Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova was born on 24 April 1997 and is a Russian professional tennis player.
54 Facts About Veronika Kudermetova
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Veronika Kudermetova has a career-high singles ranking of world No 9, achieved on 24 October 2022, and a best WTA doubles ranking of No 2, reached on 6 June 2022.
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Veronika Kudermetova has reached a Grand Slam final, at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles with Elena Vesnina, and won 2022 WTA Finals with Elise Mertens.
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Veronika Kudermetova made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in singles at the 2018 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and in doubles at the 2014 Kremlin Cup, partnering with Evgeniya Rodina.
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Veronika Kudermetova was born to Eduard Kudermetov, a Russian national ice hockey champion.
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Veronika Kudermetova started playing tennis at the age of eight.
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Veronika Kudermetova's younger sister Polina Kudermetova was born on 2003 and is a tennis player.
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Veronika Kudermetova is married to tennis coach and former player Sergei Demekhine.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached consecutive $10k finals at Antalya at the start of the year, and after several strong performances, she cracked the world's top 500 for the first time in her career.
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Veronika Kudermetova's ranking soon made it possible for a direct admission into the main draw of the Taipei Challenger, her debut on a WTA 125 tournament.
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Veronika Kudermetova won her first match against Varatchaya Wongteanchai before losing in the second round.
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Veronika Kudermetova's year-end ranking improved by a total of 190 spots, ending at the 210th spot.
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Veronika Kudermetova won her first qualifying round at the French Open but fell in her next match.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached her first WTA 125 quarterfinal, at the Taipei Challenger to end off the year.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached the final round of qualifying at the French Open for the first time in her career, where she fell to Barbora Krejcikova.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached another WTA quarterfinal at the Ladies Championship Gstaad, where she defeated Viktoria Kuzmova before falling to Eugenie Bouchard, in straight sets.
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Veronika Kudermetova started the year with a quarterfinal run at the Shenzhen Open after qualifying for the main draw, defeating higher-ranked compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the process.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached third round in the singles competition, which took her to a career-high singles ranking of world No 42.
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Veronika Kudermetova finished the year at No 25 in doubles.
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Veronika Kudermetova lost in the final round of qualifying to Marie Bouzkova.
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Veronika Kudermetova was defeated in the third round by 14th seed Elise Mertens.
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Veronika Kudermetova ended the year ranked No 46 in singles and No 24 in doubles.
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Veronika Kudermetova started 2021 at the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Open.
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Veronika Kudermetova stunned second seed Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals and defeated Marta Kostyuk in the semifinals.
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Veronika Kudermetova lost in the final to fourth seed Aryna Sabalenka convincingly, but entered the top 40 for the first time in her career.
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At the Qatar Ladies Open, Veronika Kudermetova lost in the first round to eventual finalist Garbine Muguruza.
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Veronika Kudermetova entered the top 30 at a career-high of No 29 on 12 April 2021.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached the third round of the Madrid Open with a top-ten win over defending champion Kiki Bertens, in straight sets.
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Veronika Kudermetova entered the French Open as one of the dark horses, and navigated a tough first-round win against former semifinalist Amanda Anisimova, in straight sets.
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Veronika Kudermetova began her grass-court season at the inaugural WTA German Open, where she defeated Karolina Muchova in a high-quality first-round match.
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Veronika Kudermetova was upset by compatriot Liudmila Samsonova in the second round.
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At the Tokyo Olympics, Veronika Kudermetova represented the Russian Olympic Committee in both women's singles and doubles for the first time in her career.
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At the US Open, Veronika Kudermetova suffered another first-round exit in the hands of Sorana Cirstea, one of the highest-ranked unseeded players in the draw.
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Veronika Kudermetova lost in the third round of doubles alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached the third round of the Indian Wells Open for the first time in her career after defeating Samsonova but managed to win just one game against Iga Swiatek.
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Veronika Kudermetova began her season at the Melbourne Summer Set 1, reaching the singles final but lost to Simona Halep, in straight sets.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached the third round in singles, falling to Maria Sakkari despite having an early lead.
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At Dubai, Veronika Kudermetova earned her first top-20 win since May 2021 over Victoria Azarenka in the first round.
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Veronika Kudermetova then earned her first win over fourth seed Garbine Muguruza in four attempts, coming from a set down to beat the Spaniard.
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Veronika Kudermetova beat Jil Teichmann to reach her first WTA 500 semifinal since her Charleston triumph, and received a walkover into the final after her scheduled opponent Marketa Vondrousova withdrew.
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Veronika Kudermetova lost the final to Jelena Ostapenko, in straight sets but reached a new career-high in the top 25 of the WTA rankings.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached her first career WTA 1000 singles quarterfinal at Indian Wells, beating former world No 1, Naomi Osaka, in straight sets, and Marketa Vondrousova after nearly three hours of action.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached two more WTA 1000 finals in doubles at the Miami Open, partnering Mertens and at the Italian Open, partnering Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, where she won her first WTA 1000 title defeating Madrid champions Gabriela Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos.
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Veronika Kudermetova made the third round in doubles with Mertens.
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At the Silicon Valley Classic, Veronika Kudermetova reached the semifinals by defeating Ons Jabeur in straight sets.
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At the Pan Pacific Open, Veronika Kudermetova reached the semifinals eventually losing to Zheng Qinwen in three sets.
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Veronika Kudermetova capped off the best season of her career as she finished the year ranked No 9 in singles and No 2 in doubles.
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Veronika Kudermetova started the season at the Adelaide International 1, seeded fourth.
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Veronika Kudermetova continued her good form in the Adelaide 2 event, when she defeated Victoria Azarenka and Danielle Collins in three sets, saving five match points against the latter, to reach the semifinals.
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Veronika Kudermetova reached the quarterfinals of the Abu Dhabi Open after beating former doubles partner Elise Mertens.
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In doubles, Veronika Kudermetova partnered Liudmila Samsonova for the 2023 season.
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Veronika Kudermetova made her debut in February 2014, losing to Australia's Samantha Stosur in straight sets in their World Group first-round tie.
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Veronika Kudermetova was nominated to represent her country during the 2018 Fed Cup World Group II, but was only selected to play a dead doubles rubber alongside Anna Kalinskaya.
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Now known as the Billie Jean King Cup, Veronika Kudermetova was selected as the second singles player for Russia in their qualifying round against Romania for a place in the Finals.