106 Facts About Yaroslava Shvedova

Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player.

Yaroslava Shvedova won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus one singles and one doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Yaroslava Shvedova won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles, at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and the 2010 US Open, partnering American player Vania King in both.

Yaroslava Shvedova is one of only seven players to record a golden set in the Open era.

Yaroslava Shvedova achieved this feat 2012 at Wimbledon in her match against Sara Errani, the only time a golden set was recorded in a Grand Slam championship.

Yaroslava Shvedova then beat Elena Baltacha in the final qualifying round to enter the main draw.

Yaroslava Shvedova beat Kaia Kanepi and advanced to the third round after defeating Arantxa Rus, a qualifier.

At the US Open, Yaroslava Shvedova pulled off the biggest win of her career by beating then No 5 Jelena Jankovic in three sets, in a match where she saved two match points.

Yaroslava Shvedova gained direct entry into the main draw and won a tight first-round match against wildcard Ajla Tomljanovic.

Yaroslava Shvedova fell to sixth seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the fourth round, in straight sets.

At the Barcelona Open, Yaroslava Shvedova defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round before upsetting fourth-seeded Maria Kirilenko in the second.

Yaroslava Shvedova enjoyed arguably her best career result at the French Open.

Yaroslava Shvedova defeated eighth seed Agnieszka Radwanska, avenging her loss to her in Miami, en route to the quarterfinals.

At the Wimbledon Championships, Yaroslava Shvedova entered the doubles competition unseeded with partner Vania King.

King and Yaroslava Shvedova won in three sets; the match was played over two days due to heavy rainfall.

Yaroslava Shvedova began her season representing Kazakhstan at the Hopman Cup.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost her first match to Ana Ivanovic in two sets.

Yaroslava Shvedova missed the Australian Open due to the same right knee injury.

Yaroslava Shvedova went to play at the Qatar Open; seeded fifth for qualifying, she was defeated in the first round by wildcard Elena Vesnina.

At the Miami Open, after beating Sara Errani Yaroslava Shvedova retired in her second-round match against 28th seed Jarmila Groth due to a left thigh muscle strain.

Yaroslava Shvedova began her clay-court season in Morocco at the Rabat Grand Prix.

At the Barcelona Open, Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the second round to sixth seed and eventual champion Roberta Vinci.

Yaroslava Shvedova entered the French Open ranked No 54 and lost in the first round to 14th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Yaroslava Shvedova began grass-court season at the Birmingham Classic seeded 11th, and lost in the second round to Marina Erakovic.

Yaroslava Shvedova began wearing prescription sports glasses, after seeking medical advice about a nervous tic in one eye.

Yaroslava Shvedova started her US Open Series at the Washington Open and was defeated in the first round by sixth seed Elena Baltacha.

Yaroslava Shvedova then played at the Bronx Open where she reached the second round and lost to Romina Oprandi, after retiring early in the second set.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the first round of qualifying to Ekaterina Bychkova in two tie-breakers.

Yaroslava Shvedova was defeated in the second round by seventh seed Chanelle Scheepers.

Yaroslava Shvedova played her final tournament of the year at the Taipei Ladies Open.

Yaroslava Shvedova reached the quarterfinals but lost to eighth seed Chang Kai-chen, in straight sets.

Yaroslava Shvedova ended the year as No 206, her lowest year-end singles ranking since 2005.

Yaroslava Shvedova started the year playing qualifying at the Australian Open.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the first round of qualifying to Bibiane Schoofs in a marathon three-set match.

Yaroslava Shvedova then rebounded, qualifying into the main draw at Copa Colsanitas defeating Raluca Olaru and Leticia Costas.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost to Mandy Minella in the second round in three sets.

At the Abierto Mexicano, Yaroslava Shvedova retired due to a left thigh injury in the final round of qualifying to top seed Edina Gallovits-Hall.

Yaroslava Shvedova continued her rise in form at another $25K event in Poza Rica, where she won the title beating Monica Puig in the final.

Yaroslava Shvedova started her clay-court season by playing qualifying at the Charleston Open.

At the Portugal Open, Yaroslava Shvedova was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Bianca Botto.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost to fourth seed and reigning Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova, in the quarterfinals only in three sets.

At the Wimbledon Championships, Yaroslava Shvedova received a wildcard into the main draw.

Yaroslava Shvedova won all 24 points in the fifteen-minute-long first set, blasting 14 winners and making no unforced errors before losing the first point of the second set to break the sequence.

Yaroslava Shvedova beat 16th seed Lucie Safarova in the first round.

At the Texas Tennis Open, Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the first round in a tough three set match to second seed and eventual finalist Jelena Jankovic.

At the Pan Pacific Open, Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the first round to 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone.

At the China Open, Yaroslava Shvedova faced 12th seed Dominika Cibulkova in the first round.

Yaroslava Shvedova played her final tournament of the year at the Kremlin Cup.

Yaroslava Shvedova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova but in the second round, she was defeated by seventh seed Maria Kirilenko.

Yaroslava Shvedova ended the year ranked 29 in singles and 26 in doubles.

At the Miami Open, Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the first round to Zheng Jie.

At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Yaroslava Shvedova reached the quarterfinals with wins over Roberta Vinci and Carla Suarez Navarro.

Yaroslava Shvedova withdrew from her third-round match against wildcard Medina Garrigues due to a right arm injury.

