Vera Igorewna Swonaryova

Vera Swonaryova
Swonaryova 2010 at the US Open
Nation:	Russia
Birthday:	September 7, 1984
Size:	172 cm
Weight:	59 kg
1st professional season:	2000
Resignation:	1) 2016
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Michel van de Sanden
Prize money:	$ 14,263,529
singles
Career record:	541: 274
Career title:	12 WTA , 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	2 (October 25, 2010)
Current placement:	268
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	200: 133
Career title:	9 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	9 (August 8, 2005)
Current placement:	102
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Wera Igorewna Swonarjowa ( Russian Вера Игоревна Звонарёва , English transcription Vera Zvonareva ; born September 7, 1984 in Moscow , Russian SFSR , USSR ) is a Russian tennis player .

Career

She started playing tennis at the age of six and became a professional player in 2000. In 2002 Swonaryova already reached the top 50 of the WTA ranking list in singles, in 2003 she rose to the top 20 , in 2004 she came in ninth place for the first time in the top ten . She reached her first final in a Grand Slam tournament in 2010 at the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, where she lost 3: 6, 2: 6 to defending champion Serena Williams . For the Russian Fed Cup team , she played ten games up to 2011, of which she was able to win eight.

Swonaryova has won twelve WTA titles in singles, two Grand Slam titles in doubles ( US Open 2006 and Australian Open 2012 ), six WTA doubles titles and three ITF singles titles in her career so far . In addition, she entered the list of winners in mixed doubles at the US Open in 2004 and Wimbledon in 2006 .

In 2008 she advanced to the final in Doha , in which she was defeated by her compatriot Marija Sharapova with 1: 6, 6: 2 and 0: 6. She also reached the Hobart and Charleston finals. At the Olympic Games in Beijing , she won the bronze medal. At the tournament in Charleston she came with wins over Marion Bartoli , Jelena Janković and Jelena Dementjewa to the final, which she lost 4: 6, 6: 3 and 3: 6 against Serena Williams .

Swonaryova won the first tournament of the Masters Series in Indian Wells in 2009 , where she defeated defending champion Ana Ivanović 7: 6 and 6: 2. At the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, she injured her right ankle in the game against Virginie Razzano and had to take a month off. She missed the French Open and finished the year in 9th place in the world rankings. In November 2009, her injury was finally treated with surgery.

Her greatest successes of the season in 2010 were reaching the finals of Wimbledon (loss to Serena Williams in two straight sets) and the US Open, where she was also clearly defeated by Kim Clijsters . She was also in the final of Montreal . At the Australian Open, she lost in the round of 16 to Vikoryja Asaranka in three sets. In Charleston , she lost the final against Samantha Stosur and again against Asaranka in the quarterfinals of Dubai . In Pattaya , however, she defended her title with a clear final victory over local hero Tamarine Tanasugarn . At the end of the year Swonaryova was second in the world.

After returning to the semi-finals in Melbourne, she won her eleventh WTA individual title in February 2011. In the final in Doha she defeated world number one Caroline Wozniacki 6: 4 and 6: 4. In Roland Garros she reached the round of 16. At Wimbledon, the end came in round three this time, where she was number 2 on the seeding list Zwetana Pironkowa 2: 6, 3: 6 - last year she made it into the final with a smooth victory over the Bulgarian. At the hard court tournament in Baku (Azerbaijan), she secured her 12th WTA title with a two-set win over Xenija Perwak . She also reached the final in Carlsbad with victories over Lisicki and Ivanovic, but was again defeated by Agnieszka Radwańska, who was seeded 3 in the round of 16 in Toronto, just like a week before .

At the tournament in Sydney at the beginning of 2012 Swonaryova lost her first round match against Svetlana Kuznetsova. At the Australian Open , she was eliminated in the third round against Yekaterina Makarova , but in the doubles competition she won the title on the side of Kuznetsova. In the following tournaments she suffered early defeats. Only in Charleston did she reach the quarterfinals. Due to a shoulder injury, she canceled her participation in the Fed Cup in April and the WTA tournament in Rome , and later she also renounced the French Open . At Wimbledon she had to give up in the third round against Kim Clijsters when the score was 4-6 and 3-4. Then she also reached the third round at the Olympic Games in London, but was clearly defeated by Serena Williams 1: 6 and 0: 6. After that, she did not take part in any tournament due to injury and slipped to 98th place in the world rankings by the end of the year.

On February 12, 2013, Swonaryova was operated on on her right shoulder. At the beginning of August she resumed training after a year off and announced that she would return soon.

She made her comeback at the WTA tournament in Shenzhen in January 2014. It failed there in round one as well as two weeks later in Melbourne. In April 2015, she played her last match for the time being in Katowice , and in August 2016 she officially announced the end of her career after she had married in the meantime and had become a mother.

