Anna Chakvetadze
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Anna Djambulilovna Chakvetadze is a Russia
n professional tennis
player (with Georgian
roots). On September 10, 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of World No. 5. She has won eight WTA
Singles Titles and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. As of July 4, 2011, Chakvetadze is ranked World No. 59.
She began playing tennis at the age of eight after being introduced to the sport by her mother, Natalia. She travels for tournaments with her father. She speaks both Russian and English.
. Also in that year, she reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open
and the French Open, both of which were career bests for those events. Four of her eight career singles titles also occurred in 2007. She ended 2010 ranked inside the top 60 at number 56. The same year, she won 1 title and her 8th overall.
before falling to Kirsten Flipkens
of Belgium 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. The same year, she won the International Bavarian Junior Challenge, defeating Marta Domachowska
of Poland 7–6, 6–5. Her record as a junior was 67–19 in singles, and 22–14 in doubles. Her highest world ranking as a junior was #22 achieved in December 2003.
circuit in November 2001, losing in the first round in Minsk
, Belarus
. In July 2002, she won her first ITF doubles title in Istanbul
, teaming with fellow Russian Irina Kotkina.
At the 2004 U.S. Open, Chakvetadze won three qualifying matchers to reach the main draw of her first Grand Slam
singles tournament. In the second round, she defeated World No. 3 Anastasia Myskina
7–6(3), 6–3 before losing in the third round to Eleni Daniilidou
. With this result, she became tied for the second fastest player to defeat a world top 10 in WTA history, tying Serena Williams
. She broke into the top 100 in the WTA rankings on September 13, reaching World No. 91. She reached the top 50 on June 6, 2005, coming in at World No. 44.
On September 25, 2006, Chakvetadze won her first WTA singles tournament at the Tier III event in Guangzhou
, China, defeating Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues
in the final. Two weeks later, she won her second WTA tournament at the Tier I Kremlin Cup
in Moscow even though she was unseeded, beating Elena Dementieva
and Nadia Petrova
en route to the title. These wins helped boost her ranking to World No. 16.
in Australia, her third WTA
tournament title. She defeated fellow Russian Vasilisa Bardina
in the final. At the Australian Open
, where she was seeded twelfth, she defeated eight-seeded Patty Schnyder
in the fourth round before losing in the quarterfinals to top-seeded Maria Sharapova
7–6(5), 7–5.
In February, Chakvetadze reached the quarterfinals of the Open Gaz de France
in Paris, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo
7–6(5), 7–5. She then competed at the Proximus Diamond Games
in Antwerp, where she lost in the semifinals to Mauresmo 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. On February 19, she made her top 10 debut on the WTA rankings, at World No. 10. At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California
, she lost in the fourth round to Shahar Pe'er
6–4, 7–6. She then reached the semifinals of the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida
, where she was defeated by World No. 1 Justine Henin 6–2, 6–3.
Chakvetadze then played four tournaments in Europe on red clay courts. Chakvetadze lost in the quarterfinals of the Tier II J&S Cup in Warsaw
to Jelena Janković
, the second round of the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open
in Berlin, and the second round of the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. At the French Open
, Chakvetadze lost to second-seeded Sharapova in the quarterfinals.
Chakvetadze won her second title of the year, and first grass court
title, in 's-Hertogenbosch, with wins over Daniela Hantuchová
and Janković. At Wimbledon
, however, she was defeated in the third round by 31st-seeded Michaëlla Krajicek
in three sets.
Chakvetadze then played five tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. At the Tier III Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
in Cincinnati, Ohio
, Chakvetadze was the top-seed and won the title, defeating Akiko Morigami
in the final. Chakvetadze won her second consecutive tournament the following week at the Bank of the West Classic
in Palo Alto, California
, the first tournament of the US Open Series. She defeated Sania Mirza
in the final. That was her ninth consecutive match victory and resulted in her ranking rising to World No. 6. At the Acura Classic tournament in San Diego, her 12-match winning streak ended when she lost in the semifinals to top seeded Sharapova for the third time this year 6–3, 6–2 after Chakvetadze had defeated reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams
in the semifinals 6–7(5), 7–6(3), 6–2. Two weeks later at the Tier I Rogers Cup
in Toronto, Chakvetadze retired from her second round match after losing the first set to Virginie Razzano
. At the US Open
, Chakvetadze was the sixth seed and reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam
tournament for the first time, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova
3–6, 6–1, 6–1. This result caused her ranking to rise to a career high of World No. 5.
Chakvetadze was the defending champion at the Kremlin Cup
in Moscow, but lost her second round match to Dinara Safina
7–6, 6–2.
Chakvetadze became the sixth player in 2007 to qualify for the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships
. She reached the semifinals of that tournament by winning two of her three round robin matches, defeating Serena Williams
and Janković before losing to Henin 6–1, 7–6(4). She then lost her semifinal match with Sharapova 6–2, 6–2.
, Chakvetadze lost in the third round to Maria Kirilenko
6–7(6), 6–1, 6–2. She then helped defending champion Russia win its first round tie against Israel
in the Fed Cup
by defeating Tzipora Obziler
6–4, 6–2.
Chakvetadze was the top-seed at the Tier II Open Gaz de France
in Paris. She defeated Amélie Mauresmo
in the quarterfinals, Marion Bartoli
in the semifinals, and Ágnes Szávay
in the final to win her seventh career singles title. She is now 7–0 in tournament finals.
At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida
, Chakvetadze lost in the third round to Sabine Lisicki
.
At the French Open
, sixth-seeded Chakvetadze lost in the second round to Kaia Kanepi
6–4, 7–6(2).
Chakvetadze was seeded eighth at Wimbledon
. She defeated Stéphanie Dubois
in the first round 2–6, 6–1, 8–6 after Chakvetadze saved two match points at 5–3 and an additional match point at 5–4 in the third set. Chakvetadze won her second and third round matches in straight sets but lost in the fourth round to eighteenth-seeded Nicole Vaidišová
4–6, 7–6(0), 6–3.
Chakvetadze played five tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. She was the second seeded player and defending champion at the Tier II Bank of the West Classic
on the campus of Stanford University
in California
. She lost, however, to Bartoli in the quarterfinals 6–3, 6–4. The following week, she lost in the third round of the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles to Sybille Bammer
. Seeded sixth at the Tier I Rogers Cup in Montreal
, Chakvetadze lost in the third round to tenth-seeded Bartoli 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(4). She then lost in the final of the Pilot Pen Tennis
tournament in New Haven, Connecticut
to Caroline Wozniacki
. Chakvetadze was seeded tenth at the US Open but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova
.
where she lost in the second round to Jelena Dokić
6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3. She also lost the opening round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
to Ayumi Morita
.
At the Rome Masters
, Chakvetadze lost a close three setter to Venus Williams in the third round. At the Madrid Masters
, she defeated Virginia Ruano-Pascual in the first round. She then defeated Samantha Stosur
in the second round, coming back from 4–1 down in the third set. She fell to Alona Bondarenko in the third round. Chakvetadze, who was seeded 26th at the French Open
, suffered a first-round loss to Mariana Duque Marino
in three sets 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, thus continuing her disastrous run.
In the grass court season, Chakvetadze was able to raise her game in the first round in Eastbourne
, where she defeated a third seeded Jelena Janković
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–2. She lost to Marion Bartoli
in the second round.
