Victoria Azarenka
Strong Is Beautiful
Maria Sharapova

Anna Chakvetadze

Rus
Residence: Moscow, Russia
DOB: March 5, 1987
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5' 7" (1.71 m)
Weight: 139 lbs. (63 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (2003)
JANUARY - Reached QF at Hobart (ret. vs. Peer w/cramping).
2001 - Played first event of career at ITF/Minsk-BLR.

2002 - Played first WTA qualifying at Budapest; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Fell in WTA qualifying once.

2004 - First Top 100 season; played first three WTA main draws, reaching 3r at US Open (as No.175 qualifier, l. to Daniilidou; d. No.3 Myskina in 2r, becoming equal-second fastest to beat a Top 10 player, doing so in only third WTA main draw match, tied with S.Williams; fastest is Leand, doing it in second WTA main draw match); fell 1r twice, at Stockholm (first WTA main draw) and Moscow; fell in qualifying twice; won one singles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on September 13 (after US Open; rose from No.175 to No.91).

2005 - First Top 50 season; SF at New Haven (l. to Davenport); QF three times, at Istanbul, Birmingham and San Diego; reached 3r four times (incl. Roland Garros, US Open) and 2r five times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r eight times (incl. Wimbledon) and in qualifying twice; made Top 50 debut on June 6 (after Roland Garros; rose from No.56 to No.44).

2006 - First Top 20 season (finishing No.13); won first two WTA titles, at Guangzhou (d. Medina Garrigues in final) and Moscow (d. Petrova in final); SF twice, at Warsaw (l. to Kuznetsova) and Montréal (ret. vs. Hingis w/arm strain); QF at San Diego; reached 4r three times (incl. US Open), 3r three times (incl. Wimbledon) and 2r four times (incl. other two majors); fell 1r six times; made Top 20 debut on October 16 (after Moscow; rose from No.24 to No.16).

2007 - First Top 10 season (finishing No.6); won four WTA titles at Hobart (d. Bardina in final), 's-Hertogenbosch (d. Jankovic in final), Cincinnati (d. Morigami in final) and Stanford (d. Mirza in final); SF five times, at Antwerp (l. to Mauresmo), Miami (l. to Henin), San Diego (l. to Sharapova), US Open (l. to Kuznetsova; first Grand Slam SF) and WTA Championships (went 2-1 in RR; l. to Sharapova in SF); QF six times, at Australian Open (l. to Sharapova), Paris [Indoors], Warsaw, Roland Garros (l. to Sharapova), Luxembourg and Linz; had seven pre-QF exits, reaching 4r once, 3r twice (incl. Wimbledon) and 2r four times; made Top 10 debut on February 19 (rose from No.12 to No.10) and Top 5 debut on September 10 (after US Open; rose from No.6 to No.5); member of Fed Cup-winning Russian team.

2008 - Another Top 20 season (finishing No.18); won seventh WTA title at Paris [Indoors] (d. Szavay in final); runner-up at New Haven (l. to Wozniacki in final; was 7-0 in WTA finals before that); SF at Rome (l. to Cornet); QF three times, at Dubai, 's-Hertogenbosch and Stanford; reached 4r once (Wimbledon), 3r four times (incl. Australian Open) and 2r seven times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r five times (incl. US Open).

2009 - Another Top 100 season; QF at New Haven; reached 3r five times and 2r four times (incl. Australian Open, US Open); fell 1r eight times (incl. other two majors).

2010 - Eighth straight Top 100 season; won eighth WTA title at Portoroz (d. Larsson in final); SF at Copenhagen (l. to Wozniacki); QF twice, at Pattaya City and Moscow; reached 3r once and 2r four times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r seven times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying four times; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2011 - Illness-marred season (finished No.230); went 1-3 in Australian season (incl. 2r finish at Australian Open) then struggled with illness in spring (retired in Dubai 2r, withdrew from Miami, retired in Stuttgart 1r, then withdrew from Madrid, Rome, Brussels, Roland Garros and Copenhagen); went 0-2 in grass court season (incl. 1r finish at Wimbledon) then missed rest of season w/illness (withdrew from Budapest, Bad Gastein, College Park, Carlsbad, US Open and Tashkent).
SINGLES
Winner (8): 2010 - Portoroz, ITF/Bronx-USA; 2008 - Paris [Indoors]; 2007 - Hobart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cincinnati, Stanford; 2006 - Guangzhou, Moscow; 2004 - ITF/Redbridge-GBR.
Finalist (1): 2008 - New Haven.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2002 - ITF/Istanbul 2-TUR (w/Kotkina).
Finalist (5): 2010 - Pattaya City (w/Pervak), Portoroz (w/Erakovic); 2007 - Stanford, San Diego (both w/Azarenka); 2006 - Beijing (w/Vesnina).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2006-09.
Currently without a coach ... Parents are Djambuli and Natalia; younger brother is Roman ... Introduced to tennis at age 8 by mother ... Attends Moscow University; speaks Russian, English ... Favorite movie is One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest ... Also enjoys romance novels, all types of music, soccer ... Relaxes by spending time with friends ... Before tennis, hobbies included playing piano.
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