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| Country (sports) | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1987-11-03)3 November 1987 (age 38)[1] Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Turned pro | February 2005 |
| Retired | November 2021 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$3,245,645 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 362–345 |
| Career titles | 1WTA, 2ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 56 (4 October 2010) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2007, 2010, 2014) |
| French Open | 3R (2007) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2008) |
| US Open | 3R (2011) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 358–287 |
| Career titles | 9 WTA, 15 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 15 (8 September 2014) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2012, 2016) |
| French Open | 3R (2010, 2013) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2014) |
| US Open | QF (2015) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | SF (2014) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2016) |
| French Open | 2R (2016) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2016) |
| US Open | 2R (2014) |
Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (Алла Александровна Кудрявцева; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russiantennis player.

Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on theWTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on theITF Women's Circuit. On 4 October 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 56. On 8 September 2014, she peaked at No. 15 in the WTA doubles rankings.[2] On 2 November 2021, Kudryavtseva announced onInstagram that she had retired from the sport.
Kudryavtseva debuted on the WTA Tour at the2004 Kremlin Cup, where she could not succeed beyond the qualifying rounds. In the following season, her best WTA Tour result was reaching the first rounds of theNordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm in singles and theBanka Koper Slovenia Open in doubles.
Her first major appearance was at the2006 Australian Open, where she could not win a qualification round. The same result was seen at the other threeGrand Slam tournaments. Among her more notable results in that season were reaching the singles quarterfinals of theSunfeast Open in Kolkata, India, and the semifinals in doubles of theTashkent Open, with CanadianStéphanie Dubois.
In 2007, Kudryavtseva qualified for main draw of theAustralian Open, reaching the second round in singles and doubles. WithHsieh Su-wei she reached her first WTA final at theSony Ericsson International in Bangalore, India, losing to a pair from Taiwan. At the French Open, Kudryavtseva qualified for the second Grand Slam in a row and reached the third round, beating Gisela Dulko in the second, and eventually losing to Maria Sharapova. Her best result in singles at a WTA tournament was reaching quarterfinals at Barcelona. At Wimbledon, Kudryavtseva earned first Grand Slam direct entry but drew the eventual champion Venus Williams and lost in three sets. Later that year in Kolkata, Kudryavtseva withVania King won her first title.
In 2008, partnering withAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova, she reached the final at theInternazionali di Palermo, losing toSara Errani andNuria Llagostera Vives. She played alongside several doubles partners, including King andVera Dushevina. In singles, Kudryavtseva fought her way through the fourth round ofWimbledon, defeating third-seeded Sharapova in the second round, which is to date her best result in a Grand Slam singles event.
In 2009, Kudryavtseva progressed in doubles in the next season, climbing withEkaterina Makarova to the final of the Premier MandatoryChina Open, eventually losing toHsieh Su-wei andPeng Shuai. Kudryavtseva/Dushevina reached the quarterfinals of theRogers Cup.
In 2010, the Russian two times in succession reached the finals in singles, becoming champion inTashkent and before that runner-up inGuangzhou. As a result, she reached a career-high ranking of 56 and finished the year at No. 61 in the world in singles. With her new partnerAnastasia Rodionova she also reached two finals in doubles, winning theUNICEF Open.
In the 2011 season, she andOlga Govortsova reached three WTA Tour finals at theCellular South Cup,Aegon Classic andCiti Open, the first two of which they won.
Kudryavtseva and Makarova became quarterfinalists of the2012 Australian Open, eventually losing to Errani/Vinci; this became her best result in a Grand Slam doubles tournament. However, her 2012 season was rather poor, eventually skipping the WTA Tour for ITF tournaments at season end.
The back and forth switching of ITF and WTA tournaments continued until showing with Rodionova significant results since late April. They won theChallenge Bell, and also reached the final of theKremlin Cup. Furthermore, the two became semifinalists at the Premier 5 eventsItalian Open andPan Pacific Open. Kudryavtseva returned to the top 50 in doubles as a result of her successful season.
Kudryavtseva/Rodionova continued their successful partnership starting the year with a title at Brisbane. The second title came in February in Dubai, where they defeated Kops-Jones and Spears in the final. Their biggest Grand Slam result came atWimbledon, where they lost in the quarterfinal againstBabos/Mladenovic. They also reached the semifinals inCincinnati andBeijing, the quarterfinals inMiami,Doha andWuhan. Their last title of the season came at an international event in Tianjin, which also led them into the WTA Championships in Singapore.
