Alla Kudryavtseva Explained

Alla Kudryavtseva
Алла Кудрявцева
Residence:Boynton Beach, United States
Birth Date:3 November 1987[1]
Birth Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Turnedpro:February 2005
Retired:November 2021
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$3,245,645
Singlestitles:1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 56 (4 October 2010)
Australianopenresult:2R (2007, 2010, 2014)
Frenchopenresult:3R (2007)
Wimbledonresult:4R (2008)
Usopenresult:3R (2011)
Doublestitles:9 WTA, 15 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 15 (8 September 2014)
Australianopendoublesresult:QF (2012, 2016)
Frenchopendoublesresult:3R (2010, 2013)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (2014)
Usopendoublesresult:QF (2015)
Australianopenmixedresult:2R (2016)
Frenchopenmixedresult:2R (2016)
Wimbledonmixedresult:QF (2016)
Usopenmixedresult:2R (2014)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Wtachampionshipsdoublesresult:SF (2014)

Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (Russian: Алла Александровна Кудрявцева; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player.

Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 4 October 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 56. On 8 September 2014, she peaked at No. 15 in the WTA doubles rankings.[2] On 2 November 2021, Kudryavtseva announced on Instagram that she had retired from the sport.

Professional career

Early career

Kudryavtseva debuted on the WTA Tour at the 2004 Kremlin Cup, where she could not succeed beyond the qualifying rounds. In the following season, her best WTA Tour result was reaching the first rounds of the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm in singles and the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in doubles.

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

2007–11: Steady progress

In 2007, Kudryavtseva qualified for main draw of the Australian Open, reaching the second round in singles and doubles. With Hsieh Su-wei she reached her first WTA final at the Sony Ericsson International in Bangalore, India, losing to a pair from Taiwan. At the French Open, Kudryavtseva qualified for the second Grand Slam in a row and reached the third round, beating Gisela Dulko in the second, and eventually losing to Maria Sharapova. Her best result in singles at a WTA tournament was reaching quarterfinals at Barcelona. At Wimbledon, Kudryavtseva earned first Grand Slam direct entry but drew the eventual champion Venus Williams and lost in three sets. Later that year in Kolkata, Kudryavtseva with Vania King won her first title.

In 2008, partnering with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, she reached the final at the Internazionali di Palermo, losing to Sara Errani and Nuria Llagostera Vives. She played alongside several doubles partners, including King and Vera Dushevina. In singles, Kudryavtseva fought her way through the fourth round of Wimbledon, defeating third-seeded Sharapova in the second round, which is to date her best result in a Grand Slam singles event.

In 2009, Kudryavtseva progressed in doubles in the next season, climbing with Ekaterina Makarova to the final of the Premier Mandatory China Open, eventually losing to Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai. Kudryavtseva/Dushevina reached the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup.

In 2010, the Russian two times in succession reached the finals in singles, becoming champion in Tashkent and before that runner-up in Guangzhou. As a result, she reached a career-high ranking of 56 and finished the year at No. 61 in the world in singles. With her new partner Anastasia Rodionova she also reached two finals in doubles, winning the UNICEF Open.

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

Kudryavtseva and Makarova became quarterfinalists of the 2012 Australian Open, eventually losing to Errani/Vinci; this became her best result in a Grand Slam doubles tournament. However, her 2012 season was rather poor, eventually skipping the WTA Tour for ITF tournaments at season end.

2013: Breakthrough in doubles

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

2014

Kudryavtseva/Rodionova continued their successful partnership starting the year with a title at Brisbane. The second title came in February in Dubai, where they defeated Kops-Jones and Spears in the final. Their biggest Grand Slam result came at Wimbledon, where they lost in the quarterfinal against Babos/Mladenovic. They also reached the semifinals in Cincinnati and Beijing, the quarterfinals in Miami, Doha and Wuhan. Their last title of the season came at an international event in Tianjin, which also led them into the WTA Championships in Singapore.

