Jelena Sergejewna Wesnina

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Jelena Wesnina Tennis player
Jelena Wesnina
Jelena Wesnina at Wimbledon 2014
Nation: RussiaRussia Russia
Birthday: 1st August 1986 (age 34)
Size: 176 cm
Weight: 65 kg
1st professional season: 2002
Resignation: 2018
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer: Dmitri Tursunov
Prize money: $ 12,527,014
singles
Career record: 416: 336
Career title: 3 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking: 13 (March 20, 2017)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 420: 219
Career title: 18 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking: 1 (June 11, 2018)
Weeks as No. 1: 5
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jelena Sergejewna Wesnina ( Russian Елена Сергеевна Веснина; born August 1, 1986 in Lviv , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Russian tennis player . With Ekaterina Makarova she won three Grand Slam titles and in 2016 the gold medal at the Olympic Games .

Career

Wesnina started playing tennis at the age of seven. In 2002 she took part in ITF tournaments for the first time, and in 2003 she was able to celebrate her first two titles in singles and three tournament victories in doubles competitions.

In singles, she moved into the first sixteen of a Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open in 2006 ; she failed there because of her compatriot Nadja Petrowa . In Wimbledon in 2009 she lost her round of 16 with 1: 6, 3: 6 against Jelena Dementjewa . In October 2009 she reached number 22 in the WTA world rankings , and in July 2013 she improved again by one place to 21st, her best position so far. At Wimbledon , Wesnina achieved her greatest individual success so far in 2016 when she was eliminated in two sets in the semifinals against the eventual winner Serena Williams .

In doubles, Wesnina won the Bell Challenge in Québec in 2005 with Anastassija Rodionowa . The following year, she won the Moorilla Hobart International alongside Jelena Lichowzewa . In 2008, she and her compatriot Dinara Safina secured the title at the Masters tournament in Indian Wells . She repeated this success in 2011 with Sania Mirza , with whom she also won the Charleston clay court tournament .

In mixed , she made it into the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 2011 alongside Mahesh Bhupathi . In the final of Wimbledon the two Jürgen Melzer and Iveta Benešová faced, to whom they lost 3: 6 and 2: 6. In 2012 she was defeated there alongside Leander Paes in the semifinals to Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan with 3: 6, 7: 5 and 4: 6.

Wesnina has been in the top ten of the double world rankings since June 2011. In 2012 she reached the finals at the tournaments in Dubai , Indian Wells, Madrid and Rome. She also made it into the semifinals of the Australian Open alongside Sania Mirza. In October she won two tournaments in one month with her new doubles partner Yekaterina Makarowa in Beijing and Moscow .

At the beginning of 2013, Wesnina won her first individual title on the WTA Tour at the Hobart tournament . In the final she defeated Mona Barthel 6: 3 and 6: 4. At the Australian Open , she moved back into the round of 16 for the first time since 2006, which she lost 6-1, 6-1 against Wiktoryja Asaranka . In Paris, she succeeded in winning the first title at a Grand Slam tournament alongside Makarova. In the final of the French Open , they defeated the defending champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in straight sets . At the WTA tournament in Eastbourne Wesnina won her second individual title with a final victory over Jamie Hampton ; it was her first title win on turf.

On August 19, 2013 she reached fourth place in the double world rankings, and in February 2014 she improved by one place. In the same month, the total of their tournament prize money exceeded the mark of five million US dollars. At the US Open in 2014 she won her second Grand Slam title with Jekaterina Makarowa, in the final they defeated Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta 2: 6, 6: 3 and 6: 2.

In 2016, after losing the final in Roland Garros, the two won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the unofficial world championship, the WTA Tour Finals . In the 2017 season she won three titles with Makarova, including the tournament at Wimbledon . In 2018 he won the title in Madrid . On June 11, 2018, the two took the lead in the world rankings for the first time .

Tournament victories

2014 in Eastbourne

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. July 6, 2003 RussiaRussia Balashikha ITF $ 10,000 sand RussiaRussia Daria Chemarda 7: 5, 6: 3
2. September 21, 2003 GeorgiaGeorgia Tbilisi ITF $ 25,000 sand UkraineUkraine Maria Korytseva 6: 4, 6: 3
3. January 12, 2013 AustraliaAustralia Hobart WTA International Hard court GermanyGermany Mona Barthel 6: 3, 6: 4
4th June 22, 2013 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eastbourne WTA Premier race United StatesUnited States Jamie Hampton 6: 2, 6: 1
5. 19th March 2017 United StatesUnited States Indian Wells WTA Premier Mandatory Hard court RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6: 7 6 , 7: 5, 6: 4

