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Fed Cup

Current season or competition: 2012 Fed Cup
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Sport	Tennis
Founded	1963
No. of teams	8 (World Group) 80 (total 2011)
Country(ies)	ITF member nations
Most recent champion(s)	Czech Republic

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Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The competition was known as the Federation Cup until 1995.

The men's equivalent of the Fed Cup is the Davis Cup.

History[link]

The idea for the event can be traced back to 1919, when Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman came up with the concept for a women's team competition. When this was rejected, she instead presented a trophy in 1923 for an annual contest between the United States and Great Britain, who were at that time the strongest tennis-playing nations. Nell Hopman, wife of the legendary Australian Davis Cup Captain Harry Hopman, later took up Mrs Wightman's original idea.

In 1962, when a British resident of the United States, Mary Hardwick Hare, presented a dossier proving that support for such an event was overwhelming, the ITF was persuaded that a team championship played over one week in a different venue each year was a 'good idea'. It had taken 40 years for Wightman’s idea of a women’s Davis Cup to become a reality. Finally in 1963, the ITF launched the Federation Cup to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Open to all nations and not just USA and Great Britain, the much awaited competition became a resounding success.

Played over one week in a different venue each year, the inaugural event attracted 16 countries. The competition was supported by the top players right from the start. Held at the Queen's Club, in London, the first contest between Australia and the United States set the tone with Grand Slam champions Darlene Hard, Billie Jean King, Margaret Smith and Lesley Turner all proudly representing their country on court. The United States emerged the champion nation and has since put their mark on the competition, collecting a record 17 titles over the years.

Petra Kvitová with the trophy for the Fed Cup winners, 2011, Moscow

That first Federation Cup had attracted entries from 16 teams, a respectable number considering that there was no prize money and teams had to meet their own expenses. Sponsorship would later enable this number to expand dramatically, first by the Colgate Group in 1976, and, from 1981 to 1994 by the Japanese communications and computer giant NEC. By 1994, 73 nations competed, and the host nation of a Federation Cup week was now required to build a special tennis complex, giving rise to what became known as the Federation Cup "legacy." In addition to the kudos of showcasing the premier international women's team competition, nations viewed their involvement as providing an unprecedented opportunity for their national game to develop.

The rise in entries led to the creation of regional qualifying competitions in 1992 and, subsequently in 1995, the Federation Cup adopted a new format and shortened its name to the Fed Cup. Having seen the great success that the home-and-away format had achieved in Davis Cup, the format for the Fed Cup was changed in 1995 so that women, as well as men, could play for their country in their country. While the format has been adjusted several times since 1995, the current format, introduced in 2005, incorporates an eight Nation World Group I and eight nation World Group II playing both home-and-away over three weekends throughout the year.

Format[link]

Tournament[link]

While many nations enter the Fed Cup each year, only 16 countries qualify for the elite World Group and World Group II each year (eight in World Group and eight in World Group II).

They reach World Group and World Group II as follows:

(a) World Group - the four nations that win their World Group first round tie remain in the World Group for the following year. First round losers contest the World Group Play-offs against the four winning nations from World Group II to determine relegation/promotion for the following year's competition. (The four nations that win World Group Play-offs will be in the World Group the following year, while the four losers will start the following year in World Group II.)

(b) World Group II - the four nations that win their World Group II ties will compete in the World Group I Play-Offs to determine relegation/promotion for the following year, as described above. Similarly the four nations that lose their World Group II ties will face winning nations from Group I Zonal competitions, in the World Group II Play-offs, to determine relegation/promotion. (The four nations that win their World Group II Play-offs will be in World Group II the following year, while the four losers will begin the next year in Group I Zonal events.)

Once in the World Group or World Group II, four nations will be seeded in each. The decision as to which nations will be seeded is made by the Fed Cup Committee, according to the ITF Fed Cup Nations Ranking.

At the levels below the World Group and World Group II, the Fed Cup nations compete in Zonal Competition events, which are split into three zones: The Americas Zone, the Asia/Oceania Zone and the Europe/Africa Zone. In each zone there are two groups, Group I being the higher and Group II the lower, except for the Europe/Africa Zone, which also has a Group III.

Within the Group zonal regions, teams are split into pools and play against each other in a round robin format. The exact format of each Group event, and promotion and relegation between them, varies according to the number of participating teams. Please check the relevant tie pages for details of that year's competitions.

However, two teams are always promoted from Europe/Africa Group I to that year's World Group II Play-Offs, while one team each go to the World Group II Play-Offs from Americas Group I and Asia/Oceania Zone Group I.

Current structure[link]

This structure has been implemented since 2005.

Ties[link]

In World Group and World Group II, and World Group and World Group II Play-Off ties, each tie is contested in a best of five matches format, and is played across two days. On the first day there are two singles matches, and then the reverse singles matches take place on the following day. The final match is a doubles.

In Zonal Groups I, II and III, ties are played over the best of three matches (two singles and a doubles).

The First Round Ties in the World Group and World Group II are played on a home and away knock-out basis, and take place over a weekend in the early part of the year.

World Group Semifinals and Final are played over on a home and away knock-out basis, and take place over a weekend in July (Semifinals) and September (Final).

Play-Off ties for World Group and World Group II will also be played on a home and away knock-out basis taking place in July.

The choice of ground for First Round, Semifinals and Play-Off ties is decided by lot or goes automatically to one of the competing nations.

