Jaroslawa Schwedowa

Jaroslawa Schwedowa
Jaroslawa Schwedowa 2016 at the French Open
Nickname:	Slava
Nation:	Russia –2008 Kazakhstan 2008–
Birthday:	12th September 1987 (age 32)
Size:	180 cm
Weight:	70 kg
1st professional season:	2005
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Victor Ioniță
Prize money:	$ 6,437,404
singles
Career record:	355: 264
Career title:	1 WTA , 1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	25 (October 29, 2012)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	285: 174
Career title:	13 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	3 (February 22, 2016)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jaroslawa Vjatscheslawowna Schwedowa ( Russian Ярослава Вячеславовна Шведова , English transcription Yaroslava Shvedova ; born September 12, 1987 in Moscow , USSR ) is a former tennis player who initially played for Russia and has competed for Kazakhstan since 2008 .

life and career

Schwedowa began playing tennis at the age of six, which her father (still her trainer and coach) taught her. Her mother, Nursija Bagmanowa, was a successful ultra marathon runner in the 1990s.

2007

In February 2007, Schwedowa unexpectedly reached the final of the Bangalore Open with a victory over number two seeded local hero Sania Mirza 6: 7 ² , 6: 4, 6: 4 , in which she won the top-seeded defending champion Mara Santangelo 6: 4, 6: 4 defeated. It was her first title on the WTA Tour , after which she was ranked 78th and thus for the first time in the Top 100 .

At the Miami Masters she came into the main draw via qualification and was able to beat a top 20 player for the first time in the second round with Ana Ivanović (7: 5, 6: 4). In round three she lost to Tathiana Garbin 6: 4, 3: 6, 2: 6.

2008-2009

In August 2008 she won the ITF tournament in Monterrey with a final victory over Magdaléna Rybáriková 6: 4, 6: 1. After surviving the qualification, she lost her first round match against Agnieszka Radwańska at the US Open with 4: 6 and 2: 6. In qualifying, she made it into the French main field in 2009 with wins over Shenay Perry (6: 4, 6: 4), Angela Haynes (6: 1, 6: 2) and Elena Baltacha (6: 2, 6: 2) Open . There she defeated Kaia Kanepi and in the second round the qualifier Arantxa Rus . Then she was defeated by Maria Sharapova 6: 1, 3: 6 and 4: 6. At Wimbledon , she finished off Monica Niculescu 6: 1 and 6: 0 in round one, before losing to Melanie Oudin 6: 3, 2: 6 and 4: 6.

In February 2009 she played her first game for the Kazakh Fed Cup team , for which she contributed 24 wins (with 18 defeats).

2010-2011

At the French Open in 2010 she reached the final in the mixed competition with the Austrian Julian Knowle , which was just lost 6: 4, 6: 7 ⁵ , [9:11]. At Wimbledon she was able to celebrate her greatest success to date in the doubles competition by winning the title at Vania King's side . With King she also won the title at the US Open in the same year . After her semi-final advance in Paris, Schwedowa reached fourth place in 2011, her highest position in the double world rankings. At the end of July, she secured her fourth double title at the side of Sania Mirza at the tournament in the US College Park, which was first included in the tour calendar . The two defeated Wolha Hawarzowa and Alla Kudrjawzewa in straight sets. By the end of October, there were two more double victories for Schwedowa / King, their titles number three and four.

2012-2013

At the Australian Open , she failed in qualifying in 2012. In contrast, she came to the quarterfinals for the first time in doubles with Vania King, in which she was defeated by Lucie Hradecká and Andrea Hlaváčková in two sets. At the French Open, Schwedowa surprised in singles when she reached the quarterfinals with victories over Carla Suárez Navarro and defending champion Li Na ; there she was stopped by Petra Kvitová (6: 3, 2: 6, 4: 6). In Wimbledon , she then managed the feat of playing a golden set in her third round match against Sara Errani (6: 0, 6: 4) , that is, to win the set with 24 points in a row. On October 29, she achieved a new best individual ranking with place 25.

In the 2013 season, Schwedowa was particularly successful in doubles. You win tournaments in Florianópolis , Tashkent and Taipei . In 2014, two more were added to the side of Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first four months .

