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Vera Dushevina

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Russian tennis player

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In this name that followsEast Slavic naming customs, thepatronymic is Yevgenyevna and thefamily name is Dushevina.
Vera Dushevina
Dushevina at the2015 French Open
Native name
Вера Душевина
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceKhimki, Russia
Born (1986-10-06)6 October 1986 (age 39)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 3,204,753
Singles
Career record329–251
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 31 (4 July 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2005)
French Open2R (2004,2006,2007,2011)
Wimbledon2R (2007,2008,2009,2010)
US Open3R (2004,2007)
Doubles
Career record196–190
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 27 (25 June 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2010,2014)
French Open3R (2007,2009)
WimbledonQF (2005)
US Open2R (2005,2007,2008,2012)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonSF (2014)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (2005), record 2–1

Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina (Russian:Вера Евгеньевна Душевина; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former professionaltennis player.

She won one singles title and two doubles titles on theWTA Tour. As a junior, she won theWimbledon Championships, beatingMaria Sharapova in the final, while she reached the final of theFrench Open losing toAnna-Lena Grönefeld.

Vera Dushevina at the 2008 US Open

Personal life

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Dushevina was born in Moscow. Beside tennis, Vera also playedfootball and basketball.[citation needed]

Tennis career

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Early years

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She played her first main-draw match at the2002 Warsaw Open by qualifying, but lost toVirginia Ruano Pascual 1–6, 6–7. Her firstWTA Tour match she won at the2003 Miami Open. After qualifying, she defeatedPatricia Wartusch 6–0, 6–3 but lost to fourth seedJustine Henin 3–6, 2–6 in the second round. She then won her first professional title at the ITF event inInnsbruck, Austria coming through the qualifying draw and defeatingMelinda Czink in the final. In her next tournament, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinals at theNordic Light Open, defeating her first top-50 player, then-world No. 35Denisa Chládková, 6–2, 6–3 but losing toJelena Kostanić in the semifinals. She then played her first Grand Slam main-draw match after qualifying but she lost toAshley Harkleroad in the first round, in straight sets. At theKremlin Cup, she upset then-world No. 28,Lisa Raymond, 6–2, 7–6, but lost to seventh seedVera Zvonareva, 2–6, 1–6.

2005–2009

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Dushevina began her 2005 campaign by losing in the first round at theCanberra International toAnna-Lena Grönefeld. At theAustralian Open, she reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, before losing to fifth seedSvetlana Kuznetsova. Along the way, she realized her first top-20 victory over then-world No. 11 Vera Zvonareva, 6–3, 6–3 in the second round. She qualified for theOpen Gaz de France andDubai Championships but fell toDinara Safina 2–6, 4–6 in the second round and toNathalie Dechy, 7–6, 4–6, 6–7 in the first round, respectively. She then lost four straight matches in the second round of theMiami Open and the first rounds ofAmelia Island,Warsaw andBerlin. However, she bounced back by reaching the quarterfinals of theInternationaux de Strasbourg losing to eventual championAnabel Medina Garrigues in three sets. At theFrench Open, she lost to 21st seedMary Pierce.Dushevina reached her first WTA Tour singles final at theEastbourne International as a qualifier where she finished runner-up to former world No. 1,Kim Clijsters. In the said tournament, she realized her first top-5 victory over then-world No. 3,Amélie Mauresmo, 6–4, 6–4 in the second round. However, she fell in the first round ofWimbledon toAna Ivanovic, in straight sets. She then bounced back to reach the semifinals of the Nordic Light Open, losing toKatarina Srebotnik in two. She reached the second round of theConnecticut Open losing toElena Dementieva. Dushevina then suffered back-to-back to losses toShahar Pe'er at the second round of theUS Open and first round of theChina Open. At the quarterfinals of theKorea Open, she fell to top seedJelena Janković, followed by a first-round loss at theKremlin Cup toElena Likhovtseva in three sets, respectively. She then avenged her loss to Janković at theLinz Open, defeating her 7–6, 3–6, 6–0 in the first round, but fell toSybille Bammer in the next.

