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Alla Kudryavtseva
Алла Александровна Кудрявцева

Alla Kudryavtseva at the Acura Classic, 2007.
Country	Russia
Residence	Miami, Florida, USA
Date of birth	November 3, 1987 (1987-11-03) (age 22) [1]
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) [1]
Turned pro	February 2005
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$ 868,408
Singles
Career record	169–140
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (June 18, 2007)
Current ranking	No. 89 (December 28, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2r (2007)
French Open	3r (2007)
Wimbledon	4r (2008)
US Open	1r (2007, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	130–98
Career titles	1 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 34 (October 12, 2009)
Last updated on: October 12, 2009.

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Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (Russian А́лла Алекса́ндровна Кудря́вцева, born November 3, 1987 in Moscow) is a professional tennis player from Russia. She currently lives in Moscow, where she is coached by Nick Rybakov. Her father Alexander was a world champion Greco-Roman wrestler in the 1980s and her grandfather a Russian weightlifter of some note[1].

Her highest singles ranking as of June 26, 2007 World Number 59. Also on and as of June 26, 2007, her career-high doubles ranking is: World Number 73. As of June 18, 2007, Kudryavtseva was ranked World number 59 for singles. Kudryavtseva has won $US129,352 in prize money, and has not won a title on the WTA tour, but has won 1 singles title and 6 doubles titles playing for the ITF. She was a finalist at the Orange Bowl Championships, as a junior.

Her main sponsor is Wilson and she also has an endorsement deal with Diadora.

Kudryavtseva's first Grand Slam tournament, competing in the main draw, was the 2007 Australian Open. She defeated Finland's Emma Laine in the first round 4–6, 6–2, 9–7, and then was defeated by her lifetime heroine, Martina Hingis, in straight sets, 6–2, 6–2 in the second round.

In 2007, Kudryavtseva defeated 29th seed Gisela Dulko 7–5, 1–6, 8–6 to reach the third round of Roland Garros, where she was defeated by second seed Maria Sharapova in straight sets 6–1, 6–4. After this match, she reached her new career high of #67.

At her first Wimbledon, in 2007, she lost against the eventual champion Venus Williams, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5.

During the 2008 Wimbledon, Kudryavtseva shocked the tennis world by beating fellow Russian and 3rd seed Maria Sharapova in the second round in straight sets 6–2 and 6–4. Afterwards, she joked "It's very pleasant to beat Maria... Why? Well, I don't like her outfit." (Sharapova wore a tuxedo-like outfit during the game[2]. She reached the final 16 in Wimbeldon 2008, and it's expected she will be ranked in the top 100.^{[citation needed]}she is currently ranked 91st in the WTA tour.She lost to Safina in the first round of the 2009 Australian Open.

At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she lost to #4 Elena Dementieva in the first round.

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[edit] External links

• Alla Kudryavtseva profile on the WTA Tour's official website

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