In their debut Championships in Singapore appearing Kudryavtseva/Rodionova beat a fourth-seeded team of Makarova/Vesnina, 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]. In the semifinals, they were defeated by title defenders Hsieh Su-wei/Peng Shuai, 6–1, 6–4. As a consequence, Kudryavtseva pushed into the top 20 in doubles, reaching a career-high ranking of 15.

In addition to the success in doubles, Kudryavtseva qualified for nine singles events including three Grand Slam tournaments; Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. She was able to finish the year in the top 100 at No. 96 for the first time since 2010.

2015

Kudryavtseva started the season with a quarterfinal showing at Brisbane in singles defeating world No. 23, Karolína Plíšková, in the second round. She paired with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in hopes for Olympics and reached semifinals at Dubai, Charleston, Rome and Washington. They also reached quarterfinals of the US Open but fell one spot short of qualifying for the WTA Finals and went to Singapore as an alternate. Kudryavtseva finished the year at 170 in singles and 29 in doubles.

Performance timelines

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

Singles

Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018SRW–LWin%
align=left colspan="18" Grand Slam
Australian OpenAQ12R1R1R2R1R1RQ12R1RQ1AA0 / 83–8
French OpenAQ13R1R2R1R1RQ1Q3Q1Q1Q1Q1A0 / 53–5
WimbledonAQ11R4R1R2R1RQ1Q21RQ1Q1Q2A0 / 64–6
US OpenAQ11R1R1R1R3R1RQ12RQ3Q1Q2A0 / 73–7
Win–loss0–00–03–43–41–42–42–40–20–02–30–10–00–00–00 / 2613–26
WTA 1000
NMSAAAAQ1A1RQ1AAA0 / 20–2
Indian Wells OpenAAQ12R1RA2RQ2AQ21RAAA0 / 42–4
Miami OpenAAQ1Q22R2R1RQ1AQ1Q1AAA0 / 32–3
Berlin / Madrid OpenAAAAQ2Q2Q2Q2AQ1Q1AQ1Q10 / 00–0
Italian OpenAAAQ1A1RQ1Q1AAQ1AAA0 / 10–1
Canadian OpenAAA2R2RQ1Q1Q2AAQ22RAA0 / 33–3
Cincinnati OpenNMSQ21RQ1AAAAAAA0 / 10–1
Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAQ2AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
China OpenNMS1R1RQ2AAQ2Q1AQ1A0 / 20–2
align=left colspan="18" Career statistics
Career statistics20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Tournaments02141821222366158420141
Titles000001000000001
Finals000002000000002
Win–loss0–01–27–1412–1812–2118–2114–232–65–68–152–85–40–20–086–140
Year-end ranking2161389071906110420817698170138351681

Doubles

Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam
Australian OpenAA2R2R2R2R3RQF1R1R3RQFA2RAAA0 / 1115–11
French OpenAA2R1R1R3R2R1R3R1R2R1R2R1RAA0 / 127–12
WimbledonAA1R3R3R3R2R1R1RQF3R2R1R1RAstyle=color:#767676NH0 / 1213–12
US OpenAA1R1R3R2R3R1R2R3RQF3R2RAA2R0 / 1214–12
Win–loss0–00–02–43–45–46–45–43–42–45–48–46–42–31–30–01–10–00 / 4749–47
Year-end championships
Tour ChampionshipsDNQstyle=background:yellowSFDNQ0 / 11–1
WTA 1000
NMSAAQFAbgcolor=afeeee 2RAQFSFAAbgcolor=afeeee 2RAAA0 / 59–5
Indian Wells OpenAA2R1R3RA1R1RA1R2RQFA1RANH0 / 96–9
Miami OpenAAA1R1R2R1R1RAQF2RQFAQFANH1R0 / 108–10
Berlin / Madrid OpenAAAA2R1R1R1RA1R2RSF1R1RANH1R0 / 105–10
Italian OpenAAA2RA1R1R1RSF1RSF1RA2RAA1R0 / 108–10
Canadian OpenAAA2RQF1R1R1R2R1RA1RAAANH0 / 84–8
Cincinnati OpenNMS1R2R2R1R2RSFAA2RAAA0 / 77–7
Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAAAASFQFbgcolor=afeeee 2RAAAANH0 / 35–3
China OpenNMSF1R1RA1RSF2RA1RAANH0 / 78–7
Career statistics
Tournaments 16111822252418192521141219077221
Titles001001201300010009
Finals0021123024011200019
Overall win–loss0–14–68–1116–1818–2224–2323–229–1724–1838–2028–1924–149–1212–70–02–62–7241–232
Year-end ranking210115564933413973311829257154341

