Moscow
A runner's daughter
Her mother was a professional ultra runner who won the 100 km world championship in 1992. Shvedova started tennis at eight in Chernogolovka, outside Moscow.
Source: WikipediaThe 21st century
Yaroslava Shvedova
Kazakhstan · born Moscow, 1987 · right-handed · Wimbledon doubles champion 2010 with Vania King · won a golden set at Wimbledon in 2012
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2010
Wimbledon doubles champion, unseeded, with Vania King
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Points in a row to win the first set against Sara Errani, Wimbledon 2012
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Grand Slam doubles titles in 2010: Wimbledon and the US Open
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Career-high doubles ranking, February 2016
2016
Wimbledon singles quarter-final and doubles final in the same year
Playing career
Yaroslava Shvedova was born in Moscow on 12 September 1987. Her mother was an ultra runner who won the 100 km world championship in 1992, and she began playing tennis at eight in Chernogolovka, near Moscow. She represented Russia until 2008, when she switched to Kazakhstan.
In singles she reached the quarter-finals of Roland Garros in 2010 and 2012 and of Wimbledon in 2016, and a high of No. 25 in October 2012. In doubles she won Wimbledon and the US Open with Vania King in 2010, reached a Roland Garros mixed final the same year, and won 13 WTA doubles titles, climbing to No. 3 in February 2016.
Injuries interrupted her career several times. She gave birth to twins in October 2018 and returned to the tour afterwards. Her last tournament was the 2021 US Open, and she was given a farewell ceremony at the Astana Open in October 2021. She has since been appointed captain of Kazakhstan's Billie Jean King Cup team.
On grass
| Wimbledon doubles 2010 | Unseeded with Vania King; beat Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 in the final |
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| Golden set, 2012 | Third round of the ladies' singles: beat the tenth seed Sara Errani 6-0, 6-4, winning all 24 points of the first set. The Wimbledon Compendium records the only other known golden set at The Championships as Lottie Dod's second set against Mrs Roberts in 1891 |
| Wimbledon 2016 | Singles quarter-final; ladies' doubles final with Timea Babos, lost to Serena and Venus Williams 6-3, 6-4; mixed doubles semi-final, all in the same fortnight |
| Rosmalen 2016 | Doubles title with Oksana Kalashnikova; beat Xenia Knoll and Aleksandra Krunić 6-1, 6-1 in the final |
Every grass title: 2
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| Wimbledon | ||
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| 2010 | Women's doubles | with Vania King |
| 's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen) | ||
| 2016 | Women's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Oksana Kalashnikova |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"I was a fighter. I always wanted to come back."
Anecdotes
The person behind the player.
London, 2010
Racquets from the pro shop
She called the 2010 Wimbledon doubles title her most treasured moment on court. A week before the tournament her bags were stolen, and she played the event with two racquets bought from a pro shop.
Source: WTAWimbledon, 30 June 2012
A golden egg
She won all 24 points of the first set against Sara Errani in about 15 minutes. She said she "was flying on the court" and did not realise how one-sided it had been until later. Her tweet that evening read: "Today I laid a golden egg!"
Source: WTAWimbledon, 2016
Three events, one fortnight
In 2016 she reached the singles quarter-finals, the ladies' doubles final and the mixed doubles semi-finals at the same Championships.
Source: WTAAstana, 2021
Farewell at home
After returning from the birth of her twins, Mirka and Stan, she played her last event at the 2021 US Open and was honoured at a ceremony in the Kazakh capital.
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Where they won on grass
- All England Club, Wimbledon
- Autotron Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch
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Rivals and partners
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Elsewhere online
Sources
- "'I was a fighter': Shvedova's fondest memories", WTA, 2021
- "Immaculate Shvedova unlocks historic Golden Set feat", WTA
- Yaroslava Shvedova, Wikipedia
- 2016 Ricoh Open, Wikipedia
- Wimbledon draw 2010, ladies' doubles (AELTC)
- Wimbledon Compendium 2025 (AELTC)
- Yaroslava Shvedova, Olympedia
- GTC roll of grass champions, checked against a second source where one exists
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