Alla Kudryavtseva

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Alla Kudryavtseva
Алла Кудрявцева

During the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Boynton Beach, United States
Born	(1987-11-03) 3 November 1987 (age 34)[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	$3,245,645
Singles
Career record	362–345 (51.2%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 2 ITF
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 (55.5%)
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 (Russian: Алла Александровна Кудрявцева; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player.

Alla Kudryavtseva, 2015

Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF 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 on Instagram that she had retired from the sport.

Professional career[]

Early career[]

Kudryavtseva debuted on the WTA Tour at the 2004 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 the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm in singles and the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in doubles.

Her first major appearance was at the 2006 Australian Open, where she could not win a qualification round. The same result was seen at the other three Grand Slam tournaments. Among her more notable results in that season were reaching the singles quarterfinals of the Sunfeast Open in Kolkata, India, and the semifinals in doubles of the Tashkent Open, with Canadian Stéphanie Dubois.

2007–11: Steady progress[]

In 2007, Kudryavtseva qualified for main draw of the Australian Open, reaching the second round in singles and doubles. With Hsieh Su-wei she reached her first WTA final at the Sony 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 with Vania King won her first title.

In 2008, partnering with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, she reached the final at the Internazionali di Palermo, losing to Sara Errani and Nuria Llagostera Vives. She played alongside several doubles partners, including King and Vera Dushevina. In singles, Kudryavtseva fought her way through the fourth round of Wimbledon, 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 with Ekaterina Makarova to the final of the Premier Mandatory China Open, eventually losing to Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai. Kudryavtseva/Dushevina reached the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup.

In 2010, the Russian two times in succession reached the finals in singles, becoming champion in Tashkent and before that runner-up in Guangzhou. 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 partner Anastasia Rodionova she also reached two finals in doubles, winning the UNICEF Open.

In the 2011 season, she and Olga Govortsova reached three WTA Tour finals at the Cellular South Cup, Aegon Classic and Citi Open, the first two of which they won.

Kudryavtseva and Makarova became quarterfinalists of the 2012 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.

2013: Breakthrough in doubles[]

The back and forth switching of ITF and WTA tournaments continued until showing with Rodionova significant results since late April. They won the Challenge Bell, and also reached the final of the Kremlin Cup. Furthermore, the two became semifinalists at the Premier 5 events Italian Open and Pan Pacific Open. Kudryavtseva returned to the top 50 in doubles as a result of her successful season.

2014[]

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 at Wimbledon, where they lost in the quarterfinal against Babos/Mladenovic. They also reached the semifinals in Cincinnati and Beijing, the quarterfinals in Miami, Doha and Wuhan. 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 debut Championships in Singapore appearing Kudryavtseva/Rodionova beat a fourth-seeded team of Makarova/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.

2015[]

Kudryavtseva started the season with a quarterfinal showing at Brisbane in singles defeating world No. 23, Karolina Pliskova, 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.

Significant finals[]

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals[]

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2009	China Open, Beijing	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	3–6, 1–6

WTA career finals[]

