Weronika Eduardowna Kudermetowa

Veronika Kudermetova
Weronika Kudermetowa 2018 at the French Open
Nation:	Russia
Birthday:	April 24, 1997
Size:	175 cm
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Sergei Demekhin
Prize money:	$ 1,366,291
singles
Career record:	229: 153
Career title:	0 WTA , 1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	38 (February 3, 2020)
Current placement:	40
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	204: 104
Career title:	1 WTA, 4 WTA Challenger, 16 ITF
Highest ranking:	23 (October 14, 2019)
Current placement:	28
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Weronika Eduardowna Kudermetowa ( Russian Вероника Эдуардовна Кудерметова ; born April 24, 1997 in Kazan ) is a Russian tennis player .

Career

Kudermetova, who started playing tennis at the age of eight, competed in 2011 in her native Kazan for the first time in the qualification of a tournament on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour . In 2014 she won her first professional title and in the same year made her debut on the WTA tour at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow after receiving a wildcard for the qualification in which she was eliminated in the second round .

In 2016, Kudermetowa won her first two tournaments in the $ 25,000 category and reached two more finals and was able to triumph in a tournament of the WTA Challenger Series in Taipei alongside Natela Dsalamidse in the doubles competition. The following year, she competed for the first time in the qualification of a Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open 2017 and lost her opening game. Kudermetowa also failed to qualify for the other three Grand Slam tournaments. At the end of the season, she again achieved her best result of the season in the singles in Taipei , reaching the quarter-finals. She also defended her doubles title there with Aryna Sabalenka .

In 2018, Kudermetowa was able to successfully qualify for the main round of a WTA tournament in Stuttgart for the first time and, after an opening win against Carla Suárez Navarro , immediately reached the second round, in which she was defeated by the eventual tournament winner Karolína Plíšková . She then advanced to the quarter-finals in 's-Hertogenbosch and Gstaad and won two more double titles in a row at the end of the season at the WTA Challengers in Mumbai , again together with Natela Dsalamidse, and Limoges , together with Galina Voskobojewa .

The following year, after another quarter-finals at the beginning of the season in Shenzhen, she made it into the top 100 of the tennis world rankings and subsequently qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open 2019 , but was defeated by Sofia in the first round Kenin . She then won her biggest title to date at the WTA Challenger in Guadalajara after winning the final over Marie Bouzková . At the French Open , she beat Caroline Wozniacki at the start and reached the third round for the first time, in which she was eliminated by Kaia Kanepi . After she came in 's-Hertogenbosch, Hiroshima and Tianjin each semi-finals, defeating in Wuhan with Belinda Bencic the first time a top 10 player. There she won her biggest doubles title to date alongside Duan Yingying ; in the final the two defeated Aryna Sabalenka and Elise Mertens . By moving into the quarter-finals in Moscow , where she beat another player from the top 10 against Elina Switolina , she moved into the world's top 50 for the first time at the end of the season.

At the beginning of 2020, Kudermetowa was in her fourth WTA semi-final in Hobart and achieved her highest world ranking position to date with 38th place. In February, after three successful matches in qualifying at the WTA tournament in Dubai, she defeated the better placed Dayana Yastremska and only just lost in three sets against Gabrine Muguruza. A week later, she lost in three sets against top ten player Belinda Bencic in Doha . After the long Corona break, she had a great success at the Western & Southern Open when she defeated the top seed Karolina Pliskova .

Kudermetova made his debut in 2014 in the 4-0 quarter-final defeat against Australia for the Russian Fed Cup team . Since then she has played four singles and doubles for her country, but has not yet won a match. In 2013 she won the Junior Fed Cup together with Darja Kassatkina and Alexandra Pospelowa . In the final, they beat the team from Australia 2-0.

