Ksenia Pervak

Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak (Template:Lang-ru; born 27 May 1991 in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional tennis player.

Pervak won one singles title on the WTA tour, as well as nine singles and three doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 19 September 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 37. On 30 January 2012, she peaked at world number 123 in the doubles rankings.

Pervak won the 2009 Australian Open junior grand slam singles tournament, defeating Laura Robson in straight sets in the final.

In November 2015, Pervak announced her retirement from professional tennis due to chronic injuries. However, she returned to tennis on 18 September 2016, making her comeback at an ITF St. Petersburg tournament the day after.

Career

2009

Pervak made it to the second round of the 2009 PTT Pattaya Women's Open but lost to second seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in three sets. Pervak then won three qualifying matches to advance to the main draw in 's-Hertogenbosch. She defeated Czech Petra Cetkovská in the first round. Pervak also won the Australian Open junior tournament during the year, defeating Laura Robson in the final.

2010

In early February, Pervak lost in the first round of the Pattaya City Open to then world number 14, Vera Zvonareva. Pervak then reached the 2010 Malaysian Open main draw but lost to Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the first round. At the 2010 French Open, Pervak reached the main draw but lost to Maria Sharapova in the first round. At the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Pervak reached her first WTA tour semifinal but retired to Johanna Larsson due to a wrist injury.

At the 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Pervak defeated the number two seed Chan Yung-jan in the first round. She then reached the quarterfinals by defeating Russian compatriot Alexandra Panova, winning 24 of 27 points in the final set.

2011

Pervak kicked off her 2011 season in Brisbane, Australia, where she was seeded seventh for the qualifying draw of the 2011 Brisbane International. She defeated Jessica Moore and Alexandra Panova, but was defeated by Anastasia Pivovarova in the third qualifying round. She gained entry into the main draw as a lucky loser and defeated Anna Chakvetadze in the first round, before losing in the second to Petra Kvitová.

Pervak played in the first round of the main draw of the Australian Open for the first time in her career, but lost to 13th seed and fellow Russian Nadia Petrova.

Pervak made the semifinals of the $100,000 ITF event in Midland, losing to eventual champion Lucie Hradecká.

Pervak then made two consecutive quarterfinals of WTA events in Memphis and Monterrey, losing to Hradecká and Gisela Dulko respectively.

Pervak lost in qualifying at the 2011 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells to Jamie Hampton. However, she qualified for the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, defeating Zuzana Kučová and Junri Namigata.

She lost in the fourth round of Wimbledon to Tamira Paszek in three sets.

2013

At the 2013 Brisbane International, Pervak scored the first top-10 victory of her career by defeating former world number 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the first round, winning in a final set tiebreak. She later faced top seed Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals and was heavily defeated.

Pervak was unseeded at the 2013 Australian Open. She defeated 32nd seed Mona Barthel in the first round, but subsequently lost her second round match against Heather Watson in three sets, despite holding three match points in the second set tiebreak. She realigned her allegiance with Russia in June 2013.

WTA finals

Singles (1–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	24 July 2011	Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva	1–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	17 September 2011	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Eva Birnerová	6–3, 6–1

Doubles (0–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	14 February 2010	Pattaya Women's Open, Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze	Template:Flagicon Marina Erakovic Template:Flagicon Tamarine Tanasugarn	5–7, 1–6

ITF finals

Singles (9–8)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–2) Clay (5–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	24 September 2007	Batumi, Georgia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Corinna Dentoni	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	19 May 2008	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nina Bratchikova	6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	11 August 2008	Penza, Russia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sofia Shapatava	6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	18 August 2008	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Elena Kulikova	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	8 September 2008	Ruse, Bulgaria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lenka Wienerová	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	20 October 2008	Podolsk, Russia	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Alisa Kleybanova	6–7(5–7), 0–6
Winner	4.	3 August 2009	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ekaterina Ivanova	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	10 August 2009	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ekaterina Ivanova	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	31 August 2009	Katowice, Poland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Camila Giorgi	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	7 September 2009	Denain, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	3–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	28 September 2009	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Stéphanie Foretz	6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	28 June 2010	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Magda Linette	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	6 June 2011	Zlín, Сzech Republic	Clay	Template:Flagicon Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	1–6, 0–6
Winner	8.	28 October 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Anhelina Kalinina	6–0, 7–5
Winner	9.	4 November 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Eva Birnerová	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	7.	10 February 2014	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Heather Watson	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	8.	27 July 2015	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Natela Dzalamidze	6–6, ret.

Doubles (3–1)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	8 September 2008	Ruse, Bulgaria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Panova	Template:Flagicon Vitalia Diatchenko Template:Flagicon Eugeniya Pashkova	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Winner	2.	3 November 2008	Ismaning, Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Oxana Lyubtsova	Template:Flagicon Julia Görges Template:Flagicon Laura Siegemund	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner	3.	30 March 2010	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Panova	Template:Flagicon Lyudmyla Kichenok Template:Flagicon Nadiia Kichenok	7–6(9–7), 2–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	1.	31 May 2010	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Panova	Template:Flagicon Andreja Klepač Template:Flagicon Tadeja Majerič	3–6, 6–7(6–8)

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Australian Open	Q1	Q3	1R	1R	2R	A	A	1–3
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0–4
Wimbledon	A	Q2	4R	1R	A	Q1	A	3–2
US Open	A	1R	1R	1R	Q3	1R	Q1	0–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–2	3–4	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–0	4–13

Doubles

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	A	A	1–2
French Open	A	1R	A	A	A	0–1
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	A	0–1
US Open	1R	A	A	A	A	0–1
Win–Loss	0–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–5

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