Nadia Petrova

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**Nadia Petrova**

Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Date of birth	June 8, 1982
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5' 10 1/4")
Weight	65 kg (143 lbs.)
Turned Pro	September 6, 1999
Plays	Right; two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$5,197,318
Singles
Career record:	308-159
Career titles:	7 WTA, 4 ITF titles
Highest ranking:	No. 3 (May 15, 2006))
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2006)
French Open	SF (2003, 2005)
Wimbledon	QF (2005)
U.S. Open	QF (2004, 2005)
Doubles
Career record:	172-79
Career titles:	12 WTA, 1 ITF titles
Highest ranking:	No. 3 (March 21, 2005)
Infobox last updated on: February 11, 2006.

Nadia Petrova (pee-TROH-vuh; Russian: Надежда Петрова (help·info), Nadézhda Petróva; born June 8, 1982, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. She turned professional and entered the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) top 100 in 1999. She entered the top 50 in 2000 and ended 2003 in the top 20. She has reached a career high ranking of No. 3 in the World.

1 Family
2 Tennis career
3 WTA Tour titles (19)
- 3.1 Singles (7)
- 3.2 Doubles (12)
4 Runner-ups (15)
- 4.1 Singles (6)
- 4.2 Doubles (9)
5 Singles performance timeline
6 External links

[edit] Family

Petrova's father Victor was a leading hammer thrower, while her mother Nadezhda Ilyina won a bronze medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the 400 meter relay.

[edit] Tennis career

Petrova won her first singles title in October 2005 and her second at Doha in 2006. On April 17, 2006, Petrova entered the top 5 in the world for the first time, one day after claiming her first Tier I title at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina. On May 15, she achieved a career high ranking of No. 3.

Petrova has won eleven doubles titles, including the WTA Tour Championships in 2004.

Petrova began playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour in 1998. She gained substantial attention when she defeated then World No. 1 Justine Henin Hardenne in the fourth round of the 2004 US Open.

On May 30, 2006, Petrova was defeated in the first round of the French Open by Akiko Morigami 6-2, 6-2. This was considered a major upset that may have been caused by an ankle injury Petrova suffered during training shortly before the tournament. She then withdrew from Wimbledon and did not win a match in the U.S. Open Series, going 0-3. At the 2006 U.S. Open, Petrova was upset in the third round by the 27th seeded Tatiana Golovin. At the Tier II tournament in Stuttgart, Petrova defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in a semifinal 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 before defeating Golovin 6-3, 7-6(4) in the final. This was Petrova's first tournament title since the Tier I German Open in May 2006 and resulted in her ranking returning to the top 5. Petrova then continued her return to form by reaching the final of the Kremlin Cup, a Tier I tournament in Moscow, by defeating Czech Nicole Vaidisova 6-0, 4-6, 7-6(3). In the final, Petrova was beaten by another Russian, Anna Chakvetadze 6-4, 6-4.

After a week off to recover from minor injuries, Petrova played in the Tier II tournament in Linz where she was the defending champion. As the second seed, Petrova dropped just nine games in her three matches to reach the final. Petrova received a bye into the second round where she defeated Israel's Shahar Peer 6-1, 6-1. Petrova then defeated Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-3 and fourth seeded Nicole Vaidisova 6-1, 6-2. Petrova lost to top seeded Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-2 in the final.

At the WTA Tour Championships in Madrid in November 2006, Petrova lost two of her three round robin matches and failed to advance to the semifinals. Her lone victory was over top ranked Amélie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-2.

Petrova teamed with Dmitry Tursunov to represent Russia as the top seeds in the 2007 Hopman Cup, an exhibition in Perth, Australia that ran from December 30, 2006, through January 5, 2007. Russia won the cup, defeating Spain in the final three matches to none.

At the 2007 Australian Open, Petrova lost only eight games in her first two matches but was defeated in the third round by Serena Williams 1-6, 7-5, 6-3.