Dushevina had a poor 2006 season. She reached the second rounds of theAuckland Open and theSydney International losing to top-ten playersNadia Petrova andJustine Henin, respectively. She then fell in the first round of theAustralian Open toCatalina Castaño in straight sets, and also fell in the second rounds of theWTA indoor event in Paris and theDubai Tennis Championships to then-world No. 2, Amélie Mauresmo, and then-world No. 4,Maria Sharapova, respectively. She suffered a back-to-back first-round loss at theQatar Ladies Open andMiami Open. Later, earned her best performance of the year by reaching the third round of the Amelia Island Championships, losing toPatty Schnyder 3–6, 5–7. At theEstoril Open, she was upset byAntonella Serra Zanetti 6–4, 6–4 in the first round. She then suffered four consecutive second-round exits at the German Open andFrench Open to then-world No. 1, Amélie Mauresmo, at theItalian Open to Patty Schnyder, and theEastbourne International toAnna-Lena Grönefeld. She then fell five consecutive first-round main-draw matches, atWimbledon, at theLA Championships,Rogers Cup,US Open, and theChina Open. She reached the second rounds of the Korea Open andJapan Open, and then suffered back-to-back main-draw match to compatriot Vera Zvonareva at theKremlin Cup andHasselt Cup.

Two years later, she reached her second final at the Nordic Light Open, losing in straight sets toAgnieszka Radwańska. Dushevina reached the final of the Stockholm event again in 2007, losing toCaroline Wozniacki. Dushevina has won one doubles title, theWarsaw Open, playing withTatiana Perebiynis in 2007. She was also a part of the winningRussian team in the2005 Fed Cup, winning doubles ties in the quarterfinals and semifinals partnering Dinara Safina. Dushevina began writing a blog forEurosport about her time on the tour in 2009.[1]

In June 2009 at theEastbourne International, she lost in 45 minutes to CanadianAleksandra Wozniak in the quarterfinals, 1–6, 0–6, winning only 17 of the 69 points in the match, and losing every one of her service games.[1][dead link].Dushevina upset world No. 22,Alizé Cornet, in the first round atWimbledon, but fell toElena Vesnina in the second.Dushevina won her first WTA Tour career title at theİstanbul Cup, defeatingLucie Hradecká 6–0, 6–1 in the final.

2010–2011

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Dushevina started 2010 by qualifying for theSydney International where she reached the quarterfinals with wins overCasey Dellacqua and Elena Vesnina, but lost to then world No. 1,Serena Williams, in the quarterfinals. She then fell in the first round of theAustralian Open to compatriot and fifth seed Elena Dementieva, 2–6, 1–6. At thePattaya Open, she was upset in the second round by world No. 121,Ekaterina Bychkova, 6–4, 6–1. She then fell in the first rounds of theDubai Tennis Championships andMiami Open and the second round of theIndian Wells Open.

She reached the third round of theCharleston Open losing to eventual champion,Samantha Stosur, 1–6, 6–3, 1–6, but fell early in theItalian Open toAndrea Petkovic, 3–6, 0–6. In the second round of theMadrid Open, Dushevina lost the most competitive match of her career against world No. 1, Serena Williams. Williams finally won 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, after 3 hours and 26 minutes despite being 5–2 up in the final set. Dushevina had match point at 7–6, 6–5 but could not close out the match. She was also 4–0 up in the final set tie-break before losing. It was also Williams' longest match. She then fell in the first rounds of theFrench Open andEastbourne International. AtWimbledon, she upset French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the first round in three sets, but fell to eventual semifinalistTsvetana Pironkova in the following round.

