200 Facts About Svetlana Kuznetsova

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova was born on 27 June 1985 and is an inactive Russian professional tennis player.

Svetlana Kuznetsova is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors.

In doubles, Kuznetsova reached the finals of each major at least once, winning the Australian Open twice.

Svetlana Kuznetsova moved to Spain at the age of seven to attend the Sanchez-Casal Academy.

Svetlana Kuznetsova won her first five WTA doubles titles with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.

Svetlana Kuznetsova won the Australian Open twice in doubles, in 2005 alongside Molik and in 2012 partnering Vera Zvonareva.

Svetlana Kuznetsova played various mixed doubles events, most prominently in 2003, but never went beyond the quarterfinals.

Svetlana Kuznetsova won a total of 18 WTA singles and 16 doubles titles.

Svetlana Kuznetsova's mother, Galina Tsareva, is a six-time world champion and holder of 20 world records in cycling, and her brother, Nikolay Kuznetsov, was a silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and coach of the Russian cycling team Lokomotiv.

Svetlana Kuznetsova liked watching tennis from an early age, preferring men's over women's tennis.

Svetlana Kuznetsova began to play tennis at the age of seven, and moved to Spain six years later to receive better training and coaching.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Aurore Desertin in the first round, but lost in the second round to Berengere Karpenschif, both from France.

However, Svetlana Kuznetsova was ranked in the top 900, receiving her first ranking of 889 during the week ending 20 November 2000.

Svetlana Kuznetsova moved to Mallorca again and lost in the first round to Dinara Safina after winning the first set.

Svetlana Kuznetsova began playing in tournaments on the ITF circuit in 2000, winning her first title on the circuit in April 2001.

Svetlana Kuznetsova made her debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam at the 2002 Australian Open, where, as a qualifier, she reached the second round before losing to 16th seed Iroda Tulyaganova.

Svetlana Kuznetsova entered the top 100 for the first time as a result of that victory.

Svetlana Kuznetsova finished the 2002 season as world No 43 in singles.

Svetlana Kuznetsova received a wild card, but fell in the first round in the singles to Elena Bovina.

Svetlana Kuznetsova paired with Australian Jeff Coetzee but lost to Mark Knowles and Elena Likhovtseva in two tight sets in the first round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova did not reach the quarterfinals of any tournament during the first half of the year.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was unsuccessful with Jared Palmer in the mixed doubles, losing to Nadia Petrova and Paul Haarhuis in the round of 16.

Svetlana Kuznetsova paired with Navratilova in the doubles match, but lost to Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama in three sets in the quarterfinal.

Svetlana Kuznetsova participated at Wimbledon, where in the fourth round, she defeated wildcard Maria Sharapova to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, losing to third seed Justine Henin.

Svetlana Kuznetsova paired with Australian Todd Woodbridge in the mixed doubles, but lost against Leos Friedl and Liezel Huber in the quarterfinal.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then made her first semifinal appearance of the year at the Acura Classic in San Diego, before losing to Henin.

At the US Open singles tournament, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in the third round to top seed Kim Clijsters.

Svetlana Kuznetsova entered the Sparkassen Cup in Leipzig, losing to fifth seeded Daniela Hantuchova in the first round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova finished the 2003 season as world No 36.

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the third round of the singles competition at the Australian Open before losing to top seed Justine Henin.

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached her second Grand Slam doubles final with new partner Elena Likhovtseva before losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez.

Several weeks later, playing singles at Dubai, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated former world No 1 Venus Williams in the quarterfinals before defeating world No 8 Ai Sugiyama in the semifinals for her first win over a top-10 player.

Svetlana Kuznetsova climbed to No 11 by the time of the French Open.

Svetlana Kuznetsova won her third title at the Hastings Direct International Championships in Eastbourne, defeating Hantuchova in the final in three sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was the first female Russian to win the US Open and the third to win a Grand Slam singles title, following the successes of Myskina and Maria Sharapova earlier in the year.

Meanwhile, Svetlana Kuznetsova teamed with Likhovtseva to reach the final of the doubles tournament before losing there to Suarez and Ruano Pascual, marking Svetlana Kuznetsova's fourth consecutive defeat by the pair in Grand Slams.

Svetlana Kuznetsova continued her success by winning the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia defeating Marlene Weingartner in the final.