Private

Kudermetowa is married to her trainer Sergej Demekhin, who has made a name for himself as the former successful coach of Wera Swonarjewa .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 9, 2014	Astana	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Olga Doroshina	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 3
2.	17th July 2016	Imola	ITF $ 25,000	carpet	Michaëlla Krajicek	6: 4, 6: 2
3.	11th September 2016	Telavi	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Deniz Khazaniuk	7: 5, 6: 4
4th	March 11, 2018	Yokohama	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Harriet Dart	6: 2, 6: 4
5.	16th March 2019	Guadalajara	WTA Challenger	Hard court	Marie Bouzková	6: 2, 6: 0

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	June 29, 2013	Shymkent	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Margarita Lazareva	Yekaterina Gubanova Daria Lodikova	6: 4, 6: 2
2.	17th August 2013	Kazan	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Evgeniya Rodina	Alexandra Artamonowa Martina Borecká	5: 7, 6: 0, [10: 8]
3.	May 3, 2014	Andijan	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Albina Khabibulina	Polina Monowa Jana Sisikowa	6: 4, 7: 6 5
4th	September 12, 2014	Moscow	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Xenia Knoll	Alexandra Artamonova Polina Monova	7: 6 10 , 7: 5
5.	August 9, 2015	Moscow	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Natela Dsalamidse	Oleksandra Korashvili Valeria Strachova	6: 1, 6: 3
6th	November 13, 2015	Minsk	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Başak Eraydın	Anastasia Frolova Ekaterina Yashina	6: 3, 6: 1
7th	17th January 2016	Daytona Beach	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Natela Dsalamidse	Sharon Fichman Carol Zhao	6: 4, 6: 3
8th.	April 10, 2016	Qarshi	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Natela Dsalamidse	Xenia Lykina Polina Monova	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
9.	June 26, 2016	Moscow	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Natela Dsalamidse	Anna Morgina Hanna Posnichirenko	6: 1, 6: 2
10.	July 31, 2016	Astana	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Natela Dsalamidse	Polina Monowa Jana Sitsikowa	6: 2, 6: 3
11.	11th September 2016	Telavi	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Natela Dsalamidse	Tatia Mikadze Sopia Shapatawa	6: 4, 6: 2
12.	October 29, 2016	Liuzhou	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Alexandra Pospelova	Jacqueline Cako Sabina Sharipova	6: 2, 6: 4
13.	20th November 2016	Taipei	WTA Challenger	Carpet (hall)	Natela Dsalamidse	Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5]
14th	April 15, 2017	Istanbul	ITF $ 60,000	Hard court	İpek Soylu	Ksenia Lykina Polina Monowa	4: 6, 7: 5, [11: 9]
15th	June 10, 2017	Marseille	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Natela Dsalamidse	Dalma Gálfi Dalila Jakupović	7: 6 5 , 6: 4
16.	July 22, 2017	Astana	ITF $ 100,000 + H	Hard court	Natela Dsalamidse	Ysaline Bonaventure Naomi Broady	6: 2, 6: 0
17th	22nd September 2017	St. Petersburg	ITF $ 100,000	Hard court (hall)	Anna Blinkowa	Belinda Bencic Michaela Hončová	6: 3, 6: 1
18th	19th November 2017	Taipei	WTA Challenger	Carpet (hall)	Aryna Sabalenka	Monique Adamczak Naomi Broady	2: 6, 7: 6 5 , [10: 6]
19th	4th November 2018	Mumbai	WTA Challenger	Hard court	Natela Dsalamidse	Bibiane Schoofs Barbora Štefková	6: 4, 7: 6 4
20th	November 11, 2018	Limoges	WTA Challenger	Hard court (hall)	Galina Voskoboyeva	Timea Bacsinszky Vera Swonaryova	7: 5, 6: 4
21st	September 27, 2019	Wuhan	WTA Premier	Hard court	Duan Yingying	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka	7: 6 3 , 6: 2

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2017	2018	2019	2020	Career
Australian Open	Q1	-	1	1	1
French Open	Q2	Q3	3		3
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	2		2
US Open	Q1	Q2	1		1

Web links

Commons : Weronika Kudermetowa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Weronika Eduardowna Kudermetowa (English)
• ITF profile Weronika Eduardovna Kudermetowa (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Weronika Eduardovna Kudermetowa (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ «Муж бьет по слабым местам». Интервью с российской победительницей Возняцки. In: sovsport.ru. May 27, 2019, accessed July 26, 2020 (Russian).