Veronika Kudermetova

Kudermetova at the 2018 French Open
Full name	Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia[1]
Born	(1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 22)[2] Kazan, Russia[3]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[4]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)[5]
Coach	Sergey Demekhin[6]
Prize money	US$1,195,306[7]
Singles
Career record	219-145 (60.2%)[8]
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 39 (11 November 2019)
Current ranking	No. 41 (2 December 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	3R (2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2019)
US Open	1R (2019)
Doubles
Career record	200-100 (66.7%)[9]
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 WTA 125K, 16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 23 (14 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 27 (2 December 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2017, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2017, 2018)
US Open	1R (2017, 2018, 2019)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0-2[10]
Medal record Representing  Russia Summer Universiade mixed doubles
Last updated on: 6 December 2019.

Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova (Russian: ? ; born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player.^[11]

Kudermetova has won one major doubles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2019 Wuhan Open, partnering with Duan Yingying. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 39, achieved on 11 November 2019, and a best doubles ranking of No. 23, achieved on 14 October 2019.^[12]

In Singles. she made her WTA main-draw debut at the 2018 Stuttgart Open, and in doubles, she made her WTA main-draw debut at the 2014 Kremlin Cup, partnering with Evgeniya Rodina.^[13]

Playing for Russia at the Fed Cup, Kudermetova has a win-loss record of 0-2.^[14]

Career

Kudermetova has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Challenger circuit, as well as four singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 30 September 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 42, and her best doubles ranking of No. 24.

2013

Partnering Evgeniya Rodina, Kudermetova won her first $50,000 tournament at the 2013 Kazan Summer Cup, defeating Alexandra Artamonova and Martina Borecká in the final. In the same tournament, she reached the semifinals as an unranked wildcard.

2014: Successful transition to the ITF Circuit

Kudermetova reached consecutive ITF 10k finals at Antalya at the start of the year, and after several strong performances, she cracked the world's Top 500 for the first time in her career. Playing in her first ITF 100k tournament at the President's Cup, she reached the quarterfinals before falling to compatriot and eventual champion Vitalia Diatchenko.

She ended the year at the 343rd spot in the rankings with a 24-14 win-loss record, lifting her maiden ITF title in the process.

2015: Struggles for a breakthrough

2015 saw Kudermetova failing to win a single title on the ITF Women's Circuit as she had a disappointing 15-15 win-loss record with just one final reached. Her year-end ranking was 400.

2016: Success on the ITF Circuit, WTA 125k debut

After a lackluster start to the year, Kudermetova made her first final of the year at Andijan in May. It was followed by consecutive ITF 25k titles in Imola and Astana, ensuring that she moved into the world's Top 300 for the first time in her career. A fourth final of the season in Telavi marked Kudermetova's continuous rise. Her ranking soon made it possible for a direct admission into the main draw of the OEC Taipei WTA Challenger, which is her debut on the WTA tour. She won her first match against Varatchaya Wongteanchai before losing in the second round.

Overall, she enjoyed a 34-18 win-loss record in 2016 with a total of 2 ITF titles. Her year-end ranking improved by a total of 190 spots, ending the year at the 210th spot.

2017: Grand Slam debut, WTA debut

Her Grand Slam debut came at the Australian Open, where she lost in the first round of qualifying. Attempting a transition onto the WTA Tour, she played qualifying in multiple events but failed to reach the main draw in all of them. Kudermetova won her first qualifying round at the French Open but fell in her next match. She reached her first WTA 125K series quarterfinal at the OEC Taipei WTA Challenger to end off the year.

Kudermetova had a 28-24 win-loss record for the year, failing to reach any finals but also making more appearances at tournaments on the WTA Tour.

2018: Top 30 win, first WTA main draw win

After starting the year with a triumph at the ITF 25k event at the Keio Challenger, she successfully qualified for her first WTA event at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, a Premier event. Riding on her momentum, Kudermetova stunned Top 30 player Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round before putting up a strong performance against eventual champion and Top 10 player Karolína Plí?ková.^[15]

Kudermetova reached the final round of qualifying at the French Open for the first time in her career, where she fell to Barbora Krej?íková. Another big win soon followed as she beat defending champion Anett Kontaveit in the first round of the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships.^[16] Furthermore, she went on to stun Belinda Bencic in her next match, reaching her first WTA quarterfinal. She soon reached yet another WTA quarterfinal at the Ladies Championship Gstaad, where she defeated Viktória Ku?mová before falling to Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets.^[17]

She had a 34-23 win-loss record for the year, gaining her first success on the WTA Tour and making her transition onto the main tour.