Chakvetadze was seeded 32nd at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships
. She lost to Sabine Lisicki
in the first round 4–6, 7–6, 6–2, meaning she was out of the top 50 for the first time in quite a while.
Chakvetadze began her 2009 US Open Series campaign at the Bank of the West Classic
in Stanford, where she was unseeded. She was defeated in the first round by Maria Kirilenko 4–6, 7–5, 6–7. The following week, at the LA Women's Tennis Championships, she won her first two matches, against Virginie Razzano
and Alisa Kleybanova
, but then lost convincingly to Agnieszka Radwańska
6–3, 6–2 in the third round.
Having won the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati in 2007, Chakvetadze went into the 2009 tournament unseeded, and suffered another early round loss to 9th seed Victoria Azarenka
in straight sets.
At the Rogers Cup in Toronto she lost again in the first round, to Sybille Bammer
3–6 6–4 6–1, after leading 6–3 4–1. Her next tournament was the Pilot Pen Tennis
tournament, in New Haven, where she had been a finalist in 2008. She reached her first quarter-final of the year, defeating Nadia Petrova
and Sybille Bammer
all in three sets. She then lost to her good friend Elena Vesnina
6–1 7–5.
Chakvetadze entered the US Open as an unseeded player for the first time since 2005. She defeated Yurika Sema
4–6 6–1 6–2, but then fell in the second round to compatriot Vera Zvonareva
3–6 6–1 6–1.
At her home tournament in Moscow Kremlin Cup
she again lost in the first round, to Alona Bondarenko 6–4 6–3.
She ended 2009 at number 69, her lowest in 5 years.
in Auckland to wildcard Kimiko Date Krumm, 6–1, 6–2. At the Australian Open
, she was defeated in the first round by 12th-seed Flavia Pennetta
, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.At the 2010 PTT Pattaya Open
, Chakvetadze defeated Jill Craybas
in the first round and defeated Anastasia Rodionova in the second. She fell to Tamarine Tanasugarn
in the quarterfinals.
In March, Chakvetadze competed at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open
in Indian Wells, where she had a 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 win over Anne Keothavong
. In the second round, she retired with an ankle injury whilst trailing at 6–2, 5–3 to Agnieszka Radwańska
. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Chakvetadze had a first round loss to Kimiko Date Krumm 7–5, 3–6, 6–4.
Her next tournament was 2010 Polsat Warsaw Open
where she fell in the qualifying round to Bojana Jovanovski
7–5 7–6(4). At the 2010 French Open
, she was two points away from winning the match in straight sets, before losing in the first round to Angelique Kerber
5–7 7–6 6–4.
During the grass court season, in the 2010 AEGON Classic
she defeated Melanie South
3–6 6–4 6–4 and 8th seed Andrea Petkovic
6–4 6–4 to advance to the third round, where she lost 4–6 7–5 6–1 to qualifier Alison Riske
. At the 2010 AEGON International
, Chakvetadze won her first match in qualifying over Anna Lapushchenkova
of Russia 6–1 6–1. In the 2nd round of qualifying, Anna lost 7–5 4–6 6–2 to Jarmila Groth of Australia. In the first round of Wimbledon, Chakvetadze defeated Andrea Petkovic
of Germany 3–6 6–4 6–4 in one hour and 52 minutes. She faced defending champion Serena Williams
in the second round and lost 6–0 6–1.
In the 2010 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix
, Chakvetadze fell to second seed Alexandra Dulgheru
7–6(5) 1–6 6–2 and at the 2010 ECM Prague Open
she fell to Ksenia Pervak
in the very first round.
At the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
in Portoroz, Chakvetadze reached the quarterfinals by defeating Ekaterina Makarova
6–4, 6–1 and defending finalist Sara Errani
6–1, 6–2. In the quarterfinals she defeated No.6 seed Vera Dushevina
in a match lasting over two hours, saving two match points in the final set at 4–5 before finally winning 2–6, 6–3, 7–5. In the semifinals, Chakvetadze beat 7th seed Polona Hercog
0–6, 6–2, 6–2. She defeated Johanna Larsson 6–1, 6–2 in her first final in two years and to win her eighth WTA Tour title. Her ranking is set to rise to top 80 in the world as a result. In the Portoroz doubles final, Chakvetadze and Marina Erakovic
, lost to Kondratieva
-Uhlířová
after the super tie-break – 6–4, 2–6 and 10–7.
Chakvetadze then entered the 2010 E-Boks Danish Open
in Copenhagen. She qualified by defeating Karolina Kosińska
and Kathrin Wörle. In the main draw she then defeated Johanna Larsson 6–4 7–6(2) and Anna Lapushchenkova
6–3, 6–4. In the quarterfinals she defeated Polona Hercog
6–4 6–3 to book her place in the semi-final where her winning streak ended with a 6–1, 2–6, 6–4 loss to top seed Caroline Wozniacki
.
Chakvetadze then decided to enter a 100K ITF tournament in the Bronx to prepare for the US Open. The tournament had a quality field. In the first round Chakvetadze defeated Yung-jan Chan 6–7(3) 6–1 6–3. She then defeated top-seed Lucie Šafářová
in the second round, 6–7(5) 6–4 6–4. She then played her quarterfinal and semifinal matches on the same day, defeating sixth-seed Anastasija Sevastova
6–3 4–6 6–4 in the quarters and Ekaterina Makarova
6–3 6–3 in the semis. For the title, she defeated Sofia Arvidsson
4–6 6–2 6–2. At the US Open suffered a surprising loss to Urszula Radwańska
.
Chakvetadze then entered the 2010 Tashkent Open
in Uzbekistan, In the first round Chakvetadze defeated Zuzana Kučová
6–3 7–5, In the second round, she then retired to Evgeniya Rodina
due to a viral illness. At the 2010 China Open
she qualified by defeating Wanting Lu but fell in the final qualifying round to Kateryna Bondarenko
. At the 2010 Generali Ladies Linz
Chakvetadze lost to Sybille Bammer
. At her favourite tournament 2010 Kremlin Cup
, Chakvetadze caused an upset in the first round because she defeated no.3 seed Li Na
6–4 6–2. She defeated Mariya Koryttseva
of Ukraine in the second round 6–1 6–2, before losing in the quarter final to Vera Dushevina
6–3 7–6.
Anna ended 2010 ranked 56. She won 1 singles title and reached two doubles finals.
to compatriot Ksenia Pervak
. She again lost in the first round at the 2011 Moorilla Hobart International
, this time to Sara Errani
. She defeated Olga Govortsova
in the first round of the 2011 Australian Open
but lost in straight sets to Petra Kvitová
in the second round.
At the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
she collapsed due to a viral illness and couldn't complete the 2nd round match against 1st seed, Caroline Wozniacki
after having crushed Daniela Hantuchová
6–1 6–3 in the 1st round. She lost the first set 6–1 and collapsed at 5–3 up when she had a set point. It was later confirmed that Anna collapsed due to a GI illness that she had been suffering from since before the tournament. As a result, she did not play the Qatar Ladies Open. At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open
, she defeated Japanese qualifier, Misaki Doi
in the first round but retired against face 24th seed, Maria Kirilenko
in the second round down 6–2 1–3. She then missed the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
due to illness.