In their debutChampionships in Singapore appearing Kudryavtseva/Rodionova beat a fourth-seeded team ofMakarova/Vesnina, 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]. In the semifinals, they were defeated by title defenders Hsieh Su-wei/Peng Shuai, 6–1, 6–4. As a consequence, Kudryavtseva pushed into the top 20 in doubles, reaching a career-high ranking of 15.
In addition to the success in doubles, Kudryavtseva qualified for nine singles events including three Grand Slam tournaments; Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. She was able to finish the year in the top 100 at No. 96 for the first time since 2010.
Kudryavtseva started the season with a quarterfinal showing at Brisbane in singles defeating world No. 23, Karolína Plíšková, in the second round. She paired with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in hopes for Olympics and reached semifinals at Dubai, Charleston, Rome and Washington. They also reached quarterfinals of the US Open but fell one spot short of qualifying for the WTA Finals and went to Singapore as an alternate. Kudryavtseva finished the year at 170 in singles and 29 in doubles.
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | SR | W–L | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 8 | 3–8 | |
| French Open | A | Q1 | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | 1R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | A | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | |
| US Open | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | Q3 | Q1 | Q2 | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 26 | 13–26 | |
| WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dubai /Qatar Open[a] | NMS | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | Q2 | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | |
| Miami Open | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | |
| Berlin /Madrid Open[b] | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | Q2 | 2R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |
| Cincinnati Open | NMS | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
| Pan Pacific /Wuhan Open[c] | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| China Open | NMS | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||
| Tournaments | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 141 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 7–14 | 12–18 | 12–21 | 18–21 | 14–23 | 2–6 | 5–6 | 8–15 | 2–8 | 5–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 86–140 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 216 | 138 | 90 | 71 | 90 | 61 | 104 | 208 | 176 | 98 | 170 | 138 | 351 | 681 | |||
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | 1R | 1R | 3R | QF | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 11 | 15–11 | |
| French Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 12 | 7–12 | ||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | NH | 0 / 12 | 13–12 | ||
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | 2R | A | A | 2R | 0 / 12 | 14–12 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 8–4 | 6–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 47 | 49–47 | |
| Year-end championships | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Championships | DNQ | SF | DNQ | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubai /Qatar Open[a] | NMS | A | A | QF | A | 2R | A | QF | SF | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 9–5 | |||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | QF | A | 1R | A | NH | 0 / 9 | 6–9 | ||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 2R | QF | A | QF | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 10 | 8–10 | |
| Berlin /Madrid Open[b] | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | 1R | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 10 | 5–10 | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | 1R | SF | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 10 | 8–10 | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | ||
| Cincinnati Open | NMS | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | SF | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 7–7 | |||||
| Pan Pacific /Wuhan Open[c] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | QF | 2R | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | ||
| China Open | NMS | F | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | SF | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | NH | 0 / 7 | 8–7 | |||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 221 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 4–6 | 8–11 | 16–18 | 18–22 | 24–23 | 23–22 | 9–17 | 24–18 | 38–20 | 28–19 | 24–14 | 9–12 | 12–7 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 2–7 | 241–232 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 210 | 115 | 56 | 49 | 33 | 41 | 39 | 73 | 31 | 18 | 29 | 25 | 71 | 54 | – | 341 | ||||
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2009 | China Open | Hard | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA 1000 (0–0) |
| WTA 500 (0–0) |
| WTA 250 (1–1) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2010 | Guangzhou Open, China | International[d] | Hard | 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2010 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA 1000 (0–1) |
| WTA 500 (3–3) |
| WTA 250 (6–7) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2007 | Bangalore Open, India | Tier III[d] | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [9–11] | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2007 | Sunfeast Open, India | Tier III | Hard | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2008 | Palermo Open, Italy | Tier IV[d] | Clay | 6–2, 6–7(1–7), [4–10] | ||
