Stories
Biography
- Coached by father, Yuri Kirilenko ... Mother's name is Olga ... Started playing at age 7 when father introduced her to game at Dinamo Moscow Central Stadium ... Favorites include movies The Butterfly Effect and Story of a Knight, classical music (especially Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach or Beethoven), books The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, Notre-Dame de Paris, White Fang and short stories by O'Henry ... Speaks Russian and English ... Also enjoys soccer, basketball and ice hockey ... Relaxes by reading books, watching movies, fishing, cooking ... Tennis players most admired are Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Jennifer Capriati for on-court style and attitude.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
10Height
5' 9" (1.74 m)Birthday
Jan 25, 1987 January 25, 1987Birthplace
Moscow, RussiaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (6): 2013 - Pattaya City; 2008 - Oeiras, Barcelona, Seoul; 2007 - Kolkata; 2005 - Beijing.
Finalist (6): 2012 - Pattaya City, New Haven; 2010 - Moscow; 2009 - Barcelona; 2007 - Seoul; 2004 - Hyderabad.
DOUBLES
Winner (12): 2012 - Miami, WTA Finals (both w/Petrova); 2011 - Madrid, Stanford (both w/Azarenka); 2010 - San Diego (w/Zheng), Cincinnati (w/Azarenka); 2009 - Moscow (w/Petrova); 2008 - Oeiras (w/Pennetta), Cincinnati (w/Petrova); 2007 - Doha (w/Hingis); 2005 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Dulko); 2004 - Birmingham (w/Sharapova).
Finalist (13): 2012 - Roland Garros, 's-Hertogenbosch, Moscow (all w/Petrova); 2011 - Australian Open, Toronto (both w/Azarenka); 2009 - Dubai, Los Angeles (both w/A.Radwanska), Fès (w/Cirstea); 2008 - Montréal (w/Pennetta), Seoul (w/Dushevina); 2006 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Ivanovic); 2005 - Rome (w/Medina Garrigues), New Haven (w/Dulko).
ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team, 2006, 2011, 2013; Russian Olympic Team, 2012.
