Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached QF at Sydney (as No.5 seed, withdrew prior to match vs. Sugiyama w/abdominal strain); reached QF at Australian Open (as No.8 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion S.Williams in 3s).

FEBRUARY - Went 2-0 in Russia's 5-0 Fed Cup World Group 1r win over China; dropped opener at Dubai (as No.7 seed w/1r bye, l. to qualifier Vesnina in 3s in 2r).

MARCH - Dropped opener at Indian Wells (as No.6 seed w/1r bye, l. to WC U.Radwanska in 3s in 2r); reached SF at Miami (as No.8 seed, l. to No.11 seed and eventual champion Azarenka 75 third set); won 14th Tour doubles title at Miami (w/Mauresmo).

APRIL - Went 1-1 in Russia's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group SF loss to Italy; won 10th Tour singles title at Stuttgart (as No.5 seed, d. No.2 seed Dementieva in SF and top seed Safina in final; win over Safina was fifth win over a reigning world No.1).

MAY - Runner-up at Rome (as No.7 seed, d. No.3 seed Jankovic and No.6 seed Azarenka en route to final; l. to top seed Safina); dropped opener at Madrid (as No.6 seed w/1r bye, l. to A.Bondarenko in 2r); won second Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros (as No.7 seed, d. No.2 seed S.Williams in QF and top seed Safina in final; now 2-2 in Grand Slam singles finals; win over Safina was sixth win over a reigning world No.1).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Eastbourne (as No.2 seed, l. to Wozniak); reached 3r at Wimbledon (as No.5 seed, l. to Lisicki).

JULY - Did not play.

AUGUST - Withdrew from Los Angeles w/left foot injury; reached 3r at Cincinnati (as No.6 seed, l. to WC Clijsters in 3s); dropped opener at Toronto (as No.6 seed w/1r bye, l. to Stosur in 2r); reached QF at New Haven (as top seed, l. to No.8 seed Mauresmo in 3s); reached 4r at US Open (as No.6 seed, l. to No.9 seed Wozniacki 76 third set).

SEPTEMBER - Dropped opener at Tokyo (as No.5 seed w/1r bye, l. to qualifier Petkovic in 3s in 2r); won 12th Tour singles title at Beijing (as No.6 seed, d. No.12 seed A.Radwanska in final).

OCTOBER - Fell in RR stage at Tour Championships (as No.3 seed, went 1-2 in RR stage and did not qualify for SF).

2000 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Played first two Tour main draws, reaching 2r at Madrid (as qualifier; saved 11mp to d. Ruano Pascual in 1r; l. to Raymond) and Hawaii (as WC, l. to Tu); fell in Moscow qualifying; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2002 - First Top 50 season; won first two Tour singles titles at Helsinki (d. Chladkova in final) and Bali (d. Martínez in final); made Top 100 debut on August 12 (after Helsinki; rose from No.123 to No.87) and Top 50 debut on September 30 (after Bali; rose from No.59 to No.45); SF at Casablanca; QF at Warsaw; played first Grand Slams at Australian Open (l. to Tulyaganova in 2r) and US Open (l. to Farina Elia in 3r); fell in qualifying at Roland Garros and Wimbledon; won three Tour doubles titles (all w/Sánchez-Vicario).

2003 - Another Top 50 season; SF at San Diego (l. to Henin); QF twice, at Wimbledon (l. to Henin in first Grand Slam QF) and Los Angeles (l. to Clijsters); won five Tour doubles titles (all w/Navratilova); qualified for first Tour Championships (l. to Ruano Pascual/Suárez in first match); made doubles Top 10 debut on September 8 (after US Open; rose from No.11 to No.7).

2004 - Breakthrough season highlighted by first Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Davenport in SF, ending her 22-match win streak, then d. Dementieva in final; at No.9, was lowest rank/seed to win US Open in Open Era); also won titles at Eastbourne (d. Hantuchova in final) and Bali the week after winning US Open (d. Weingärtner in final); runner-up four times, at Dubai (d. world No.8 Sugiyama in SF for first Top 10 win; l. to Henin), Doha (d. Henin in SF for first win over a reigning No.1; l. to Myskina), Warsaw (l. to V.Williams) and Beijing (l. to S.Williams 46 75 64 in final; held 2mp at 64 54); SF at Filderstadt (l. to Mauresmo); QF seven times, at Gold Coast, Indian Wells, Berlin, Rome, Los Angeles, Olympics and Moscow; at other majors, reached 4r at Roland Garros (l. to Myskina 16 64 86; held mp at 6-5 third set) and 3r at Australian Open (l. to Henin) but falling 1r at Wimbledon (l. to Razzano); qualified for first singles Tour Championships but fell in RR stage (went 1-2 in RR); made Top 20 debut on March 1 (after Dubai; rose from No.29 to No.20), Top 10 debut on June 7 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.11 to No.10) and Top 5 debut on September 20 (after Beijing; rose from No.6 to No.5), peaking at No.4 on October 18; won two Tour doubles titles (both w/Likhovtseva), also finishing runners-up seven times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open); qualified for doubles Tour Championships (l. to Petrova/Shaughnessy in first match); made doubles Top 5 debut on February 2 (after Australian Open; rose from No.7 to No.5) and career-high No.3 on June 7 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.4 to No.3); member of Russian Fed Cup team that d. Australia in 1r, Argentina in QF, Austria in SF and France in final (first personal Fed Cup title).