Yaroslava Shvedova returned to action at the New Haven Open and retired in the final round of qualifying to fifth seed Stefanie Vogele.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the third round to world No 1 and eventual champion, Serena Williams, in straight sets.

Yaroslava Shvedova then lost in the quarterfinals to fourth seed Yvonne Meusburger.

Yaroslava Shvedova played her final tournament of the year at the Taipei Ladies Open.

Yaroslava Shvedova ended the year ranked 81 in singles and 59 in doubles.

At the Brasil Tennis Cup, Yaroslava Shvedova reached the semifinals with wins over Silvia Soler Espinosa, Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova, and sixth seed Alexandra Cadantu.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the semifinals to second seed Garbine Muguruza.

At the Miami Open, Yaroslava Shvedova defeated 2010 French Open Champion Francesca Schiavone in the first round.

Yaroslava Shvedova defeated qualifier Zheng Saisai in the first round but lost in the second round to seventh seed Samantha Stosur.

At the Portugal Open, Yaroslava Shvedova defeated Karin Knapp in the first round.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost to second seed and eventual champion Eugenie Bouchard in the quarterfinals.

Yaroslava Shvedova played at the Rosmalen Open, her only grass-court tune-up tournament before Wimbledon.

At Wimbledon, Yaroslava Shvedova defeated wildcard Kristyna Pliskova in a first-round thriller.

At the US Open, Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the first round to Monica Niculescu.

Yaroslava Shvedova had a first-round loss at the Korea Open to Anna-Lena Friedsam.

Yaroslava Shvedova played her final tournament of the year at the China Open and was defeated in the first round by Roberta Vinci.

At the Sydney International, Yaroslava Shvedova was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Katerina Siniakova.

Yaroslava Shvedova then beat Monica Puig in the second round.

At the Miami Open, Yaroslava Shvedova was defeated in the first round by Johanna Larsson.

At the Nurnberger Versicherungscup, Yaroslava Shvedova was defeated in the first round by Kiki Bertens.

In Turkey at the Istanbul Cup, Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the first round to Bojana Jovanovski.

Yaroslava Shvedova began her US Open series at the Rogers Cup.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the second round of qualifying to Monica Puig.

At the Korea Open, Yaroslava Shvedova faced Christina McHale in her first-round match.

At the Tashkent Open, Yaroslava Shvedova beat eighth seed Andreea Mitu in the first round.

At the China Open, Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the final round of qualifying to eighth seed Irina Falconi.

Yaroslava Shvedova played her final tournament of the year at the Taipei Challenger.

Yaroslava Shvedova ended the year ranked 82 in singles and No 6 in doubles.

At the Sydney International, Yaroslava Shvedova retired during her qualifying first-round match against Sesil Karatantcheva.

At the Qatar Open, Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the first round to Nao Hibino.

At the Miami Open, Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the final round of qualifying to Kristyna Pliskova.

Yaroslava Shvedova started her clay-court season at the Charleston Open where she was defeated in the second round by fifth seed Sara Errani.

At the Italian Open, Yaroslava Shvedova was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Ana Konjuh.

Yaroslava Shvedova played her final tournament before the French Open at Internationaux de Strasbourg and lost in the first round to lucky loser Virginie Razzano.

At the French Open, Yaroslava Shvedova was defeated in the first round by 13th seed and 2009 French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Yaroslava Shvedova began her grass-court season at the Rosmalen Open where she was defeated in the first round by third seed and eventual finalist Kristina Mladenovic.

At the US Open, Yaroslava Shvedova made it to the fourth round for the first time in her career defeating Lara Arruabarrena, Wang Qiang, and Zhang Shuai.

In China at the Wuhan Open, Yaroslava Shvedova reached the third round with wins over wildcard Zheng Saisai and 13th seed Roberta Vinci.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost in the third round to fourth seed Simona Halep.

Yaroslava Shvedova lost in her quarterfinal match to third seed and eventual champion, Agnieszka Radwanska.

Yaroslava Shvedova withdrew from the Shenzhen Open due to a left foot injury.

Yaroslava Shvedova started at the Sydney International where she lost in the first round of qualifying to Naomi Broady.

Yaroslava Shvedova started on clay court at the Morocco Open where she was eliminated in the second round by Tatjana Maria.

Yaroslava Shvedova missed the Wimbledon Championships due to undergoing ankle surgery.

Yaroslava Shvedova played her first singles match since 2017 at the Qatar Open where she was defeated in the first round by qualifier Laura Siegemund.

Yaroslava Shvedova started her season in Dubai at the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Open and lost in the first round to qualifier Bianca Turati.

Yaroslava Shvedova then was knocked out in the second round by top seed Ashleigh Barty.

On October 1,2021, in a ceremony at the Astana Open, Yaroslava Shvedova announced her retirement from tennis.

Yaroslava Shvedova is noted for her powerful serve, groundstrokes, and proficient net play.

Yaroslava Shvedova's favorite serve is the flat serve down the T, her weakness is her consistency on the forehand side.

Yaroslava Shvedova was born to Russian father Vyacheslav and Bashkir mother Nurzia, who used to be a professional runner.

Yaroslava Shvedova began playing tennis at age 8 when her father introduced her to the sport in Chernogolovka.

Yaroslava Shvedova changed her nationality from Russian to Kazakhstani in 2008 as part of the country's attempts to boost its sporting profile.