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Kirilenko began the year by competing in the [[2010 ASB Classic]] were she reached the Quarterfinals, defeating [[Tatjana Malek]] and [[Kaia Kanepi]] in straight sets before losing to [[Shahar Pe'er]] 6-0, 3-6, 6-1. A world no. 58, Kirilenko was unseeded at the [[2010 Australian Open]] where in the first round she upset her friend, and former doubles partner, number 14 seed [[Maria Sharapova]] 7–6(4), 3–6, 6–4 in a 3 hour, 22 minute marathon. In her second match, she made light work of [[Yvonne Meusburger]], dispatching the [[Austrian]] qualifier 6-3, 6-1. She then won a close fought match against [[Roberta Vinci]] 7-5, 7-6(4). Kirilenko had seven match points during the second set before finally winning her eighth in the tiebreak. Kirilenko then defeated [[Dinara Safina]] in the fourth round when Safina had to retire whilst serving at 4-5 in the first set. Her |
Kirilenko began the year by competing in the [[2010 ASB Classic]] were she reached the Quarterfinals, defeating [[Tatjana Malek]] and [[Kaia Kanepi]] in straight sets before losing to [[Shahar Pe'er]] 6-0, 3-6, 6-1. A world no. 58, Kirilenko was unseeded at the [[2010 Australian Open]] where in the first round she upset her friend, and former doubles partner, number 14 seed [[Maria Sharapova]] 7–6(4), 3–6, 6–4 in a 3 hour, 22 minute marathon. In her second match, she made light work of [[Yvonne Meusburger]], dispatching the [[Austrian]] qualifier 6-3, 6-1. She then won a close fought match against [[Roberta Vinci]] 7-5, 7-6(4). Kirilenko had seven match points during the second set before finally winning her eighth in the tiebreak. Kirilenko then defeated [[Dinara Safina]] in the fourth round when Safina had to retire whilst serving at 4-5 in the first set. Her run ended at the hands of unseeded Chinese [[Zheng Jie]] in the quarter-finals, losing 1–6, 3–6. |
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| Country (sports) |  Russia |
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| Residence | Moscow, Russia |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | 2001 |
| Plays | Right-handed; two-handed backhand |
| Prize money | $2,343,064 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 224–162 |
| Career titles | 5 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 18 (July 7, 2008) |
| Current ranking | No. 37 (February 1, 2010) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2010) |
| French Open | 3R (2006) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2005, 2009) |
| US Open | 3R (2003, 2006, 2007, 2009) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 143–103 |
| Career titles | 6 WTA, 0 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 14 (February 1, 2010) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2010) |
| French Open | 3R (2006, 2009) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2007) |
| US Open | 3R (2005, 2006) |
| Last updated on: January 27, 2010. | |
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko (Template:Lang-ru; born in Moscow on January 25, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached #18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian Open, as well as the 2002 US Open junior tournament. She has reached one Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2010 Australian Open. As of February 1, 2010, Kirilenko is ranked World No. 37.
Personal life
Born in the Soviet Union of paternal Ukrainian heritage,[1] Kirilenko is a good friend of Maria Sharapova. In December 2004 she played in a tennis exhibition in Tampa, Florida to raise money for the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund. Kirilenko is affectionately called Makiri. She is currently in a relationship with Russian Tennis player Igor Andreev[2] .
Tennis career
Junior career
Maria Kirilenko started showing a passion towards tennis at age 5, but it was difficult to get the practice in while she was attending school. Her father enrolled her in a tennis school, and hours of fierce training started to pay off as she won several tournaments.
When Kirilenko was twelve years old, an Honored Master of sports, Elena Brioukhovets, saw her while training. All the next year Elena watched Maria making progress and then offered to work together with her. A three-year program was made and a special team was selected. In less than three years Maria became the number one in her age group and the number two in the group under eighteen. The well-known tennis-players Yevgeni Kafelnikov, Andrei Olhovskiy and Max Mirnyi, who had created an organization supporting young tennis-players, helped Kirilenko to arrange her training-process and to attend tournaments.
In 2002 Kirilenko became one of the youngest winners of the Canadian Open and the US Open Junior Tournaments.