Significant finals

WTA 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA career finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Guangzhou Open, ChinaInternationalHard Jarmila Groth1–6, 4–6
Win1–1Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHard Elena Vesnina6–4, 6–4

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

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–1)
WTA 500 (3–3)
WTA 250 (6–7)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 2007Bangalore Open, IndiaTier IIIHard Hsieh Su-wei7–6(7–4), 2–6, [9–11]
Win1–1Sep 2007Sunfeast Open, IndiaTier IIIHard Vania King6–1, 6–4
Loss1–2Jul 2008Palermo Open, ItalyTier IVClay Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova6–2, 6–7(1–7), [4–10]
Loss1–3Oct 2009China Open, ChinaPremier MHard Ekaterina Makarova Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai
3–6, 1–6
Loss1–4May 2010Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceInternationalClay Anastasia Rodionova6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win2–4Jun 2010Rosmalen Open, NetherlandsInternationalGrass Anastasia Rodionova Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win3–4Feb 2011Memphis Indoors, United StatesInternationalHard (i) Olga Govortsova6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win4–4Jun 2011Birmingham Classic, Great BritainInternationalGrass Olga Govortsova Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss4–5Jul 2011Washington Open, United StatesInternationalHard Olga Govortsova Sania Mirza
Yaroslava Shvedova
3–6, 3–6
Win5–5Sep 2013Tournoi de Québec, CanadaInternationalCarpet (i) Anastasia Rodionova Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká
6–4, 6–3
Loss5–6Oct 2013Kremlin Cup, RussiaPremierHard (i) Anastasia Rodionova1–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win6–6Jan 2014Brisbane International, AustraliaPremierHard Anastasia Rodionova6–3, 6–1
Loss6–7Feb 2014Pattaya Open, ThailandInternationalHard Anastasia Rodionova6–3, 6–7(5–7), [6–10]
Win7–7Feb 2014Dubai Championships, UAEPremierHard Anastasia Rodionova Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Win8–7Oct 2014Tianjin Open, ChinaInternationalHard Anastasia Rodionova Sorana Cîrstea
Andreja Klepač
6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]
Loss8–8Jun 2016Eastbourne International, Great BritainPremierGrass Vania King Karolína Plíšková
Barbora Strýcová
3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss8–9Sep 2016Tournoi de Québec, CanadaInternationalCarpet (i) Alexandra Panova Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká
6–7(2–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss8–10Jul 2017Jiangxi International Open, ChinaInternationalHard Arina Rodionova Jiang Xinyu
Tang Qianhui
3–6, 2–6
Loss8–11Feb 2018St. Petersburg Trophy, RussiaPremierHard (i) Katarina Srebotnik Timea Bacsinszky
Vera Zvonareva
6–2, 1–6, [3–10]
Win9–11Apr 2018Charleston Open, United StatesPremierClay (green) Katarina Srebotnik Andreja Klepač
María José Martínez Sánchez
6–3, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–0)
$80,000 tournaments (0–2)
$60,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (1–3)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
LossJul 2005ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom25,000Grass Jarmila Wolfe5–7, 1–6
WinSep 2005ITF Balashikha, Russia25,000Clay Vasilisa Bardina2–6, 7–5, 6–4