Chakvetadze returned to competition at 2011 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
. She is first seed in qualifying rounds. In the qualifying round, she arrived in the main draw defeating Julia Kimmelmann, Regina Kulikova
and Mariya Koryttseva
. In the first round, Anna fainted again at 6–1, 5–7, 4–4 against Zuzana Kučová
, she retired due to fainting. Because of these problems, she did not play the 2011 French Open
. After a few weeks of hospital testing, Anna made her eagerly awaited return at the 2011 UNICEF Open
, whereupon she lost to Lourdes Dominguez Lino
6–4, 6–1. Chakvetadze lost to Maria Sharapova 6–2, 6–1 in the first round of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
.. Chakvetadze has announced that she will not participate in the 2011 US Open
because of ankle injury.. Chakvetadze ended her year with only six wins and eights losses, and rank outside the top 200.
Anna will run for election in December for the lower house of the Russian state parliament with the Right Cause Party
.
* As of Feb. 14, 2011
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.
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.
Marion Bartoli
1–4 Anastasia Myskina
1–1 Samantha Stosur
2–1 Agnieszka Radwańska
2–2 Jelena Janković
7–3 Vera Zvonareva
0–3 Amélie Mauresmo
2–3 Petra Kvitová
0–1 Francesca Schiavone
4–1 Nadia Petrova
5–0 Maria Sharapova
0–7 Kim Clijsters
0–1 Dinara Safina
2–3 Caroline Wozniacki
0–4 Martina Hingis
0–1 Kimiko Date Krumm 0–2 Ai Sugiyama
2–0 Flavia Pennetta
0–4 Ana Ivanović
2–2 Li Na
3–2 Nicole Vaidišová
0–3 Elena Dementieva
1–2 Svetlana Kuznetsova
0–3 Serena Williams
1–1 Daniela Hantuchová
5–2 Justine Henin 0–3/
Jelena Dokić
0–1 Patty Schnyder
1–2 Lindsay Davenport
0–2 Venus Williams
1–3
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player (with Georgian
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
roots). On September 10, 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of World No. 5. She has won eight WTA
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
Singles Titles and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. As of July 4, 2011, Chakvetadze is ranked World No. 59.
She began playing tennis at the age of eight after being introduced to the sport by her mother, Natalia. She travels for tournaments with her father. She speaks both Russian and English.
Career
Chakvetadze hit her peak of World No. 5 in 2007 after a semifinal appearance at the US OpenU.S. Open (tennis)
The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
. Also in that year, she reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
and the French Open, both of which were career bests for those events. Four of her eight career singles titles also occurred in 2007. She ended 2010 ranked inside the top 60 at number 56. The same year, she won 1 title and her 8th overall.
Junior tournaments
In 2003, she made it to the final of the Junior Championships at WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
before falling to Kirsten Flipkens
Kirsten Flipkens
Kirsten Flipkens is a professional female Belgian tennis player since 2003. Her career high rank for singles is No. 59 . She won 10 ITF Singles titles, and 1 ITF Doubles title....
of Belgium 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. The same year, she won the International Bavarian Junior Challenge, defeating Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska is a Polish professional tennis player. She began playing at age 7. She reached the semi finals of Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Her racquet brand is Wilson. She speaks four languages: Polish, English, Spanish and Russian. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such...
of Poland 7–6, 6–5. Her record as a junior was 67–19 in singles, and 22–14 in doubles. Her highest world ranking as a junior was #22 achieved in December 2003.
Professional tournaments
Chakvetadze debuted on the ITFInternational Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
circuit in November 2001, losing in the first round in Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. In July 2002, she won her first ITF doubles title in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, teaming with fellow Russian Irina Kotkina.
At the 2004 U.S. Open, Chakvetadze won three qualifying matchers to reach the main draw of her first Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
singles tournament. In the second round, she defeated World No. 3 Anastasia Myskina
Anastasia Myskina
Anastasiya Andreyevna Myskina is a professional tennis player from Russia. She won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam main draw singles title. Subsequent to this victory she rose to number 3 on the WTA ranking, becoming the first...
7–6(3), 6–3 before losing in the third round to Eleni Daniilidou
Eleni Daniilidou
Eleni Daniilidou is a Greek tennis player born in Chania, on the island of Crete.As of 2011, she has won five WTA singles titles and three doubles titles. In 2003, she reached the Australian Open mixed doubles final. Her highest singles ranking has been 14th...
. With this result, she became tied for the second fastest player to defeat a world top 10 in WTA history, tying Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
. She broke into the top 100 in the WTA rankings on September 13, reaching World No. 91. She reached the top 50 on June 6, 2005, coming in at World No. 44.
On September 25, 2006, Chakvetadze won her first WTA singles tournament at the Tier III event in Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
, China, defeating Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual...
in the final. Two weeks later, she won her second WTA tournament at the Tier I Kremlin Cup
Kremlin Cup
The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
in Moscow even though she was unseeded, beating Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
and Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
en route to the title. These wins helped boost her ranking to World No. 16.
2007
Chakvetadze started the year by winning the Tier IV Moorilla Hobart InternationalMoorilla Hobart International
The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association Tour and is classed as an International tournament...
in Australia, her third WTA
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
tournament title. She defeated fellow Russian Vasilisa Bardina
Vasilisa Bardina
Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina is a Russian professional tennis player.As of August 10, 2007, her highest ranking was World Number 48, achieved in early 2007...
in the final. At the Australian Open
2007 Australian Open
The 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January until 28 January 2007.The total prize pool was set at exactly A$20 million, with the winners of both the men's and women's singles competition each receiving A$1,281,000. Over 500 players...
, where she was seeded twelfth, she defeated eight-seeded Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
in the fourth round before losing in the quarterfinals to top-seeded Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
7–6(5), 7–5.
In February, Chakvetadze reached the quarterfinals of the Open Gaz de France
2007 Open Gaz de France
-News:*5 February 2007-Elena Bovina withdrew from the Open Gaz de France due to a nerve entrapment. In the single's draw she is replaced with Lucky Loser, Agnieszka Radwańska, and in the doubles' draw she and her partner, Anna Chakvetadze, are replaced by the alternate team of Stéphanie Foretz and...
in Paris, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....
7–6(5), 7–5. She then competed at the Proximus Diamond Games
2007 Proximus Diamond Games
2007 Proximus Diamond Games was held in Sportpaleis, Antwerp, in Belgium; from 10–18 February.Amélie Mauresmo won her only tournament of the year; whilst Kim Clijsters made an emotional farewall in front of her home crowd. Clijsters retired two tournaments later.-Singles: Amélie Mauresmo def...
in Antwerp, where she lost in the semifinals to Mauresmo 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. On February 19, she made her top 10 debut on the WTA rankings, at World No. 10. At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California
Indian Wells, California
Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley , in between Palm Desert and La Quinta. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,958....
, she lost in the fourth round to Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 ....
6–4, 7–6. She then reached the semifinals of the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida
Key Biscayne, Florida
Key Biscayne is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States on the island of Key Biscayne. The population was 10,507 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 10,324....
, where she was defeated by World No. 1 Justine Henin 6–2, 6–3.
Chakvetadze then played four tournaments in Europe on red clay courts. Chakvetadze lost in the quarterfinals of the Tier II J&S Cup in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
to Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
, the second round of the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open
Qatar Telecom German Open
The German Open, sponsored from 2006 through 2008 as the Qatar Telecom German Open, was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women played in Berlin, Germany. Held since 1896, it was one of the oldest tournaments for women...
in Berlin, and the second round of the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. At the French Open
2007 French Open
The 2007 French Open was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Followed two weeks later, as usual, by Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run...