Turned professional
In 2002, Kirilenko started participating in WTA events. She began moving up in the rankings but was then setback by an injury in 2004. At the end of 2005 she climbed back up the rankings and won her first title in Beijing. On June 12, 2006, she broke into the top 20 for the first time.
Kirilenko made her debut for Russia at the nation-based Fed Cup tournament in April 2006 on the World Group Quarter-Final tie against Belgium. Maria lost a singles rubber against 2005 US Open champion Kim Clijsters and won her doubles rubber against multiple major champion Justine Henin and the same Kim Clijsters partnering Dinara Safina. Russia ended up losing 3–2.
At the 2006 US Open, Kirilenko received the 20th seed of the tournament and reached the 3rd Round, eventually being defeated by Aravane Rezaï.
2007
In January 2007, she advanced to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, before being defeated by third-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. She then competed in the 2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, where she advanced to the second round upsetting #15 Shahar Pe'er of Israel, before being defeated by Ai Sugiyama. She then competed in the Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, where she reached the second round, before losing in a close match to Daniela Hantuchová.[3]
At the Acura Classic in San Diego, California, Kirilenko upset second seeded Jelena Janković of Serbia to advance to the quarter-finals, before losing to fellow Russian Elena Dementieva. At the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles, California she also reached the quarters, upsetting #6 seed Marion Bartoli in straight sets.
Unseeded at the US Open, she defeated Martina Müller of Germany, and then #22 seed Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia. She then lost to the unseeded Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine. After the US Open, she appeared in the Sunfeast Open. There, Kirilenko won her second WTA Tour singles title, defeating unseeded Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine in straight sets. The next week at a tournament in Seoul, Kirilenko, as the #4 seed had also reached the finals but lost to #1 seed Venus Williams of the USA.
2008
At the Australian Open, Kirilenko reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, by beating No. 6 seed Anna Chakvetadze. Her next opponent was Daniela Hantuchová, to whom she lost in the fourth round 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, after leading 6–1, 3–1.
Kirilenko then reached the second round of a Tier I event in Doha, beating Ekaterina Makarova before losing to Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets. Kirilenko then lost four matches in a row at Dubai, Bangalore, Indian Wells and Miami. However, as the second seed, she reached the final of a Tier IV event at Estoril, where she defeated Iveta Benešová in straight sets. She also won the doubles title there, partnering with Flavia Pennetta. Kirilenko also won in Barcelona, defeating Martinez-Sanchez for her fourth career WTA title and the second this year.
Kirilenko played at the Tier III tournament in Cincinnati in August where she was the number 3 seed. She reached the semi-finals, where she lost to eventual champion Nadia Petrova. She partnered with Petrova as the 2nd seed doubles team and beat the number 1 seed pair of Hsieh Su-wei and Yaroslava Shvedova in the finals.
2009
Kirilenko was seeded 27th at the 2009 Australian Open. She lost in the first round to unseeded Sara Errani of Italy 6–0, 6–4 in the tournament's first upset.
In the Dubai doubles tournament, Kirilenko partnered Agnieszka Radwańska and even though they were unseeded, they reached the final, eventually losing to Liezel Huber and Cara Black, the world number one doubles pairing.
At the 2009 French Open, Kirilenko was unseeded in the singles tournament, losing 6–4, 6–4 to Olivia Rogowska of Australia in the first round. In the doubles tournament, Kirilenko and doubles partner Flavia Pennetta of Italy were ranked 8th. They defeated Sorana Cîrstea of Romania and Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the first round, 6–4, 6–4, and Jill Craybas and Carly Gullickson of USA 6–1, 6–1 in the second. In the 3rd round, they lost to Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, ranked 11th, 7–6(7–4), 6–4.
Kirilenko was unseeded at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. She defeated Petra Kvitová in the first round 6-4, 6-4. However, she lost 6-0, 6-4 to number 9 seed Caroline Wozniacki. She and Andreev defeated Andy Ram and Anna Chakvetadze in the first round of mixed doubles, before been forced to concede a walkover to Christopher Kas and Chia-Jung Chuang.
