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Vera Dushevina
Country	Russia
Residence	Khimki, Russia
Date of birth	6 October 1986 (age 23)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$1,690,761
Singles
Career record	214–140
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 31 (4 July 2005)
Current ranking	No. 44 (November 9, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (2005)
French Open	2R (2004, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2007-2009)
US Open	3R (2004, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	99–85
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (25 June 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2007)
French Open	3R (2007, 2009)
Wimbledon	QF (2005)
US Open	2R (2005, 2007, 2008)
	Last updated on: October 26, 2009.

Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina (Russian: Вера Евгеньевна Душевина; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian professional female tennis player. She was born in Moscow but now resides in Khimki, Russia. In 2006, she changed the spelling of her family name from Douchevina to Dushevina.^[1]

[edit] Biography

Dushevina began playing tennis at the age of seven under her father, Yevgeny, an engineer. Her mother, Elena is a teacher.

[edit] Tennis career

Dushevina reached her first Women's Tennis Association singles final in 2005, at the International Women's Open in Eastbourne, England, where she finished runner-up to former World No. 1 Kim Clijsters. Two years later, she reached her second final at the Nordea Nordic Light Open, losing in straight sets to Agnieszka Radwańska. Dushevina reached the final of the Stockholm event again in 2007, losing to Caroline Wozniacki. Dushevina has won one doubles title, the Warsaw Open, playing with Tatiana Perebiynis in 2007. She was also a part of the winning Russian team in the 2005 Fed Cup, winning doubles ties in the quarter- and semi-finals finals partnering Dinara Safina. Dushevina began writing a blog for Eurosport about her time on the tour in 2009.^[2]

In June 2009, at the AEGON International in Eastbourne, she lost in 45 minutes to Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in the quarterfinals, 6-1, 6-0, winning only 17 of the 69 points in the match, and losing every one of her service games.[1].

Dushevina upset #22 Alize Cornet in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, but fell to Elena Vesnina in the second.

[edit] Personal life

Outside tennis, Vera also plays football and basketball. She is also a fan of Russian films. Her favorite towns are Moscow, Paris, Milan and Melbourne. She also has a sister, Sonja, who is a university student.

[edit] WTA Tour singles finals

[edit] Wins (1)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (1)

Titles by Surface
Hard (1)
Grass (0)
Clay (0)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	2 August 2009	Istanbul Cup	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Lucie Hradecka	6-0, 6-1

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	June 18, 2005	Hastings Direct International Championships	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Kim Clijsters	7-5, 6-0
2.	August 5, 2007	Nordea Nordic Light Open	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Agnieszka Radwańska	6-1, 6-1
3.	August 3, 2008	Nordea Nordic Light Open	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Caroline Wozniacki	6-0, 6-2

[edit] WTA Tour women's doubles finals (4)

[edit] Wins (1)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (1)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (0)

Titles by Surface
Hard (0)
Grass (0)
Clay (1)
Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	30 April 2007	Warsaw Open	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Tatiana Perebiynis	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina	7-5, 3-6, 10-2

[edit] Runner-up (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	27 July 2008	Banka Koper Slovenia Open	Portoroz, Slovenia	Hard	Ekaterina Makarova	A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual	6-4, 6-1
2.	22 September 2008	Hansol Korea Open	Seul, South Korea	Hard	Maria Kirilenko	Chuang Chia-Jung Hsieh Su-Wei	6-3, 6-0
3.	20 October 2008	Fortis Championships Luxembourg	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard	Mariya Koryttseva	Sorana Cîrstea Marina Eraković	2-6, 6-3, [10-8]