In 1985 there was a super star of sports born in the big Russian city of St Petersburg which of all the places for a tennis star to be born this would have been one of the best. There is great competition between the super power nations of the world and their tennis players who are all producing some very top grade players these days. Svetlana Kuznetsova is one of these great tennis players who were born in one of the great nations in the world. China, America, Russia, Korea, Australia and many other big nations like Europe and England are also big enough in population as well as sports culture to make it to the top of the tennis finals. Svetlana was a hit from her very beginning which took her quite far up the ladder on her very first year in the tournaments around the world. Reaching a top ten ranking for women was a great effort for Svetlana who had to work hard and train long hours to make the grade.

The 2004 US open was a thrilling match to watch as Svetlana worked her way to the top to win the games in straight sets against a very formidable opponent. She also played very well in the 2206 French open and later in the 2007 US titles too. He father was a champion tennis coach as well as an Olympian cycling coach who had many young and talented athlete under his wings. For Svetlana she was no doubt going to be a champion of the game having such a strong home influence from her father. Between the two of them there was nothing that they could not accomplish as Svetlana made her way to the top of the charts of the tennis opens and other international tennis tournaments.