As Groups I, II and III are played in a round robin format in all three zones, each event takes place at a single venue over one week. These are held in the first half of the year (to allow promotion of teams to the World Group II Play-Off ties in the second half of the year), and dates and venues are decided by the Fed Cup Committee.

Records and statistics[link]

Team[link]

Country	Years Won	Runners Up
United States	1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2000 (17)	1964, 1965, 1974, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2009, 2010 (11)
Australia	1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974 (7)	1963, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1993 (10)
Czech Republic  Czechoslovakia	1975, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 2011 (6)	1986 (1)
Spain	1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 (5)	1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008 (6)
Russia  Soviet Union	2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 (4)	1988, 1990, 1999, 2001, 2011 (5)
Italy	2006, 2009, 2010 (3)	2007 (1)
Germany  West Germany	1987, 1992 (2)	1966, 1970, 1982, 1983 (4)
France	1997, 2003 (2)	2004, 2005 (2)
South Africa	1972 (1)	1973 (1)
Belgium	2001 (1)	2006 (1)
Slovakia	2002 (1)	(0)
Great Britain	(0)	1967, 1971, 1972, 1981 (4)
Netherlands	(0)	1968, 1997 (2)
Switzerland	(0)	1998 (1)

• Consecutive titles
  • All-time: 7, United States, 1976–1982
• Consecutive finals appearances
  • All-time: 8, Australia, 1973–1980
• Most number of games in a tie
  • All-time: 172, France 4–1 Japan, 1997 World Group first round

Individual[link]

• Youngest player
  • Denise Panagopoulou; Greece; 12 years, 360 days¹
• Oldest player
  • Gill Butterfield; Bermuda; 52 years, 162 days
• Most rubbers played
  • 100, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spain
• Most ties played
  • 61, Anna Smashnova, Israel
  • 61, Tzipora Obziler, Israel
• Most rubbers won
  • Total: 72, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spain
  • Singles: 50, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spain
  • Doubles: 38, Larisa Neiland, Soviet Union/Latvia

¹Players must now be aged 14 and over

Heart Award[link]

It aims to recognise players who have represented their country with distinction, shown exceptional courage on court and demonstrated outstanding commitment to the team during Fed Cup by BNP Paribas.

Year	Winner
2009	Melanie Oudin
Year	World Group SF	WG / WG II play-offs	WG / WG II R1	Americas ZG I	Asia/Oceania ZG I	Europe/Africa ZG I
2010	Francesca Schiavone	Yanina Wickmayer	Jelena Janković	Maria Fernanda Alves	Kimiko Date-Krumm	Katarina Srebotnik
2011	Petra Kvitová	Andrea Petkovic	Bojana Jovanovski	Bianca Botto	Ayumi Morita	Victoria Azarenka
2012			Daniela Hantuchová	Catalina Castaño	Li Na	Sofia Arvidsson

Current rankings[link]

Rank	Nation	Points	Move	Rank	Nation	Points	Move
1	Czech Republic	29,397.5	1	11	Ukraine	3,762.5	1
2	Italy	25,247.5	1	12	Sweden	3,415.0	3
3	Russia	17,025.0		13	Spain	3,362.5	6
4	Serbia	14,117.5	1	14	Switzerland	3,230.0
5	United States	11,472.5	1	15	Argentina	3,085.0	1
6	Japan	6,382.5	6	16	France	2,700.0	3
7	Australia	6,252.5	1	17	Belarus	2,225.0	1
8	Slovakia	6,062.5	3	18	Great Britain	2,160.0	2
9	Belgium	5,260.0	3	19	Colombia	2,067.5	3
10	Germany	3,772.5	1	20	Paraguay	2,020.0	3

Complete rankings as of April 23, 2012

See also[link]

Tennis portal

• List of Fed Cup champions
• International Tennis Federation
• Davis Cup
• Hopman Cup

External links[link]

• Official Fed Cup website
• Fed Cup in Stowe

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Svetlana Kuznetsova
Светла́на Кузнецо́ва

Kuznetsova at the 2009 US Open
Country	Russia
Residence	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Born	(1985-06-27) June 27, 1985 (age 26) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$16,372,146
Singles
Career record	460–208
Career titles	13 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 2 (September 10, 2007)
Current ranking	No. 28 (May 7, 2012)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (2005, 2009)
French Open	W (2009)
Wimbledon	QF (2003, 2005, 2007)
US Open	W (2004)
Other tournaments
Championships	RR (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	216–90
Career titles	15 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 3 (June 7, 2004)
Current ranking	No. 31 (May 7, 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2005, 2012)
French Open	F (2004)
Wimbledon	F (2005)
US Open	F (2003, 2004)
Other Doubles tournaments
WTA Championships	SF (2003, 2004)
Olympic Games	QF (2008)
Last updated on: April 40, 2012.

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ( Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Кузнецо́ва (help·info)); born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of May 7, 2012 ranked No. 28 in the WTA singles and No. 31 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in seven doubles finals, winning twice. She has qualified five times for the round-robin stage of the WTA Tour Championships but has never qualified for the semifinals.

