Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Shvedova Wjatscheslawowna (Russian Ярослава Вячеславовна Шведова, Yaroslava Shvedova English transcription; born September 12, 1987 in Moscow, USSR ) is a tennis player who first played for Russia and competes for Kazakhstan since 2008.
- 3.1 Individual
- 3.2 double
- 4.1 Single
- 4.2 double
Personal
Shvedova began at the age of six years with the tennis playing, taught her the father. Her mother Nursija Bagmanowa was a successful ultramarathon runner in the 1990s.
Career
2007
In February 2007, Shvedova reached with a win over the set number two local player Sania Mirza with 6:72, 6:4, 6:4 unexpectedly the final of the Bangalore Open. There, she defeated the number one seeded defending champion Mara Santangelo 6-4, 6-4. It was her first title on the WTA Tour, after the tournament victory was at number 78 and the first time out in the top 100.
At the Miami Masters, she came through qualifying into the main draw and was there in the second round with Ana Ivanović beat for the first time a top 20 player ( 7-5, 6-4 ). In round three she succumbed Tathiana Garbin 6-4, 3:6, 2:6.
2008
In August she won the ITF tournament in Monterrey by a final victory over Magdalena Tybarikova with 6:4, 6:1. After surviving qualifying she lost in the first round of the 2008 U.S. Open against Agnieszka Radwańska with 4:6 and 2:6.
2009
About the qualification she made it with wins over Shenay Perry ( 6-4, 6-4 ), Angela Haynes ( 6-1, 6-2 ) and Elena Baltacha ( 6:2, 6:2 ) and into the main draw of the French Open. There, she defeated Kaia Kanepi in the first and the qualifier Arantxa Rus in the second round. In the third round match she defeated Maria Sharapova then 6:1, 3:6 and 4:6. At Wimbledon, she made Monica Niculescu from in the first round with 6:1 and 6:0. In the second round she defeated Melanie Oudin 6-3, 2:6 and 4:6.
2010
At the French Open in Paris, she reached with the Austrian Julian Knowle the final of the mixed competition, which went narrowly lost 6-4, 6:75 [ 9:11 ]. At Wimbledon, she could celebrate in the doubles competition with winning the title on the side of Vania King her biggest success to date. Together with her, she won the title in 2010 also doubles event of the U.S. Open.
2011
After her semi-final foray into Paris Shvedova reached their highest ever position in the double World Ranking with Rank 4. End of July, followed by the side of Sania Mirza in the first housed in the tour schedule tournament in U.S. college park their fourth doubles title. The two defeated the duo Wolha Hawarzowa / Alla Kudrjawzewa in two sets. Until the end of October was followed by two further double success at the side of Vania King - together they won the now already four WTA tournaments.
2012
At the Australian Open she failed this time already in the qualification. However, they came in doubles with Vania King for the first time to the quarter- finals, where both the Czech pairing Lucie Hradecká / Andrea Hlaváčková documents in two sets. At the French Open Shvedova surprised in singles, as she reached the quarter-finals with victories over Carla Suarez Navarro and defending champion Li Na. There she was, however, stopped by Petra Kvitová ( 6:3, 2:6, 4:6 ).
At Wimbledon Shvedova managed in their third round match against Sara Errani ( 6:0, 6:4 ) the feat to play a Golden Set, ie the record with 24 points to win in a row. On October 29, she scored a personal high with space 25 in the WTA singles ranking.
2013
In 2013, Shvedova was especially successful in doubles. It get her three Turneirsiege in Florianopolis, Tashkent and Taipei.