2019: Top 50 debut, first Premier 5 doubles title

Kudermetova started the year with a quarterfinal run at the Shenzhen Open after qualifying for the main draw, defeating higher-ranked compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the process.^[18] She qualified for the main draw at the Australian Open for the first time in her career, losing to Sofia Kenin in the first round.^[19]

At the WTA 125k event in Guadalajara, Kudermetova was unseeded but still managed to lift the biggest title of her career by defeating Marie Bouzková 6-2, 6-0 in the final.^[20] Consecutive WTA quarterfinals came at the Ladies Open Lugano and the ?stanbul Cup

Her first wins in a Grand Slam main draw came at the 2019 French Open when she beat Caroline Wozniacki, the 13th seed, in the first round,^[21] and Zarina Diyas in the second. Despite winning the first set, Kudermetova was defeated by veteran Kaia Kanepi in the third round.

In July 2019, she reached the second round at Wimbledon, where she was beaten by Wozniacki.^[22] Prior to that, Kudermetova exceled at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, making the semifinals where she was defeated by eventual champion Alison Riske.^[23]

Kudermetova and Duan Yingying won the doubles title at the 2019 Wuhan Open, beating newly-crowned US Open champions Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka in the final. It was their first time playing together, and Kudemetova's first doubles title.^[24] It took her inside the top 25 in the world doubles rankings for the first time. She reached the third round in the singles competition, which also took her to a career high ranking (No. 42). In the tournament, Kudermetova beat Belinda Bencic for her first career Top 10 win.^[25]

It was a fantastic Asian swing for Kudermetova as she reached two semifinals at the Japan Women's Open^[26] and the Tianjin Open^[27] respectively. To end off her first full season on the WTA Tour, the Russian stunned World No.4 Elina Svitolina in the second round of the Kremlin Cup^[28] and reached the quarterfinals as a result, falling to compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.^[29]

A 44-25 win-loss record saw Kudermetova ending the year as the second highest-ranked Russian, lagging just behind Pavlyuchenkova, at the 40th spot with three WTA semifinals and one WTA 125k title.

Fed Cup

Playing for Russia at the Fed Cup, Kudermetova has a win-loss record of 0-2. She made her debut in February 2014, losing to Australia's Samantha Stosur in straight sets in their World Group first-round tie.^[30] She was also nominated to represent her country during the 2018 Fed Cup World Group II, but was only selected to play a dead doubles rubber alongside Anna Kalinskaya.

Personal life

Kudermetova is married to her coach Sergey Demekhin, who previously coached Vera Zvonareva.^[31]

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2019	Wuhan Open	Hard	Duan Yingying	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka	7-6(7-3), 6-2

WTA finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	Apr 2019	Charleston Open, United States	Premier	Green Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Alicja Rosolska	6-7(7-9), 2-6
Loss	0-2	Apr 2019	Ladies Open Lugano, Switzerland	International	Clay	Galina Voskoboeva	Sorana Cîrstea Andreea Mitu	6-1, 2-6, [8-10]
Win	1-2	Sep 2019	Wuhan Open, China	Premier 5	Hard	Duan Yingying	Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka	7-6(7-3), 6-2

WTA 125 series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0	Mar 2019	WTA Guadalajara, Mexico	125K	Hard	Marie Bouzková	6-2, 6-0

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1-0	Nov 2016	WTA Taipei, Taiwan	125K	Carpet (i)	Natela Dzalamidze	Chang Kai-chen Chuang Chia-jung	4-6, 6-3, [10-5]
Win	2-0	Nov 2017	WTA Taipei, Taiwan (2)	125K	Carpet (i)	Aryna Sabalenka	Monique Adamczak Naomi Broady	2-6, 7-6(7-5), [10-6]
Win	3-0	Nov 2018	WTA Mumbai, India	125K	Hard	Natela Dzalamidze	Bibiane Schoofs Barbora ?tefková	6-4, 7-6(7-4)
Win	4-0	Nov 2018	WTA Limoges, France	125K	Hard (i)	Galina Voskoboeva	Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva	7-5, 6-4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Feb 2014	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard (i)	Olga Doroshina	7-6(5), 4-6, 6-7(6)
Win	1-1	Mar 2014	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard (i)	Olga Doroshina	7-6(2), 7-6(3)
Loss	1-2	Jun 2015	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Barbora ?tefková	5-7, 3-6
Loss	1-3	May 2016	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	5-7, 0-6
Win	2-3	Jul 2016	ITF Imola, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Michaëlla Krajicek	6-4, 6-2
Loss	2-4	Jul 2016	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Alyona Sotnikova	2-6, 3-6
Win	3-4	Sep 2016	ITF Telavi, Georgia	25,000	Clay	Deniz Khazaniuk	7-5, 6-4
Win	4-4	Mar 2018	ITF Yokohama, Japan	25,000	Hard	Harriet Dart	6-2, 6-4

