Vera Igorevna Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. She has reached a career high ranking of World No. 2 and is currently ranked World No. 3 by the WTA.Zvonareva has won eleven WTA Tour singles titles and reached the finals of the 2008 WTA Tour Championships, 2010 Wimbledon Championships and 2010 US Open. She also was a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Zvonareva was born September 7, 1984 in Moscow to Igor Zvonarev and Nataliya Zvonareva . Igor played Bandy in the USSR championship with Dynamo Moscow, while Nataliya played field hockey and was the bronze medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Vera was introduced to tennis at the age of six by her mother, although no other members of her family play tennis
VERA ZVONAREVA PROFILE
Country: Russia
Residence: Moscow, Russia
Date of birth: September 7, 1984 (1984-09-07) (age 26)
Place of birth: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height: 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1/2 in)
Turned pro: September 2000
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record: 410�192
Career titles: 11 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 2 (October 25, 2010)
Current ranking: No. 3 (January 31, 2011)
Doubles
Career record: 155�99
Career titles: 5 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 9 (August 8, 2005)
Current ranking: No. 33 (November 8, 2010)
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