%) | ||||||||||||
Career titles | 12 WTA, 2 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 2 (25 October 2010) | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | SF (2009, 2011) | ||||||||||||
French Open | QF (2003) | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | F (2010) | ||||||||||||
US Open | F (2010) | ||||||||||||
Other tournaments | |||||||||||||
Tour Finals | F (2008) | ||||||||||||
Olympic Games | Bronze medal (2008) | ||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||
Career record | 174–116 (60%) | ||||||||||||
Career titles | 6 WTA, 0 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 9 (8 August 2005) | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | W (2012) | ||||||||||||
French Open | QF (2006) | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | F (2010) | ||||||||||||
US Open | W (2006) | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (2006) | ||||||||||||
US Open | W (2004) | ||||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||||
Fed Cup | W (2004, 2008), Record 8–2 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 21 May 2015. |
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva (Russian: Ве́ра И́горевна Звонарёва; IPA: [ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə]; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is world No. 2 by the WTA. Zvonareva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the finals of the 2008 WTA Tour Championships, 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and 2010 US Open. She also was a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In doubles, she has won four Grand Slam titles. Two of the titles came in women's doubles, the first one at the 2006 US Open, partnering Nathalie Dechy, and the other at the 2012 Australian Open, partnering Svetlana Kuznetsova. Her other two came in mixed doubles, the first at the 2004 US Open, partnering Bob Bryan, and her second at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Andy Ram.
Zvonareva was born in 1984 in Moscow to Igor and Nataliya (née Bykova) Zvonarev. Igor played Bandy in the USSR championship with Dynamo Moscow, while Nataliya played field hockey and was the bronze medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Zvonareva was introduced to tennis at age six by her mother.