Doubles: 27 (16 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	Jun 2013	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Di?na Marcink?vi?a	Belinda Bencic Kate?ina Siniaková	0-6, 2-6
Win	1-1	Jun 2013	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	10,000	Clay	Margarita Lazareva	Yekaterina Gubanova Daria Lodikova	6-4, 6-2
Win	2-1	Aug 2013	ITF Kazan, Russia	50,000	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	Alexandra Artamonova Martina Borecká	5-7, 6-0, [10-8]
Loss	2-2	Feb 2014	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Sviatlana Pirazhenka	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	6-7(6), 4-6
Loss	2-3	Apr 2014	ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Ekaterina Bychkova	Albina Khabibulina Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6-2, 5-7, [4-10]
Win	3-3	Apr 2014	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	10,000	Hard	Albina Khabibulina	Polina Monova Yana Sizikova	6-4, 7-6(5)
Loss	3-4	Jun 2014	ITF Middelburg, Netherlands	25,000	Clay	Evgeniya Rodina	Angelique van der Meet Bernice van de Velde	6-7(4), 6-3, [5-10]
Win	4-4	Sepr 2014	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Alexandra Artamonova Polina Monova	7-6(10), 7-5
Loss	4-5	Feb 2015	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Natela Dzalamidze	Lidziya Marozava Anastasiya Vasylyeva	4-6, 4-6
Loss	4-6	Jun 2015	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Ksenia Lykina	Nigina Abduraimova Hiroko Kuwata	6-4, 6-7(5), [9-11]
Loss	4-7	Jun 2015	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Ksenia Lykina	Anastasiya Komardina Julia Terziyska	6-7(2), 5-7
Win	5-7	Aug 2015	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Oleksandra Korashvili Valeriya Strakhova	6-3, 6-3
Loss	5-8	Aug 2015	ITF Saint Petersburg, Russia	25,000	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Carolin Daniels Lidziya Marozava	4-6, 6-4, [6-10]
Win	6-8	Nov 2015	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Hard (i)	Ba?ak Erayd?n	Anastasia Frolova Ekaterina Yashina	6-3, 6-1
Win	7-8	Jan 2016	ITF Daytona Beach, USA	25,000	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Sharon Fichman Carol Zhao	6-4, 6-3
Loss	7-9	Jan 2016	ITF Wesley Chapel, USA	25,000	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Ingrid Neel Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6-4, 6-7(4), [6-10]
Loss	7-10	Feb 2016	ITF New Delhi, India	25,000	Hard	Natela Dzalamidze	Hsu Ching-wen Lee Ya-hsuan	0-6, 6-0, [6-10]
Win	8-10	Apr 2016	ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Natela Dzalamidze	Ksenia Lykina Polina Monova	4-6, 6-4, [10-7]
Loss	8-11	May 2016	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Ksenia Lykina Polina Monova	6-3, 3-6, [5-10]
Win	9-11	Jun 2016	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Anna Morgina Ganna Poznikhirenko	6-1, 6-2
Win	10-11	Jul 2016	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Natela Dzalamidze	Polina Monova Yana Sizikova	6-2, 6-3
Win	11-11	Sep 2016	ITF Telavi, Georgia	25,000	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Tatia Mikadze Sofia Shapatava	6-4, 6-2
Win	12-11	Oct 2016	ITF Liuzhou, China	50,000	Hard	Aleksandra Pospelova	Jacqueline Cako Sabina Sharipova	6-2, 6-4
Win	13-11	Apr 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	60,000	Hard	?pek Soylu	Ksenia Lykina Polina Monova	4-6, 7-5, [11-9]
Win	14-11	Jun 2017	ITF Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Dalma Gálfi Dalila Jakupovi?	7-6(5), 6-4
Win	15-11	Jul 2017	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Natela Dzalamidze	Ysaline Bonaventure Naomi Broady	6-2, 6-0
Win	16-11	Sep 2017	ITF Saint-Petersburg, Russia	100,000	Hard (i)	Anna Blinkova	Belinda Bencic Michaela Hon?ová	6-3, 6-1

Fed Cup participation

Singles

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2014 Fed Cup World Group	1R	8 February 2014	Hobart	Australia	Hard	Samantha Stosur	L	4-6, 0-6

Performance timelines

Singles

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win-loss records.

This table is current through the 2019 WTA Finals.

Notes

• ¹ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009-2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012-2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
• ² 2012: WTA ranking-715,
  2013: WTA ranking-671,
  2014: WTA ranking-343,
  2015: WTA ranking-400,
  2016: WTA ranking-210.

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	VKR
2019
1.	Belinda Bencic	No. 10	Wuhan Open, China	Hard	2R	2-6, 6-3, 6-4	No. 45
2.	Elina Svitolina	No. 4	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Hard (i)	2R	6-2, 1-6, 7-5	No. 42

References

External links

• Veronika Kudermetova at the Women's Tennis Association
• template ITF profile is being considered for merging.> Veronika Kudermetova at the International Tennis Federation
• Veronika Kudermetova at the Fed Cup