Victoria Azarenka
Strong Is Beautiful
Maria Sharapova

Elena Vesnina

Rus
Residence: Sochi, Russia
DOB: August 1, 1986
Birthplace: Lvov, Ukraine
Height: 5' 7 3/4" (1.76 m)
Weight: 132 lbs. (60 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (2002)
JANUARY - Reached QF at Auckland (l. to Pennetta); fell 1r at Hobart (l. to Kerber).
2002 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Egypt.

2003 - Played first WTA qualifying at Moscow and Tashkent; won two singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Played first WTA main draw at Québec City, falling 1r; fell in qualifying twice; won three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - QF twice, at Tashkent and Québec City; reached 2r twice; fell 1r twice and in qualifying six times (incl. US Open); won one WTA doubles title.

2006 - First Top 100 season; QF twice, at Strasbourg and Forest Hills; reached 4r once (Australian Open), 3r twice and 2r 10 times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r nine times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying twice; made Top 100 debut on January 16 (rose from No.102 to No.100) and Top 50 debut on July 24 (rose from No.51 to No.50).

2007 - Another Top 100 season; SF twice, at Forest Hills (l. to Razzano) and Tashkent (l. to Azarenka); QF three times, at Gold Coast, Strasbourg and Cincinnati; reached 3r once (Wimbledon) and 2r six times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r 10 times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying three times; won one WTA doubles title.

2008 - Another Top 100 season; QF at Hobart; reached 4r once, 3r twice (incl. Australian Open) and 2r three times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); fell 1r 12 times (incl. Roland Garros) and in qualifying twice; won one WTA doubles title; doubles-only member of Russian Olympic team (w/Zvonareva; reached QF); member of Fed Cup-winning Russian team.

2009 - First Top 30 season; runner-up twice, at Auckland (l. to Dementieva in final) and New Haven (l. to Wozniacki in final); SF at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to Wozniacki 26 63 76(4); held 4mp - 2mp at 5-3 and 2mp at 6-5 third set); QF twice, at Dubai and Charleston; reached 4r once (Wimbledon), 3r four times (incl. US Open) and 2r three times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r seven times (incl. Australian Open) and in qualifying once.

2010 - Another Top 100 season; runner-up twice, at Istanbul (l. to Pavlyuchenkova in final) and Tashkent (l. to Kudryavtseva in final); SF at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to Wozniacki); reached 3r four times and 2r four times; fell 1r 11 times (incl. all four majors).

2011 - Sixth straight Top 100 season; runner-up at Charleston (l. to Wozniacki in final); SF at Moscow (l. to Cibulkova); reached 3r twice (incl. Rome - l. to Arn 36 76(3) 76(3); held 2mp at 5-3 third set) and 2r seven times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r 10 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying twice; won three WTA doubles titles; made doubles Top 10 debut on May 9 (rose from No.11 to No.10); retired in Auckland 2r and Baku 2r w/illness and also withdrew from Fès w/wrist injury, from Strasbourg w/back injury and from Tokyo and Beijing w/left wrist injury.
SINGLES
Winner: 2003 - ITF/Balaschika-RUS, ITF/Tbilisi-GEO.
Finalist (5): 2011 - Charleston; 2010 - Istanbul, Tashkent; 2009 - Auckland, New Haven.

DOUBLES
Winner (6): 2011 - Indian Wells, Charleston (both w/Mirza), Linz (w/Erakovic); 2008 - Indian Wells (w/Safina); 2007 - Hobart (w/Likhovtseva); 2005 - Québec City (w/Rodionova); 2004 - ITF/Marseille-FRA (w/Peer), ITF/Balashikha-RUS (w/Golovoznina), ITF/Tbilisi 2-GEO (w/Kustava); 2003 - ITF/Balaschika-RUS (w/Chemarda), ITF/Bucharest 1-ROU, ITF/Bucharest 2-ROU (both w/Bastrikova).
Finalist (9): 2011 - Roland Garros (w/Mirza); 2010 - Wimbledon (w/Zvonareva); 2009 - Roland Garros (w/Azarenka); 2008 - Amelia Island (w/Azarenka), Stanford (w/Zvonareva); 2007 - Antwerp, Warsaw (both w/Likhovtseva); 2006 - Bangalore (w/Rodionova), Beijing (w/Chakvetadze).

MIXED DOUBLES
Finalist (2): 2012 - Australian Open (w/Paes); 2011 - Wimbledon (w/Bhupathi).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2006-08; Russian Olympic Team, 2008.
Coached by Andrei Olhovsky ... Father is Sergej (formerly coached her); mother is Irina (teacher); brother, Dmitriy, is a student ... Introduced to tennis by mother at age 7; began playing at sport school in Sochi (first coach was Jurij Judkin, who also coached Sharapova) ... Favorite surfaces are clay, hard ... Other sports interests are soccer, basketball, ice hockey ... Enjoys reading, shopping, movies, music, dancing, going out to the sea with friends, travelling ... Favorite types of music are pop, R&B; favorite artists are U2, Adele and P!nk ... Admires Martina Hingis and Steffi Graf ... Favorite cities are Rome and Sochi ("the two most beautiful and warmest cities in the world").