Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak (russian: Ксения Юрьевна Первак; born 27 May 1991) is a retired tennis player from Russia.
Pervak won one singles title on the
WTA Tour
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, as well as nine singles and three doubles titles on the
ITF Circuit. On 19 September 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37. On 30 January 2012, she peaked at No. 123 in the doubles rankings.
Pervak won the
2009 Australian Open girls' singles title, defeating
Laura Robson
Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached t ...
in straight sets in the final.
In November 2015, she announced her retirement from professional tennis due to chronic injuries.
However, she did return to tennis briefly, playing four tournaments between September 2016 and January 2017. Her last match was a loss in the first qualifying round of the
Australian Open
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.
Career
2009
Pervak made it to the second round of the
Pattaya Open where she lost to second seed
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 71 weeks, including at the end of 2010 and 2011. She achieved the top ranking for the first time on 11 ...
in three sets. She then won three qualifying matches to advance to the main draw in
's-Hertogenbosch
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where she defeated Czech
Petra Cetkovská
Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech tennis player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players Mar ...
in the first round. Pervak also won the Australian Open junior tournament in that year, defeating
Laura Robson
Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached t ...
in the final.
2010
In early February, Pervak lost in the first round of the
Pattaya Open to then world No. 14,
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at ...
. Pervak then reached the
Malaysian Open main draw but lost to
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn ( th, นพวรรณ เลิศชีวกานต์; born 18 November 1991) is a former professional Thai tennis player. At 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she won the junior singles title. She reached car ...
, in the first round. At the
French Open
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, she reached the main draw where she lost to
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова, p=mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə, a=Maria_sharapova.ogg; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 ...
in the first round. At the
Slovenia Open, Pervak reached her first WTA Tour semifinal against
Johanna Larsson
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but she had to retire due to a wrist injury.
At the
Guangzhou International Open, she defeated the No. 2 seed
Chan Yung-jan
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in the first round, and reached the quarterfinals by defeating Russian compatriot
Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player.
On 30 July 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71. On 18 ...
, winning 24 of 27 points in the final set.
2011
Pervak kicked off her 2011 season in Brisbane, Australia, where she was seeded seventh for the qualifying draw of the
Brisbane International
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. She defeated
Jessica Moore and
Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player.
On 30 July 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71. On 18 ...
but was defeated by
Anastasia Pivovarova
Anastasia Olegovna Pivovarova (russian: Анастасия Олеговна Пивоварова, born 16 June 1990) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached a career-high ranking of 93, in May 2011.
During a successful j ...
in the third qualifying round. She gained entry into the main draw as a lucky loser and defeated
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambuliovna Chakvetadze ( ; born 5 March 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player.
In her career, Chakvetadze won eight WTA Tour singles titles, the biggest being the 2006 Kremlin Cup. She booked her highest singles ranking o ...
in the first round, before losing in the second to
Petra Kvitová
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.
Pervak played in the first round of the main draw of the
Australian Open
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for the first time in her career, but lost to 13th seed and fellow Russian
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova (russian: Надежда Викторовна Петрова ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ...
.
Pervak made the semifinals of the $100k event in Midland, losing to eventual champion
Lucie Hradecká
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.
She made two consecutive quarterfinals of WTA Tour events in
Memphis
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and
Monterrey
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, losing to Hradecká and
Gisela Dulko
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, respectively.
Pervak lost in qualifying at the
Indian Wells Open to
Jamie Hampton
Jamie Lee Hampton (born January 8, 1990) is a former American professional tennis player. In July 2013, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 24.
Early life
Hampton was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, because her father, a career ...
. However, she qualified for the
Miami Open, defeating
Zuzana Kučová
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She won eight singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 June 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 101. In December 2009, she ...
and
Junri Namigata
is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 105, which she reached in February 2011. Her career-high doubles ranking is 101, achieved May 2015.
Early life and amateur career
Namigata was born in Koshigaya ...
.
She lost in the fourth round of Wimbledon to
Tamira Paszek
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Paszek has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She realized her greatest success so far ...
, in three sets.
2013
Pervak began her 2013 season at the
Brisbane International
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. Coming through qualifying, she upset eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first round.
Her win over Wozniacki was her first victory over a top-ten player.
WTA career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Doubles: 1 (runner–up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (9–8)
Doubles: 4 (3–1)
Grand Slam tournament performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Tennis players from Chelyabinsk
Russian female tennis players
Kazakhstani female tennis players
Kazakhstani people of Russian descent
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
Naturalised citizens of Kazakhstan
Naturalised tennis players