2005 - Disappointing follow-up to 2004, compiling strong early results but slumping in second half and finishing season at No.18; QF or better at seven of first 11 events, making lone final at Warsaw (l. to Henin); reached SF at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Davenport) and Eastbourne (l. to Clijsters) and QF four times, at Australian Open (l. to Sharapova), Indian Wells, Berlin and Wimbledon (l. to Davenport); also 4r twice, incl. Roland Garros (l. to Henin 76(6) 46 75, having led 5-3 third set w/2mp; second straight year there she had mp vs. eventual champion); dismal showing in six events after Wimbledon, reaching one QF at Moscow and dropping first match three times, incl. US Open (first defending champion there in Open Era to lose 1r, to Bychkova; fell out of Top 10 afterwards); reached all four doubles finals in first half of year, winning at Australian Open (first Grand Slam doubles title) and Miami (both w/Molik), also runner-up at Dubai (w/Molik) and Wimbledon (w/Mauresmo).

2006 - Second Top 5 season; season highlighted by runner-up finish at Roland Garros (l. to Henin in final) and winning three Tour singles titles, at Miami (d. No.1 Mauresmo in SF and Sharapova in final), Bali (d. Bartoli in final) and Beijing (d. No.1 Mauresmo in final); runner-up once more at Warsaw (l. to Clijsters); SF eight times, at Sydney, Dubai, Amelia Island, Rome, Eastbourne, New Haven, Stuttgart and Zürich; QF four times, at Doha, Charleston, Berlin and Montréal; three of four pre-QF losses (in regular season) came at Grand Slams, at Australian Open (l. 4r to Davenport), Wimbledon (l. 3r to Li), and US Open (l. 4r to Jankovic), only other one coming at Moscow (l. 2r to Zvonareva); qualified for Tour Championships, falling in RR stage (went 1-2 in RR); returned to Top 10 on April 3 (after Miami), Top 5 on September 11 (after US Open) and back to No.4 on September 25 (after Beijing); won one Tour doubles title.

2007 - Third and best Top 5 season, highlighted by winning ninth Tour singles title at New Haven (won when Szavay ret. in final w/back injury) and five runner-up finishes, most notably US Open (l. to Henin in final; now 1-2 in Grand Slam singles finals); other runner-up finishes came at Doha (l. to Henin in final), Indian Wells (l. to Hantuchova in final), Berlin (d. Henin in SF for fourth win over a reigning No.1; l. to Ivanovic in final) and Rome (l. to Jankovic in final); SF four times, at Dubai (l. to Henin), Warsaw (l. to A.Bondarenko), Stuttgart (l. to Golovin) and Moscow (l. to S.Williams); QF five times, at Paris [Indoors], Roland Garros (l. to Ivanovic), Wimbledon (l. to V.Williams), Toronto and Zürich; only three pre-QF losses in 18 regular season events came at Sydney (ret. during 2r vs. Srebotnik w/upper respiratory infection), Australian Open (l. to Peer in 4r) and Miami (l. to Peer in 4r); qualified for Tour Championships but fell in RR stage (went 0-3 in RR); rose to No.3 on March 19 (after Indian Wells) and career-high No.2 on September 10 (after US Open; at the time, just third Russian to rank that high, after Myskina, Sharapova); member of Russian Fed Cup team that d. Spain in 1r and Italy in final (second personal Fed Cup title).