Her first Grand Slam title came at the 2004 US Open, making her the third Russian woman to win a Grand Slam title, after Anastasia Myskina and Maria Sharapova who won at the 2004 French Open and 2004 Wimbledon tournaments respectively. Kuznetzova's second Grand Slam title was the 2009 French Open, defeating Serena Williams in the quarterfinal, Samantha Stosur in the semifinal, and compatriot Dinara Safina in the final in straight sets. At the 2006 French Open and the 2007 US Open singles tournament she was the runner-up, both times to Belgian player Justine Henin. As a result, Kuznetsova obtained her new WTA ranking of No. 2, her best to that date. Kuznetsova has won a total of 13 WTA and 1 ITF singles titles and 15 WTA doubles titles to date and US$16,372,146 in prize money, making her the second top Russian earner on court and number 11 of all female tennis players to date and No. 5 of active players, after only Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Kim Clijsters, and Maria Sharapova respectively.

Early life[link]

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova was born in Leningrad. Her father, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, has coached five Olympic and world cycling champions. Kuznetsova's mother, Galina Tsareva, is a six-time world champion and holder of 20 world records in cycling, and her brother, Nikolay Kuznetsov, was a silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and coach of the Russian cycling team Lokomotiv. Svetlana Kuznetsova began to play tennis at the age of seven, and moved to Spain six years later for better training and coaching. While there, she became fluent in Spanish.^[2][3]

Career[link]

2000: ITF Junior Career[link]

Kuznetsova debuted in her first International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Mallorca on January 31. In the first round, she defeated Katia Altilia from Italy in two straight sets, 6–0, 6–4. However, she lost in the quarter final to Oana–Elena Golimbioschi, 7–5, 6–1.^[4] Her next appearance was in Talence in April. She defeated Aurore Desertin in the first round, but lost in the second round to Berengere Karpenschif, both from France.^[4] In Minsk, Belarus, in a tournament using the short sets scoring system, she reached the quarter final, after defeating the unranked Vera Zvonareva in the first round in four sets, 5–3, 4–2, 4–5(4), 4–2, and Daria Panova in three sets, 5–3, 4–2, 4–1 in the second round. In the quarter final, she lost to 574th ranked Elena Voropaeva in four sets, 5–4(5), 5–4(4), 4–2, after losing two tie breaks in the two earlier sets.^[4] However, Kuznetsova was ranked in the top 900, receiving her first ranking below 889. She moved to Mallorca again and joined the Mallorca 3 tournament. Kuznetsova lost in the first round to Dinara Safina after winning the first set, 4–5(0), 4–1, 4–1, 4–0.^[4] Subsequently, she moved down to 891. Her last tournament this year was again in Mallorca, but now played in a minimum of four sets. In the Round of 32, she defeated Silvia Disderi, 4–2, 4–1, 3–5, 3–5, 4–2. However, she fell to 8th seeded Mihaela Moldovan in the last round, 4–2, 0–4, 5–4(5), 4–2.^[4] She ended the season ranked 889.^[5]

2001–2002[link]

Kuznetsova began playing in tournaments on the ITF Circuit in 2000, winning her first title on the circuit in April 2001.^[4] Her first appearances in the main draws of tournaments on the main WTA Tour were at the Madrid Open in May of that year and at the Waikoloa Championships in Waikoloa, Hawaii, losing in the second round on both occasions. She finished the year 2001 ranked 259.^[5]

Kuznetsova made her debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam at the 2002 Australian Open, where, as a qualifier, she reached the second round before losing to 16th seed Iroda Tulyaganova.^[6] However, she lost in the qualifying rounds of both the French Open and Wimbledon.^[4]

As a qualifier at the clay-court Nordea Nordic Light Open in Helsinki, Finland in August, Kuznetsova won her first WTA singles title, defeating World No. 24 Patty Schnyder in the quarterfinals for her first win over a top 40 player,^[4] before defeating Denisa Chládková in the final.^[7] Kuznetsova entered the top 100 for the first time as a result of that victory.^[4] Kuznetsova qualified for the US Open, defeating 19th seed Anne Kremer in the first round for her first win over a top 20 player,^[4] before losing in the third round to 13th seed Silvia Farina Elia.^[8] In September, Kuznetsova won her second title at the hard court Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia,^[4] defeating former Grand Slam champions Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Conchita Martínez.^[9] Also during 2002, she teamed up with Sánchez Vicario to win the first WTA doubles titles of her career, in Sopot, Poland, Helsinki and Kōtō, Japan.^[4] Kuznetsova finished the season as World No. 43 in singles.^[5]

2003[link]

Kuznetsova began her season at the Brisbane International. She received a wild card, but fell in the first round in the singles to Elena Bovina, 7–5, 6–4. At the doubles competition, she paired with Martina Navratilova, with whom she would later play throughout the year (except on the Pacific Life Open, partnered with Slovak Janette Husárová), and won against Nathalie Dechy and Emilie Loit in straight sets, 6–4, 6–4.^[10] In the Australian Open, she lost to second seed Venus Williams in the first round, 4–6, 2–6. With Navratilova, they lost against ninth seed Daniela Hantuchová/Chanda Rubin in the third round, 4–6, 6–3, 5–7.^[11] In the singles event of the Dubai Tennis Championships in February, Kuznetsova managed the first round against 6th seeded Francesca Schiavone, but was beaten by Dinara Safina in the second round, 6–4, 6–3, and in the doubles event the first round, before being beaten by runner-ups María Vento-Kabchi and Angelique Widjaja.^[12] She did not reach the quarterfinals of any tournaments during the first half of the year.^[4] Kuznetsova's win over World No. 11 Anastasia Myskina in the second round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California was her first over a top-10 player this year.^[13]