Svetlana Kuznetsova began the year by reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, losing to fourth seed Sharapova in three sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova teamed with Australian Alicia Molik to win her first Grand Slam doubles title, defeating Davenport and Corina Morariu.

Svetlana Kuznetsova did not reach any finals during the spring hard-court season, with defeats including one to No 97 Sania Mirza in the first round at Dubai.

Svetlana Kuznetsova received a first-round bye at the Pacific Life Open and reached the quarterfinal before losing to Elena Dementieva.

Svetlana Kuznetsova joined the next event, the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami, and progressed to the fourth round after receiving a bye in the first round.

At the French Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost again to eventual champion Henin in a tightly contested fourth round match, having wasted a match point in the third set.

At Wimbledon, Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals for the second time before losing to top seed Davenport.

Svetlana Kuznetsova teamed up with Mauresmo to reach her sixth Grand Slam doubles final but suffered a heavy defeat by Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Zvonareva in the quarterfinal of the Kremlin Cup but was beaten by Francesca Schiavone in the semifinal.

At the Zurich Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in the first round to the unseeded Nathalie Dechy.

Svetlana Kuznetsova started her season at the Australian Open and reached the fourth round before losing there to top seed Davenport.

Several weeks later, Svetlana Kuznetsova rebounded at Dubai, defeating world No 2 Mauresmo in the quarterfinals for her first win over a top ten player since 2004.

At the French Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals for the first time, where she defeated 14th seed Dinara Safina.

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached only the third round at Wimbledon, losing to 27th seed Li Na.

At the US Open Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in the fourth round to 19th seed Jelena Jankovic.

Svetlana Kuznetsova began the year by losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open to 16th seed Israeli Shahar Pe'er.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was seed first and made the final of the Tier I Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells, but lost to Hantuchova in straight sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova made the final of another Tier I tournament, at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, after defeating world No 1 Henin for only the second time in the semifinals.

At the US Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze in the semifinals to advance to her third Grand Slam final.

At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, Svetlana Kuznetsova recorded her first career win over Serena Williams before losing in the semifinals to Tatiana Golovin.

Svetlana Kuznetsova completed the year by competing at the year-ending Championships in Madrid, but failed to progress beyond the preliminary round-robin stage, losing all three matches.

Svetlana Kuznetsova finished the season as world No 2 and as the highest-ranked Russian player for the first time.

Svetlana Kuznetsova began the season by reaching the final at the Medibank International in Sydney, losing to world No 1 Henin in the final set.

At the Australian Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova was seeded second, but fell in the third round to 29th seed Agnieszka Radwanska.

Svetlana Kuznetsova made her second final of the season in Dubai, defeating former world No 1 Mauresmo in the quarterfinals and world No 4 Jankovic in the semifinals.

At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open the next fortnight, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Venus Williams in the quarterfinals but then lost to her sister Serena in the semifinals.

Svetlana Kuznetsova's form dipped following the conclusion of the spring hard-court season, as she won just three of five matches on clay leading up to the French Open.

At Wimbledon, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in the fourth round to Agnieszka Radwanska, after leading by a break in the third and final set.

Svetlana Kuznetsova mirrored her earlier performance at the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha, losing all three of her matches.

Svetlana Kuznetsova finished the year ranked No 8, the only woman in the top ten not to have won a title that year.

At the Australian Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals for the second time in her career, but lost to eventual champion Serena Williams, after being within two points of winning the match in the second set.

Svetlana Kuznetsova broke her losing streak at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, reaching the semifinals, losing to Victoria Azarenka.

At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated world No 3 Dementieva in the semifinals to reach her first final that year.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated world No 1 Safina to win her first singles title since August 2007.

At Wimbledon, Svetlana Kuznetsova fell in the third round to unseeded German Sabine Lisicki.

Svetlana Kuznetsova pulled out of the LA Women's Tennis Championships, citing a foot injury.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then played in the Rogers Cup and lost to Samantha Stosur in the second round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova received a wildcard entrance to the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mauresmo.

Svetlana Kuznetsova entered the Maroon group along with Dementieva, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, and lost both her matches against the Williams sisters.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Alisa Kleybanova in the first round before falling to Dominika Cibulkova in the second.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was seeded second for the Dubai Championships but fell in a third round upset to qualifier and No 99 ranked Regina Kulikova.

