Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Runner-up at Auckland (d. No.6 seed Vaidisova and No.2 seed Wozniacki en route to first Tour singles final, falling to top seed Dementieva; win over world No.12 Wozniacki was seventh Top 20 win); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Coin in 3s).

FEBRUARY - Reached QF at Dubai (as qualifier, d. No.7 seed Kuznetsova en route, falling to No.16 seed Kanepi; win over world No.7 Kuznetsova was first Top 10 win).

MARCH - Reached 3r at Indian Wells (d. No.32 seed Cirstea en route; l. to No.8 seed Azarenka); fell in Miami qualifying.

APRIL - Reached SF at Ponte Vedra Beach (d. No.6 seed Peng and No.3 seed Cibulkova en route, falling to No.2 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki 26 63 76(4); held 4mp - 2mp at 5-3 and 2mp at 6-5 third set; win over world No.16 Cibulkova was ninth Top 20 win); reached QF at Charleston (d. No.8 seed Schnyder en route, falling to No.16 seed and eventual champion Lisicki; win over world No.17 Schnyder was 10th Top 20 win).

MAY - Reached 2r at Rome (l. to No.14 seed Zheng in 3s); reached 3r at Madrid (as qualifier, d. No.13 seed Cornet en route, falling to No.4 seed Jankovic; win over world No.15 Cornet was 11th Top 20 win); fell 1r at Strasbourg (as No.6 seed, l. to Coin); reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. to No.29 seed Szavay).

JUNE - Fell 1r at 's-Hertogenbosch (as No.8 seed, l. to Barrois); reached 4r at Wimbledon (d. No.14 seed Cibulkova en route, falling to No.4 seed Dementieva; win over world No.13 Cibulkova was 12th Top 20 win).

JULY - Did not play.

AUGUST - Reached 2r at Los Angeles (l. to No.14 seed Zheng in 3s); fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. to Chakvetadze); fell 1r at Toronto (l. to Zheng); runner-up at New Haven (d. No.9 seed Stosur and No.8 seed Mauresmo en route, falling to No.2 seed Wozniacki in final; wins over world No.15 Stosur and world No.18 Mauresmo were 13th and 14th Top 20 wins); reached 3r at US Open (as No.31 seed, l. to No.7 seed Zvonareva).

SEPTEMBER - Withdrew from Tashkent w/low adductor strain; reached 3r at Tokyo (ret. vs. No.7 seed Jankovic w/left thigh strain); fell 1r at Beijing (l. to qualifier Czink in 3s).

OCTOBER - Fell 1r at Moscow (as No.6 seed, l. to qualifier Rodina in 3s).

2002 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Egypt.

2003 - Played first Tour qualifying at Moscow and Tashkent; won two singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first Tour main draw at Québec City, falling 1r (as qualifier); fell in Tour qualifying twice; won three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - QF twice, at Tashkent and Québec City; reached 2r twice; fell 1r twice and in Tour qualifying six times (incl. US Open); won one Tour doubles title.

2006 - Breakthrough season; made main draw debuts at all four Grand Slams, best result being 4r at Australian Open (l. to Petrova; first since Zvonareva in 2002 to go that far in Grand Slam debut); QF twice, at Strasbourg and Forest Hills; had first four Top 20 wins at Miami (No.11 Schiavone), Amelia Island (No.19 Pennetta), San Diego (No.16 Groenefeld) and Moscow (No.20 Li; won 62 16 76(11), rallying from 0-5 third set and saving 3mp); made Top 100 debut on January 16 (going into Australian Open; rose from No.102 to No.100) and Top 50 debut on July 24 (rose from No.51 to No.50).

2007 - Second Top 100 season; SF twice, at Forest Hills (l. to Razzano) and Tashkent (l. to Azarenka); was 0-7 in QF prior to those two runs, incl. three QF earlier in season at Gold Coast, Strasbourg and Cincinnati (ret. w/right shoulder tendonitis); best Grand Slam was 3r at Wimbledon; won one Tour doubles title.

2008 - Third straight Top 100 season, highlighted by QF at Hobart (l. to No.2 seed Zvonareva) and 4r finish at Miami (d. No.15 seed Szavay en route; l. to top seed Henin); reached 3r twice, at Australian Open (d. No.32 seed Vakulenko en route; l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Sharapova) and Amelia Island (d. No.5 seed Schnyder en route; l. to Cornet); had two Top 20 wins, at Miami (No.18 Szavay) and Amelia Island (No.12 Schnyder); reached 2r three times, incl. Wimbledon (l. to Rodina) and US Open (l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion S.Williams); fell 1r 12 times, incl. Roland Garros (l. to Lisicki 36 64 60; led 63 31); fell in Tour qualifying twice; reached career-high No.40 on May 19; won third Tour doubles title at Indian Wells (w/Safina); also doubles-only member of Russian Olympic team (w/Zvonareva; reached QF); member of Russian Fed Cup team that d. Israel 4-1 in World Group 1r (went 1-0), USA 3-2 in SF (went 2-0) and Spain 4-0 in final (went 1-0; was second personal Fed Cup title, having been member of 2007 team); withdrew from Tashkent w/illness.

SINGLES
Winner: 2003 - ITF/Balaschika-RUS, ITF/Tbilisi-GEO.
Finalist (2): 2009 - Auckland, New Haven.
Semifinalist (3): 2009 - Ponte Vedra Beach; 2007 - Forest Hills, Tashkent.
Quarterfinalist (10): 2009 - Dubai, Charleston; 2008 - Hobart; 2007 - Gold Coast, Strasbourg, Cincinnati; 2006 - Strasbourg, Forest Hills; 2005 - Tashkent, Québec City.

DOUBLES
Winner (3): 2008 - Indian Wells (w/Safina); 2007 - Hobart (w/Likhovtseva); 2005 - Québec City (w/Rodionova); 2004 - ITF/Marseille-FRA (w/Peer), ITF/Balashikha-RUS (w/Golovoznina), ITF/Tbilisi 2-GEO (w/Kustava); 2003 - ITF/Balaschika-RUS (w/Chemarda), ITF/Bucharest 1-ROU, ITF/Bucharest 2-ROU (both w/Bastrikova).
Finalist (7): 2009 - Roland Garros (w/Azarenka); 2008 - Amelia Island (w/Azarenka), Stanford (w/Zvonareva); 2007 - Antwerp, Warsaw (both w/Likhovtseva); 2006 - Bangalore (w/Rodionova), Beijing (w/Chakvetadze).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2006-08; Russian Olympic Team, 2008.

Coached by former ATP player Andrei Chesnokov; formerly coached by Sergej Vesnin (father) and Boris Konujushkov ... Introduced to tennis by mother Irina at age 7, and began playing at sport school in Sochi (first coach was Jurij Vasiljevich, who also coached Sharapova) ... Mother is a teacher; brother, Dmitriy, also plays tennis and is a student ... Admires Hingis ... Favorite surfaces are clay, hard ... Other sports interests are soccer, basketball, ice hockey ... Enjoys reading, shopping, going to movies, listening to music, dancing, going out to the sea with friends, travelling ... Favorite types of music are rap, pop and R&B; favorite artists are Maroon 5 and 50 Cent ... Favorite movie is Men In Black; favorite actors are Will Smith, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt ... Favorite cities are Rome and Sochi, because "they are the two most beautiful and warmest cities in the world".

Official Website: www.elena-vesnina.com