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Nadia Petrova

Nadia Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player. Overall, she has won 26 WTA Titles, nine in singles and seventeen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005 and in doubles, won the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in 2004 with Meghann Shaughnessy. Petrova is ranked World No 13 in singles and No 14 in doubles on August 24, 2009.

Petrova was born in Moscow. Her parents were both very athletic – her father Viktor was a leading hammer thrower, while her mother Nadezhda Ilyina won a bronze medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the 400 meter relay. Petrova started the year playing at the 2009 Medibank International Sydney where she was seeded seventh. She lost in the first round to Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-4.

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