Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Withdrew from Sydney w/illness; reached first Grand Slam SF at Australian Open (as No.7 seed, l. to No.3 seed Safina); made Top 5 debut afterwards on February 2 (rose from No.7 to No.5).

FEBRUARY - Won eighth Tour singles title at Pattaya City (as top seed, d. Mirza in final); reached QF at Dubai (as No.5 seed, l. to Razzano).

MARCH - Won ninth Tour singles title at Indian Wells (as No.4 seed, d. No.5 seed Ivanovic in final); won fifth Tour doubles title at Indian Wells (w/Azarenka; was first singles-doubles sweep of Tour career); reached 3r at Miami (as No.6 seed, l. to Li in 3s).

APRIL - Reached 3r at Charleston (as No.3 seed, ret. vs. No.13 seed Razzano w/right ankle injury); withdrew from Stuttgart w/right ankle injury.

MAY - Withdrew from Rome, Madrid and Roland Garros w/right ankle injury.

JUNE - Fell 1r at Eastbourne (as No.4 seed, l. to Mauresmo in 3s); reached 3r at Wimbledon (as No.7 seed, withdrew prior to match vs. No.26 seed Razzano w/right ankle injury).

JULY - Fell 1r at Istanbul (as top seed, l. to Koryttseva in 3s).

AUGUST - Reached QF at Los Angeles (as No.2 seed, l. to No.10 seed and eventual champion Pennetta); reached 3r at Cincinnati (as No.7 seed, l. to Hantuchova 76 third set); reached 3r at Toronto (as No.7 seed, l. to Sharapova); reached 4r at US Open (as No.7 seed, l. to No.10 seed Pennetta 36 76(6) 60; held 6mp - 4mp at 63 65, 2mp at 6-4 in second set tie-break).

SEPTEMBER - Dropped opener at Tokyo (as No.6 seed w/1r bye, l. to Kleybanova in 3s in 2r); reached QF at Beijing (as No.7 seed, l. to No.14 seed Bartoli 36 75 62; led 63 51).

OCTOBER - Reached 2r at Moscow (as top seed, l. to qualifier Pironkova); served as first alternate at Tour Championships (l. to No.4 seed Wozniacki in 3s; withdrew prior to second match w/right ankle injury).

1999 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit.

2000 - Played first Tour main draw at Moscow, reaching 2r (as WC, d. Bovina in 1r; l. to Kournikova); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Fell in Tour qualifying twice; continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2002 - First Top 100 season; runner-up once, at Palermo (l. to Diaz-Oliva); SF twice, at Warsaw (l. to Nagyova) and Sopot (l. to Safina); QF at Bol; burst into prominence at Roland Garros, reaching 4r in Grand Slam main draw debut (as qualifier, l. to S.Williams in 3s); made Top 100 debut on June 10 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.142 to No.90) and Top 50 debut on September 9 (after US Open; rose from No.57 to No.49); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - First Top 20 season; won first Tour singles title at Bol (d. Martínez Granados in final); SF three times, at Strasbourg, Vienna (l. to Sprem at both) and Linz (l. to Sugiyama); QF nine times, incl. first Grand Slam QF at Roland Garros (d. V.Williams en route; l. to Petrova); notched first two Top 10 wins at Berlin (No.10 Myskina) and Roland Garros (No.3 V.Williams); also reached 4r at Wimbledon (l. to V.Williams); made Top 20 debut on June 9 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.21 to No.20).

2004 - Second Top 20 season; won second Tour singles title at Memphis (d. Raymond 46 64 75 in final; trailed 5-2 in third set and 3mp); runner-up twice, at Cincinnati (l. to Davenport) and Philadelphia (l. to Mauresmo); SF six times, at Warsaw (l. to V.Williams), Rome (l. to Mauresmo), Eastbourne (l. to Kuznetsova), San Diego (l. to Myskina 62 67(4) 76(15); led 5-2 third set w/9mp; was longest singles third set tie-break in Tour history), Montréal (l. to Mauresmo) and Beijing (l. to S.Williams); QF five times; also 4r at Australian Open, Wimbledon (l. to Davenport at both) and US Open (l. to Dementieva); notched three Top 10 wins, at San Diego (No.9 Kuznetsova), Montréal (No.8 Sharapova) and Philadelphia (No.9 Capriati); made Top 10 debut on August 9 (after Montréal; rose from No.14 to No.9 - would spend two weeks at No.9 and three at No.10 before dipping outside for rest of season); qualified for first Tour Championships, falling in RR stage (went 0-3 in RR); won one Tour doubles title; won first Grand Slam mixed doubles title at US Open (w/B.Bryan).