In the first round of the French Open, Kuznetsova lost to Meghann Shaughnessy 3–6, 7–5, 11–9.^[14] Kuznetsova's came at Wimbledon, where in the fourth round, she defeated Maria Sharapova to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, losing to third seed Justine Henin. At the doubles, they were defeated by Kim Clijsters and partner Ai Sugiyama.^[15] She then made her first semifinal of the year at the Acura Classic in San Diego^[4] before losing to Henin.^[16] At the US Open singles tournament, Kuznetsova lost in the third round to top seed Kim Clijsters. However, at the doubles competition, she again partnered with Navratilova, but was beaten by Paola Suárez and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6–2 6–3.^[17] She joined the Sparkassen Cup, losing to fifth seeded Daniela Hantuchová in the first round. Kuznetsova won the doubles title against Elena Likhovtseva and Nadia Petrova, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3.^[18] In the doubles competition at the Ladies Kremlin Cup, they reached the semifinals before losing to Russian couple and runner-ups Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva 6–7, 6–2, 6–4.^[19] Her last appearance this year was at the Tour Championships.^[4] In the first round, they lost to champions Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez, 6–4, 6–4.^[20] She finished the season as World No. 36.^[5]

2004[link]

Kuznetsova reached the third round of the singles competition at the Australian Open before losing to top seed Justine Henin. She reached her second Grand Slam doubles final^[4] with new partner Elena Likhovtseva before losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.^[21] Several weeks later, playing singles at Dubai, Kuznetsova defeated former World No. 1 Venus Williams 6–2, 6–3 in the quarterfinals before defeating World No. 8 Ai Sugiyama in the semifinals for her first win over a top 10 player.^[4] Kuznetsova lost to World No. 1 Henin.^[22] The following week, Kuznetsova defeated Henin for the first time in the semifinals of the Qatar Total Open in Doha, Qatar, before losing in the final to Myskina in three sets,^[23] pushing her into the top 20 for the first time.^[4] In April, Kuznetsova reached her third singles final^[4] of the year at the start of the clay-court season at the J&S Cup in Warsaw, losing there to Venus Williams in the final.^[24] Kuznetsova had climbed to No. 11 by the time of the French Open.^[4] There, she reached the fourth round before losing to champion Myskina 1–6, 6–4, 8–6, after holding a match point in the third. In doubles Kuznetsova and Likhovtseva reached the final, losing to Suarez and Ruano Pascual.^[25] Following the French Open, Kuznetsova climbed to career-highs of World No. 9 in the singles rankings, her first time in the top ten, and World No. 3 in the doubles rankings.^[4] Kuznetsova won her third title at the Hastings Direct International Championships in Eastbourne, defeating Hantuchová in the final.^[26] At Wimbledon itself, Kuznetsova suffered a first-round loss to 118–ranked Virginie Razzano.^[15]

Representing Russia at the Olympics in August, Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals before losing to silver-medallist Amélie Mauresmo.^[27] She went into the US Open seeded ninth. There, she defeated 14th seed Petrova in the quarterfinals, and in her first Grand Slam semifinal, defeated fifth seed and former champion Davenport 1–6, 6–4, 6–2, ending the American's 22-match winning streak.^[28] In the final, Kuznetsova defeated sixth seed Dementieva 6–3, 7–5. Kuznetsova was the first female Russian to win the US Open and the third to win any Grand Slam singles title, following the successes of Myskina and Maria Sharapova earlier in the year. Meanwhile, Kuznetsova teamed with Likhovtseva to reach the final of the doubles tournament before losing there to Suarez and Ruano Pascual, marking Kuznetsova's fourth consecutive defeat to the pair in Grand Slams.^[4][29] Kuznetsova continued her success by winning the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia defeating Marlene Weingärtner in the final.^[30] This increased her ranking to a new high of World No. 5.^[4] The following week, at the China Open in Beijing, Kuznetsova defeated Wimbledon champion Sharapova in the semifinals 6–2, 6–2 to extend her winning streak to 14 matches.^[4] However, she lost in the final to Serena Williams.^[31] Making her debut at the season-ending WTA Championships in Los Angeles, Kuznetsova lost two of three matches in the preliminary round-robin stage and exited before the semifinals.^[32] Kuznetsova finished the season as World No. 5.^[5]

2005[link]

Kuznetsova began the year by reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, losing to fourth seed Sharapova in three. Kuznetsova teamed with Molik to win her first Grand Slam doubles title,^[4] defeating Davenport and Corina Morariu.^[33] In the first round she received a bye at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, but she was defeated by runner-up Lindsay Davenport in the semfinal, 6–1 7–6.^[34] Kuznetsova did not reach any finals during the spring hard-court season,^[4] with defeats including one to World No. 97 Sania Mirza in the first round at Dubai.^[35] She received a bye at the Pacific Life Open and reached the quarterfinal. There, she lost to Elena Dementieva, 3–6 6–3 7–5.^[36] She joined the next event, the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami, and succeeded to the 4th Round after receiving a bye in the 1st Round. However, there she was defeated by Ana Ivanović, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5.^[37]

She made her first final of the year at the J&S Cup in Warsaw, defeating former World No. 1 Clijsters in the semis. In the final, Kuznetsova lost to Henin.^[38] At the French Open, Kuznetsova lost again to champion Henin in the fourth round 7–6, 4–6, 7–5, having saved a match point in the third set.^[39] Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals of for her second time before losing to top seed Davenport. However, she teamed up with Mauresmo to reach her sixth Grand Slam doubles final, losing there to Cara Black and Liezel Huber.^[40]

