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Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva
Вера Звонарёва
Zvonareva Serve Japan (cropped).jpg
Zvonareva at the 2011 Toray Pan Pacific Open
Country (sports)  Russia
Residence Moscow, Russia
Born (1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 32)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Moscow, Russia)
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Turned pro September 2000
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$13,512,165
Official website www.zvonareva.ru
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.svg 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
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.


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