2005 - Reasonable start to season but second half marred by injury; won third Tour singles title at Memphis (d. Shaughnessy in final); SF at Rome (l. to Mauresmo); QF twice; fell early at first three Grand Slams; withdrew from Los Angeles, Toronto, US Open (first major missed in career) and Beijing w/left ankle sprain; returned in October for six events to close season, reaching QF once at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to Mirza); began season at No.11 but dropped to No.42 by year's end; won one Tour doubles title.

2006 - First of two back-to-back near-Top 20 seasons; won fourth and fifth Tour singles titles at Birmingham (d. Jackson in final) and Cincinnati (d. Srebotnik in final); runner-up once, at Auckland (l. to Bartoli in final); SF once, at Hasselt (l. to Clijsters); QF four times, incl. Moscow (d. No.4 Kuznetsova en route for sixth Top 10 win); best Grand Slam was 3r at US Open (l. to Dementieva); went from No.42 to No.24 year-end; won two Tour doubles titles, incl. US Open (w/Dechy); also won second Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Wimbledon (w/Ram).

2007 - Second straight near-Top 20 season; impressive showings in five of first eight events, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. to Jankovic in final) then reaching 4r at Australian Open (l. to Sharapova), QF at Indian Wells (d. Sharapova in 4r for seventh Top 10 win and first over a reigning No.1; l. to Li), 4r at Miami (l. to Henin) and SF at Charleston (ret. vs. Safina w/left wrist injury); left wrist injury suffered at Charleston caused withdrawal from all events between April and August (incl. Roland Garros and Wimbledon); fell out of Top 20 and as low as No.30 in that four-month lay-off; returned at US Open, reaching 3r (l. to S.Williams) and reached QF or better at four of five events to finish off season, with QF at Portoroz, SF at Luxembourg, QF at Moscow and SF at Québec City; only pre-QF loss in fall was 2r at Zürich (l. to Henin).