Since 2014

In February 2016 she reached third place in the double world rankings and thus her personal best. She played her last international tournament in 2017 at the French Open.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 1, 2003	Warsaw	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Dominika Nociarová	6: 2, 7: 6 6
2.	March 26, 2006	Amiens	ITF $ 10,000	Sand (hall)	Julie Coin	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
3.	February 18, 2007	Bangalore	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Mara Santangelo	6: 4, 6: 4
4th	August 10, 2008	Monterrey	ITF $ 100,000 + H	Hard court	Magdaléna Rybáriková	6: 4, 6: 1
5.	March 18, 2012	Poza Rica	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Mónica Puig	6: 1, 6: 2
6th	15th November 2015	Hua Hin	WTA Challenger Fn1	Hard court	Naomi Osaka	6: 4, 6: 7 8 , 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	March 25, 2006	Amiens	ITF $ 10,000	Sand (hall)	Olga Panowa	Julie Coin Karla Mraz	6: 4, 6: 1
2.	April 15, 2006	Biarritz	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Nina Bratchikova	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	October 18, 2008	Ortisei	ITF $ 100,000 + H	Carpet (hall)	Maria Korytseva	Maret Ani Galina Woskobojewa	6: 2, 6: 1
4th	February 15, 2009	Pattaya	WTA International	Hard court	Tamarine Tanasu yarn	Julija Bejhelsymer, Vitaly Dyachenko	6: 3, 6: 2
5.	4th July 2010	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Vania King	Elena Wesnina Vera Swonaryova	7: 6 6 , 6: 2
6th	September 13, 2010	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Vania King	Nadja Petrowa Liezel Huber	6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 6 4
7th	July 31, 2011	College park	WTA International	Hard court	Sania Mirza	Wolha Hawarzowa Alla Kudrjawzewa	6: 3, 6: 3
8th.	August 21, 2011	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Vania King	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6: 4, 3: 6, [11: 9]
9.	October 23, 2011	Moscow	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Vania King	Anastassija Rodionova Galina Voskoboyeva	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
10.	March 2, 2013	Florianópolis	WTA International	Hard court	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Anne Keothavong Valeria Sawinych	6-0, 6-4
11.	September 14, 2013	Tashkent	WTA International	Hard court	Tímea Babos	Wolha Hawarzowa Mandy Minella	6: 3, 6: 3
12.	November 10, 2013	Taipei	WTA Challenger Fn1	Hard court (hall)	Caroline Garcia	Anna-Lena Friedsam Alison Van Uytvanck	6: 3, 6: 3
13.	February 24, 2014	Florianópolis	WTA International	Hard court	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Francesca Schiavone Silvia Soler Espinosa	7: 6 1 , 2: 6, [10: 3]
14th	April 6, 2014	Charleston	WTA Premier	sand	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	7: 6 4 , 6: 2
15th	May 9, 2015	Madrid	WTA Premier Mandatory	sand	Casey Dellacqua	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6: 3, 6: 7 4 , [10: 5]
16.	October 18, 2015	Hong Kong	WTA International	Hard court	Alizé Cornet	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Andreja Klepač	7: 5, 6: 4
17th	June 11, 2016	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA International	race	Oksana Kalashnikova	Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić	6: 1, 6: 1

¹ WTA Challenger tournament victories are usually counted as ITF titles in the WTA statistics

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	1	1	3	2	1	5: 8	3
French Open	-	1	-	3	VF	1	VF	2	2	1	1	1	12:10	VF
Wimbledon	1	1	-	2	2	1	AF	2	AF	1	VF		13:10	VF
US Open	-	1	1	3	1	-	2	3	1	-	AF		8: 8	AF

Double

competition	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	1	1	1	-	VF	1	2	2	2	AF	8: 9	VF
French Open	-	1	1	1	1	HF	VF	2	1	F.	AF	1	15:11	F.
Wimbledon	-	-	2	2	S.	2	AF	-	AF	VF	F.		21: 7	S.
US Open	-	VF	1	-	S.	F.	AF	1	2	F.	AF		24: 8	S.

Web links

Commons : Jaroslawa Schwedowa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Jaroslawa Schwedowa (English)
• ITF profile Yaroslava Shvedova (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Yaroslava Shvedova (English)
• Website of Jaroslawa Schwedowa ( Memento from December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English, Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Golden Egg laid" , FAZ.net