Stories
Biography
- Father, Michail, is director of a tennis club in Moscow; mother, Raouza Islanova, is a tennis coach and used to coach Dinara; brother, Marat, was No.1 on men's tour ... Best tennis memory was winning first WTA title at Sopot in 2002 ... Enjoys Russian, Italian and Japanese cuisine ... Likes seeing movies, listening to music and reading.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
1Height
5' 11 1/2" (1.82 m)Birthday
Apr 27, 1986 April 27, 1986Birthplace
Moscow, RussiaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (12): 2009 - Rome, Madrid, Portoroz; 2008 - Berlin, Los Angeles, Montréal, Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; 2007 - Gold Coast; 2005 - Paris [Indoors], Prague; 2003 - Palermo; 2002 - Sopot.
Finalist (12): 2009 - Sydney, Australian Open, Stuttgart, Roland Garros, Cincinnati; 2008 - Roland Garros, 's-Hertogenbosch, Olympics; 2007 - Charleston; 2006 - Rome, 's-Hertogenbosch; 2004 - Luxembourg.
DOUBLES
Winner (9): 2011 - Kuala Lumpur (w/Voskoboeva); 2008 - Gold Coast (w/Szavay), Indian Wells (w/Vesnina); 2007 - Gold Coast (w/Srebotnik), US Open (w/Dechy); 2006 - Gold Coast (w/Shaughnessy), Antwerp (w/Srebotnik); 2005 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Medina Garrigues); 2004 - Beijing (w/Gagliardi).
Finalist (7): 2007 - Stuttgart (w/Chan); 2006 - US Open (w/Srebotnik); 2005 - Hobart, Paris [Indoors], Antwerp (all w/Medina Garrigues); 2004 - Sydney (w/Shaughnessy); 2003 - Canberra (w/Bedanova).
ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2005-06, 2008, 2011; Russian Olympic Team, 2008.