Personal

Mother is Irina (teacher); brother, Dmitriy, is a student and tennis coach
Husband is Pavel Tabuntsov (married November 2015); gave birth to daughter Elizabeth in November 2018
Introduced to tennis by mother at age 7; began playing at sport school in Sochi (first coach was Jurij Judkin, who also coached Sharapova)
Enjoys reading, shopping, movies, music, dancing, going out to the sea with friends, travelling and cooking
Favorite cities are Rome and Sochi ("the two most beautiful and warmest cities in the world")

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (3): 2017 - Indian Wells; 2013 - Hobart, Eastbourne.
Finalist (7): 2016 - Charleston; 2012 - Budapest; 2011 - Charleston; 2010 - Istanbul, Tashkent; 2009 - Auckland, New Haven.

DOUBLES
Winner (19): 2018 - Madrid (w/Makarova); 2017 - Dubai, Wimbledon, Toronto (all w/Makarova); 2016 - Montréal, Olympics, WTA Finals (all w/Makarova); 2015 - Moscow (w/Kasatkina); 2014 - US Open (w/Makarova); 2013 - Indian Wells, Roland Garros (both w/Makarova); 2012 - Beijing, Moscow (both w/Makarova); 2011 - Indian Wells, Charleston (both w/Mirza), Linz (w/Erakovic); 2008 - Indian Wells (w/Safina); 2007 - Hobart (w/Likhovtseva); 2005 - Québec City (w/Rodionova).
Finalist (26): 2021 - Wimbledon (w/Kudermetova); 2018 - Australian Open, Indian Wells (both w/Makarova); 2017 - Rome, Brisbane (both w/Makarova); 2016 - Rome, Roland Garros (both w/Makarova); 2015 - Indian Wells, Miami, Wimbledon (all w/Makarova); 2014 - Australian Open, Miami (both w/Makarova); 2013 - WTA Finals (w/Makarova); 2012 - Dubai, Indian Wells (both w/Mirza), Madrid, Rome (both w/Makarova); 2011 - Roland Garros (w/Mirza); 2010 - Wimbledon (w/Zvonareva); 2009 - Roland Garros (w/Azarenka); 2008 - Amelia Island (w/Azarenka), Stanford (w/Zvonareva); 2007 - Antwerp, Warsaw (both w/Likhovtseva); 2006 - Bangalore (w/An.Rodionova), Beijing (w/Chakvetadze).

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2016 - Australian Open (w/Soares).
Finalist (5): 2021 - Roland Garros, Olympics (both w/Karatsev); 2012 - Australian Open, Wimbledon (both w/Paes); 2011 - Wimbledon (w/Bhupathi).

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2006-08, 2011-17; Russian Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016.

Career in Review

Ended 2018 season early to go on maternity leave. In singles, made QF at Dubai, while won doubles title at Madrid (w/Makarova)

Posted second straight Top 20 season in 2017 at No.18, having finished 2016 at No.16; 2017 marked seventh consecutive Top 10 doubles finish (at No.3)

Season highlight was capturing biggest title of career and first at WTA Premier Mandatory level at Indian Wells (d. Kuznetsova in F). Rose to new career-high of No.13 with title (week of March 20, 2017)

At 31, became fourth-oldest player to win the Indian Wells title. In R16, posted best win-by-ranking of career to date with defeat of No.2 Kerber

Also advanced to QF at St. Petersburg (l. Cibulkova) and 3r on seven occasions, at Australian Open (l. Brady), Dubai (l. Konjuh), Roland Garros (l. Suárez Navarro), Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), US Open (l. Keys), Wuhan (l. Sakkari) and Beijing (l. Svitolina)

Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second consecutive year in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe and Peng in RR)

In doubles, was one of first two pairs to qualify for last year’s WTA Finals w/Makarova (also Chan/Hingis) after winning Toronto and capturing third major title at Wimbledon. In Singapore fell to Bertens/Larsson in SF

Standout moments of 2016 season were reaching final at Charleston (l. Stephens) and winning gold medal in doubles at Rio Olympics (w/Makarova, d. Bacsinszky/Hingis in F). Team also won titles at Montréal and WTA Finals Singapore

Reached QF at 2016 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) to return to Top 100 (from No.118). Upset No.4 Halep in 2r; was first Top 10 victory since defeated No.10 Kerber at 2013 New Haven

Owns three WTA singles titles, two coming from the 2013 season (Hobart and Eastbourne), and also 2017 Indian Wells. R-Up on seven occasions – most recently at 2016 Charleston (l. Stephens). Owns a 3-7 record in singles finals

With various partners has won a total of 19 WTA doubles titles, from 44 finals (19-25)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2003 Moscow