Svetlana Kuznetsova

Svetlana Kuznetsova is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. She appeared in four Grand Slam singles finals, winning two, and appeared in seven doubles finals, winning twice. As a doubles player, Kuznetsova reached the finals of each Grand Slam championship at least once, winning the Australian Open twice. Kuznetsova moved at the age of seven to Spain to attend the Sanchez-Casal Academy. In 2001, she first took part in a WTA tournament, the Madrid Open, and a year later won her first WTA title at the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Helsinki, Finland. Her first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament was at the 2002 Australian Open and her first Grand Slam title came at the 2004 US Open over countrywoman Elena Dementieva, making her the third Russian woman to win a Grand Slam title, after Anastasia Myskina and Maria Sharapova.