, Chakvetadze lost to second-seeded Sharapova in the quarterfinals.
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
title, in 's-Hertogenbosch, with wins over Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
and Janković. At Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
, however, she was defeated in the third round by 31st-seeded Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek is a Dutch professional tennis player. Her highest WTA ranking was number 30 on 11 February 2008. She currently is the second best ranked player from the Netherlands behind Arantxa Rus.-Personal life:...
in three sets.
Chakvetadze then played five tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. At the Tier III Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between...
in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
, Chakvetadze was the top-seed and won the title, defeating Akiko Morigami
Akiko Morigami
Akiko Morigami is a Japanese female tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. On August 15, 2005, Morigami reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 41....
in the final. Chakvetadze won her second consecutive tournament the following week at the Bank of the West Classic
Bank of the West Classic
The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, United States. The 2011 event will be held on July 25th to July 31st. Started in 1971, the tournament is the oldest women's-only tournament in the world...
in Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
, the first tournament of the US Open Series. She defeated Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...
in the final. That was her ninth consecutive match victory and resulted in her ranking rising to World No. 6. At the Acura Classic tournament in San Diego, her 12-match winning streak ended when she lost in the semifinals to top seeded Sharapova for the third time this year 6–3, 6–2 after Chakvetadze had defeated reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
in the semifinals 6–7(5), 7–6(3), 6–2. Two weeks later at the Tier I Rogers Cup
Canada Masters
The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...
in Toronto, Chakvetadze retired from her second round match after losing the first set to Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano , is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked...
. At the US Open
2007 U.S. Open (tennis)
The 2007 US Open was held from 27 August to 9 September 2007, at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City....
, Chakvetadze was the sixth seed and reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
tournament for the first time, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
3–6, 6–1, 6–1. This result caused her ranking to rise to a career high of World No. 5.
Chakvetadze was the defending champion at the Kremlin Cup
Kremlin Cup
The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
in Moscow, but lost her second round match to Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
7–6, 6–2.
Chakvetadze became the sixth player in 2007 to qualify for the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships
2007 WTA Tour Championships
The 2007 WTA Tour Championships, officially Sony Ericsson Championships, is the thirty seventh season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the eight best female tennis players in singles, and four teams in doubles, on the 2007 WTA Tour...
. She reached the semifinals of that tournament by winning two of her three round robin matches, defeating Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
and Janković before losing to Henin 6–1, 7–6(4). She then lost her semifinal match with Sharapova 6–2, 6–2.
2008
At the Australian Open2008 Australian Open
The 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 through 27 January 2008.After twenty years of playing on...
, Chakvetadze lost in the third round to Maria Kirilenko
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached no. 18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian...
6–7(6), 6–1, 6–2. She then helped defending champion Russia win its first round tie against Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
in the Fed Cup
Fed Cup
Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
by defeating Tzipora Obziler
Tzipora Obziler
Tzipora Obziler is a former professional right-handed tennis player.She reached her career-high singles world ranking of #75 in on July 8, 2007, and doubles ranking of #149 on April 10, 2000....
6–4, 6–2.
Chakvetadze was the top-seed at the Tier II Open Gaz de France
Open Gaz de France
Open GDF Suez, formerly Open Gaz de France, is a Premier level tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on indoor hardcourts....
in Paris. She defeated Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....
in the quarterfinals, Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
in the semifinals, and Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay
Ágnes Szávay is a professional tennis player from Hungary. She is the country's highest ranked tennis player. She was the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2007. She achieved her career high ranking of World No. 13 on April 14, 2008.- Background :...
in the final to win her seventh career singles title. She is now 7–0 in tournament finals.
At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida
Key Biscayne, Florida
Key Biscayne is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States on the island of Key Biscayne. The population was 10,507 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 10,324....
, Chakvetadze lost in the third round to Sabine Lisicki
Sabine Lisicki
Sabine Lisicki is a German professional tennis player of Polish background.Lisicki has won three WTA singles tournaments in her career and one doubles tournament . She reached the semifinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and also reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships...
.
At the French Open
2008 French Open
The 2008 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 107th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 25 through June 8, 2008....
, sixth-seeded Chakvetadze lost in the second round to Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....
6–4, 7–6(2).
Chakvetadze was seeded eighth at Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
. She defeated Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 and she achieved a career-best ranking of No. 95 in the world on May 26, 2008.-2004–present:...
in the first round 2–6, 6–1, 8–6 after Chakvetadze saved two match points at 5–3 and an additional match point at 5–4 in the third set. Chakvetadze won her second and third round matches in straight sets but lost in the fourth round to eighteenth-seeded Nicole Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová is a retired Czech tennis player.Vaidišová was an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist and also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Vaidišová started playing tennis when she was six years old, enrolling to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Bradenton,...
4–6, 7–6(0), 6–3.
Chakvetadze played five tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. She was the second seeded player and defending champion at the Tier II Bank of the West Classic
Bank of the West Classic
The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, United States. The 2011 event will be held on July 25th to July 31st. Started in 1971, the tournament is the oldest women's-only tournament in the world...
on the campus of Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. She lost, however, to Bartoli in the quarterfinals 6–3, 6–4. The following week, she lost in the third round of the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles to Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer is a former professional female tennis player from Austria. Her career high ranking is No. 19, achieved on 17 December 2007....
. Seeded sixth at the Tier I Rogers Cup in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Chakvetadze lost in the third round to tenth-seeded Bartoli 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(4). She then lost in the final of the Pilot Pen Tennis
Pilot Pen Tennis
This article is about the former New Haven joint tennis event. It is now a women's-only event. For the New Haven men's tennis event known as Volvo International , click here....
tournament in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
to Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
. Chakvetadze was seeded tenth at the US Open but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...
.
2009
Chakvetadze was seeded 17th at the Australian Open2009 Australian Open
The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009. The 2009 men's...
where she lost in the second round to Jelena Dokić
Jelena Dokic
Jelena Dokić is an Australian female professional tennis player.During the height of her career, she played for Serbia and Montenegro and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 19 August 2002. After several family-related difficulties , she slowly slipped down the rankings in 2006...
6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3. She also lost the opening round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
2009 Dubai Tennis Championships - Women's Singles
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but lost in the quartefinals to Venus Williams.Venus Williams won in the final, 6–4, 6–2, over Virginie Razzano.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round....
to Ayumi Morita
Ayumi Morita
is a Japanese female tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of 42nd in the world on June 6, 2011 and is currently the highest ranked Japanese player in the world at World No. 46, the seventh overall in Asia. At Junior level, she reached a career high ranking of No. 3.Morita is known for...
.
At the Rome Masters
Rome Masters
The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...
, Chakvetadze lost a close three setter to Venus Williams in the third round. At the Madrid Masters
Madrid Masters
There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...
, she defeated Virginia Ruano-Pascual in the first round. She then defeated Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur
Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
in the second round, coming back from 4–1 down in the third set. She fell to Alona Bondarenko in the third round. Chakvetadze, who was seeded 26th at the French Open
2009 French Open
The 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
, suffered a first-round loss to Mariana Duque Marino
Mariana Duque Marino
Mariana Duque Mariño is a Colombian tennis player, born in Bogotá. Her career high rank is #94, achieved on February 22, 2010....
in three sets 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, thus continuing her disastrous run.