At the Billie Jean King Cup exhibition, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost her match to Williams.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was seeded, for the sixth and last time to date, first at the Sony Ericsson Open and after receiving a bye in the first round, managed to prevent another upset by defeating Peng Shuai in the second round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then defeated 27th seed Agnes Szavay to book a fourth round encounter with Marion Bartoli, losing to the French No 1 in the quarterfinal.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, but fell to Li Na in the second round, after defeating Srebotnik.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Sorana Cirstea and Andrea Petkovic in the early rounds.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Akgul Amanmuradova in the first round, before falling to Anastasia Rodionova in the second round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova rallied by winning the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then played at the Cincinnati Open suffering an early exit to Sharapova in the first round.

At the Rogers Cup, Svetlana Kuznetsova made it to the semifinals before falling to Caroline Wozniacki in two sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Kimiko Date-Krumm, Anastasija Sevastova, and 23rd seed Kirilenko before falling in the fourth round to unseeded Cibulkova.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was the 10th seed at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, but lost to Petkovic in the second round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova finished the year ranked world No 27, her lowest since 2003.

Svetlana Kuznetsova fell to Peng Shuai in the second round, although initially up a set.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then headed to Sydney for the Medibank International Sydney where she lost in the quarterfinals to eight-seeded Li.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was seeded 23rd at the Australian Open where she lost in the fourth round to Francesca Schiavone, squandering six match points in the final set.

Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in the Qatar Ladies Open tournament against Shahar Pe'er in the first round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova received a bye in the first round at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, but was defeated by wildcard Christina McHale in two tie-breaks in the second round.

At the doubles event, Svetlana Kuznetsova teamed up with Vera Zvonareva.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was seeded second at the Andalucia Tennis Experience after receiving a wild card.

Svetlana Kuznetsova succeeded to move to the semifinal where she lost against qualifier Irina-Camelia Begu.

Svetlana Kuznetsova failed to reach the second round in both the Madrid Open and Internationali BNL d'Italia, losing to Dominika Cibulkova and Greta Arn respectively.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was seeded 13th at the French Open singles event where she lost against Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinal, her first in a Grand Slam tournament since 2009.

Svetlana Kuznetsova lost against Dominika Cibulkova in the quarterfinal of the UNICEF Open.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion at the Mercury Insurance Open, but withdrew due to a groin strain.

Svetlana Kuznetsova recovered quickly from the injury and entered the Rogers Cup, but lost to Simona Halep in the first round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the fourth round of the US Open in which she lost to top-seeded Wozniacki.

Svetlana Kuznetsova began her season at the ASB Classic in Auckland, where she reached the semifinal, losing in three sets to Chinese Zheng Jie.

Svetlana Kuznetsova withdrew from the US Open, ending a streak of 40 consecutive Grand Slam appearances dating back to 2002.

Svetlana Kuznetsova began her comeback at Sydney, where she had to qualify to enter the main draw.

Svetlana Kuznetsova entered the Australian Open unseeded, but she was able to reach the quarterfinals for the third time, after defeating Wozniacki for the second time this year, in the fourth round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova subsequently lost in the quarterfinals to world No 1, defending and eventual champion Victoria Azarenka in two sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova next played at the Qatar Total Open and defeated ninth seed Marion Bartoli in the second round, before losing in the third to Sam Stosur.

Svetlana Kuznetsova matched her 2012 performance by reaching the third round, defeating former champion Jelena Jankovic in the second round before losing to Marion Bartoli in the third.

At Miami, Svetlana Kuznetsova was again unseeded, but she managed to reach the third round, losing to Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.

At the French Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova reached her second consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final, where she lost to world No 1 and eventual champion, Serena Williams, in three sets.

The second set which Svetlana Kuznetsova won was the only one dropped by Williams during the tournament.

Svetlana Kuznetsova had defeated 22nd-seed and compatriot Ekaterina Makarova and German sixth seed Angelique Kerber en route.

Svetlana Kuznetsova began the year with a loss to Varvara Lepchenko in the first round at Sydney.

At the first round of PTT Pattaya Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Zhang Shuai to record her 500th career victory.

Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Petra Kvitova in three sets in the third round at the Indian Wells Open.

At the Sony Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova was upset in her first match by 17-year-old Croat Donna Vekic in straight sets after receiving a first round bye.

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, where she was defeated by eventual finalist Ivanovic.

