Victoria Azarenka


Country
Birth date
Age
31/07/1989 
23
Height
Weight
Gender
182 cm / 6'0" 
67 kg / 148 lbs 
F
Sport
AZARENKA Victoria
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Grand Slams

YearSingles AODoubles AOSingles RGDoubles RGSingles WIDoubles WISingles UODoubles UO
2012WR-R16-SF---
2011R16RUQFQFSF-R32-
2010QFR16R128R32R32R64R64-
2009R16R16QFRUQFR16R32R32
2008R32RUR16QFR32QFR32R64
2007R32-R128R64R32R32R16R64
2006R128-R128-R128-R32-

WTA Tour 2012 Totals
ResultSinglesDoubles
Winner4-
Runner-up2-
Semifinal1-

WTA Tour 2012 Titles
Singles
Australian Open
Apia International Sydney
Qatar Total Open
BNP Paribas Open
Doubles
-

Olympic Games - Singles
2008 Beijing, CHN - Seed 12
PhaseResultOpponentResult
R64WonPEREBIYNIS Tatiana (UKR)6-4, 5-7, 6-4
R32WonDELLACQUA Casey (AUS)6-2, 6-2
R16LostWILLIAMS Venus (USA)3-6, 2-6

Olympic Games - Doubles
2008 Beijing, CHN - Partner: POUTCHEK Tatiana
PhaseResultOpponentResult
R32WonANI Maret / KANEPI Kaia (EST)6-2, 6-2
R16LostDAVENPORT Lindsay / HUBER Liezel (USA)4-6, 6-4, 3-6

Nickname

Vita. (tennis.com, 17 May 2012)

Hobbies

Listening to music [especially hip-hop, rap and RnB], computers, spending time with her friends, reading. (wtatennis.com, 16 May 2012)

Occupation

Athlete

Language(s) spoken

Belarusian, English, Russian

Coach

Sam Sumyk (wtatennis.com, 16 May 2012.)

Position and style

Double-handed backhand (wtatennis.com, 16 May 2012)

Handedness

Right (wtatennis.com, 16 May 2012)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She began playing tennis at age seven and started taking it seriously when she was nine. (wtatennis.com, 16 May 2012)

Reason for taking up this sport
"My mother worked at a tennis club and I went with her to the courts. She gave me a racquet and I started to play against the wall. After playing against it a few times a coach asked me if I wanted to play. I said "No, I'm afraid, I don't want to play," but then they took me and I started to play." (azcentral.com, 10 Mar 2009)

Hero
Roger Federer. (wtatennis.com, 16 May 2012)

Awards
In January 2012 she became the first woman from Belarus to reach world number one. (wtatennis.com, 16 May 2012)

General
PRO
She turned professional in 2003. (wtatennis.com, 16 May 2012)

DELAYED RETIREMENT
In 2010 she was seriously contemplating giving up the sport but after a talk with her mother and grandmother she changed her mind. (guardian.co.uk, 29 Jan 2012)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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