She reached the back-to-back quarterfinals in theSlovenia Open andİstanbul Cup, losing to Anna Chakvetadze 6–2, 3–6, 5–7 andJarmila Groth 5–7, 2–6, respectively. She then fell in the second round of theCincinnati Open to Jelena Janković 4–6, 6–3, 1–6, and in the qualifying rounds ofRogers Cup andConnecticut Open. In theUS Open, she lost in the first round toAlona Bondarenko. In theKorea Open, she upset former world No. 1, Ana Ivanovic, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 but was beaten in the next round byKlára Zakopalová. She then reached the third round of theChina Open as a qualifier losing to Francesca Schiavone. In her final tournament of the year, at theKremlin Cup, she was able to reach her first semifinal since winning in the 2009 İstanbul Cup, after defeating three consecutive compatriots,Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina and Anna Chakvetadze, before falling to another,Maria Kirilenko, 1–6, 1–6.

Vera started 2011 by losing in the qualifying draw of theSydney International. At theAustralian Open, she was able to pick up her first win in six years by defeatingMaria Elena Camerin 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 but lost to fifth seed Sam Stosur in the next round. She also fell in the first rounds ofParis andDubai. AtDoha, she qualified and defeatedMaría José Martínez Sánchez before losing to Daniela Hantuchová.

2017: Retirement

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Dushevina announced her retirement from professional tour on 15 August 2017 due to several injuries. She said she would like to concentrate on coaching.[2]

Performance timelines

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Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

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Tournament200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA2R4R1R1RA1R1R2R1R1RQ3AQ20 / 95–936%
French OpenAA2R1R2R2R1R1R1R2R1RQ3Q1Q3A0 / 94–931%
WimbledonAQ11R1R1R2R2R2R2R1R1RQ2Q1AA0 / 94–931%
US OpenA1R3R2R1R3R1R1R1R2R2R1RAAA0 /117–1139%
Win–loss0–00–14–44–41–44–41–31–41–43–41–40–20–00–00–00 / 3820–3834%
Year-end championships
WTA Elite TrophyNHRRDNQ0 / 11–0100%
Premier Mandatory & 5 + former
Dubai /Qatar Open[a]NMS1R2R1R1R1R1RQ1AQ10 / 61–614%
Indian Wells OpenAAAAAAA3R2R1RQ1Q1Q1AA0 / 33–350%
Miami OpenA2R3R2R1R4RA1R1R1R1RAAAA0 / 97–944%
Berlin /Madrid Open[b]AAA1R2RA3RQF2R1RQ1AAAA0 / 67–654%
Italian OpenAA2RA2RA1R1R1R2RQ2AAAA0 / 63–633%
Canadian OpenAAAA1RAA1RQ3AQ3AAAA0 / 20–20%
Cincinnati OpenNMS1R2RAQ1AAAA0 / 21–233%
Pan Pacific /Wuhan Open[c]AAAAAQ2Q32RQ2AAAAAA0 / 11–150%
China OpenNMS1R3RQ2Q2AAAA0 / 22–250%
Charleston Open(former)AAAAA1RANMS0 / 10–10%
Kremlin Cup(former)Q12R2R1R1RQF2RNMS0 / 65–645%
Zurich Open(former)AA1RAAQ1NH/NMS0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–02–24–41–32–55–33–47–95–71–50–20–10–00–00–00 / 4530–4540%
Career statistics
200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016SRW–LWin%
Tournaments141619221517191917159100Career total: 174
Titles000000010000000Career total: 1
Finals000101110000000Career total: 4
Hard win–loss0–01–27–1012–105–1315–108–1018–1315–139–104–94–90-10–00–01 / 11198–11047%
Clay win–loss0–13–14–42–55–63–43–53–33–43–51–40–00–00–00–00 / 4130–4242%
Grass win–loss0–00–00–14–21–21–11–23–21–20–10–20–00–00–00–00 / 1511–1542%
Carpet win–loss0–01–11–11–21–20–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 74–736%
Overall win–loss0–15–412–1619–1912–2319–1512–1724–1819–1912–175–154–90–10–00–01 / 174143–17445%
Year-end ranking1086339974188445486141120478522$3,204,753

