Svetlana Kuznetsova

WTA best since 2003 #2

Elo peak23052014-08-13

Grand Slams218 career titles

41 yrs · 174 cm · right-handed, two-handed backhand · 601–322 career · last 2021-06-28

Svetlana Kuznetsova won 2 Grand Slams and 18 tour titles, peaked at 2305 Elo in August 2014, last played 2021-06-28. Career record 601–322.

Elo — overall & by surface

Overall

1456

Hard

1508#741

Clay

1456#1672

Grass

1605#867

No Glicko-2 rating: the model replays a five-year window, and this career ended before it.

Honours · career

Grand Slams2

WTA 10002

Career titles18

Finals reached42

Best WTA rank since 2003#2

1 French Open · 1 US Open Official ranking snapshots begin in 2003, so best rank and weeks at No. 1 are counted from there and any earlier peak is not seen.

Career

Peak Elo2305 2014-08-13

Overall W–L601–322 65%

Hard388–208 65%

Clay155–76 67%

Grass49–30 62%

Record covers 2002 onward — the ratings dataset does not reach the start of this career (2001).

Pressure · career

Finals18–24 43%

Deciding set206–132 61%

Tie-breaks136–103 57%

Deciding-set tie-breaks23–8 74%

After winning set 1503–69 88%

After losing set 1106–252 30%

Vs No. 17–20 26%

Vs Top 530–61 33%

Vs Top 1063–99 39%

Retirements and walkovers are excluded — a deciding set that ended because someone stopped playing is not a deciding set won. Vs Top N uses the opponent’s official ranking that week, so it counts from 2003.

Serve & return · career rates

1st serve in63.1%

Won behind 1st65.0%

Won behind 2nd47.7%

Break points saved55.7%

Break points converted46.0%

Return points won45.2%

Aces per match3.3

Double faults per match2.8

From 744 tour-level matches with point-by-point statistics on file. Rates rather than totals, because the statistics table does not cover every match played.