In the grass court season, Chakvetadze was able to raise her game in the first round in Eastbourne
2009 AEGON International - Women's Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Virginie Razzano.-Seeds:# Elena Dementieva # Svetlana Kuznetsova # Jelena Janković # Vera Zvonareva ...
, where she defeated a third seeded Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–2. She lost to Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
in the second round.
Chakvetadze was seeded 32nd at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships
2009 Wimbledon Championships
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009...
. She lost to Sabine Lisicki
Sabine Lisicki
Sabine Lisicki is a German professional tennis player of Polish background.Lisicki has won three WTA singles tournaments in her career and one doubles tournament . She reached the semifinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and also reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships...
in the first round 4–6, 7–6, 6–2, meaning she was out of the top 50 for the first time in quite a while.
Chakvetadze began her 2009 US Open Series campaign at the Bank of the West Classic
Bank of the West Classic
The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, United States. The 2011 event will be held on July 25th to July 31st. Started in 1971, the tournament is the oldest women's-only tournament in the world...
in Stanford, where she was unseeded. She was defeated in the first round by Maria Kirilenko 4–6, 7–5, 6–7. The following week, at the LA Women's Tennis Championships, she won her first two matches, against Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano , is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked...
and Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Mikhaelovna Kleybanova is a Russian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA world ranking to date is No. 20, achieved on February 21, 2010...
, but then lost convincingly to Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
6–3, 6–2 in the third round.
Having won the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati in 2007, Chakvetadze went into the 2009 tournament unseeded, and suffered another early round loss to 9th seed Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high and current ranking is world no. 3, which she first achieved on 12 September 2011. She became the highest-ranked Belarusian player ever, surpassing Natasha Zvereva by two spots....
in straight sets.
At the Rogers Cup in Toronto she lost again in the first round, to Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer is a former professional female tennis player from Austria. Her career high ranking is No. 19, achieved on 17 December 2007....
3–6 6–4 6–1, after leading 6–3 4–1. Her next tournament was the Pilot Pen Tennis
Pilot Pen Tennis
This article is about the former New Haven joint tennis event. It is now a women's-only event. For the New Haven men's tennis event known as Volvo International , click here....
tournament, in New Haven, where she had been a finalist in 2008. She reached her first quarter-final of the year, defeating Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
and Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer is a former professional female tennis player from Austria. Her career high ranking is No. 19, achieved on 17 December 2007....
all in three sets. She then lost to her good friend Elena Vesnina
Elena Vesnina
Elena Sergeevna Vesnina is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on 12 October 2009...
6–1 7–5.
Chakvetadze entered the US Open as an unseeded player for the first time since 2005. She defeated Yurika Sema
Yurika Sema
is a Japanese female tennis player. Her father is French, and mother is Japanese. She is the older sister of Erika Sema.Sema's highest Women's Tennis Association ranking was 142 on November 30, 2009.- Singles 13 :- Doubles 13 :...
4–6 6–1 6–2, but then fell in the second round to compatriot Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
3–6 6–1 6–1.
At her home tournament in Moscow Kremlin Cup
Kremlin Cup
The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
she again lost in the first round, to Alona Bondarenko 6–4 6–3.
She ended 2009 at number 69, her lowest in 5 years.
2010
Chakvetadze started the year with a first round loss at the 2010 ASB Classic2010 ASB Classic
The 2010 ASB Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the ASB Classic, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
in Auckland to wildcard Kimiko Date Krumm, 6–1, 6–2. At the Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
, she was defeated in the first round by 12th-seed Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.At the 2010 PTT Pattaya Open
2010 PTT Pattaya Open
The 2010 PTT Pattaya Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the PTT Pattaya Open and was part of the International category on the 2010 WTA Tour...
, Chakvetadze defeated Jill Craybas
Jill Craybas
- Early years :Craybas was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletics Association competition from 1993 to...
in the first round and defeated Anastasia Rodionova in the second. She fell to Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, United States, and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles....
in the quarterfinals.
In March, Chakvetadze competed at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open
2010 BNP Paribas Open
The 2010 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 36th edition of the event, known this year as the BNP Paribas Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on...
in Indian Wells, where she had a 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 win over Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 71st in the world...
. In the second round, she retired with an ankle injury whilst trailing at 6–2, 5–3 to Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Chakvetadze had a first round loss to Kimiko Date Krumm 7–5, 3–6, 6–4.
Her next tournament was 2010 Polsat Warsaw Open
2010 Polsat Warsaw Open
The 2010 Polsat Warsaw Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the Warsaw Tournament, and was part of the Premier-level tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
where she fell in the qualifying round to Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski is a Serbian tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Jovanovski is ranked World No. 56 and is the third highest ranked Serbian player, after World No. 14 Jelena Janković and No. 26 Ana Ivanović...
7–5 7–6(4). At the 2010 French Open
2010 French Open
The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 109th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
, she was two points away from winning the match in straight sets, before losing in the first round to Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber is a professional German tennis player of Polish descent, who has considered representing Poland. She began playing tennis aged five. Kerber has a career high ranking of World No. 30 achieved on 3 October 2011...
5–7 7–6 6–4.
During the grass court season, in the 2010 AEGON Classic
2010 AEGON Classic
The 2010 AEGON Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 29th edition of the event. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, from June 7 through June 13, 2010.-Seeds:...
she defeated Melanie South
Melanie South
Melanie Jayne South is an English tennis player. She is currently the British number 7 and ranked 310 in the world...
3–6 6–4 6–4 and 8th seed Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic is a professional German tennis player of Serbian origin. She is the highest ranked German tennis player. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Germany....
6–4 6–4 to advance to the third round, where she lost 4–6 7–5 6–1 to qualifier Alison Riske
Alison Riske
Alison Riske is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 104, which she reached on May 9, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 251, which she reached on August 15, 2011.-Early life and career:...
. At the 2010 AEGON International
2010 AEGON International
The 2010 AEGON International was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 35th edition of the event for the women and the 2nd edition for the men. It was classified as a WTA Premier tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour and as an ATP World Tour 250 series...
, Chakvetadze won her first match in qualifying over Anna Lapushchenkova
Anna Lapushchenkova
Anna Lapushchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player, since 2003.-Career Summary:Lapushchenkova began competing occasionally on the ITF women's circuit in October 2002, shortly before her sixteenth birthday...
of Russia 6–1 6–1. In the 2nd round of qualifying, Anna lost 7–5 4–6 6–2 to Jarmila Groth of Australia. In the first round of Wimbledon, Chakvetadze defeated Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic is a professional German tennis player of Serbian origin. She is the highest ranked German tennis player. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Germany....
of Germany 3–6 6–4 6–4 in one hour and 52 minutes. She faced defending champion Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
in the second round and lost 6–0 6–1.
In the 2010 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix
2010 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix
The 2010 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the Budapest Grand Prix, an International-level tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour...
, Chakvetadze fell to second seed Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru is a Romanian professional tennis player. She achieved a singles career high of World No. 26 on April 11, 2011. Her career high in doubles was World No. 47 on March 21, 2011.She is coached by Gabriel Urpi.-Biography:...
7–6(5) 1–6 6–2 and at the 2010 ECM Prague Open
2010 ECM Prague Open
The 2010 ECM Prague Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the ECM Prague Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
she fell to Ksenia Pervak
Ksenia Pervak
Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011...
in the very first round.
At the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
The 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
in Portoroz, Chakvetadze reached the quarterfinals by defeating Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...
