1. Varvara Petrivna Lepchenko was born on May 21,1986 and is an Uzbekistani-born American professional tennis player.
79 Facts About Varvara Lepchenko
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Varvara Lepchenko is of Ukrainian descent and played for Uzbekistan before relocating to the United States.
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Varvara Lepchenko won all her 14 ITF titles in the United States.
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Varvara Lepchenko has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 19, achieved October 2012.
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Varvara Lepchenko was provisionally suspended from the WTA Tour in 2016 after testing positive for the heart medication meldonium, although she was found to "bear no fault or negligence" by the International Tennis Federation.
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In 2022, Varvara Lepchenko was suspended from tennis for four years, after testing positive for the stimulant adrafinil, and its metabolite, modafinil.
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Varvara Lepchenko was born May 21,1986, in Tashkent in the former Soviet Union in present-day Uzbekistan.
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Varvara Lepchenko began playing tennis at age seven; her father Petr was her first coach.
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Varvara Lepchenko turned pro in 2001, and reached a junior career-high of 244 on 5 January 2004.
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Varvara Lepchenko reached the final of an ITF tournament in Cuneo this year.
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Varvara Lepchenko reached the second rounds of the French Open and Wimbledon in 2010.
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Varvara Lepchenko lost to Dominika Cibulkova and Alona Bondarenko, respectively.
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In 2011 at the French Open, Varvara Lepchenko recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating 18th seed Flavia Pennetta, in the first round.
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Varvara Lepchenko started the year at the Auckland Open where she lost in the second round of qualifying to Anne Keothavong.
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Varvara Lepchenko began the French Open with a three-set win over unseeded Ksenia Pervak, before she upset 19th seed and former world No 1, Jelena Jankovic.
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Varvara Lepchenko reached the third round of the US Open, where she was defeated in straight sets by defending champion Samantha Stosur.
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Varvara Lepchenko began the year by playing at the Brisbane International.
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Varvara Lepchenko lost in the first round to third seed and eventual champion, Serena Williams.
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At the Sydney International, Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the first round by Ekaterina Makarova.
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In Dubai, Varvara Lepchenko lost in the first round to Hsieh Su-wei.
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Varvara Lepchenko began her clay-court season at the Charleston Open.
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Varvara Lepchenko was defeated then by eventual champion Kaia Kanepi, in third set tie-breaker.
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Varvara Lepchenko lost there to eighth seed and last year quarterfinalist Angelique Kerber.
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At the Rogers Cup, Varvara Lepchenko lost in the second round to Magdalena Rybarikova.
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Varvara Lepchenko lost her first-round match at the Pan Pacific Open to Japanese wildcard Misaki Doi.
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Varvara Lepchenko played her final tournament of the year at the Kremlin Cup where she lost in the first round to wildcard Alisa Kleybanova, in three sets.
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Varvara Lepchenko began new season at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Elina Svitolina.
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In Sydney, Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the final round of qualifying by compatriot Victoria Duval.
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However, due to her compatriot, Sloane Stephens, pulling out of the tournament due to a left wrist injury, Varvara Lepchenko got herself a lucky loser spot into the main draw.
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Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the second round by qualifier and eventual champion Tsvetana Pironkova.
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In Doha, Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the first round by Kaia Kanepi.
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Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in her third-round match by Lauren Davis.
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Varvara Lepchenko lost in the fourth round to 11th seed Caroline Wozniacki.
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Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the first round by Petra Cetkovska.
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At Madrid, Varvara Lepchenko lost in the second round to fifth seed Petra Kvitova.
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At the Wimbledon Championships, Varvara Lepchenko beat 2010 Wimbledon semifinalist, Tsvetana Pironkova, in the first round before she was defeated by Caroline Garcia.
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Varvara Lepchenko got her US Open Series underway at the Stanford Classic.
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Varvara Lepchenko lost her semifinal match to third seed Angelique Kerber.
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At the China Open, Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the final round of qualifying by Silvia Soler Espinosa.
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Varvara Lepchenko competed in her final tournament of the year at the Luxembourg Open.