[edit] WTA Tour titles (19)

[edit] Singles (7)

Legend (Singles)
Tier I (2)
Tier II (5)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV & V (0)
Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Championship (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 30, 2005	Linz, Austria	Hard	Patty Schnyder	4-6, 6-3, 6-1
2.	March 4, 2006	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Amelie Mauresmo	6-3, 7-5
3.	April 9, 2006	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Francesca Schiavone	6-4, 6-4
4.	April 16, 2006	Charleston, USA	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6-3, 4-6, 6-1
5.	May 14, 2006	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Justine Henin	4-6, 6-4, 7-5
6.	October 8, 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard	Tatiana Golovin	6-3, 7-6
7.	February 5, 2007	Paris, France	Hard	Lucie Safarova	4-6, 6-1, 6-4

[edit] Doubles (12)

Legend (Doubles)
Tier I (5)
Tier II (5)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV (0)
Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Championship (1)

#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1.	18 June 2001	's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands	Grass	Ruxandra Dragomir	Kim Clijsters Miriam Oremans	7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4
2.	22 October, 2001	Linz, Austria	Carpet	Jelena Dokić	Els Callens Chanda Rubin	6-1, 6-4
3.	21 October 2002	Linz, Austria	Carpet	Jelena Dokić	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-2
4.	29 September 2003	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Carpet	Meghann Shaughnessy	Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva	6-3, 6-4
5.	22 March 2004	Miami Masters, USA	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6-2, 6-3
6.	5 April, 2004	Amelia Island, USA	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Myriam Casanova Alicia Molik	3-6, 6-2, 7-5
7.	3 May, 2004	German Open, Berlin	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Janette Husárová Conchita Martinez	6-2, 2-6, 6-1
8.	10 May, 2004	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Paola Suárez Virginia Ruano Pascual	2-6, 6-3, 6-3
9.	19 July, 2004	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Conchita Martinez Virginia Ruano Pascual	6-7(2), 6-4, 6-3
10.	23 August, 2004	New Haven, USA	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Martina Navrátilová Lisa Raymond	6-1, 1-6, 7-6(4)
11.	8 November, 2004	WTA Championships, USA	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	7-5, 6-2
12.	15 August 2006	Canada Masters, Montreal	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Cara Black Anna-Lena Groenefeld	6-1, 6-2

[edit] Runner-ups (15)

[edit] Singles (6)

2003: Linz (lost to Ai Sugiyama)
2004: Gold Coast (lost to Ai Sugiyama)
2005: Berlin (lost to Justine Henin)
2005: Bangkok (lost to Nicole Vaidišová)

2006: Moscow (lost to Anna Chakvetadze)
2006: Linz (lost to Maria Sharapova)

[edit] Doubles (9)

2001: Bol (w/Pisnik)
2001: New Haven (w/Dokic)
2002: Moscow (w/Dokic)
2002: Zürich (w/Dokic)
2003: 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Pierce)

2003: Leipzig (w/Likhovtseva)
2003: Rome (w/Dokic)
2005: Indian Wells (w/Shaughnessy)
2006: Dubai (w/Kuznetsova)

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Miami Masters in Florida, which ended on April 1, 2007.

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	1R	3R	2R	A	3R	1R	4R	QF	3R	0 / 8	17-8
French Open	A	LQ	1R	4R	A	SF	3R	SF	1R		0 / 7	15-7
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	4R	A	3R	4R	QF	A		0 / 6	17-6
U.S. Open	LQ	LQ	2R	2R	1R	4R	QF	QF	3R		0 / 9	18-9
SR	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 30	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	2-1	8-4	4-4	8-4	0-1	12-4	9-4	16-4	6-3	2-1	N/A	67-30
Tokyo	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3-2
Indian Wells	A	A	A	3R	A	LQ	3R	4R	A	4R	0 / 5	8-5
Miami	A	LQ	QF	1R	A	LQ	SF	2R	QF	QF	0 / 8	17-8
Charleston	A	LQ	A	1R	A	A	QF	QF	W		1 / 5	10-4
Berlin	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	F	W		1 / 4	11-3
Rome	A	LQ	A	3R	A	3R	2R	3R	A		0 / 4	6-4¹
San Diego²	A	A	LQ	2R	A	QF	1R	2R	2R		0 / 6	6-6
Montreal/Toronto	A	A	2R	1R	A	3R	2R	QF	2R		0 / 6	7-6
Moscow	2R	2R	A	1R	QF	1R	2R	A	F		0 / 7	11-7
Zurich	A	LQ	A	2R	A	SF	QF	2R	A		0 / 4	9-5
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	RR		0 / 2	2-4
Finals reached	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	1	N/A	13
Tournaments Won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	N/A	7
Year End Ranking	142	95	62	39	111	12	12	9	6		N/A	N/A

LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

¹A walkover counts as neither a win nor a loss. ²The San Diego tournament achieved Tier I status only in 2004.