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Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova born June 27, 1985 is a Russian
professional tennis player.
Kuznetsova was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her father Alexandr Kuznetsov
is a cycling coach who has coached to success five Olympic and world
champions. Her father's protégés include her mother, Galina Tsareva, a six-time
world champion and holder of 20 world records, and Svetlana’s brother,
Nikolai Kuznetsov, a silver medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta. Kuznetsova also tried out cycling in her early years, but it bored
her. She focused on tennis instead and was sent to Spain when she was 15
years old, for better training and coaching.
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Kuznetsova plays mainly from the baseline, is a very good mover on court and
over the years has perfected a heavy and accurate forehand that troubles her
opponents greatly.
She won her first Grand Slam title in the 2004 US Open, where she defeated
countrywoman Elena Dementieva in straight sets in an all-Russian final (the
second in history after Myskina-Dementieva at the French Open of the same
year).
Kuznetsova is also a very active doubles player and as of January, 2005
ranks third in the doubles rankings. Her second Grand Slam title came at the
2005 Australian Open's women's doubles event, where she teamed with
Australia's Alicia Molik and defeated Americans Lindsay Davenport and Corina
Morariu in the final. She reached five other Grand Slam doubles finals, with
Martina Navratilova, Elena Likhovtseva and Amelie Mauresmo as her partners.
A year after her first Grand Slam victory, Kuznetsova became the first woman
during the Open Era to lose in the first round as a defending women's
champion at the 2005 US Open. She was involved in a doping scandal and was
accused of taking efedrine but as the test was taken during unofficial
competition the case was never investigated.
Profile:
Country: Russia
Residence: St. Petersburg, Russia
Height: 1.74 m (5′8˝″)
Weight: 73 kg (161 lb)
Plays: Right
Turned pro: 2000
Highest singles ranking: 4 (10/18/04)
Highest doubles ranking: 3 (7/7-04)
Singles titles: 5
Doubles titles: 12
Career Prize Money: $3,773,158 |
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