LossNov 2005ITF Busan, South Korea50,000Hard Kim So-jung6–3, 1–6, 2–6
LossMar 2006ITF Las Palmas, Spain25,000Clay Kirsten Flipkens1–6, 4–6
LossMar 2006ITF St. Petersburg, Russia25,000Hard (i) Alberta Brianti1–6, 4–6
LossOct 2006ITF Beijing, China50,000Hard Marina Erakovic2–6, 1–6
LossApr 2007ITF Dothan, United States75,000Clay Latisha Chan4–6, 2–6
WinJan 2013ITF Eilat, İsrael10,000Hard Raluca Olaru6–7(4), 6–3, 6–2
LossJun 2015Eastbourne Trophy, United Kingdom50,000Grass Anett Kontaveit6–7(4), 6–7(2)
LossFeb 2016Launceston International, Australia75,000Hard Han Xinyun1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 19 (15 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–0)
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (5–0)
$25,000 tournaments (4–4)
$15,000 tournaments (3–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
WinMar 2004ITF Melilla, Spain10,000Hard Nina Bratchikova Anastasia Dvornikova
Irena Nossenko
7–5, 6–3
WinApr 2004ITF Bol, Croatia10,000Clay Anna Bastrikova Victoria Azarenka
Olga Govortsova
6–4, 6–1
LossAug 2004ITF Balashikha, Russia25,000Hard (i) Maria Goloviznina
Elena Vesnina
5–7, 4–6
LossMar 2005ITF St. Petersburg, Russia25,000Hard (i)6–7(2), 2–6
LossJul 2005ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom25,000Grass Jarmila Wolfe Leanne Baker
Francesca Lubiani
1–6, 6–4, 2–3 ret.
WinMar 2006ITF Las Palmas, Spain25,000Hard Nina Bratchikova Karolina Kosińska
Alicja Rosolska
6–1, 6–3
WinMar 2006ITF Telde, Spain25,000Clay Nina Bratchikova Sara Errani
Giulia Gabba
6–1, 6–1
LossMar 2006ITF St. Petersburg, Russia25,000Hard (i) Yuliya Beygelzimer Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Yulia Solonitskaya
1–6, 4–6
WinMay 2006ITF Saint-Gaudens, France50,000Clay Ivana Abramović María José Argeri
Letícia Sobral
6–2, 6–0
WinNov 2006ITF Shenzhen, China50,000Hard Hsieh Su-wei Akgul Amanmuradova
Iroda Tulyaganova
2–0 ret.
WinNov 2007ITF Minsk, Belarus50,000Hard Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Vesna Manasieva
Ekaterina Lopes
6–0, 6–2
WinNov 2007ITF Poitiers, France100,000Hard (i) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
Alicja Rosolska
2–6 6–4, [10–1]
WinOct 2012ITF Saguenay, Canada50,000Hard (i) Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman
Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–2, 6–2
WinNov 2012ITF Toronto, Canada50,000Hard (i) Gabriela Dabrowski Eugenie Bouchard
Jessica Pegula
6–2, 7–6(2)
WinJan 2013ITF Eilat, Israel10,000Hard Raluca Olaru Ilona Kremen
Pemra Özgen
6–3, 6–3
WinFeb 2013Vanessa Phillips Tournament, Israel75,000Hard Elina Svitolina Corinna Dentoni
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
6–1, 6–3
WinMar 2013ITF Irapuato, Mexico25,000Clay Olga Savchuk Aleksandra Krunić
Amra Sadiković
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
WinApr 2017ITF Jackson, United States25,000Clay Anna Zaja Alexa Guarachi
Ronit Yurovsky
6–2, 6–0
WinJun 2017Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom100,000Grass Anna Blinkova Paula Kania
Maryna Zanevska
6–1, 6–4

Notes and References

  1. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/te/profile/3281.html Alla Kudryavtseva Tennis Profile | News | Pictures – Yahoo! Eurosport UK
  2. Web site: Kudryavtseva and Srebotnik double up to win Charleston. 2020-11-12. Women's Tennis Association.