At the US Open, she lost to World No. 97 Ekaterina Bychkova in the first round, becoming the first female defending US Open champion to lose in the first round.^[41] This defeat dropped her out of the top ten.^[4] She defeated Zvonareva in the quarterfinal of the Kremlin Cup but was beaten by Francesca Schiavone in the semifinal, 6–3, 6–1.^[42] At the $1,300,000 Zurich Open Kuznetsova lost in the first round to the unseeded Nathalie Dechy, 6–4 4–6 7–6.^[43] She finished the year ranked World No. 18.^[5]

2006[link]

Kuznetsova at the Zurich Open, 2006

Kuznetsova started her season this year in the Australian Open and reached the fourth round before losing there to top seed Davenport.^[44] Several weeks later, Kuznetsova rebounded at Dubai, defeating World No. 2 Mauresmo in the quarterfinals for her first win over a top ten player since 2004.^[4] She then lost to Henin in the semifinals.^[45] In March, Kuznetsova defeated former World No. 1 Martina Hingis in the third round of the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami, before going on to defeat World No. 1 Mauresmo 6–1, 6–4 in the semifinals. In the final, she defeated Sharapova to win the first Tier I title of her career and her first singles title of any kind in 18 months.^[46] This win returned her to the top ten.^[4]

Kuznetsova reached her second final of the year at the clay-court J&S Cup in Warsaw, defeating Williams en route. In the final, she lost to World No. 2 Clijsters,^[47] marking third consecutive runner-up finish.^[4] At the French Open, Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals for the first time, where she defeated 14th seed Safina. In the semifinals, she defeated 17 year old Czech Nicole Vaidišová 5–7, 7–6 (5), 6–2 after saving a match point. In her second Grand Slam final, Kuznetsova lost to Henin 6–4, 6–4.^[48] Kuznetsova reached only the third round at Wimbledon, losing to 27th seed Li Na, 3–6 6–2 6–3.^[49]

At the US Open Kuznetsova lost in the fourth round to 19th seed Jelena Janković, 6–7 6–3 6–2.^[50] In September, Kuznetsova won her second title of the year at the $225,000 donated tournament Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, defeating Davenport in the semifinals and Marion Bartoli in the final.^[51] The following week, she won the China Open in Beijing, after defeating World No. 1 Mauresmo 6–4, 6–0 in the final.^[52] This marked the first time Kuznetsova had won back-to-back tournaments.^[4]

Competing at the season-ending WTA Championships for the second time in Madrid, Kuznetsova again failed to advance past the preliminary round-robin stage, winning just one of three matches.^[53] She finished the season as World No. 4.^[5]

2007[link]

Kuznetsova began the year by losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open to 16th seed Pe'er.^[54] She rebounded to reach her first final of the year in February at the Qatar Total Open in Doha Qatar, losing there to Henin in two sets, 6–4, 7–5.^[55] She then made the final of the Tier I Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells, but then lost to Hantuchová.^[56] Reaching the final improved her ranking to third, a career high.^[4]

Kuznetsova continued on form during the clay-courts season. At the J&S Cup in Warsaw, she defeated V. Williams for the first time in her career in the quarterfinals before losing to Alona Bondarenko in the semifinals.^[57] She made the final of another Tier I tournament, at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, after defeating World No. 1 Henin for only the second time in the semifinals.^[4] In the final, Kuznetsova lost to Ana Ivanović.^[58] The following week, Kuznetsova reached the final of the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, losing there to Janković.^[59] As the third seed at the French Open, Kuznetsova advanced to the quarterfinals without dropping a set but lost there to runner-up Ivanović 6–0, 3–6, 6–1.^[60] Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the third time in July, but lost there to champion Venus Williams 6–3, 6–4.^[61]

In August, Kuznetsova won her first title of the year at the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, after three of her opponents retired due to injury or illness, including her finals opponent Ágnes Szávay.^[62] At the US Open, Kuznetsova defeated sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze in the semifinals to advance to her third Grand Slam final. She lost to Henin 6–1, 6–3.^[63] As a result of this run, Kuznetsova reached World No. 2.^[4]

At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, Kuznetsova recorded her first career win over Serena Williams before losing in the semifinals to Tatiana Golovin.^[64] The following week, she lost to Serena Williams in the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup.^[65] Kuznetsova completed the year by competing at the year-ending Championships in Madrid, but once again failed to progress beyond the preliminary round-robin stage, losing all three matches.^[66] She finished the season as World No. 2 and as the highest-ranked Russian player for the first time.^[5]

2008[link]

Kuznetsova at Suzuki Warsaw Masters 2008

Kuznetsova began the season by reaching the final at the Medibank International in Sydney, losing there to World No. 1 Henin in the final set.^[67] At the Australian Open, Kuznetsova was seeded second, but fell in the third round to 29th seed Agnieszka Radwańska.^[68] Kuznetsova made her second final of the season in Dubai, defeating former World No. 1 Mauresmo in the quarterfinals and World No. 4 Janković in the semifinals. However, in the final, Kuznetsova lost to Elena Dementieva.^[69] At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in March, Kuznetsova defeated Radwańska in the quarterfinals before defeating Australian Open champion Sharapova in the semifinals. In the final, Kuznetsova lost to top-seeded Ivanović, 4–6, 3–6.^[70] This marked her eighth defeat in her nine most recent appearances in finals.^[4] At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open the next fortnight, Kuznetsova defeated Venus Williams in the quarterfinals but then lost to Serena Williams 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 in the semifinals.^[71]

