Personal

Coached by Larissa Prebrazhenskaya...Introduced to tennis by mother at age 7...Serves left-handed, but is ambidextrous and switches racquet hands to use two forehands and no backhand...Has baseline style; favorite surfaces are carpet and hard; favorite shot is her dropshot...Mother, Elena, is a teacher; father, Boris Kulikovsky, died in 1979...Self-described as a very open and sociable person who loves people...Superstition during tournaments is to eat the same breakfast each morning...Likes to go out with her friends or go to her grandmothers house...Favorite cities to visit are St. Petersburg, Russia, because it is the most beautiful city in the world, and Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA...Enjoys ice hockey and soccer...Graduated from high school in 1996...Admires her mothers strong strong character and Monica Seles for coming back to tennis...Favorite movies are Dangerous Minds and Soldier Jane; favorite actors are Michelle Pfeiffer and Keanu Reeves.

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (0): 2002 - ITF/Orbetello-ITA; 2001 - ITF/Allenton-USTA; 1998 - ITF/Tbilisi-GEO; 1997 - ITF/Southampton-GBR; 1996 - ITF/Sheffield-GBR, ITF/Kiev-UKR, ITF/Sochi-RUS; 1995 - ITF/Lodz-POL, ITF/Bytom- POL Quarterfinalist (2): 1999 - Budapest; 1998 - Luxembourg.

DOUBLES
Winner (4): 2003 - Helsinki (w/Tatarkova); 2002 - Palermo (Sysoeva); 1999 - Budapest (w/Nacuk), Tashkent (w/Wartusch).
Finalist (6): 2003 - Hyderabad (w/Poutchek); 2002 - Warsaw (w/Talaja), Sopot (w/Sysoeva); 1999 - Knokke-Heist (w/Nacuk), Pattaya City (w/Wartusch); 1998 - Makarska (w/Kschwendt).
Semifinalist (2): 2003 - Canberra (w/Poutchek); 1998 - Istanbul (w/Lugina).

ADDITIONAL
Member of Russian Fed Cup Team 1998.