She returned to the tour at the end of March 2017. She received a wild card for the ITF tournament in Istanbul , but had to give up her match against Katie Boulter when the score was 7: 6, ⁸ and 2: 3. In July 2017, she won the ITF tournament in Sharm el-Sheikh , again with a wildcard , in the final she defeated Tereza Mihalíková with 1: 6, 7: 6, ⁴ , 7: 5. In 2018 she won two WTA tournaments in doubles.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 24, 2000	Moscow	ITF $ 10,000	carpet	Maria Golowisnina	6: 4, 6: 2
2.	April 14, 2002	Naples	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Maureen Drake	6: 1, 6: 3
3.	May 4, 2003	Bol	WTA Tier III	sand	Conchita Martínez Granados	6: 1, 6: 3
4th	February 22, 2004	Memphis	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Lisa Raymond	4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
5.	February 19, 2005	Memphis	WTA Tier III	Hard court (hall)	Meghann Shaughnessy	7: 6 3 , 6: 2
6th	June 18, 2006	Birmingham	WTA Tier III	race	Jamea Jackson	7: 6 12 , 7: 6 5
7th	July 23, 2006	Cincinnati	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Katarina Srebotnik	6: 2, 6: 4
8th.	May 4, 2008	Prague	WTA Tier IV	sand	Viktoriya Azaranka	7: 6 2 , 6: 2
9.	September 21, 2008	Guangzhou	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Peng Shuai	6: 7 4 , 6: 0, 6: 2
10.	February 15, 2009	Pattaya	WTA International	Hard court	Sania Mirza	7: 5, 6: 1
11.	March 22, 2009	Indian Wells	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Ana Ivanović	7: 6 5 , 6: 2
12.	February 14, 2010	Pattaya	WTA International	Hard court	Tamarine Tanasu yarn	6: 4, 6: 4
13.	February 26, 2011	Doha	WTA Premier	Hard court	Caroline Wozniacki	6: 4, 6: 4
14th	July 24, 2011	Baku	WTA International	Hard court	Xenia Pervak	6: 1, 6: 4
15th	July 9, 2017	Sharm Ash Sheikh	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Tereza Mihalíková	1: 6, 7: 6 4 , 7: 5

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	October 17, 2004	Moscow	WTA Tier I	Carpet (hall)	Anastassija Myskina	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 2
2.	May 8, 2005	Berlin	WTA Tier I	sand	Jelena Lichowzewa	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
3.	January 7, 2006	Auckland	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Jelena Lichowzewa	Émilie Loit Barbora Strýcová	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	September 10, 2006	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Nathalie Dechy	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	7: 6 5 , 7: 5
5.	March 21, 2009	Indian Wells	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Viktoriya Azaranka	Gisela Dulko Shahar Peer	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 5]
6th	January 27, 2012	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
7th	4th February 2018	St. Petersburg	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Timea Bacsinszky	Alla Kudrjawzewa Katarina Srebotnik	2: 6, 6: 1, [10: 3]
8th.	29th July 2018	Moscow	WTA International	sand	Anastassija Potapova	Alexandra Panova Galina Voskoboyeva	6: 0, 6: 3
9.	February 24, 2019	Budapest	WTA International	Hard court (hall)	Ekaterina Alexandrowa	Fanny Stollár Heather Watson	6: 4, 4: 6, [10: 7]
10.	April 13, 2019	Antalya	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Marie Mettraux	Karolina Kubanova Nikola Tomanova	6: 3, 0: 6, [12:10]

Mixed

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 12, 2004	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Bob Bryan	Alicia Molik Todd Woodbridge	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	July 9, 2006	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Andy Ram	Venus Williams Bob Bryan	6: 3, 6: 2

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016-2017	2018	2019	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	1	AF	2	1	AF	1	HF	AF	HF	3	-	1	2	-	-	-	23:12	HF
French Open	AF	VF	3	3	1	-	AF	-	2	AF	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	18: 9	VF
Wimbledon	2	AF	AF	2	1	-	2	3	F.	3	3	-	3	-	-	1	-	23:12	F.
US Open	3	3	AF	-	3	3	2	AF	F.	VF	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	26:10	F.

Double

competition	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015-2017	2018	2019	Balance sheet!	Career
Australian Open	1	HF	VF	AF	-	AF	-	2	S.	-	1	-	-	1	18: 9	S.
French Open	AF	AF	VF	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	10: 6	VF
Wimbledon	2	VF	2	-	2	1	F.	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	12: 8	F.
US Open	1	-	S.	2	2	2	VF	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	13: 7	S.

Mixed

competition	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Career
Australian Open	-	-	VF	VF	1	-	-	-	-	-	VF
French Open	-	-	-	HF	-	-	-	-	-	-	HF
Wimbledon	-	-	-	S.	-	-	-	2	-	2	S.
US Open	1	S.	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	S.

Personal

In addition to her tennis career, Swonaryova studied International Economic Relations at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow and graduated with a master's degree after six years during her injury-related break in summer 2013. After the temporary end of her active career, Swonaryova married and became a mother in 2016. At the US Open that same year she worked on the microphone for Eurosport .

World ranking position at the end of the year

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
singles	357	365	45	13	11	42	24	23	7th	9	2	7th	98	-	251	182	-	204	123	141
Double	-	539	387	73	15th	10	18th	72	48	58	33	83	33	-	345	174	-	-	56	71

Web links

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

• WTA profile of Wera Igorewna Swonarjowa (English)
• ITF profile of Wera Swonarjowa (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Vera Swonarjowa (English)
• Vera Swonaryova website (Russian, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Shoulder operation: Another compulsory break for Zvonareva. In: tennisnet.com. February 15, 2013, accessed August 9, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Return soon: Zvonareva back in training. In: tennisnet.com. August 9, 2013, accessed August 9, 2013 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Vera Zvonareva announces great things. In: tennis.net. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016 . 
4. ↑ $ 15,000 Istanbul. itftennis.com, accessed March 30, 2017 . 
5. ^ Zvonareva Graduates In Moscow. In: wtatennis.com. July 10, 2013, accessed October 25, 2013 .