Name	Elena Vesnina
Height	5 ft 9 in
Naionality	Russian
Date of Birth	1-August-1986
Place of Birth	Lviv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Famous for	Tennis Player

Elena Vesnina is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on 12 October 2009. She is coached by former ATP tour player Andrei Chesnokov. In October 2002, aged sixteen years and two months, she gained direct entry into the qualifying draw for her first $10,000 tournament at Giza, Egypt, and succeeded in qualifying for the main draw before losing a close three-set match.

The very next week, once again qualifying at Al-Mansoura to enter the main draw, where she won two further matches in straight sets, beating Hana Sromova of the Czech Republic in Round Two, to reach her first ever $10,000 quarter-final in just her second event played. However, she defaulted her quarter-final tie to her opponent. Elena began her year at the 2011 ASB Classic where she was seeded 7th. In her first match of the year she easily outclassed Marina Erakovic 6–2 6–2. However in the next round Vesnina faced Simona Halep, she started well leading 6–2, 4–1 however she then lost the second set and retired at 6–2, 4–6, 0–4 due to dizziness. Elena then went to 2011 Moorilla Hobart International where she defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–1 in the first round. She then lost to top seed Marion Bartoli 6–4, 6–1. At the 2012 Family Circle Cup, Vesnina won her first round match. In her second round match she lost to Serena Williams and was unable to defend her runner-up points from the previous year. She reached the doubles finals of the Dubai Open and Indian Wells with Sania Mirza. At the Australian Open, the pair reached the semi-finals. She then paired with Ekaterina Makarova in Madrid and in Rome, and reached the finals in both tournaments. The pair was defeated in the quarter-finals of the French Open.

At Wimbledon and the London Olympics, she continued pairing with Ekaterina Makarova in doubles, and the pair was defeated in the quarter-finals in both tournaments. And at the US Open, they were defeated in the third round. In Beijing, the pair was victorious in the final against Sania Mirza and Nuria Vives. At the start of 2013, Vesnina claimed her first WTA Tour title by defeating defending champion Mona Barthel in the final of the Moorilla Hobart International. At the Australian Open, Vesnina reached the fourth round, saving a match point against 16th seed Roberta Vinci in the third round en route. She was eventually defeated by the defending and eventual champion, Victoria Azarenka, 1–6, 1–6.