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. July 5, 2003 RussiaRussia Balashikha ITF $ 10,000 sand RussiaRussia Daria Chemarda RussiaRussia Irina Kotkina Iryna Kuryanovich
BelarusBelarus 
7: 5, 6: 4
2. August 16, 2003 RomaniaRomania Bucharest ITF $ 10,000 sand RussiaRussia Anna Bastrikova RomaniaRomania Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu
RomaniaRomania 
6: 4, 6: 4
3. August 23, 2003 RomaniaRomania Bucharest ITF $ 10,000 sand RussiaRussia Anna Bastrikova ItalyItaly Nicole Clerico Irina Smirnova
RussiaRussia 
6: 1, 6: 1
4th June 12, 2004 FranceFrance Marseille ITF $ 50,000 sand IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer FranceFrance Kildine Chevalier Conchita Martínez Granados
SpainSpain 
6: 1, 6: 1
5. September 4, 2004 RussiaRussia Balashikha ITF $ 25,000 sand RussiaRussia Maria Goloviznina UkraineUkraine Olena Schmelzer Alla Kudrjawzewa
RussiaRussia 
7: 5, 6: 4
6th September 18, 2004 GeorgiaGeorgia Tbilisi ITF $ 25,000 sand BelarusBelarus Darja Kustawa RussiaRussia Marija Kondratjewa Ekaterina Koschokina
RussiaRussia 
6: 2, 6: 4
7th November 6, 2005 CanadaCanada Quebec WTA Tier III Hard court (hall) RussiaRussia Anastasija Rodionova LatviaLatvia Līga Dekmeijere Ashley Harkleroad
United StatesUnited States 
6: 7 4 , 6: 4, 6: 2
8th. January 12, 2007 AustraliaAustralia Hobart WTA Tier IV Hard court RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
9. March 22, 2008 United StatesUnited States Indian Wells WTA Tier I Hard court RussiaRussia Dinara Safina China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Zi Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6: 1, 1: 6, [10: 8]
10. March 19, 2011 United StatesUnited States Indian Wells WTA Premier Mandatory Hard court IndiaIndia Sania Mirza United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
6-0, 7-5
11. April 10, 2011 United StatesUnited States Charleston WTA Premier sand IndiaIndia Sania Mirza United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 6: 4
12. October 16, 2011 AustriaAustria Linz WTA International Hard court (hall) New ZealandNew Zealand Marina Eraković GermanyGermany Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld
GermanyGermany 
7: 5, 6: 1
13. October 7, 2012 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing WTA Premier Hard court RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova SpainSpain Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
7: 5, 7: 5
14th October 21, 2012 RussiaRussia Moscow WTA Premier Hard court (hall) RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova RussiaRussia Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova
RussiaRussia 
6: 3, 1: 6, [10: 8]
15th March 16, 2013 United StatesUnited States Indian Wells WTA Premier Mandatory Hard court RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova RussiaRussia Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
6: 0, 5: 7 [10: 6]
16. June 9, 2013 FranceFrance French Open Grand Slam sand RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
7: 5, 6: 2
17th September 6, 2014 United StatesUnited States US Open Grand Slam Hard court RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly 
2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
18th October 24, 2015 RussiaRussia Moscow WTA Premier Hard court (hall) RussiaRussia Darja Kassatkina RomaniaRomania Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu
RomaniaRomania 
6: 3, 6: 7 7 , [10: 5]
19th July 31, 2016 CanadaCanada Montreal WTA Premier 5 Hard court RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova RomaniaRomania Simona Halep Monica Niculescu
RomaniaRomania 
6: 3, 7: 6 5
20th August 14, 2016 BrazilBrazil Rio de Janeiro Olympic games Hard court RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Timea Bacsinszky
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
6: 4, 6: 4
21st October 30, 2016 SingaporeSingapore Singapore WTA Tour Championships Hard court (hall) RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
7: 6 5 , 6: 3
22nd February 25, 2017 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai WTA Premier 5 Hard court RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6: 2, 4: 6, [10: 7]
23. 15th July 2017 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wimbledon Grand Slam race RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Monica Niculescu
RomaniaRomania 
6-0, 6-0
24. 13th August 2017 CanadaCanada Toronto WTA Premier 5 Hard court RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6-0, 6-4
25th May 12, 2018 SpainSpain Madrid WTA Premier Mandatory sand RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova HungaryHungary Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic
FranceFrance 
2: 6, 6: 4, [10: 8]

Mixed

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. January 31, 2016 AustraliaAustralia Australian Open Hard court BrazilBrazil Bruno Soares United StatesUnited States Coco Vandeweghe Horia Tecău
RomaniaRomania 
6: 4, 4: 6, [10: 5]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Career
Australian Open AF 2 3 1 1 1 1 AF 1 1 - 3 2 AF
French Open 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 3
Wimbledon 2 3 2 AF 1 2 2 2 2 1 HF 2 - HF
US Open 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 - 3

Double

competition 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Career
Australian Open 1 1 2 AF AF 2 HF HF F. VF AF VF F. F.
French Open VF 1 2 F. AF F. VF S. 2 HF F. VF 1 S.
Wimbledon 1 AF 2 AF F. HF VF AF AF F. VF S. - S.
US Open AF 1 2 VF VF AF AF VF S. 2 HF AF - S.
WTA Championships - - - - - - - F. VF - S. HF - S.

Private

Jelena Wesnina has been married to businessman Pawel Tabunzow since November 2015. She gave birth to a daughter in November 2018.

Web links

Commons : Jelena Wesnina  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Reference to www.wtatennis.com
  2. Elena Vesnina became a mom. In: spox.com. November 22, 2018, accessed February 23, 2020 .