6–4, 6–1 and defending finalist Sara Errani
Sara Errani
Sara Errani , nicknamed "Poco Gigante", is a professional female tennis player from Italy. On February 23, 2009, she reached a new career high of No. 31 on the Tour rankings...
6–1, 6–2. In the quarterfinals she defeated No.6 seed Vera Dushevina
Vera Dushevina
Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina is a Russian professional female tennis player. She was born in Moscow but now resides in Khimki, Russia. In 2006, she privately amended the presentation of her surname so as to be more English language friendly, adopting Dushevina in place of Douchevina which is a...
in a match lasting over two hours, saving two match points in the final set at 4–5 before finally winning 2–6, 6–3, 7–5. In the semifinals, Chakvetadze beat 7th seed Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog is a Slovenian tennis player. Her highest ranking is No. 35 in singles and No. 56 in doubles. Hercog has won two WTA Tour doubles title and one singles title. She also enjoyed success on the ITF Circuit, winning nine singles and five doubles titles...
0–6, 6–2, 6–2. She defeated Johanna Larsson 6–1, 6–2 in her first final in two years and to win her eighth WTA Tour title. Her ranking is set to rise to top 80 in the world as a result. In the Portoroz doubles final, Chakvetadze and Marina Erakovic
Marina Erakovic
Marina Erakovic is a New Zealand professional tennis player of Croatian background. Her career high in Women's Tennis Association doubles ranking is World No. 43, achieved on 27 October 2008, and in singles it is No. 49, achieved on 7 July 2008. As of 21 November 2011, she is World No...
, lost to Kondratieva
Maria Kondratieva
Maria Kondratieva is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 48, set on 18 October 2010. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 210, which she reached on 23 June 2008.-Doubles: 4 :-External links:...
-Uhlířová
Vladimíra Uhlírová
Vladimíra Uhlířová is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Uhlířová reached her highest doubles ranking of World number 18 on October 1, 2007. Uhlířová has won 17 ITF doubles titles and 5 WTA doubles titles, but no singles titles of either type.-Doubles: 17 :-External links:...
after the super tie-break – 6–4, 2–6 and 10–7.
Chakvetadze then entered the 2010 E-Boks Danish Open
2010 e-Boks Danish Open
The 2010 e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open was the first edition of the tennis tournament e-Boks Danish Open, an International-level tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place on indoor hard courts in Farum, Denmark from August 2 to August 8, 2010...
in Copenhagen. She qualified by defeating Karolina Kosińska
Karolina Kosińska
Karolina Kosińska is a Polish professional tennis player who is, as of 1 March 2010, ranked No. 271. As a professional, her highest career singles ranking is World No. 253, achieved on 4 July 2005, in doubles 144.-Personal life:...
and Kathrin Wörle. In the main draw she then defeated Johanna Larsson 6–4 7–6(2) and Anna Lapushchenkova
Anna Lapushchenkova
Anna Lapushchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player, since 2003.-Career Summary:Lapushchenkova began competing occasionally on the ITF women's circuit in October 2002, shortly before her sixteenth birthday...
6–3, 6–4. In the quarterfinals she defeated Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog is a Slovenian tennis player. Her highest ranking is No. 35 in singles and No. 56 in doubles. Hercog has won two WTA Tour doubles title and one singles title. She also enjoyed success on the ITF Circuit, winning nine singles and five doubles titles...
6–4 6–3 to book her place in the semi-final where her winning streak ended with a 6–1, 2–6, 6–4 loss to top seed Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
.
Chakvetadze then decided to enter a 100K ITF tournament in the Bronx to prepare for the US Open. The tournament had a quality field. In the first round Chakvetadze defeated Yung-jan Chan 6–7(3) 6–1 6–3. She then defeated top-seed Lucie Šafářová
Lucie Šafárová
Lucie Šafářová is a professional Czech tennis player. She was born in Brno.Šafářová has won four WTA tour singles titles and reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open, upsetting defending champion Amélie Mauresmo en-route...
in the second round, 6–7(5) 6–4 6–4. She then played her quarterfinal and semifinal matches on the same day, defeating sixth-seed Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova is a Latvian tennis player. On January 31, 2011, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 36. On August 31, 2009, she claimed her highest Doubles rank of No. 195...
6–3 4–6 6–4 in the quarters and Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...
6–3 6–3 in the semis. For the title, she defeated Sofia Arvidsson
Sofia Arvidsson
Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson is a Swedish tennis player. As of May 9, 2011, she is ranked World No. 77. Her highest career ranking is World No. 29.-Biography:...
4–6 6–2 6–2. At the US Open suffered a surprising loss to Urszula Radwańska
Urszula Radwanska
Urszula Radwańska is a Polish tennis player and a younger sister of Agnieszka Radwańska. She reached her career high ranking of World No. 62 on 10 August 2009.-Tennis career:...
.
Chakvetadze then entered the 2010 Tashkent Open
2010 Tashkent Open
The 2010 Tashkent Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the Tashkent Open, and is part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
in Uzbekistan, In the first round Chakvetadze defeated Zuzana Kučová
Zuzana Kučová
Zuzana Kučová , is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Her career high singles ranking is No. 101, achieved on June 7, 2010. She is the sister of Kristína Kučová.-Tennis career:...
6–3 7–5, In the second round, she then retired to Evgeniya Rodina
Evgeniya Rodina
Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina is a Russian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of #74 on February 28, 2011.-Career summary:Rodina has made strong progress up through the world rankings to reach a career high of World No...
due to a viral illness. At the 2010 China Open
2010 China Open (tennis)
The 2010 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the China Open, and is part of the ATP 500 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour...
she qualified by defeating Wanting Lu but fell in the final qualifying round to Kateryna Bondarenko
Kateryna Bondarenko
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Bondarenko is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine and a doubles champion at Australian Open 2008.The younger sister of professional tennis players Valeria and Alona Bondarenko, she was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. She was...
. At the 2010 Generali Ladies Linz
2010 Generali Ladies Linz
The 2010 Generali Ladies Linz was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...
Chakvetadze lost to Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer is a former professional female tennis player from Austria. Her career high ranking is No. 19, achieved on 17 December 2007....
. At her favourite tournament 2010 Kremlin Cup
2010 Kremlin Cup
The 2010 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour...
, Chakvetadze caused an upset in the first round because she defeated no.3 seed Li Na
Li Na (tennis)
Li Na , goes first before the equivalent of a first name in some other nations. Her name off court in China is Li Na. When listed on the , she is known as Na Li. However, in the match, the commentators call her Li Na, and when her full name is listed in text on court, it is also written as Li Na.;...
6–4 6–2. She defeated Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on August 18, 2008....
of Ukraine in the second round 6–1 6–2, before losing in the quarter final to Vera Dushevina
Vera Dushevina
Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina is a Russian professional female tennis player. She was born in Moscow but now resides in Khimki, Russia. In 2006, she privately amended the presentation of her surname so as to be more English language friendly, adopting Dushevina in place of Douchevina which is a...
6–3 7–6.
Anna ended 2010 ranked 56. She won 1 singles title and reached two doubles finals.
2011
Chakvetadze started the year with a first round loss at the 2011 Brisbane International2011 Brisbane International
The 2011 Brisbane International was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson, Brisbane. It was held from 2 to 9 January...
to compatriot Ksenia Pervak
Ksenia Pervak
Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011...
