Elena Sergeevna Vesnina (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Веснина) (born Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, August 1, 1986) is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on October 12, 2009. She is coached by former ATP tour player Andrei Chesnokov.
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- Elena Vesnina
Country: Russia
Residence: Sochi, Russia
Date of birth: August 1, 1986 (1986-08-01) (age 24)
Place of birth: Lviv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height: 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro: 2002
Plays: Right
Career 2010: Vesnina’s first tournament of the year is the 2010 ASB Classic where she is seeded #6. In the first round she beat Alberta Brianti 6-1 6-4. In the second round she was defeated by Alizé Cornet 6-1 6-1.
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Her next tournament was the Medibank International Sydney. In the first round she faced #7 Vera Zvonareva but at 3-3 Zvonareva retired due to a right ankle injury. In the second round she was defeated by Vera Dushevina 6-3 6-4.
Vesnina was seeded #28 at the Australian Open but was defeated in the first round by Tathiana Garbin 7-6 6-4. In the doubles she partnered with Zheng Jie of China where they were seeded #9. In the first round they beat Alizé Cornet and Sharon Fichman 7-5 6-3 and in the second round they won in a walkover. In the third round they lost to the #8 seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Yan Zi 6-4 6-4. Vesnina also entered mixed doubles with Andy Ram and were the #8 seeds. In the first round they defeated Alicia Molik and Matthew Ebden 6-0 6-3. In the second round they beat Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Christopher Kas but then fell to the top seeded Cara Black and Leander Paes in the quarterfinals.
Her next tournament was the 2010 Open GDF Suez where she was seeded #8. She was knocked out in the second round by Tathiana Garbin.
At the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Vesnina fell in three sets to World No. 14 Vera Zvonareva in the first round.
At the 2010 MPS Group Championships she made it to the semifinal losing 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 to world no.2 Caroline Wozniacki after leading 6-1, 5-3 serving for the match.
She then lost 7 back-to-back matches falling in the third round of 2010 Family Circle Cup and the first rounds of 2010 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, 2010 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, 2010 Internationaux de Strasbourg, 2010 French Open, 2010 UNICEF Open, and 2010 Wimbledon Championships.
At the Wimbledon Championships Vesnina made it to her second grand slam final in doubles while partnering Vera Zvonareva. The pair scored some impressive wins over the top seeded Williams Sisters in the Quarter finals (which ended the Americans 27 match winning streak in grand slam doubles matches) and over 4th seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta in the Semifinals. In the final they fell to fellow unseeded pairing Yaroslava Shvedova and Vania King 7-6 6-2.
She was able to break her 7 losing streak at the 2010 İstanbul Cup defeating Bojana Jovanovski, Stefanie Vögele and Anastasia Rodionova in straight sets. She then upset 6th seed Andrea Petkovic 1-6, 6-0, 7-6(2) recoring from a break down to reach the finals. She is now set to face 3rd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.