2008 - First Top 10 season, highlighted by sixth and seventh Tour singles titles at Prague (as top seed, d. No.3 seed Azarenka in final) and Guangzhou (as top seed, d. No.4 seed Peng in final) and six runner-up finishes, at Hobart (as No.2 seed, withdrew prior to final vs. Daniilidou w/left ankle injury suffered in practice), Doha (l. to No.4 seed Sharapova in 3s in final), Charleston (as No.9 seed, d. top seed Jankovic and No.4 seed Dementieva in QF and SF; l. to No.5 seed S.Williams in 3s in final), Moscow (as No.7 seed, d. No.2 seed Safina en route; l. to top seed Jankovic), Linz (as No.2 seed, l. to top seed Ivanovic in final) and most notably second career Tour Championships (as No.8 seed, went 3-0 in RR stage, beating No.6 seed Kuznetsova, No.4 seed Ivanovic and top seed Jankovic; d. No.5 seed Dementieva in SF, falling to No.7 seed V.Williams in 3s in final); eight Tour singles finals was most by any player in season; SF three times, at Miami (as No.19 seed, l. to No.4 seed Jankovic), Olympics (as No.9 seed, l. to No.5 seed Dementieva; d. Li in bronze medal match for first Olympic medal of career) and Beijing (as No.5 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Jankovic in 3s); QF four times, at Auckland (as top seed, l. to WC Erakovic 63 26 76(5); led 4-2 third set), Bangalore (as No.7 seed, l. to No.2 seed V.Williams), Indian Wells (as No.12 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Ivanovic) and Stuttgart (as No.7 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Jankovic 76(8) 76(5); led 5-3 first set w/sp at 7-6 in tie-break, also led 4-2 second set); suffered 10 pre-QF exits in 25 events, first at Australian Open (as No.23 seed, ret. vs. Sugiyama in 1r w/left ankle sprain that caused withdrawal from Hobart final) then seven in a row between May and July, at Rome (as No.10 seed, l. to No.7 seed V.Williams in 3r), Roland Garros (as No.11 seed, l. to No.7 seed Dementieva in 3s in 4r), Eastbourne (as No.3 seed w/1r bye, l. to qualifier Makarova in 2r), Wimbledon (as No.13 seed, l. to Tanasugarn in 3s in 2r), Stanford (as No.3 seed w/1r bye, l. to Stosur in 2r), Los Angeles (as No.5 seed, l. to No.9 seed Petrova in 3r) and Montréal (as No.8 seed w/1r bye, l. to Razzano 63 16 76(2) in 2r; led 4-1 third set), then last two at US Open (as No.8 seed, l. to Perebiynis in 2r) and Zürich (as No.4 seed w/1r bye, ret. vs. Medina Garrigues in 2r w/dizziness); had equal-most match wins on season (65; also Jankovic); notched seven Top 10 wins during season, at Charleston (No.5 Jankovic, No.8 Dementieva), Moscow (No.3 Safina) and Tour Championships (No.7 Kuznetsova, No.4 Ivanovic, No.1 Jankovic, No.5 Dementieva), bringing career tally to 14 Top 10 wins (win over Jankovic at Tour Championships was second win over a reigning No.1); having spent 11 weeks inside Top 10 previously, made Top 10 return on August 18 (after Olympics; rose from No.11 to previous career-high of No.9), setting new career-highs on October 13 (after Moscow; rose to No.8) and on November 10 year-end rankings (after Tour Championships; rose to No.7); best doubles result was runner-up finish at Stanford (w/Vesnina; l. to Black/Huber in final); member of Russian Fed Cup team that d. USA 3-2 in SF (1-0; d. King) and Spain 4-0 in final (1-0; d. Medina Garrigues); was second personal Fed Cup title (was on title-winning team in 2004 also); withdrew from Paris [Indoors] and Antwerp w/left ankle injury, Amelia Island w/left thigh strain and Birmingham w/illness.

SINGLES
Winner (9): 2009 - Pattaya City, Indian Wells; 2008 - Prague, Guangzhou; 2006 - Birmingham, Cincinnati; 2005 - Memphis; 2004 - Memphis; 2003 - Bol; 2002 - ITF/Naples, FL-USA; 2000 - ITF/Moscow-RUS.
Finalist (11): 2008 - Hobart, Doha, Charleston, Moscow, Linz, Tour Championships; 2007 - Auckland; 2006 - Auckland; 2004 - Cincinnati, Philadelphia; 2002 - Palermo.

DOUBLES
Winner (5): 2009 - Indian Wells (w/Azarenka); 2006 - Auckland (w/Likhovtseva), US Open (w/Dechy); 2005 - Berlin (w/Likhovtseva); 2004 - Moscow (w/Myskina).
Finalist (5): 2008 - Stanford (w/Vesnina); 2005 - Eastbourne, Stanford (both w/Likhovtseva); 2004 - Memphis (w/Sharapova); 2003 - Moscow (w/Myskina).

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2006 - Wimbledon (w/Ram); 2004 - US Open (w/B.Bryan).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2003-04, 2008; Russian Olympic Team, 2008.

Travels with hitting partner Alexey Ageev; coached by Sam Sumyk ... Mother, Natalia, is former olympic bronze medalist in field hockey and introduced her to tennis at age 6; no one else in family plays tennis ... Baseliner who likes all surfaces ... Graduated from Russian State Academy of Physical Education; currently getting second degree in international economic relations at Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow ... Loves travelling; favorites include mom's cooking, "Peter the First" by Tolstoy and actor Matt Damon ... Other interests include volleyball, hockey, computers, reading and listening to music.

Official Website: www.zvonareva.ru

- In 2008, participated in UNESCO Regional Conference "Political Involvement of Women in the Caucasus" to contribute to the idea of giving women equal chances in life; in May 2009, named Promoter of Gender Equality under the partnership (following V.Williams, Golovin, Zheng).
- Has two wins over reigning world No.1s, at 2007 Indian Wells (Sharapova) and 2008 Tour Championships (Jankovic).
- Won several junior events, including the Orange Bowl Under 18s in 2000 and 2001, the Continental Cup in 2001 and the Yucatan Cup in 2001.