Profile - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Juniors

In 2006, aged 15, Anastasia was the ITF World Junior Champion. She won three Grand Slam singles titles at 2006 Australian Open (d. Wozniacki in final), 2006 U.S. Open (d. Paszek) and 2007 Australian Open (d. Brengle). She also captured five Grand Slam doubles titles, at 2006 Australian Open and 2006 Roland Garros (both w/Fichman), 2006 Wimbledon (w/Kleybanova), 2007 Wimbledon (w/ U. Radwanska) and 2008 Australian Open (w/Lykina).

ITF and WTA Tour - Singles Play

Winner of five WTA Tour singles titles (Oeiras - 2013, Monterrey - 2010, 2011, 2013, Istanbul - 2010) and five ITF singles titles (Minsk, Moscow, Poitiers, Bratislava - 2008, Casale - 2006).

ITF and WTA Tour - Doubles Play

Winner of two WTA Tour doubles title (Fès, w/Cirstea - 2008; Brisbane, w/Kleybanova - 2011) and eight ITF doubles titles (St. Petersburg, Moscow, both w/Frankova, Torhout, w/Wickmayer - 2008, Les Contamines, w/Wickmayer, Minsk, Poitiers, both w/Kudryavtseva - 2007, St. Petersburg, w/Solonitskaya, Podolsk, w/Rodina - 2006.

Grand Slams

Her best Grand Slam performance so far has been reaching the third round at 2008, 2010 Wimbledon; 2011 Australian Open and Quarter-Final at 2011 US Open and 2011 French Open.

- advances to first WTA semifinal at Indian Wells (d. Jankovic and Radwanska en route, l. to Ivanovic)
- reaches two WTA quarterfinals: Hobart (l. to eventual champion Kvitova) and Beijing (d. V. Williams en route, l. to eventual champion Kuznetsova)
- reaches third round three times: Roland Garros (l. to Safina), Birmingham and Tokyo (d. V. Williams en route, l. to Bartoli)
- reaches 2nd round nine times (incl. Wimbledon, Australian Open and U.S. Open)
- second straight Top 50 season, finishes as World No. 39

- reaches two WTA quarterfinals: Palermo, Tokyo
- reaches 3rd round once (Wimbledon) and 2nd round four times (incl. U.S. Open and Roland Garros which was her Grand Slam main draw debut)
- wins first WTA doubles title at Fès (w/Cirstea)
- wins four ITF singles titles and three ITF doubles titles
- moves an impressive 241 spots on the WTA Tour rankings, finishes as World No. 45

- plays second WTA Tour main draw (as WC) at Wimbledon and loses in 1st round
- loses in WTA Tour qualifying round three times (incl. Australian Open and U.S. Open)
- wins three doubles titles on ITF Circuit
- finishes as No. 281 in the world

- plays first WTA Tour main draw (as WC) at Moscow and falls in 1st round
- finishes as World No. 402

- plays first two ITF tournaments in the Czech Rep.

Birthdate :	3-Jul-1991
Birthplace :	Samara, Russia
Residence :	Moscow, Russia
Nationality :	Russian
Height :	177 cm
Weight :	72 kg
Plays :	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Favourite Grand Slam :	Wimbledon
Favourite tournament :	WTA Madrid Open
Favourite surface :	Clay
Turned pro :	December, 2005
Coach :	Martina Hingis
Fitness coach :	Mathieu Wagner
Tournament coach :	Sven Groenefeld, Darren Cahill
Started playing :	Aged 6
Parents :	Mum Marina (a former swimmer), dad Sergey (an Olympic canoeist) couldn't make the Olympics, because of the strike in 1984 between USSR and USA
Grandparents :	Grandmother was a former basketball player, grandfather was a top category basketball referee
Likes :	Shopping, listening to music, singing, dancing, cinema, fashion, hanging out with friends