Vera Yevgenevna Dushevina

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Wera Duschewina Tennis player
Wera Duschewina
Duschewina 2009 at the US Open
Nation: RussiaRussia Russia
Birthday: October 6, 1986
Size: 180 cm
Weight: 73 kg
1st professional season: 2003
Resignation: 2017
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 3,204,753
singles
Career record: 329: 251
Career title: 1 WTA , 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 31 (July 4, 2005)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (2005)
French Open 2R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011)
Wimbledon 2R (2007-2010)
US Open 3R (2004, 2007)
Double
Career record: 196: 190
Career title: 2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking: 27 (June 25, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (2007, 2010, 2014)
French Open AF (2007, 2009)
Wimbledon VF (2005)
US Open 2R (2005, 2007–2009, 2011, 2012)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (2014)
French Open 1R (2012)
Wimbledon HF (2013, 2014)
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Vera Yevgenevna Dushevina ( Russian Вера Евгеньевна Душевина ; born October 6, 1986 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian tennis player .

Career

Wera Duschewina started playing tennis at the age of seven under the guidance of her father. She has been a professional player since 2003.

In 2002 she won the junior title at Wimbledon with a final victory over Maria Sharapova . In 2005 she reached in Eastbourne at the International Women's Open her first final on the WTA Tour , which she lost to Kim Clijsters . From 2004 to 2011 she was among the top 100 in the individual world rankings .

Duschewina was also part of the Russian Fed Cup team , which defeated France 3-2 in the 2005 finals in Paris . In the same year she was at the doubles competition at Wimbledon in the quarterfinals; with Shahar Peer she was defeated by the pairing Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Martina Navrátilová 6: 7, 4: 6. It was her best result in a Grand Slam tournament .

She won her first double title on the WTA Tour in 2007 in Warsaw at the side of Tetjana Perebyjnis with a final victory over Jelena Lichowzewa and Jelena Wesnina . In the same year she reached her second individual final at the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm, which she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska .

In 2009, Duschewina won her only individual title on the WTA Tour when she missed Lucie Hradecká in the final in Istanbul with 6-0 and 6-1 a clear defeat.

When she failed to qualify for the Australian Open 2016 , she competed in singles for the last time. Even before that, she had almost only competed in doubles and mixed competitions.

She ended her tennis career on August 15, 2017.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. August 2, 2009 TurkeyTurkey Istanbul WTA International Hard court Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká 6-0, 6-1

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. May 6, 2007 PolandPoland Warsaw WTA Tier II sand UkraineUkraine Tetiana Perebyjnis RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia  		7: 5, 3: 6, [10: 2]
2. 3rd August 2013 United StatesUnited States Washington WTA International Hard court JapanJapan Shūko Aoyama CanadaCanada Eugenie Bouchard Taylor Townsend
United StatesUnited States  		6: 3, 6: 3

Web links

Commons : Wera Duschewina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Теннисистка Вера Душевина завершила карьеру и сосредоточится на тренерской работе. July 15, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Dushevina, Vera Yevgenyevna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dushevina, Vera
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Soviet Union