Stories
Biography
- Coached by Dmitry Degtriarev; favorite surface is hard court ... Married Michael Baranov in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, September 21, 1999 ... Father, Alexander, owns business; mother, Valentina, is a homemaker; brother, Dmitriy, is a student ... Birth country is Kazakhstan, located between Russia and Uzbekistan, bordering Caspian Sea ... Other sports interests include soccer and ice hockey; also enjoys swimming ... Interests outside of sports are in animals, music and reading (favorite book is Master and Margarita by H.Bulgakov) ... Also enjoys singing ... Favorite movies are comedies and dramas about life; favorite actor is John Travolta.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
15Height
5' 8 1/2'' (1.74 m)Birthday
Sep 8, 1975 September 8, 1975Birthplace
Alma-Ata, KazakhstanCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (3): 2004 - Forest Hills; 1997 - Gold Coast; 1993 - Montpellier, ITF/Bastad-SUI; 1992 - ITF/Vilamoura-POR.
Finalist (5): 2004 - Montréal; 2003 - Doha; 2000 - Leipzig; 1999 - Strasbourg; 1995 - Oklahoma City.
DOUBLES
Winner (27): 2007 - Hobart (w/Vesnina); 2006 - Auckland (w/Zvonareva), Warsaw (w/Myskina); 2005 - Gold Coast (w/Mag.Maleeva), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Husarova), Berlin (w/Zvonareva), Kolkata (w/Myskina); 2004 - Gold Coast, Doha (both w/Kuznetsova), Linz (w/Husarova); 2003 - Hobart (w/Black), Hyderabad (w/Tulyaganova); 2002 - Sarasota (w/Dokic); 2001 - Hobart, Hamburg, Rome, Birmingham, San Diego, New Haven (all w/Black), Leipzig (w/Tauziat); 1999 - Sydney, Strasbourg (both w/Sugiyama), Hilton Head (w/Novotna); 1998 - Gold Coast, Luxembourg, Leipzig, Philadelphia (all w/Sugiyama).
MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2007 - Australian Open (w/Nestor); 2002 - Wimbledon (w/Bhupathi).
ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 1995-97, 1999-2004; Russian Olympic Team, 1996, 2000, 2004.