Kuznetsova's form dipped following the conclusion of the spring hard-court season, as she won just three of five matches on clay leading up to the French Open.^[4] She advanced to the semifinals without dropping a set, but then lost to Safina 6–3, 6–2.^[72] At Wimbledon, Kuznetsova lost in the fourth round to Radwańska 6–4, 1–6, 7–5, after leading by a break in the third set.^[73]

In the summer, she competed at the Beijing Olympics, losing to Li Na in the first round.^[4] In the US Open she fell to Katarina Srebotnik in the third round in three sets, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3.^[74] After the latter loss, she dropped out of the top five on the world rankings for the first time in two years.^[4] The following week, Kuznetsova made her first final since March at the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, defeating World No. 2 Janković in the quarterfinals before going on to lose to Safina 6–1, 6–3 in the final.^[75] The following week, Kuznetsova reached the final at the China Open in Beijing, but lost there to Janković 6–3, 6–2.^[76] This marked Kuznetsova's 10 defeat in her last 11 finals.^[4]

She mirrored her earlier performance at the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha, Qatar, losing all three of her matches.^[77] Kuznetsova finished the year ranked World No. 8, the only woman in the top ten not to have won a title that year.^[5]

2009[link]

At the Australian Open, Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals for the second time in her career,^[4] but lost there to champion Serena Williams 5–7, 7–5, 6–1, after approaching with two points of winning in the second set.^[78] After that, Kuznetsova did not win another match for nearly two months.^[4] She broke the losing streak at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, reaching the semifinals before losing there to Victoria Azarenka.^[79]

Kuznetsova at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships

At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Kuznetsova defeated World No. 3 Dementieva 6–4, 6–2 in the semfinals to reach her first final that year. There, she defeated World No. 1 Safina 6–4, 6–3^[80] to win her first singles title since August 2007.^[4] The following week, Kuznetsova also reached the final at the Premier 5 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, having defeated World No. 4 Janković en route. She lost the championship to Safina 6–3, 6–2.^[81] In the semifinals of the French Open, Kuznetsova defeated Samantha Stosur to reach her fourth Grand Slam final, where she defeated top seed Safina 6–4, 6–2 to win her second Grand Slam title.^[82] At Wimbledon, Kuznetsova fell in the third round to unseeded German Sabine Lisicki.^[83]

She pulled out of the LA Women's Tennis Championships, citing a foot injury.^[84] Her next event was the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, where she felled to Clijsters in the third round, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2.^[85] She then played in the Rogers Cup and fell to Stosur in the second round.^[86] She received a wild card entrance to the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mauresmo.^[4] At the US Open she won in straight set wins over Gorges, Sevatsova, and Peer, but lost against Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round.^[87] At the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, seeded fifth, she lost to Andrea Petkovic.^[88]

The week later, she played at China Open as the sixth seed. She advanced to the final beating Petrova in the semifinal and then faced Agnieszka Radwańska in the final, winning 6–2, 6–4.^[89] Soon after, she played at the WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar. She entered the Maroon group along with Dementieva, Serena Williams and Venus Williams. She lost both her matches against the Williams Sisters 6–7, 5–7 against Serena despite having 2 set points in the first set, and 2–6, 7–6, 4–6 against Venus. She, however, defeated Dementieva, breaking her 8–match losing streak at the Championships.^[90] Kuznetsova ended the year ranked No. 3.^[5]

2010[link]

Kuznetsova began the year at the Medibank International Sydney. She defeated Alisa Kleybanova in the first round before falling to Dominika Cibulková in the second round.^[91] Kuznetsova was seeded 3rd for the Australian Open. She advanced to the 4th round, losing 3–6, 6–3, 1–6, to No. 19 Petrova.^[92] Following the tournament, Kuznetsova fell to World No. 4.^[4] Kuznetsova was seeded 2nd for the Dubai Tennis Championships but fell in a 3rd round upset to qualifier and World No. 99 Regina Kulikova 7–5, 6–7, 4–6.^[93] At the Billie Jean King Cup, Kuznetsova lost her match 6–4 to Williams.^[94] As the top seed due to Serena Williams and Safina's withdrawal at the BNP Paribas Open she was upset by Carla Suárez Navarro, 4–6 6–4 1–6 in the second round after receiving a first round bye.^[95] Kuznetsova was seeded No. 1 once again at the Sony Ericsson Open and after receiving a bye in the first round, managed to prevent another upset by defeating Peng Shuai in the second round 6–2, 3–6, 6–4. She then defeated 27th seed Ágnes Szávay 6–2, 6–3 to book a fourth round encounter with 13th seed Bartoli, losing to the French No. 1 6–3, 6–0 in the quarterfinal.^[96]

Kuznetsova was the defending champion at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, but fell to Li Na in the second round, 6–3 7–5, after defeating Srebotnik.^[97] At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where she had reached the final the year before, she lost in the second round to Maria Kirilenko 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, after receiving a first round bye.^[98] As the defending champion at the French Open, Kuznetsova was the 6th seed. She defeated Sorana Cîrstea 6–3, 6–1 in the first round and faced Petkovic in the second round, whom she defeated 4–6, 7–5, 6–4. In the third round she lost to 30th seeded Kirilenko, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6.^[99] Kuznetsova advanced to the quarterfinals of the AEGON International, losing to Ekaterina Makarova.^[100] Kuznetsova was seeded 19th at the Wimbledon. She defeated Akgul Amanmuradova in the first round, 6–2 6–7 6–4, before falling to Anastasia Rodionova in the second round, 6–4 2–6 6–4.^[101]