Kirilenko was unseeded at the Premier Los Angeles Championships, California, where she lost in the second round to Samantha Stosur. Her next tournament was Bank of the West Classic in Stanford where she reached second round after defeating Anna Chakvetadze after three hours of battle. She then lost to Elena Dementieva 2-6 1-6. At 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group in Cincinnati she reached second round after defeating Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4 6-1, but she than lost to number 5 seed Jelena Janković 7-6 6-3. At US Open she found her best form. She defeated Maria Koryttseva and number 12 seed Agnieszka Radwańska 6-4 2-6 6-4. She than lost to Li Na 6-4 6-2. She then competed in the 2009 Hansol Korea Open in Seoul where she was the defending champion but lost in the Semifinals to comeback player and eventual champion Kimiko Date Krumm. She entered the 2009 China Open as a Wildcard but lost to Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round in a tight match 6-2 2-6 7-6(2). She is now set to compete in the 2009 HP Open in Osaka, Japan.
2010
Kirilenko began the year by competing in the 2010 ASB Classic were she reached the Quarterfinals, defeating Tatjana Malek and Kaia Kanepi in straight sets before losing to Shahar Pe'er 6-0, 3-6, 6-1. A world no. 58, Kirilenko was unseeded at the 2010 Australian Open where in the first round she upset her friend, and former doubles partner, number 14 seed Maria Sharapova 7–6(4), 3–6, 6–4 in a 3 hour, 22 minute marathon. In her second match, she made light work of Yvonne Meusburger, dispatching the Austrian qualifier 6-3, 6-1. She then won a close fought match against Roberta Vinci 7-5, 7-6(4). Kirilenko had seven match points during the second set before finally winning her eighth in the tiebreak. Kirilenko then defeated Dinara Safina in the fourth round when Safina had to retire whilst serving at 4-5 in the first set. Her run ended at the hands of unseeded Chinese Zheng Jie in the quarter-finals, losing 1–6, 3–6.
Fashion
In 2006, Kirilenko was selected to be the face of Adidas by Stella McCartney tennis range, designed by noted British fashion designer Stella McCartney and has played exclusively in the gear since the 2006 Australian Open.[4] In 2009, she was replaced by Caroline Wozniacki. Like her good friend Maria Sharapova, she likes connecting athletics and fashion, and when she spoke to Teen Vogue in August 2006, she said of being dressed by McCartney for a banquet, "I felt so glamorous!"[5] She appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition alongside Daniela Hantuchová and Tatiana Golovin in a pictoral entitled Volley of the Dolls.[6]
Career statistics
WTA singles wins (5)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 5 September 2005 | China Open |  Beijing, China
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Hard |  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
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6–3, 6–4 |
| 2. | 23 September 2007 | Sunfeast Open |  Kolkata, India
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Carpet (i) |  Mariya Koryttseva
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6–0, 6–2 |
| 3. | 20 April 2008 | Estoril Open |  Estoril, Portugal
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Clay |  Iveta Benešová
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6–4, 6–2 |
| 4. | 15 June 2008 | Barcelona KIA Open |  Barcelona, Spain
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Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez
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6–0, 6–2 |
| 5. | 18 September 2008 | Hansol Korea Open |  Seoul, Korea
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Hard |  Samantha Stosur
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2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
WTA singles runner-ups (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 22 February 2004 | Bangalore Open | Hyderabad, India
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Hard | Nicole Pratt
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7–6(3), 6–1 |
| 2. | 30 September 2007 | Hansol Korea Open | Seoul, Korea
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Hard |  Venus Williams
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6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |
| 3. | 19 April 2009 | Barcelona Ladies Open | Barcelona, Spain
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Clay |  Roberta Vinci
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6–0, 6–4 |
WTA doubles wins (6)
| Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
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| Grand Slam (0) | |
| WTA Championships (0) | |
| Tier I (0) | Premier Mandatory (0) |
| Tier II (1) | Premier 5 (0) |
| Tier III (3) | Premier (1) |
| Tier IV & V (1) | International (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 13 June 2004 | DFS Classic |  Birmingham,Great Britain |
Grass | Maria Sharapova
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Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera
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6–2, 6–1 |
| 2. | 9 October 2005 | AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships |  Tokyo, Japan
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Hard |  Gisela Dulko
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Shinobu Asagoe Maria Vento-Kabchi
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7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 3. | 3 March 2007 | Qatar Total Open |  Doha, Qatar
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Hard |  Martina Hingis
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 Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová
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6–1, 6–1 |
| 4. | 19 April 2008 | Estoril Open | Estoril, Portugal
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Clay | Flavia Pennetta
