Svetlana Kuznetsova is Russia’s tennis player who won the women’s singles that were held in June 6, 2006 and was the 2009 French Open tournament. This was not her first win because she has won previously the women’s singles tournament at the US Open in the year 2004. She was born in June 1985 at Saint Petersburg in Russia. She resides in Monte Carlo Monaco. This tennis sensation is a strong contender in most of the tournaments that are being held of late. She is a person to watch when she is playing, as she is ever strong through out the competition.

Svetlana Kuznetsova’s career path started way back in 2000 when she joined the women’s Tennis Association. (WTA). In the same year, she won her first title; at the same time taking home wins at some of the tour stops which included Bali and Helsinki. In 2003, she saw more success coming her way. In that year, she reached the quarterfinal at Wimbledon. She was the runner up in the US during the doubles tournament at the US Open. In September, she reached the seventh place in the double rankings.
During the 2004 Summer Olympics, she competed but was eliminated in the semifinals. Svetlana Kuznetsova went on to win the US Open in 2004 and by the end of the season she was ranked fifth on the singles chart category. Many things occurred in the year 2005 when she finished the season ranked 18th. She was really humiliated by this but she was determined to climb up once more. During the US Open tournaments that were held in the year 2007, she returned for the finals, but was later defeated by Justine Henin and thus she finished that season ranked in the second place. During the Olympics of 2008, she made her second appearance but was defeated in the first round.
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