Kuznetsova rallied by winning the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego. She defeated Yanina Wickmayer, Sara Errani, Coco Vandeweghe, and Flavia Pennetta in route to the final where she won in three sets against Agnieszka Radwańska.^[102] She then played at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati in a losing effort to Sharapova 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 in the first round.^[103] At the Rogers Cup, Kuznetsova defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7–5, 4–6, 6–1, Timea Bacsinszky 7–6, 6–4, 7th seed Radwańska 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 and Zheng Jie 6–1, 6–3 before falling to Wozniacki in the semifinals.^[104] Kuznetsova was seeded 11th at the US Open. She defeated Kimiko Date-Krumm, Anastasija Sevastova, and 23rd seed Kirilenko before falling in the 4th round to unseeded Cibulková.^[105] Kuznetsova was the 10th seed at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, but fell to Petkovic in the second round.^[106]

As the defending champion, Kuznetsova fell in the first round of the Premier tournament China Open to Roberta Vinci.^[107] She finished the year ranked World No. 27, her lowest since 2003.^[5]

2011[link]

Svetlana Kuznetsova at Roland Garros

Kuznetsova's first tournament of 2011 was the ASB Classic Open in Auckland, New Zealand where she was the third seed. She fell to Peng Shuai in the second, although initially up a set.^[108] She then headed to Sydney for the Medibank International Sydney where she lost in the quarterfinals to eight-seeded Li.^[109] Kuznetsova was seeded 23rd at the Australian Open where she lost in the fourth round to No. 6 seed Schiavone, squandering six match points.^[110] The match was the longest recorded women's Grand Slam match in the Open Era, with a final scoreline of 6–4, 1–6, 16–14. It was the second-longest women's match in the Open Era at any tournament.^[111] Her next tournament was the Dubai Tennis Championships. The 16th seed set up a date in the final with Caroline Wozniacki by beating Flavia Pennetta in the semifinal, 6–4, 6–4. However, Kuznetsova was defeated by the top-seed, 1–6, 3–6. In doubles, she teamed up with Vera Zvonareva, and in the semifinal the pair disrupted the match between 2nd seed Liezel Huber and María José Martínez Sánchez due to a right elbow injury Zvonareva had received before. Subsequently Huber/Sanchez received a walkover.^[112] She lost in the Qatar Ladies Open tournament against 8th seed Shahar Pe'er in the first round, 2–6, 4–6.^[113] As an 11th seed, Kuznetsova received a bye in the 2nd Round at the BNP Paribas Open, but were defeated by wildcard Christina McHale, 6–7, 6–7. At the doubles event, Kuznetsova teamed up with Vera Zvonareva. They received a wildcard in the first round, but were defeated by 4th seed King/Shvedova, 2–6, 3–6.^[114] In the singles tournament of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Svetlana Kuznetsova was 11th-seeded. Alike in the prior tournament, seeded players starts in the second round. There, Simona Halep was her opponent, who she beat in two sets, 6–0, 6–4. Her next opponent was Peng Shuai, whom she has lost 3–6, 1–6. At the doubles tournament, again with Zvonareva and a wildcard entry, they defeated Alexandra Dulgheru and Magdaléna Rybáriková in the first round, 6–4, 6–2. In the second round they lost against María José Martínez Sánchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues 1–6, 4–6.^[115]

She was seeded second at the 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience after receiving a wildcard. She succeeded to move to the semifinal where she lost against qualifier Irina-Camelia Begu 6–3, 6–7, 4–6.^[116] She failed to succeed into the second round in both the Madrid Open and Internationali BNL d'Italia, against Dominika Cibulková in the former and against Gréta Arn in the latter tournament. In Madrid she partnered with Zvonareva and received a wildcard. They moved into the second round, but lost against King/Shvedova.^[117] Kuznetsova was seeded 13th at the French Open singles event where she lost against Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinal, her first in a Grand Slam tournament since 2009 6–7, 4–6. At the doubles event she paired with Zvonareva and defeated unseeded Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska from Poland. They lost against third seeds King/Shvedova, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3.^[118] She lost against Dominika Cibulková in the quarterfinal of the UNICEF Open.^[119] At the Wimbledon singles tournament she defeated Zhang Shuai and Alexandra Dulgheru, but lost against Yanina Wickmayer.^[120]

Kuznetsova was the defending champion on the Mercury Insurance Open, but withdrew due to a groin strain.^[121] She recovered fast from the injury and entered the Rogers Cup, but lost to Simona Halep in the first round.^[122] As an 14th-seed, she succeeded into the 3rd of the Western & Southern Open, but was beaten by eventual champion Maria Sharapova.^[123] Kuznetsova reached the fourth round of the US Open, until losing to top-seeded Wozniacki.^[124]

2012[link]

Kuznetsova began her season at ASB Classic, where she reached the semifinal.^[125] At the Australian Open, she was defeated in the third round of the singles event by German Sabine Lisicki; in contrast, she partnered with Vera Zvonareva as in the last season, and won against Errani/Vinci in the final,^[126] her best doubles result since 2009.^[4]

Fed Cup participation[link]