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2010	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Jarmila Groth	1–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2010	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner-ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2007	Bangalore Open, India	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [9–11]
Win	1–1	Sep 2007	Sunfeast Open, India	Hard	Vania King	Alberta Brianti Mariya Koryttseva	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jul 2008	Palermo Open, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Sara Errani Nuria Llagostera Vives	6–2, 6–7(1–7), [4–10]
Loss	1–3	Oct 2009	China Open	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	3–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	May 2010	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Anastasia Rodionova	Alizé Cornet Vania King	6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	2–4	Jun 2010	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	Anastasia Rodionova	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	3–4	Feb 2011	Memphis Indoors, United States	Hard (i)	Olga Govortsova	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	4–4	Jun 2011	Birmingham Classic, Great Britain	Grass	Olga Govortsova	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss	4–5	Jul 2011	Washington Open, United States	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Sania Mirza Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–5	Sep 2013	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–6	Oct 2013	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Hard (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	Svetlana Kuznetsova Samantha Stosur	1–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win	6–6	Jan 2014	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6–7	Feb 2014	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Peng Shuai Zhang Shuai	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [6–10]
Win	7–7	Feb 2014	Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	8–7	Oct 2014	Tianjin Open, China	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač	6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]
Loss	8–8	Jun 2016	Eastbourne International, Great Britain	Grass	Vania King	Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová	3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	8–9	Sep 2016	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Alexandra Panova	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss	8–10	Jul 2017	Jiangxi International Open, China	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui	3–6, 2–6
Loss	8–11	Feb 2018	St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia	Hard (i)	Katarina Srebotnik	Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva	6–2, 1–6, [3–10]
Win	9–11	Apr 2018	Charleston Open, United States	Clay (green)	Katarina Srebotnik	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 10 (2–8)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 July 2005	ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Jarmila Wolfe	5–7, 1–6
Winner	2.	4 September 2005	ITF Balashikha, Russia	Clay	Vasilisa Bardina	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	1 November 2005	ITF Busan, South Korea	Hard	Kim So-jung	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	5 March 2006	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	Clay	Kirsten Flipkens	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	25 March 2006	ITF St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Alberta Brianti	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	29 October 2006	ITF Beijing, China	Hard	Marina Erakovic	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	22 April 2007	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Latisha Chan	4–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	27 January 2013	ITF Eilat, İsrael	Hard	Raluca Olaru	6–7(4), 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	5 June 2015	Eastbourne Trophy, United Kingdom	Grass	Anett Kontaveit	6–7(4), 6–7(2)
Runner-up	10.	7 February 2016	Launceston International, Australia	Hard	Han Xinyun	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 19 (15–4)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1 March 2004	ITF Melilla, Spain	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Anastasia Dvornikova Irena Nossenko	7–5, 6–3
Winner	2.	14 April 2004	ITF Bol, Croatia	Clay	Anna Bastrikova	Victoria Azarenka Olga Govortsova	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	30 August 2004	ITF Balashikha, Russia	Hard (i)	Olena Antypina	Maria Goloviznina Elena Vesnina	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	20 March 2005	ITF St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Kosminskaya	Nina Bratchikova Ekaterina Makarova	6–7(2), 2–6
Runner-up	5.	9 July 2005	ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Jarmila Wolfe	Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani	1–6, 6–4, 2–3 ret.
Winner	6.	5 March 2006	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Karolina Kosińska Alicja Rosolska	6–1, 6–3
Winner	7.	12 March 2006	ITF Telde, Spain	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Sara Errani Giulia Gabba	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	25 March 2006	ITF St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Yulia Solonitskaya	1–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	15 May 2006	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Ivana Abramović	María José Argeri Letícia Sobral	6–2, 6–0
Winner	10.	12 November 2006	ITF Shenzhen, China	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Akgul Amanmuradova Iroda Tulyaganova	2–0 ret.
Winner	11.	10 November 2007	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Vesna Manasieva Ekaterina Lopes	6–0, 6–2
Winner	12.	25 November 2007	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Alicja Rosolska	2–6 6–4, [10–1]
Winner	13.	28 October 2012	ITF Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–2, 6–2
Winner	14.	4 November 2012	ITF Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Eugenie Bouchard Jessica Pegula	6–2, 7–6(2)
Winner	15.	27 January 2013	ITF Eilat, Israel	Hard	Raluca Olaru	Ilona Kremen Pemra Özgen	6–3, 6–3
Winner	16.	3 February 2013	Vanessa Phillips Tournament, Israel	Hard	Elina Svitolina	Corinna Dentoni Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–1, 6–3
Winner	17.	9 March 2013	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	Clay	Olga Savchuk	Aleksandra Krunić Amra Sadiković	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Winner	18.	8 April 2017	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Anna Zaja	Alexa Guarachi Ronit Yurovsky	6–2, 6–0
Winner	19.	24 June 2017	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	Grass	Anna Blinkova	Paula Kania Maryna Zanevska	6–1, 6–4

Performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Doubles[]

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

Current after the 2021 Italian Open.

References[]

External links[]

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