Russian tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nadezhda "Nadia" Petrova (Russian: Надежда Викторовна Петрова, Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova); born June 8, 1982 in Moscow, Soviet Union, is a Russian professional tennis player.
Country (sports) | Russia | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residence | Miami, United States | |||||||||||
Born | Moscow, Soviet Union | 8 June 1982|||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
Turned pro | 6 September 1999 | |||||||||||
Retired | 11 January 2017 | |||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
Prize money | US$12,466,924 | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 533–303 (63.76%) | |||||||||||
Career titles | 13 WTA, 4 ITF | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 3 (15 May 2006) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | QF (2006, 2010) | |||||||||||
French Open | SF (2003, 2005) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (2005, 2008) | |||||||||||
US Open | QF (2004, 2005) | |||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
Tour Finals | RR (2005, 2006, 2008) | |||||||||||
Olympic Games | 3R (2012) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 384–175 (68.69%) | |||||||||||
Career titles | 24 WTA, 1 ITF | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 3 (21 March 2005) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | SF (2011) | |||||||||||
French Open | F (2012) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (2004, 2005, 2007, 2013) | |||||||||||
US Open | F (2010) | |||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||
Tour Finals | W (2004, 2012) | |||||||||||
Olympic Games | (2012) | |||||||||||
Medal record
|
She has won 27 WTA Titles, nine in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006. She has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005. In doubles, she won the Sony Ericsson Championships in 2004 with Meghann Shaughnessy. As of 29 August 2011, Petrova was ranked World No. 30 in singles and World No. 9 in doubles.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.