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Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in her quarterfinal match by qualifier Denisa Allertova.
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Varvara Lepchenko twice served for the opening set but Ivanovic came back both times to win the first-set tiebreaker and eventually the match.
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Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the third round by third seed and eventual champion, Simona Halep.
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At the Madrid Open, Varvara Lepchenko lost in the second round to Barbora Strycova.
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Varvara Lepchenko started her preparations for Wimbledon at the first edition of the Nottingham Open.
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Varvara Lepchenko reached the third round where she lost to qualifier Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.
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Varvara Lepchenko began 2016 season at the Brisbane International where she reached the quarterfinal round losing to sixth seed, Carla Suarez Navarro.
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At the Australian Open, Varvara Lepchenko won her first two matches over 31st seed Lesia Tsurenko and Lara Arruabarrena.
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Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the third round by qualifier Zhang Shuai.
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At the Dubai Championships, Varvara Lepchenko lost in the final round of qualifying to Zheng Saisai.
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Varvara Lepchenko then missed the next two months from tour citing a knee injury.
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Varvara Lepchenko lost in the final round of qualifying to Kiki Bertens.
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Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in her quarterfinal match by eventual finalist, Mariana Duque Marino.
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At the French Open, Varvara Lepchenko lost in the first round to 27th seed Ekaterina Makarova.
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Varvara Lepchenko started her grass-court season at the Rosmalen Open where she lost in the second round to top seed Belinda Bencic.
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At the Birmingham Classic, Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Laura Robson.
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At Wimbledon, Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the second round by fourth seed and eventual finalist, Angelique Kerber.
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Varvara Lepchenko started her preparation for the US Open at the Silicon Valley Classic.
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At the Canadian Open, Varvara Lepchenko fell in the final round of qualifying to Alla Kudryavtseva.
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Varvara Lepchenko beat qualifier Naomi Broady in her second-round match; she was defeated in the third round by 15th seed Johanna Konta.
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At the Connecticut Open, Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the second round of qualifying by Johanna Larsson.
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Varvara Lepchenko stayed in Tokyo to compete at the Pan Pacific Open where she lost in the first round to Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig.
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At the Wuhan Open, Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the first round by Lucie Safarova.
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In Beijing at the China Open, Varvara Lepchenko lost in the final round of qualifying to Katerina Siniakova.
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Varvara Lepchenko played her final tournament of the season at the Luxembourg Open where she lost in the second round to top seed and eventual finalist Petra Kvitova.
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Varvara Lepchenko commenced her 2017 season at the Auckland Open where she lost in the second round to third seed Caroline Wozniacki.
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At the Sydney International, Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Duan Yingying.
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Varvara Lepchenko played her final tournament before the French Open at the Nurnberger Versicherungscup where she was defeated in the second round by Sorana Cirstea.
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At the French Open, Varvara Lepchenko lost in the second round to 14th seed Elena Vesnina.
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Varvara Lepchenko began her preparation for Wimbledon at the Rosmalen Open where she was defeated in the first round by Camila Giorgi.
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Varvara Lepchenko played her final tournament before Wimbledon at the Eastbourne International.
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At Wimbledon, Varvara Lepchenko beat 28th seed Lauren Davis in her first-round match.
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Varvara Lepchenko was defeated in the second round by Caroline Garcia.
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Varvara Lepchenko lost in the third round to Alize Cornet.
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At the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Varvara Lepchenko lost in the second round to Johanna Larsson.
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Varvara Lepchenko started new season at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round of qualifying to Dayana Yastremska.
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Varvara Lepchenko won her first WTA 125 title at the 2021 LTP Women's Open, defeating to Jamie Loeb in the final in three sets.
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From August 2021 when she lost a second-round match at the Thoreau Tennis Open to Vera Zvonareva, Varvara Lepchenko was inactive until May 2023, due to a 21 months provisional doping suspension after testing positive for a banned stimulant, a couple of months after the 2021 French Open.
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Varvara Lepchenko is a Christian and a member of the Orthodox Church.