Elena Vesnina

Elena Sergeevna Vesnina (born Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, August 1, 1986) is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on October 12, 2009. She is coached by former ATP tour player Andrei Chesnokov.

Career
2002–2003
In October 2002, aged sixteen years and two months, she gained direct entry into the qualifying draw for her first $10,000 tournament at Giza, Egypt, and succeeded in qualifying for the main draw before losing a close three-set match.

The very next week, once again qualify at Al-Mansoura to enter the main draw, where she won two further matches in straight sets, beating Hana Šromová of the Czech Republic in Round Two, to reach her first ever $10,000 quarter-final in just her second event played. However, she then defaulted her quarter-final tie to her opponent.

In 2003 she began the year entering two successive ITF events India. at Chennai and Bangalore, and not only succeeded in qualifying both times, but also reached her first semi-final and another quarter-final in the main draws, notably losing to future star Akgul Amanmuradova at the quarter-final stage at Bangalore.

These results gave her, her first ranking at World No. 750, enough for her to gain direct entry to her next $10,000 draw at Istanbul in the last week of March, where she beat her personal best result in reaching the final.

Her next tournament was the 2010 Open GDF Suez where she was seeded #8. She was knocked out in the second round by Tathiana Garbin.
At the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Vesnina fell in three sets to World No. 14 Vera Zvonareva in the first round.

Country Russia
Residence Sochi, Russia
Date of birth August 1, 1986 (1986-08-01) (age 23)
Place of birth Lviv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Turned pro 2002
Plays Right
Career prize money $1,729,049
Singles
Career record 205–146
Career titles 0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking No. 22 (October 12, 2009)
Current ranking No. 33 (April 5, 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 4R (2006)
French Open 2R (2009)
Wimbledon 4R (2009)
US Open 3R (2009)
Doubles
Career record 134–99
Career titles 3 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking No. 15 (March 9, 2009)
Australian Open 3R (2009)
French Open F (2009)
Wimbledon 3R (2007)
US Open QF (2009)