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2009 | China Open, China | Premier M[e] | Hard | 3–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–4 | May 2010 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | International | Clay | 6–3, 4–6, [7–10] | ||
| Win | 2–4 | Jun 2010 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | International | Grass | 3–6, 6–3, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 3–4 | Feb 2011 | Memphis Indoors, United States | International | Hard (i) | 6–3, 4–6, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 4–4 | Jun 2011 | Birmingham Classic, Great Britain | International | Grass | 1–6, 6–1, [10–5] | ||
| Loss | 4–5 | Jul 2011 | Washington Open, United States | International | Hard | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 5–5 | Sep 2013 | Tournoi de Québec, Canada | International | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 5–6 | Oct 2013 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Premier[d] | Hard (i) | 1–6, 6–1, [8–10] | ||
| Win | 6–6 | Jan 2014 | Brisbane International, Australia | Premier | Hard | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 6–7 | Feb 2014 | Pattaya Open, Thailand | International | Hard | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [6–10] | ||
| Win | 7–7 | Feb 2014 | Dubai Championships, UAE | Premier | Hard | 6–2, 5–7, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 8–7 | Oct 2014 | Tianjin Open, China | International | Hard | 6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8] | ||
| Loss | 8–8 | Jun 2016 | Eastbourne International, Great Britain | Premier | Grass | 3–6, 6–7(1–7) | ||
| Loss | 8–9 | Sep 2016 | Tournoi de Québec, Canada | International | Carpet (i) | 6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7) | ||
| Loss | 8–10 | Jul 2017 | Jiangxi International Open, China | International | Hard | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 8–11 | Feb 2018 | St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia | Premier | Hard (i) | 6–2, 1–6, [3–10] | ||
| Win | 9–11 | Apr 2018 | Charleston Open, United States | Premier | Clay (green) | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments (0–0) |
| $80,000 tournaments (0–2) |
| $60,000 tournaments (0–3) |
| $25,000 tournaments (1–3) |
| $15,000 tournaments (1–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Jul 2005 | ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Grass | 5–7, 1–6 | ||
| Win | Sep 2005 | ITF Balashikha, Russia | 25,000 | Clay | 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | Nov 2005 | ITF Busan, South Korea | 50,000[f] | Hard | 6–3, 1–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | Mar 2006 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | Mar 2006 | ITF St. Petersburg, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | Oct 2006 | ITF Beijing, China | 50,000 | Hard | 2–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | Apr 2007 | ITF Dothan, United States | 75,000[g] | Clay | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | Jan 2013 | ITF Eilat, İsrael | 10,000[h] | Hard | 6–7(4), 6–3, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | Jun 2015 | Eastbourne Trophy, United Kingdom | 50,000 | Grass | 6–7(4), 6–7(2) | ||
| Loss | Feb 2016 | Launceston International, Australia | 75,000 | Hard | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments (2–0) |
| $80,000 tournaments (1–0) |
| $60,000 tournaments (5–0) |
| $25,000 tournaments (4–4) |
| $15,000 tournaments (3–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Mar 2004 | ITF Melilla, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | 7–5, 6–3 | |||
| Win | Apr 2004 | ITF Bol, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | 6–4, 6–1 | |||
| Loss | Aug 2004 | ITF Balashikha, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 5–7, 4–6 | |||
| Loss | Mar 2005 | ITF St. Petersburg, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 6–7(2), 2–6 | |||
| Loss | Jul 2005 | ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Grass | 1–6, 6–4, 2–3 ret. | |||
| Win | Mar 2006 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–3 | |||
| Win | Mar 2006 | ITF Telde, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–1 | |||
| Loss | Mar 2006 | ITF St. Petersburg, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | 1–6, 4–6 | |||
| Win | May 2006 | ITF Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–0 | |||
| Win | Nov 2006 | ITF Shenzhen, China | 50,000 | Hard | 2–0 ret. | |||
| Win | Nov 2007 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 50,000 | Hard | 6–0, 6–2 | |||
| Win | Nov 2007 | ITF Poitiers, France | 100,000 | Hard (i) | 2–6 6–4, [10–1] | |||
| Win | Oct 2012 | ITF Saguenay, Canada | 50,000 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–2 | |||
| Win | Nov 2012 | ITF Toronto, Canada | 50,000 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 7–6(2) | |||
| Win | Jan 2013 | ITF Eilat, Israel | 10,000 | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | |||
| Win | Feb 2013 | Vanessa Phillips Tournament, Israel | 75,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–3 | |||
| Win | Mar 2013 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | 25,000 | Clay | 4–6, 6–2, [10–6] | |||
| Win | Apr 2017 | ITF Jackson, United States | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–0 | |||
| Win | Jun 2017 | Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | 6–1, 6–4 |