Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 2r at Sydney (as qualifier, l. to No.2 seed Safina); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Benesova in 3s).

FEBRUARY - Reached QF at Pattaya City (d. No.4 seed Bammer en route; l. to No.7 seed Peer in 3s).

MARCH - Reached 3r at Indian Wells (d. No.17 seed Zheng en route; l. to No.23 seed Bammer); fell 1r at Miami (l. to Voskoboeva).

APRIL - Fell in Stuttgart qualifying.

MAY - Fell 1r at Rome (l. to Hantuchova); reached QF at Madrid (as qualifier, d. No.14 seed Medina Garrigues en route; l. to No.9 seed Wozniacki); fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. to No.10 seed Wozniacki in 3s).

JUNE - Reached QF at Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. to Wozniak); reached 2r at Wimbledon (d. No.22 seed Cornet in 1r; l. to Vesnina).

JULY - Reached 2r at Portoroz (as No.7 seed, l. to Camerin in 3s); won first Tour singles title at Istanbul (as No.5 seed, d. No.3 seed Medina Garrigues en route to final, then d. No.8 seed Hradecka; lost only 16 games en route to title, lowest games lost for a Tour singles titlist since summer 2005).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. to Martinez Sanchez in 3s); fell in Toronto qualifying; fell 1r at US Open (l. to No.3 seed V.Williams in 3s).

SEPTEMBER - Reached QF at Seoul (as No.7 seed, l. to Kirilenko); reached 2r at Tokyo (l. to No.15 seed Li); fell 1r at Beijing (l. to No.3 seed V.Williams).

OCTOBER - Reached QF at Moscow (l. to Govortsova).

NOVEMBER - Fell in RR stage at Bali (as alternate, went 1-0 in RR stage).

2001 - Played first event of career at ITF/Minsk-BLR, winning doubles title.

2002 - Played first Tour main draw at Warsaw, falling 1r (as WC into qualifying); fell in Tour qualifying twice; won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2003 - SF at Helsinki (l. to Kostanic Tosic); reached 2r once; fell 1r twice (incl. US Open) and in Tour qualifying twice (incl. Wimbledon); won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - First Top 100 season; reached 3r twice (incl. US Open) and 2r eight times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros); fell 1r six times (incl. Wimbledon) and in Tour qualifying twice; played all four Grand Slams in a season for first time; made Top 100 debut on February 2 (rose from No.112 to No.97).

2005 - First Top 50 season; runner-up at Eastbourne (d. No.3 Mauresmo en route for first Top 10 win; l. to Clijsters in final); SF at Stockholm (l. to Srebotnik); QF twice, at Strasbourg and Seoul; reached first Grand Slam 4r at Australian Open (l. to Kuznetsova); made Top 50 debut afterwards on January 31 (rose from No.65 to No.44); reached 2r five times (incl. US Open); fell 1r nine times (incl. other two majors) and in Tour qualifying once; had two more Top 20 wins, at Australian Open (No.11 Zvonareva) and Linz (No.19 Jankovic).

2006 - Another Top 100 season; won back-to-back main draw matches once, reaching 3r at Amelia Island; began year at No.40 but ended season at No.97.

2007 - Second Top 50 season; runner-up at Stockholm (l. to A.Radwanska in final); SF at Portoroz (l. to Golovin); QF at Moscow (d. No.12 Bartoli en route for fourth Top 20 win); reached 3r once (US Open) and 2r five times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon); fell 1r five times (incl. Australian Open) and in Tour qualifying six times; dipped out of Top 100 for 12 weeks early in season (first time outside of Top 100 since February 2004) but returned on April 2 (after Miami); won one Tour doubles title; broke foot during practice in November, would miss beginning of 2008 to recover.

2008 - Fifth straight Top 100 season, highlighted by third career Tour singles final at Stockholm (d. No.2 seed Szavay and No.3 seed Srebotnik en route; l. to No.4 seed Wozniacki) and two QF, at Portoroz (l. to No.3 seed Wozniacki) and Forest Hills (l. to Peng 64 75; held sp at 5-4 second set); reached 3r at Berlin (d. No.9 seed Schnyder en route; l. to No.7 seed Dementieva 75 63, having led 5-3 first set w/sp) and 2r three times, incl. Wimbledon (d. No.19 seed Kirilenko in 1r; l. to Mattek 76(6) 64, having led 5-3 first set); had fifth and sixth career Top 20 wins, at Berlin (No.12 Schnyder) and Wimbledon (No.19 Kirilenko); fell 1r 10 times, incl. Roland Garros (l. to No.7 seed Dementieva in 3s) and US Open (l. to top seed Ivanovic in 3s); fell in Tour qualifying once; reached three Tour doubles finals (finishing runner-up at all three); missed entire Australian season w/foot injury and withdrawing from Indian Wells, Miami, Amelia Island and Charleston w/abdominal strain.

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2009 - Istanbul; 2003 - ITF/Innsbruck-AUT.
Finalist (3): 2008 - Stockholm; 2007 - Stockholm; 2005 - Eastbourne.
Semifinalist (3): 2007 - Portoroz; 2005 - Stockholm; 2003 - Helsinki.
Quarterfinalist (10): 2009 - Pattaya City, Madrid, Eastbourne, Seoul, Moscow; 2008 - Portoroz, Forest Hills; 2007 - Moscow; 2005 - Strasbourg, Seoul.

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2007 - Warsaw (w/Perebiynis); 2003 - ITF/Cagnes-sur-Mer-FRA (w/Voskoboeva); 2002 - ITF/Sofia-BUL (w/Voskoboeva), ITF/Minsk-BLR (w/Chemarda); 2001 - ITF/Minsk-BLR (w/Bastrikova).
Finalist (3): 2008 - Portoroz (w/Makarova), Luxembourg (w/Koryttseva), Seoul (w/Kirilenko).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2005-06.

Coached by Irina Granaturova ... Father is Yevgeny (engineer); mother is Elena (teacher); sister is Sonia (university student); also has two cats ... Father introduced her to tennis at age 7 ... Changed spelling of last name in 2005 for Tour purposes (Douchevina to Dushevina) ... Favorite music is Russian music; also likes R&B ... Favorite movies are Russian movies; favorite actors are Brad Pitt, Eric Roberts, Jude Law ... Favorite colors are blue, black ... Favorite types of food are Italian, Japanese ... Favorite cities are Moscow, Paris, Milan, Melbourne ... Other sports interests are soccer, basketball ... Best tennis memory was win over Jill Craybas at 2005 Australian Open (was down 61 51 and 2mp but came back to win) ... Favorite tennis players are Jennifer Capriati, Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt.

Official Website: www.vera-dushevina.com

- Junior highlights include winning 2002 Wimbledon singles title (d. Golovin in SF and Sharapova in final) and finishing runner-up at 2003 Roland Garros (d. Ivanovic, Peer and Krajicek en route to final; l. to Groenefeld).