Alla Kudryavtseva

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Alla Kudryavtseva
Алла Кудрявцева

Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1987-11-03) November 3, 1987 (age 24) [1] Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) [1]
Turned pro	February 2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$952,589
Singles
Career record	184–152
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 56 (October 4, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 100 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2007, 2010)
French Open	3R (2007)
Wimbledon	4R (2008)
US Open	3R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	130–98
Career titles	4 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (August 30, 2010)
Last updated on: September 25, 2010.

Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (Russian А́лла Алекса́ндровна Кудря́вцева, born November 3, 1987 in Moscow) is a professional tennis player from Russia. She currently lives in Moscow, where she is coached by Nick Rybakov. Her father Alexander was a world champion Greco-Roman wrestler in the 1980s and her grandfather a Russian weightlifter of some note [1].

Her career high rank in singles is World Number 56, which she achieved on October 4, 2010. On August 30, 2010, her career-high doubles ranking is World Number 27. Kudryavtseva won US$ 952,589 in prize money, 1 singles and 3 doubles titles on the WTA tour. She was a finalist at the Orange Bowl Championships, as a junior.

Her main sponsor is Wilson and she also has an endorsement deal with Diadora.

Kudryavtseva's first Grand Slam tournament, competing in the main draw, was the 2007 Australian Open. She defeated Finland's Emma Laine in the first round 4–6, 6–2 and 9–7. In the second rond she lost against her lifetime heroine Martina Hingis in two sets, 6–2 and 6–2. In Paris, Kudryavtseva won against the 29th seed Gisela Dulko 7–5, 1–6, 8–6 to reach the third round of Roland Garros, where she was defeated by second seed Maria Sharapova in straight sets 6–1, 6–4. After this match, she reached her new career high of #67. At her first Wimbledon, she lost against the eventual champion Venus Williams, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5.

During the 2008 Wimbledon, Kudryavtseva shocked the tennis world by beating fellow Russian and 3rd seed Maria Sharapova in the second round in two sets 6–2 and 6–4. Afterwards, she joked "It's very pleasant to beat Maria... Why? Well, I don't like her outfit." (Sharapova wore a tuxedo-like outfit during the game [2].)

She lost to Dinara Safina in the first round of the 2009 Australian Open. At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she lost to #4 Elena Dementieva in the first round.

In 2010, she lost at the second round of the Australian Open to Agnieszka Radwańska with 6–0, 6–2. She reached the third round of the AEGON Classic in Birmingham, before losing to Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–1. She reached her first WTA final at the 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open but lost to top seed Jarmila Groth 6–1, 6–4. Her good performance continued and she won her first WTA singles title a week later, defeating Elena Vesnina 6–4, 6–4 at the 2010 Tashkent Open.

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 19, 2010	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Jarmila Groth	1–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	September 25, 2010	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 9 (4-5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	February 18, 2007	Bangalore, India	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–9]
Winner	1.	September 23, 2007	Kolkata, India	Hard	Vania King	Alberta Brianti Mariya Koryttseva	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	July 13, 2008	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Sara Errani Nuria Llagostera Vives	2–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–4]
Runner-up	3.	October 11, 2009	Beijing, China	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	May 22, 2010	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Anastasia Rodionova	Alizé Cornet Vania King	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	2.	June 20, 2010	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Anastasia Rodionova	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	3.	February 19, 2011	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Olga Govortsova	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner	4.	June 12, 2011	Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	Olga Govortsova	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Runner-up	5.	July 31, 2011	Washington D.C., United States	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Sania Mirza Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 3–6

Grand Slam timeline

External links

• Alla Kudryavtseva at the Women's Tennis Association
• Alla Kudryavtseva at the International Tennis Federation
• Alla Kudryavtseva at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile

References