. She again lost in the first round at the 2011 Moorilla Hobart International
2011 Moorilla Hobart International
The 2011 Moorilla Hobart International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the event and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour...
, this time to Sara Errani
Sara Errani
Sara Errani , nicknamed "Poco Gigante", is a professional female tennis player from Italy. On February 23, 2009, she reached a new career high of No. 31 on the Tour rankings...
. She defeated Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova
Olga Govortsova is a professional Belarusian tennis player. As of May 10, 2010 her highest singles ranking on the WTA is World Number 35, which she achieved on June 23, 2008.-Career:...
in the first round of the 2011 Australian Open
2011 Australian Open
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held...
but lost in straight sets to Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2. Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships singles titles...
in the second round.
At the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
2011 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships was a 500 Series event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. The tournament was known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons...
she collapsed due to a viral illness and couldn't complete the 2nd round match against 1st seed, Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
after having crushed Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
6–1 6–3 in the 1st round. She lost the first set 6–1 and collapsed at 5–3 up when she had a set point. It was later confirmed that Anna collapsed due to a GI illness that she had been suffering from since before the tournament. As a result, she did not play the Qatar Ladies Open. At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open
2011 BNP Paribas Open
The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 36th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011...
, she defeated Japanese qualifier, Misaki Doi
Misaki Doi
is a professional Japanese tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 116, which she reached on March 21, 2011 Her career high in doubles is 222, which she reached...
in the first round but retired against face 24th seed, Maria Kirilenko
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached no. 18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian...
in the second round down 6–2 1–3. She then missed the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
2011 Sony Ericsson Open
The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open , a men's and women's tennis tournament, was held from March 21 to April 3, 2011. It was the 27th edition of the Miami Masters event and played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami...
due to illness.
Chakvetadze returned to competition at 2011 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
2011 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The 2011 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 34th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and was part of the Premier tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from April 16 through 24, 2011...
. She is first seed in qualifying rounds. In the qualifying round, she arrived in the main draw defeating Julia Kimmelmann, Regina Kulikova
Regina Kulikova
Regina Kulikova is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 65th, which she reached on May 3, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 417th, which she reached on September 28, 2009...
and Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on August 18, 2008....
. In the first round, Anna fainted again at 6–1, 5–7, 4–4 against Zuzana Kučová
Zuzana Kučová
Zuzana Kučová , is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Her career high singles ranking is No. 101, achieved on June 7, 2010. She is the sister of Kristína Kučová.-Tennis career:...
, she retired due to fainting. Because of these problems, she did not play the 2011 French Open
2011 French Open
The 2011 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
. After a few weeks of hospital testing, Anna made her eagerly awaited return at the 2011 UNICEF Open
2011 UNICEF Open
The 2011 UNICEF Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 22nd edition of the UNICEF Open, and was part of the 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour...
, whereupon she lost to Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino is a Spanish professional female tennis player. On 11 September 2006 Domínguez Lino reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...
6–4, 6–1. Chakvetadze lost to Maria Sharapova 6–2, 6–1 in the first round of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
2011 Wimbledon Championships
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the 125th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the...
.. Chakvetadze has announced that she will not participate in the 2011 US Open
2011 US Open (tennis)
The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States...
because of ankle injury.. Chakvetadze ended her year with only six wins and eights losses, and rank outside the top 200.
Anna will run for election in December for the lower house of the Russian state parliament with the Right Cause Party
Right Cause
Right Cause is a political party in Russia with representatives in several local legislatures. Founded on 18 February 2009 as a merger of the Union of Right Forces, Civilian Power and the Democratic Party of Russia, the party's main policy stances are liberal free market economy, democracy and...
.
Home invasion and robbery
On December 18, 2007, Chakvetadze's home was burgled. Chakvetadze was bound and gagged by six invaders who also beat her father, Djambuli. The six men left with over U.S.$306,000 worth of goods and cash. Seven suspects were arrested three months later.WTA Tour career earnings
| Year | Grand Slam singles titles | WTA singles titles | Total singles titles | Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,302 | 541 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61,542 | 157 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265,918 | 50 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 654,399 | 22 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1,406,266 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 844,924 | 15 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 279,255 | 72 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 234,338 | 79 |
| 2011* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53,897 | 69 |
| Career* | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3,819,101 | 64 |
WTA Tour singles finals (8–1)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| Winner | 1. | September 25, 2006 | Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou International Women's Open The Guangzhou International Women's Open is a tennis tournament held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Held since 2004, the inaugural tournament had Li Na as the first ever Chinese singles title winner. -Singles:-Doubles:-External links:* *... |
 GuangzhouGuangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
Hard |  Anabel Medina GarriguesAnabel Medina Garrigues Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual... |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | October 15, 2006 | Kremlin Cup Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour... |
 MoscowMoscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
Carpet | Nadia Petrova Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005... |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | January 12, 2007 | Moorilla Hobart International Moorilla Hobart International The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association Tour and is classed as an International tournament... |
Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
Hard | Vasilisa Bardina Vasilisa Bardina Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina is a Russian professional tennis player.As of August 10, 2007, her highest ranking was World Number 48, achieved in early 2007... |
6–3, 7–63 |
| Winner | 4. | June 17, 2007 | Ordina Open Ordina Open The Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, now sponsored by UNICEF and called the UNICEF Open, is a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour and WTA Tour held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.-Singles:-Doubles:-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*... |
 's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsNetherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
Grass |  Jelena JankovićJelena Janković Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no... |
7–62, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Winner | 5. | July 22, 2007 | W&S Financial Group Women's Open |  Cincinnati, United StatesUnited States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Hard |  Akiko MorigamiAkiko Morigami Akiko Morigami is a Japanese female tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. On August 15, 2005, Morigami reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 41.... |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 6. | July 29, 2007 | Bank of the West Classic Bank of the West Classic The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, United States. The 2011 event will be held on July 25th to July 31st. Started in 1971, the tournament is the oldest women's-only tournament in the world... |
Stanford, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Hard |  Sania MirzaSania Mirza Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings... |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 7. | February 10, 2008 | Open GDF Suez |  ParisParis Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Hard (i) |  Ágnes SzávayÁgnes Szávay Ágnes Szávay is a professional tennis player from Hungary. She is the country's highest ranked tennis player. She was the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2007. She achieved her career high ranking of World No. 13 on April 14, 2008.- Background :... |
6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | August 23, 2008 | Pilot Pen Tennis Pilot Pen Tennis This article is about the former New Haven joint tennis event. It is now a women's-only event. For the New Haven men's tennis event known as Volvo International , click here.... |
New Haven, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Hard |  Caroline WozniackiCaroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks... |
6–3, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 8. | July 25, 2010 | Banka Koper Slovenia Open Banka Koper Slovenia Open The Banka Koper Slovenia Open is a tennis tournament held in Portorož, Slovenia. Held since 2005, this WTA Tour event is a WTA International Tournaments and is played on outdoor hardcourts.... |
 PortorožPortorož - External links :**... , Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of... |
Hard |  Johanna Larsson |
6–1, 6–2 |
WTA Tour doubles finals (5)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| Runner-up | 1. | September 24, 2006 | China Open China Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... |
Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
Hard | Elena Vesnina Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeevna Vesnina is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on 12 October 2009... |
Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Between 2002...  Paola SuárezPaola Suárez Paola Suárez was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris."La Negra" Suárez began playing professional tennis at the... |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | July 29, 2007 | Bank of the West Classic Bank of the West Classic The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, United States. The 2011 event will be held on July 25th to July 31st. Started in 1971, the tournament is the oldest women's-only tournament in the world... |
Stanford, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Hard |  Victoria AzarenkaVictoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high and current ranking is world no. 3, which she first achieved on 12 September 2011. She became the highest-ranked Belarusian player ever, surpassing Natasha Zvereva by two spots.... |
Sania Mirza Sania Mirza Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...  Shahar Pe'erShahar Pe'er Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 .... |
4–6, 6–75 |
| Runner-up | 3. | August 5, 2007 | Acura Classic | San Diego, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Hard | Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Her career high and current ranking is world no. 3, which she first achieved on 12 September 2011. She became the highest-ranked Belarusian player ever, surpassing Natasha Zvereva by two spots.... |
 Cara BlackCara Black Cara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She has won 7 singles titles and 63 women's doubles titles. She has won all four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and three of the four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles. She is currently ranked World No. 28 in women's doubles... Liezel HuberLiezel Huber Liezel Huber is a professional tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On November 12, 2007,... |
5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | February 14, 2010 | PTT Pattaya Open |  Pattaya City, ThailandThailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... |
Hard | Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak is a professional left-handed Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 37th, which she reached on 19 September 2011... |
 Marina ErakovicMarina Erakovic Marina Erakovic is a New Zealand professional tennis player of Croatian background. Her career high in Women's Tennis Association doubles ranking is World No. 43, achieved on 27 October 2008, and in singles it is No. 49, achieved on 7 July 2008. As of 21 November 2011, she is World No... Tamarine TanasugarnTamarine Tanasugarn Tamarine Tanasugarn is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, United States, and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles.... |
5–7, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | July 24, 2010 | Banka Koper Slovenia Open Banka Koper Slovenia Open The Banka Koper Slovenia Open is a tennis tournament held in Portorož, Slovenia. Held since 2005, this WTA Tour event is a WTA International Tournaments and is played on outdoor hardcourts.... |
Portorož Portorož - External links :**... , Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of... |
Hard | Marina Erakovic Marina Erakovic Marina Erakovic is a New Zealand professional tennis player of Croatian background. Her career high in Women's Tennis Association doubles ranking is World No. 43, achieved on 27 October 2008, and in singles it is No. 49, achieved on 7 July 2008. As of 21 November 2011, she is World No... |
Maria Kondratieva Maria Kondratieva Maria Kondratieva is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 48, set on 18 October 2010. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 210, which she reached on 23 June 2008.-Doubles: 4 :-External links:...  Vladimíra UhlířováVladimíra Uhlírová Vladimíra Uhlířová is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Uhlířová reached her highest doubles ranking of World number 18 on October 1, 2007. Uhlířová has won 17 ITF doubles titles and 5 WTA doubles titles, but no singles titles of either type.-Doubles: 17 :-External links:... |
4–6, 6–2, [7–10] |
Singles performance timeline
| NM5 | means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament. | |||
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.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Career Win-Loss | ||||||||||
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 10–7 | ||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | 3R | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 8–6 | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 8–7 | ||||||||||
| US Open | A | 3R1 | 3R | 4R | SF | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 14–6 | ||||||||||
| Win-Loss | 0–0 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 15–4 | 6–4 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 42–27 | ||||||||||
| Year-End Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WTA Tour Championships WTA Tour Championships The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association tour. The month, city and number of players has changed since the first edition in 1972... |
A | A | A | A | SF | A | A | A | 2–2 | |||||||||||
| WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 3R | 4R | 4R | A | 3R | 2R | 2R | 12–6 | ||||||||||
| Key Biscayne | A | A | 1R | 4R | SF | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | 12–6 | ||||||||||
| Madrid Madrid Masters There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters... |
Not Held | 3R | A | A | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Beijing China Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... |
NH | Not Tier I | A | A | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||
| WTA Premier 5 Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubai Dubai Tennis Championships The Dubai Tennis Championships is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab... |
Not Tier I | 1R | A | 2R | 1–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Rome | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | SF | 3R | A | A | 9–5 | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati | NH | Not Tier I | 2R | A | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Montréal / Toronto | A | A | A | SF | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | 7–4 | |||||||||||
| Tokyo Toray Pan Pacific Open The is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1984 on in Tokyo, Japan. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament since 1993. The event has traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, but the 2008 event... |
A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0–1 | |||||||||||
| Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Doha Qatar Total Open The Qatar Ladies Open , known as the Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons, is tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoor hardcourts. Total S.A. was the main tournament sponsor... |
Not Tier I | 2R | Not Held |
0–1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Berlin Qatar Telecom German Open The German Open, sponsored from 2006 through 2008 as the Qatar Telecom German Open, was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women played in Berlin, Germany. Held since 1896, it was one of the oldest tournaments for women... |
A | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 3–4 | |||||||||||||
| Zurich Zurich Open The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.The Open was held at... |
A | A | 1R | A | A | Not Tier I |
0–1 | |||||||||||||
| Charleston Family Circle Cup The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, USA... |
A | A | A | A | A | 2R | NM5 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||
| Moscow Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour... |
1R2 | 1R | W | 2R | 1R | 8–4 | ||||||||||||||
| San Diego | Not Tier I |
A | QF | QF | SF | Not Held | 9–3 | |||||||||||||
| Career Statistics | Career Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments Won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Year End Ranking | 374 | 84 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 69 | 56 | 232 | |||||||||||
- 1She won three qualifying matches during the 2004 US Open.
- 2She won three qualifying matches during the 2004 Kremlin CupKremlin CupThe Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...
in Moscow to reach the main draw.
Head-to-head record against other players
Chakvetadze win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
1–4 Anastasia Myskina
Anastasia Myskina
Anastasiya Andreyevna Myskina is a professional tennis player from Russia. She won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam main draw singles title. Subsequent to this victory she rose to number 3 on the WTA ranking, becoming the first...
1–1 Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur
Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
2–1 Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Radwanska
Agnieszka Radwańska is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.Her career high singles ranking is World No. 8, which she achieved on 22 February 2010. As of 24 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 8. In 2007, Radwańska became the first Polish player in history to claim a WTA Tour singles title when she...
2–2 Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
7–3 Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
0–3 Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....
2–3 Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2. Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships singles titles...
0–1 Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. As of 24 October 2011, Schiavone's ranking is World...
4–1 Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
5–0 Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...
0–7 Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....
0–1 Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mikhailovna Safina , born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1....
2–3 Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...
0–4 Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
0–1 Kimiko Date Krumm 0–2 Ai Sugiyama
Ai Sugiyama
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
2–0 Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...
0–4 Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of November 7, 2011, she is ranked 22th on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open...
2–2 Li Na
Li Na (tennis)
Li Na , goes first before the equivalent of a first name in some other nations. Her name off court in China is Li Na. When listed on the , she is known as Na Li. However, in the match, the commentators call her Li Na, and when her full name is listed in text on court, it is also written as Li Na.;...
3–2 Nicole Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová is a retired Czech tennis player.Vaidišová was an Australian Open and French Open semifinalist and also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Vaidišová started playing tennis when she was six years old, enrolling to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Bradenton,...
0–3 Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
1–2 Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
0–3 Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
1–1 Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
5–2 Justine Henin 0–3/
Jelena DokićJelena Dokic
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0–1 Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...
1–2 Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
0–2 Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
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