Vera Zvonareva

286 WTA rankingWTA 247 points 41 years 172 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Jelena Jankovic (14)vs Dinara Safina (12)vs Victoria Azarenka (11)vs Francesca Schiavone (11)vs Kim Clijsters (11)vs Marion Bartoli (11)

Match log

2026

Istanbul 2, challengerJuly
QFLLanlana Tararudee3-6 2-6
R16WViktoria Hruncakova7-6(4) 6-3
R32WPolina Iatcenko6-3 7-5
Figueira Da Foz, challengerJune
R32LSusan Bandecchi6-2 4-6 2-6
RabatClay, May
R32LPetra Marcinko2-6 4-6
Q2WAnastasia Zolotareva6-4 6-4
Q1WDiletta Cherubini6-1 6-0
Stuttgart, qualifyingClay, April
Q2LGabriela Andrea Knutson3-6 3-6
Q1WVictoria Jimenez Kasintseva6-3 6-3
Dubai, qualifyingHard, February
Q1LPeyton Stearns4-6 6-3 4-6
DohaHard, February
R32LVictoria Mboko4-6 4-6
R64WPeyton Stearns2-6 6-2 6-3
Q2WMagdalena Frech6-3 7-6(1)
Q1WShuai Zhang6-3 6-3
Abu Dhabi, qualifyingHard, February
Q1LRenata Zarazua3-6 4-6
Adelaide, qualifyingHard, January
Q2LTereza Valentova6-7(2) 0-6
Q1WLaura Siegemund7-5 4-0 RET
Canberra 125, challengerHard, January
Q2LElvina Kalieva7-5 2-6 2-6
Q1WCarson Branstine6-1 6-2

2024

Strasbourg, qualifyingClay, May
Q1LAshlyn Krueger0-6 0-6
Stuttgart, qualifyingClay, April
Q1LDiana Shnaider3-6 2-6
Antalya 125, challengerClay, March
Q1LKatarzyna Kawa3-6 6-1 2-6
Abu Dhabi, qualifyingHard, February
Q1LLinda Noskova4-6 1-6

2023

NanchangHard, October
R16LDiana Shnaider3-6 1-0 RET
R32WArianne Hartono6-1 6-2
ZhengzhouHard, October
R16LAnhelina Kalinina5-7 1-6
R32WVeronika Kudermetova6-2 7-6(5)
Q2WTimea Babos6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(5)
Q1WCamila Osorio1-6 6-2 6-2
BeijingHard, October
R64LXin Yu Wang4-6 3-6
NingboHard, September
QFLOns Jabeur5-7 6-4 1-6
R16WClara Tauson6-4 1-0 RET
R32WKatie Boulter6-4 4-6 7-6(3)
Us OpenHard, August
R128LYanina Wickmayer4-6 4-6
Q3WMoyuka Uchijima7-5 6-3
Q2WDespina Papamichail7-5 7-5
Q1WJaimee Fourlis6-3 6-0
Cincinnati, qualifyingHard, August
Q1LAlycia Parks3-6 1-6
Wimbledon, qualifyingGrass, July
Q2LDarja Semenistaja4-6 1-6
Q1WLaura Pigossi5-7 7-6(5) 6-2
BerlinGrass, June
R32LAryna Sabalenka3-6 2-6
Q2WEugenie Bouchard6-3 5-7 6-3
Q1WNigina Abduraimova6-2 1-6 6-2
RabatClay, May
R32LSloane Stephens5-7 4-6
Miami, qualifyingHard, March
Q1LEva Lys4-6 1-6
DubaiHard, February
R64LAmanda Anisimova3-6 2-6
Abu Dhabi, qualifyingHard, February
Q1LShelby Rogers2-6 3-6

2022

MiamiHard, March
R32LDanielle Collins1-6 4-6
R64WTamara Zidansek6-3 6-2
R128WMisaki Doi6-4 6-1
Q2WLesia Tsurenko3-6 6-4 6-2
Q1WMirjam Bjorklund1-6 6-2 6-2

Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva raged at herself for years, hurling racquets, tearing at the tape on her knees, sobbing between points, and the tennis underneath was too good for it to matter forever. In 2010 she found her calm and reached both the Wimbledon and US Open finals in one summer, losing to Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 and then Kim Clijsters 6-2, 6-1. That October she rose to world No. 2. Beijing had already given her Olympic bronze in 2008, completing an all-Russian medal sweep.

The second act outlasted the first. Shoulder surgery wiped out her 2013 season and, with it, her singles peak, but doubles kept her in the game: major titles at the 2006 US Open with Nathalie Dechy, the 2012 Australian Open with Svetlana Kuznetsova, and the 2020 US Open with Laura Siegemund at 36, plus two in mixed and the 2023 WTA Finals crown at 39. Her 12 career titles undersell a player who was still lifting doubles trophies into her forties.