Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak (Russian:Ксения Юрьевна Первак; born 27 May 1991) is a former tennis player from Russia.
Pervak won one singles title on theWTA Tour, as well as nine singles and three doubles titles on theITF Circuit. On 19 September 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37. On 30 January 2012, she peaked at No. 123 in the doubles rankings.
In November 2015, she announced her retirement from professional tennis due to chronic injuries.[3] However, she did return to tennis briefly, playing four tournaments between September 2016[4] and January 2017. Her last match was a loss in the first qualifying round of theAustralian Open.
Pervak made it to the second round of thePattaya Open where she lost to second seedCaroline Wozniacki in three sets.[5] She then won three qualifying matches to advance to the main draw in's-Hertogenbosch where she defeated CzechPetra Cetkovská in the first round.[6] Pervak also won the Australian Open junior tournament in that year, defeatingLaura Robson in the final.[1][2]
Pervak kicked off her 2011 season in Brisbane, Australia, where she was seeded seventh for the qualifying draw of theBrisbane International. She defeatedJessica Moore and Alexandra Panova but was defeated byAnastasia Pivovarova in the third qualifying round. She gained entry into the main draw as a lucky loser and defeatedAnna Chakvetadze in the first round, before losing in the second toPetra Kvitová.
Pervak played in the first round of the main draw of theAustralian Open for the first time in her career, but lost to 13th seed and fellow RussianNadia Petrova.
Pervak made the semifinals of the $100k event in Midland, losing to eventual championLucie Hradecká.She made two consecutive quarterfinals of WTA Tour events inMemphis andMonterrey, losing to Hradecká andGisela Dulko, respectively.
Pervak began her 2013 season at theBrisbane International. Coming through qualifying, she upset eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first round.[10] Her win over Wozniacki was her first victory over a top-ten player.