2008 - Fourth Top 10 season in last five years, highlighted by five runner-up finishes, at Sydney (as No.2 seed, l. to top seed Henin 46 62 64 in final; led 3-0 third set), Dubai (as No.2 seed, d. No.4 seed Jankovic in SF; l. to No.8 seed Dementieva in 3s in final), Indian Wells (as No.2 seed, d. No.4 seed Sharapova in SF; l. to top seed Ivanovic in final), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (as No.5 seed, d. top seed Jankovic en route; l. to No.4 seed Safina in final) and Beijing (as No.4 seed, l. to top seed Jankovic in final); has now lost 10 of last 11 Tour singles finals (9-17 overall); SF twice, at Miami (as No.3 seed, d. No.6 seed V.Williams in QF; l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion S.Williams in 3s) and Roland Garros (as No.4 seed, l. to No.13 seed Safina); QF twice, at Montréal (as No.4 seed, l. to No.7 seed and eventual champion Safina 26 63 62; led 62 20) and Moscow (as No.5 seed, l. to No.2 seed Safina 64 75; led 5-2 second set); nine pre-QF losses came at Australian Open (as No.2 seed, l. to No.29 seed A.Radwanska in 3r), Doha (as No.2 seed, l. to No.15 seed Bammer 63 76(8) in 3r; held 4sp in second set), Berlin (as No.3 seed, l. to No.15 seed A.Bondarenko in 3s in 3r), Rome (as No.3 seed, l. to qualifier Cornet in 3r), Eastbourne (as top seed w/1r bye, l. to Wozniacki in 2r), Wimbledon (as No.4 seed, l. to No.14 seed A.Radwanska 64 16 75 in 4r; led 4-1 third set), Olympics (as No.3 seed, l. to Li 76(5) 64 in 1r; led 5-2 first set), US Open (as No.3 seed, l. to No.28 seed Srebotnik in 3s in 3r) and Stuttgart (as No.5 seed, l. to Schnyder 75 third set in 1r); qualified for Tour Championships, falling in RR stage (went 0-3 in RR; as No.6 seed, l. to No.8 seed Zvonareva, top seed Jankovic and alternate A.Radwanska); member of Russian Fed Cup team that d. USA in SF (went 1-1) and Spain in final (went 2-0); was third personal Fed Cup title (also 2004, 2007); withdrew from Los Angeles w/right knee injury.

SINGLES
Winner (12): 2009 - Stuttgart, Roland Garros, Beijing; 2007 - New Haven; 2006 - Miami, Bali, Beijing; 2004 - Eastbourne, US Open, Bali; 2002 - Helsinki, Bali; 2001 - ITF/Cagliari-ITA.
Finalist (18): 2009 - Rome; 2008 - Sydney, Dubai, Indian Wells, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Beijing; 2007 - Doha, Indian Wells, Berlin, Rome, US Open; 2006 - Warsaw, Roland Garros; 2005 - Warsaw; 2004 - Dubai, Doha, Warsaw, Beijing.

DOUBLES
Winner (14): 2009 - Miami (w/Mauresmo); 2006 - Eastbourne (w/Mauresmo); 2005 - Australian Open, Miami (both w/Molik); 2004 - Gold Coast, Doha (both w/Likhovtseva); 2003 - Gold Coast, Dubai, Rome, Toronto, Leipzig (all w/Navratilova); 2002 - Sopot, Helsinki, Tokyo [Princess Cup] (all w/Sánchez-Vicario).
Finalist (15): 2007 - Dubai (w/Molik); 2006 - Dubai (w/Petrova); 2005 - Dubai (w/Molik), Wimbledon (w/Mauresmo); 2004 - Australian Open, Dubai, Indian Wells, Miami, Roland Garros, Eastbourne, US Open (all w/Likhovtseva), Bali (w/Sánchez-Vicario); 2003 - US Open (w/Navratilova); 2002 - Bali, Tokyo [Japan Open] (both w/Sánchez-Vicario).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2004, 2007-09; Russian Olympic Team, 2004, 2008.

Currently without a coach ... Father is Alexandr Kuznetsov, cycling coach of six Olympic champions and world champions and now coach of Lokomotiv (best cycling club in Russia); also coached Svetlana's mother, Galina Tsareva (six-time world champion and holder of 20 world records) and Svetlana's brother, Nikolai Kuznetsov (silver medalist at 1996 Atlanta Olympics) ... Began playing at age 7 ... Favorite movies are "Love Actually" and "Save the Last Dance" ... Never leaves home without her iPod; likes listening to all types of chart music ... Inspired by players who fight a lot on the court ... Best tennis memory was winning 2004 US Open final against Dementieva.

- Has six wins over reigning world No.1s, at 2004 Doha (d. Henin in SF), 2006 Miami (d. Mauresmo in SF), 2006 Beijing (d. Mauresmo in final); 2007 Berlin (d. Henin in SF); 2008 Stuttgart (d. Safina in final) and 2008 Roland Garros (d. Safina in final); is only player ever to beat Henin twice while she was No.1.
- Awards received include 2002 Tour Newcomer of the Year.
- Junior highlights include winning 2001 US Open doubles title (w/Fokina) and attaining No.1 ranking; named 2001 ITF Girls Singles World Champion.