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 Mervana Jugić-Salkić İpek Şenoğlu
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6–4, 6–4 |
| 5. | 18 August 2008 | Cincinnati Masters | Cincinnati, the United States
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Hard | Nadia Petrova
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 Hsieh Su-wei Yaroslava Shvedova
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6–3, 4–6, 10–8 |
| 6. | 24 October 2009 | Kremlin Cup | Moscow, Russia
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Hard(i) | Nadia Petrova
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Maria Kondratieva Klára Zakopalová
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6-2, 6-2 |
WTA doubles runner-ups (6)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 10 June 2006 | Ordina Open |  's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands |
Grass |  Ana Ivanović
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Yan Zi Zheng Jie
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3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2. | 3 August 2008 | Rogers Cup |  Montréal, Canada
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Hard | Flavia Pennetta
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 Cara Black Liezel Huber
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6–1, 6–1 |
| 3. | 28 September 2008 | Hansol Korea Open | Seoul, South Korea
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Hard | Vera Dushevina
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Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei
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6–3, 6–0 |
| 4. | 22 February 2009 | Dubai Tennis Championships |  Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Hard |  Agnieszka Radwańska
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Cara Black Liezel Huber
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6–3, 6–3 |
| 5. | 27 April 2009 | Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem |  Fes, Morocco
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Clay |  Sorana Cîrstea
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Alisa Kleybanova Ekaterina Makarova
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6–3, 2–6, 10–8 |
| 6. | 9 August 2009 | LA Tennis Women's Championships p/b Herbalife | Los Angeles, USA
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Hard | Agnieszka Radwańska
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Chia-Jung Chuang Yan Zi
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6–0, 4–6, 10–7 |
Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Career SR | Career Win-Loss | |||||||||
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 1R | QF | 0 / 6 | 12–6 | |||||||||
| French Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | ||||||||||
| US Open | A | 3R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 7 | 11–7 | ||||||||||
| Grand Slam SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 25 | N/A | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 4-1 | N/A | 27–24 | |||||||||
| Year-End Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WTA Tour Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||
| WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 1R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 8-5 | ||||||||||
| Key Biscayne | A | A | 2R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 6-5 | ||||||||||
| Madrid | Not Held | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Beijing | Not Tier I | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||
| WTA Premier 5 Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubai | Not Tier I | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rome | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 0 / 4 | 2-4 | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati | Not Held | Not Tier I | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Montréal / Toronto | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 3-5 | ||||||||||
| Tokyo | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 4-4 | ||||||||||
| Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NM5 | 0 / 0 | 0-0 | ||||||||||
| Moscow | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0-4 | |||||||||||
| Doha | Not Tier I | 2R | Not Held |
0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Berlin | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 4 | 5-4 | |||||||||||
| Zurich | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | NM5 | 0 / 2 | 2-2 | |||||||||||
| San Diego | Not Tier I | A | 1R | 1R | QF | NH | 0 / 3 | 3-3 | ||||||||||||
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments Played | 8 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 2 | N/A | 172 | |||||||||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 8 | |||||||||
| Tournaments Won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5 | |||||||||
| Win-Loss | 16-8 | 30-13 | 21-15 | 41-24 | 23-26 | 34-27 | 34-22 | 23-25 | 6-2 | N/A | 232 - 164 | |||||||||
| Year End Ranking | 417 | 122 | 111 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 29 | 63 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
A = did not participate in the tournament / did not qualify for main draw SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played. NH = tournament was not held.
References
- ^ "Bio - Maria Kirilenko".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|access date=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Maria: Need to win some matches". Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "HANTUCHOVA GETS BETTER OF KIRILENKO - Sporting Life". Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- ^ "adidas Press Room - Maria Kirilenko Introduces adidas by Stella McCartney Tennis Range". Retrieved 2007-01-18.
- ^ Teen Vogue
- ^ Golovin, Hantuchova, Kirilenko in SI swimsuit issue Tennis.com, February 11, 2009
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