Doubles

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Tournament200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAA1RAA2R3R1R2R2R3RA1R0 / 87–847%
French OpenAAA2R1R3R1R3R2R1R2R1R2R1R1R0 / 128–1240%
WimbledonAAAQF2R1R2R2R2R3R1R1R2R2RQ10 / 1111–1150%
US OpenAAA2R1R2R2R2R1R2R2R1RAAA0 / 96–940%
Win–loss0–00–00–05–31–43–32–35–44–43–43–41–44–31–20–20 / 4032–4044%
Premier Mandatory & 5 + former
Dubai /Qatar Open[a]NMS1R1R2R2RQF1R1RA1R0 / 84–833%
Indian Wells OpenAAAAAAA1R2R1R1RQF2RA1R0 / 74–736%
Miami OpenAAAA1R1RA2R1R1RQF1RAQFA0 / 85–838%
Berlin /Madrid Open[b]AAAAQF1R2R1R1R1RAAA2RA0 / 74–736%
Italian OpenAAAA1RA2RQFQF2RQFA2R2RA0 / 810–856%
Canadian OpenAAAA2RAAQF1RQF[d]2RAAAA0 / 56–460%
Cincinnati OpenNMSQF1RA2R2RAAA0 / 44–450%
Pan Pacific /Wuhan Open[c]AAAAAQF1R1RAAAAAAA0 / 31–325%
China OpenNMS1RSF1RQFFAAA0 / 59–564%
Charleston Open(former)AAAAA2RANMS0 / 11–150%
Kremlin Cup(former)Q1A1RSFSF1RQFNMS0 / 55–550%
Zurich Open(former)AA1RAA1RNH/NMS0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–00–22–15–52–63–57–97–84–610–77–52–34–30–20 / 6353–6246%
Career statistics
200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016SRW–LWin%
Tournaments112822201419162122179912Career total: 193

Significant finals

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Premier Mandatory & 5 tournaments

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2013China OpenHardSpainArantxa Parra SantonjaZimbabweCara Black
IndiaSania Mirza		2–6, 2–6

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier (0–1)
International (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2005Eastbourne International, UKTier II[e]GrassBelgiumKim Clijsters5–7, 0–6
Loss0–2Jul 2007Nordic Light Open, SwedenTier IV[e]HardPolandAgnieszka Radwańska1–6, 1–6
Loss0–3Aug 2008Nordic Light Open, SwedenTier IVHardDenmarkCaroline Wozniacki0–6, 2–6
Win1–3Aug 2009İstanbul Cup, TurkeyInternationalHardCzech RepublicLucie Hradecká6–0, 6–1

Doubles: 11 (2 titles, 9 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5 (0–1)
Premier (1–2)
International (1–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–9)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Apr 2007Warsaw Open, PolandTier IIClayUkraineTatiana PerebiynisRussiaElena Likhovtseva
RussiaElena Vesnina		7–5, 3–6, [10–2]
Loss1–1Jul 2008Slovenia OpenTier IVHardRussiaEkaterina MakarovaSpainAnabel Medina Garrigues
SpainVirginia Ruano Pascual		4–6, 1–6
Loss1–2Sep 2008Korea OpenTier IVHardRussiaMaria KirilenkoChinese TaipeiChuang Chia-jung
Chinese TaipeiHsieh Su-wei		3–6, 0–6
Loss1–3Oct 2008Luxembourg OpenTier IIIHard (i)UkraineMariya KoryttsevaRomaniaSorana Cîrstea
New ZealandMarina Eraković		6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss1–4Feb 2011Paris Indoor, FrancePremierHard (i)Russia Ekaterina MakarovaUnited StatesBethanie Mattek-Sands
United StatesMeghann Shaughnessy		4–6, 2–6
Loss1–5Sep 2011Korea OpenInternationalHardKazakhstanGalina VoskoboevaSouth AfricaNatalie Grandin
Czech RepublicVladimíra Uhlířová		6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss1–6Feb 2012U.S. National Indoor ChampionshipsInternationalHard (i)BelarusOlga GovortsovaCzech RepublicAndrea Hlaváčková
Czech RepublicLucie Hradecká		3–6, 4–6
Win2–6Aug 2013Washington Open, U.S.InternationalHardJapanShuko AoyamaCanadaEugenie Bouchard
United StatesTaylor Townsend		6–3, 6–3
Loss2–7Oct 2013China OpenPremier MHardSpainArantxa Parra SantonjaZimbabweCara Black
IndiaSania Mirza		2–6, 2–6
Loss2–8Oct 2015Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHardCzech RepublicKateřina SiniakováRussiaMargarita Gasparyan
RussiaAlexandra Panova		1–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss2–9Feb 2016St. Petersburg Trophy, RussiaPremierHard (i)Czech RepublicBarbora KrejčíkováSwitzerlandMartina Hingis
India Sania Mirza		3–6, 1–6