Kuznetsova joined team Russia in 2004 in the doubles and singles competition. Her teammates were Myskina and Zvonareva in singles and Likhovtseva (with Kuznetsova) in doubles. They competed against Australia in the first round in the Luzhniki Stadium in an indoor carpet court. Kuznetsova defeated Molik 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 and Molik/Rennae Stubbs 6–7, 6–3, 6–2. The end result was 4–1 for Russia; Myskina lost to Molik 3–6, 3–6.^[127] In the quarterfinal they faced Argentina in Buenos Aires. Kuznetsova lost to Gisela Dulko, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6. In the doubles she defeated Dulko and partner Patricia Tarabini 6–2, 5–7, 6–4. The final score was the same as in the first round, 4–1.^[128] In the semifinal they faced Austria. Again in Moscow, Kuznetsova defeated Yvonne Meusburger, Daniela Kix and Meusburger and Patricia Wartusch all in straight sets 6–1, 6–1; 6–1, 6–1; 6–2, 6–2. The final stand was a straight 5–0.^[129] In the final they faced France only 3 days after the semifinal. Kuznetsova beat Dechy, but lost to Tatiana Golovin, 4–6, 1–6.^[130] Russia won the final 3–2 for its first Fed Cup victory.^[131]

Kuznetsova did not participate in the next two years. She rejoined in 2007 and defeated Spain's Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the quarterfinal.^[132] She was elected in the final that year. There, she won against Mara Santangelo and Schiavone from Italy. Russia again won that year's Cup.^[133]

The next year she again participated. She played against the United States, defeating then-282nd-ranked Ahsha Rolle in the semifinal, 6–2, 6–1. By contrast, Kuznetsova lost the doubles competition with partner Elena Vesnina, beaten by Liezel Huber and Vania King. In the end, Russia defeated the US 3–2.^[134] In the final, Russia defeated Spain as it had the prior year. Kuznetsova won against Carla Suárez Navarro and Garrigues, 6–3, 6–1 and 5–7, 6–3, 6–4. Team Russia won the 2008 Fed Cup with a straight defeat, 4–0.^[134]

In 2009 Kuznetsova joined the group again. She played against China in the quarterfinal and won in the singles over opponent Zi Yan, and in the doubles, together with Dementieva, over Tian-Tian Sun and Zi Yan, after losing the first set. Russia won against China in a straight 5–0 final scoreline.^[135] Russia lost to Italy in the semifinal. Kuznetsova was the only winner, defeating Pennetta, 6–0, 6–3.^[136]

At the 57th Fed Cup, Russia lost against Serbia in the quarterfinal 3–2.^[137] There, Kuznetsova won two of three matches, beating Ivanović, 6–1, 6–4, and Ivanović and Janković in doubles, with partner Kleybanova, with the same scoreline. She lost to Janković, 3–6 6–4 3–6.

Kuznetsova joined the Russian team in 2011. In the first round they faced France, February 5 through February 6. In the first round, Kuznetsova was defeated by Alizé Cornet, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, but defeated Virginie Razzano a day later, 6–4, 6–4. She teamed up with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and defeated Cornet/Julie Coin, 7–6, 6–0 in the doubles.^[138] Russia became just the fourth nation to come back from 0–2 down in a Fed Cup tie since the best-of-five-match format was introduced to the World Group in 1995.^[139] Russia defeated Italy in the semifinal in 5–0. There, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Roberta Vinci, 6–2, 6–7, 6–1.^[140] Russia succeeded, the first time since 2008, in a final in the Fed Cup. They will play against Czech Republic, who defeated Belgium in 3–2.^[141]

Off-Court[link]

Coaches[link]

Kuznetsova underwent coaching at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Spain and was coached by club president Emilio Sánchez under the direction of Emilio Sánchez Vicario and Sergio Casal.^[142] But her major coaching relationship was with Stefan Ortega who was a regular face in her player's box and helped advance her game.^[142]

After a series of dismal finals' results Kuznetsova's ended her relationship with the Sanchez-Casal academy and moved to Moscow on the advice of Roger Federer and started training with experienced Russian coach Olga Morozova.^[143] They ended that relationship after the BNP Paribas Open in March 2009, after which Kuznetsova was without a coach.^[144] As of May 2009 her coach was former Russian tennis player and Fed Cup coach Larisa Neiland.^[145] She was coached for a short period by Loic Courteau after trying unsuccessfully to convince Mauresmo to coach her.^[146] Her next coach was for a short time the former Spanish tennis player Carlos Cuadrado, until he was replaced with her former coach Neiland.^[2][147]

Appearances in video games[link]

Svetlana Kuznetsova appeared in video games Top Spin 3,^[148]Virtua Tennis 2009^[149] and Virtua Tennis 4 as a playable character.^[150]

Playing style[link]

Svetlana Kuznetsova is an all-round player.^[151] She is noted for her great speed on court and her strong forehand with lot of topspin.^[152] She is capable of producing effective volley winners providing an agile touch.^[151] However, she is known for her unpredictability and inconsistency.^[153][154]

Career statistics[link]

Grand Slam finals[link]

Singles[link]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2004	US Open	Hard	Elena Dementieva	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	2006	French Open	Clay	Justine Henin	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2007	US Open	Hard	Justine Henin	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2009	French Open	Clay	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–2

Doubles[link]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2003	US Open	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	French Open	Clay	Elena Likhovtseva	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2004	US Open	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2005	Australian Open	Hard	Alicia Molik	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Amélie Mauresmo	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2012	Australian Open	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	5–7, 6–4, 6–3