In Roland Garros, Svetlana Kuznetsova repeated her success in the previous year, climbing to the quarterfinals, before that defeating fifth-seed and Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the third round.

The injured Svetlana Kuznetsova was helpless against finalist Simona Halep, who defeated her in straight sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was upset in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships by Portugal's Michelle Larcher de Brito in three sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova failed to win a match in Auckland and Sydney, losing to qualifier Lucie Hradecka and Madison Keys in the first rounds respectively.

Svetlana Kuznetsova lost her opening match again at Melbourne, losing to Caroline Garcia.

Svetlana Kuznetsova scored her first win of the year at the Fed Cup, where she defeated world No 8 Agnieszka Radwanska.

Svetlana Kuznetsova started the clay season at the International tournament Prague Open, where she lost to 98th-ranked Zhang Shuai, but renewed herself at the Madrid Open, where she reached her 35th final.

Svetlana Kuznetsova had wins over Ekaterina Makarova, Garbine Muguruza, Sam Stosur and Lucie Safarova, and then defeated Maria Sharapova in two sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Petra Kvitova in the final in straight sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the second round of Wimbledon for the first time since 2011.

Svetlana Kuznetsova withdrew from most of the North America tournaments, including the Rogers Cup and Cincinnati, due to a left leg injury.

Svetlana Kuznetsova eventually received her first trophy this season at the Kremlin Cup with a straight sets victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, becoming the 15th title in her career.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then triumphed in Sydney, defeating top-seeded Halep in the semifinals in three tight sets, and qualifier Monica Puig from Puerto Rico in the finals in two sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was seeded 12th and was drawn to face Julia Gorges in the first round for consecutive tournaments.

However, this time Svetlana Kuznetsova won in straight sets but lost out to Jelena Ostapenko in the second round.

At the BNP Paribas Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova was seeded 16th and received a bye into the second round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then reached her second Miami Open final of her career.

The last time Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated a world No 1 player was at the 2009 Roland Garros final.

However, Svetlana Kuznetsova missed her chance to return to the Top 10 for the first time since 2009 when she lost to Victoria Azarenka in the final.

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals of the Italian Open, where she suffered a clear loss by Serena Williams.

On 15 April, Svetlana Kuznetsova replaced Sharapova from the top position among Russian players, the first time since 2011.

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the third round in singles and the quarterfinal in doubles.

Svetlana Kuznetsova again reached the quarterfinal in a Premier 5 tournament, doing so in Cincinnati.

Svetlana Kuznetsova rebounded at the Wuhan Open, reaching the semifinals which boosted her hopes to qualify for the WTA Finals for the first time since 2009.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then lost to fellow Singapore contender Dominika Cibulkova in a tight three set match.

At the China Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova received a bye into the second round due to her impressive performance at Wuhan.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Misaki Doi but lost to yet another Singapore Contender Madison Keys in the third round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova handled the pressure well; defeating Alize Cornet, Timea Babos, Elina Svitolina and Daria Gavrilova in the final to win the title.

Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in the second round of the Sydney Open to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in two straight sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then skipped both the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open due to an injury.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then lost to Venus Williams in the fourth round at the Miami event.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then reached the semifinals of the Madrid Open, losing to Mladenovic.

However, after a disappointing performance in Rome, Svetlana Kuznetsova returned to the 9th position.

At the French Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova defended her points as she went to the fourth round, losing there to Wozniacki.

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the quarterfinals of Eastbourne, losing to Pliskova in three sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then improved her performance at Wimbledon, defeating Ons Jabeur, Ekaterina Makarova, Polona Hercog and No 10 Agnieszka Radwanska on her way to reach the quarterfinals, where she fell to eventual champion Garbine Muguruza.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was beaten by Muguruza in Cincinnati, but now in three tight sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova withdrew from the Kremlin Cup, where she was the two-times defending champion.

Svetlana Kuznetsova reached a quarterfinal only once in an International event in Istanbul.

Svetlana Kuznetsova finished the season ranked 107, her worst ranking since 2001.

At Beijing, Svetlana Kuznetsova was defeated by Christina McHale in the first round in three sets.

At Hobart, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost in two sets to Magda Linette in the first round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then participated in the Australian Open for the first time in three years, where she defeated Marketa Vondrousova in the first round, before falling to Camila Giorgi.

Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals.

Svetlana Kuznetsova made her return at the Istanbul Cup as the top seed, but was stunned by Eugenie Bouchard in her first match.

Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Elina Svitolina in the third round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova began her season at the Grampians Trophy after going through a 14-day hard quarantine.

Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Jennifer Brady in the first round despite leading by an early break.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then reached her first semifinal of the year at her home tournament, the St Petersburg Ladies' Trophy.

Svetlana Kuznetsova survived a scare against teenage rising star Wang Xinyu in her opener before producing a comeback against Jaqueline Cristian in the quarterfinals.

Svetlana Kuznetsova then lost in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships to qualifier Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove.

Svetlana Kuznetsova ended her season prematurely due to lingering injuries, with her comeback date not disclosed.

Svetlana Kuznetsova fell out of the top 100 in September 2021 after being inactive.

Belgian tennis legend Justine Henin was one of Svetlana Kuznetsova's leading rivals during the middle portion of her career.

Svetlana Kuznetsova earned her first win over the Belgian at the semifinals of the 2004 Total Qatar Open, where she went on to lose in the final to Anastasia Myskina.

Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Henin for the second time in the semifinals of the 2007 Qatar Telecom German Open tournament in Berlin in three sets, becoming the second-to-last person to do so in 2007.

Justine Henin made one final comeback following her injury at the 2011 Australian Open, where Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated her in a dramatic match in the third round.

Svetlana Kuznetsova won their first three meetings, but in the four meetings that eventuated in 2008, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost three of them, including in the third round of the Australian Open and in the fourth round of Wimbledon.

Svetlana Kuznetsova subsequently dominated Radwanska in future meetings, winning six meetings between the pair between 2009 and 2012, including an upset victory at the 2012 French Open, until Radwanska stopped the rot at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open, saving a match point in the process.

In 2015, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Radwanska again in the opening match of Fed Cup tie between Russia and Poland.

At the 2016 Wuhan Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova saved a match point in the second set en route to winning a three-set, quarterfinal thriller, and saved a match point when they met at the WTA Finals in Singapore later that year.

Svetlana Kuznetsova struggled for most of the rivalry, losing eight of the eleven meetings between the pair.

Additionally, at the 2007 WTA Tour Championships, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Ivanovic in three sets on the Serb's 20th birthday.

Svetlana Kuznetsova joined team Russia in 2004 in the doubles and singles competition.

Svetlana Kuznetsova's teammates were Myskina and Zvonareva in singles and Likhovtseva in doubles.

Again in Moscow, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Yvonne Meusburger, Daniela Kix and Meusburger and Patricia Wartusch all in straight sets.

Svetlana Kuznetsova rejoined in 2007 and defeated Spain's Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the quarterfinal.

In contrast, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost the doubles competition with partner Elena Vesnina, beaten by Liezel Huber and Vania King.

Svetlana Kuznetsova played against China in the quarterfinal and won in the singles over opponent Yan Zi, and in the doubles, together with Dementieva, over Sun Tiantian and Yan Zi, after losing the first set.

Svetlana Kuznetsova received training at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona, Spain from the age of 14 and was coached under direction of club president Emilio Sanchez and Sergio Casal.

Svetlana Kuznetsova's major coaching relationship was with Stefan Ortega who was a regular guest in her player's box and helped advance her game.

Svetlana Kuznetsova was coached for a short period by Loic Courteau after trying unsuccessfully to convince Mauresmo to coach her.

Svetlana Kuznetsova said in an interview, that she likes working with him and understands with him well.

Svetlana Kuznetsova has been described as technically the most complete player on tour.

Svetlana Kuznetsova is noted for her great speed on court and her strong forehand with much topspin.

Svetlana Kuznetsova is capable of producing effective volley winners providing an agile touch.

Svetlana Kuznetsova extended her long standing endorsement agreements with the sport brand Fila on 13 January 2012.

Svetlana Kuznetsova debuted with the new apparel at the 2012 Australian Open alongside fellow Fila player Kim Clijsters.

Subsequently, shortly before the start of the 2013 Australian Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova signed a new apparel endorsement deal with Chinese sports apparel brand Qiaodan.

Svetlana Kuznetsova appeared in video games Top Spin 2, Top Spin 3, Virtua Tennis 2009 and Virtua Tennis 4 as a playable character.