ITF finals

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 1 (title)

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ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 2003ITF Innsbruck, Austria50,000ClayHungaryMelinda Czink7–6, 6–2

Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

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ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 2001ITF Minsk, Belarus10,000Carpet (i)RussiaAnna BastrikovaBelarusDarya Kustova
BelarusTatsiana Uvarova		7–5, 3–6, 6–0
Win2–0Sep 2002ITF Sofia, Bulgaria25,000ClayKazakhstanGalina VoskoboevaItalyLaura Dell'Angelo
ItalyNathalie Viérin		3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win3–0Oct 2002ITF Minsk, Belarus10,000Carpet (i)RussiaDaria ChemardaRussiaOlga Puchkova
Belarus Tatsiana Uvarova		6–1, 6–4
Win4–0May 2003Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France75,000ClayKazakhstan Galina VoskoboevaUkraineYuliya Beygelzimer
UkraineAnna Zaporozhanova		6–3, 6–4
Win5–0Nov 2012Dubai Tennis Challenge, U.A.E.75,000HardItalyMaria Elena CamerinCzech RepublicEva Hrdinová
Czech RepublicKarolína Plíšková		7–5, 6–3
Loss5–1Jul 2013Open de Biarritz, France100,000ClayCroatiaAna VrljićUkraineOlga Savchuk
Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer		6–2, 4–6, [8–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win2002WimbledonGrassRussiaMaria Sharapova4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss2003French OpenClayGermanyAnna-Lena Grönefeld4–6, 4–6

Head-to-head record

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Top 10 wins

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Season2005...2009...2010...2011Total
Wins11114
#PlayerRankTournamentSurfaceRoundScoreVDR
2005
1.FranceAmélie MauresmoNo. 3Eastbourne International, UKGrass2R6–4, 6–4No. 54
2009
2.RussiaNadia PetrovaNo. 10Eastbourne International, UKGrass2R5–7, 1–0 ret.No. 52
2010
3.ItalyFrancesca SchiavoneNo. 7Wimbledon Championships, UKGrass1R6–7(0–7), 7–5, 6–1No. 56
2011
4.Italy Francesca SchiavoneNo. 8Korea Open, South KoreaHard1R7–6(7–4), 6–2No. 65

Notes

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  1. ^abThe firstPremier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between theDubai Tennis Championships and theQatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified asWTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^abIn 2009, theGerman Open was replaced by theMadrid Open. The Premier Mandatory tournaments were reclassified asWTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  3. ^abIn 2014, thePan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by theWuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified asWTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^Withdrew during the tournament. Not counted as a loss.
  5. ^abIncludesWTA Premier andWTA International tournaments. TheWTA Tier II tournaments were reclassified asWTA Premier tournaments in 2009, while theWTA Tier III tournaments,WTA Tier IV tournaments andWTA Tier V tournaments were reclassified asWTA International tournaments the same year .

References

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  1. ^Vera Dushevina (12 February 2009)."Girl on Tour: Things heat up in Thailand".Eurosport,Yahoo!. Archived fromthe original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved17 February 2009.
  2. ^Теннисистка Вера Душевина завершила карьеру и сосредоточится на тренерской работе

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