Sport Championship: vera zvonareva in Moscow to Igor Zvonarev

Thursday 30 June 2011

vera zvonareva in Moscow to Igor Zvonarev

Vera Igorevna Zvonareva Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, pronounced [ˈvʲɛrə zvənɐˈrʲɔvə] ( listen); born September 7, 1984 is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. She has reached a career high ranking of World No. 2 and is currently ranked World No. 3 by the WTA. Zvonareva has won eleven WTA Tour singles titles and reached the finals of the 2008 WTA Tour Championships, 2010 Wimbledon Championships and 2010 US Open. She also was a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 1999–2001
o 2.2 2002
o 2.3 2003
o 2.4 2004
o 2.5 2005
o 2.6 2006
o 2.7 2007
o 2.8 2008
o 2.9 2009
o 2.10 2010
o 2.11 2011
* 3 Playing style
* 4 Personal life
* 5 Career statistics
o 5.1 Grand Slam finals
+ 5.1.1 Singles: 2 (0–2)
+ 5.1.2 Doubles: 2 (1–1)
+ 5.1.3 Mixed Doubles: 2 (2–0)
* 6 Singles performance timeline
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Early life
Zvonareva was born September 7, 1984 in Moscow to Igor Zvonarev and Nataliya Zvonareva (née Bykova). Igor played Bandy in the USSR championship with Dynamo Moscow, while Nataliya played field hockey and was the bronze medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Vera was introduced to tennis at the age of six by her mother, although no other members of her family play tennis.

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