On court

• Began playing tennis shortly before turning three years of age
• Favourite surface is hard court, while her forehand is her favourite shot
• Tennis idols include Martina Hingis, Justine Henin and the Bryan brothers
• Cracked the top 150 in singles 2017 and top 50 in doubles in 2015
• Has contested the main draw in doubles at all four Grand Slam events
• Made Fed Cup debut in 2016 against Slovakia
• Upset No.5 seed and defending champion Duan Ying-Ying in the first round of the Jiangxi Open
• Saved seven match points to defeat No.16 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round of Wimbledon 2017

Off court

• Sister Anastasia also plays professional tennis; their father Ivan is a tennis coach while mother Natalia is a homemaker
• Granted Australian citizenship in January 2014
• Owns two dogs named Lora and Garris
• Her favourite cities are Melbourne, Moscow and Lisbon
• When not playing tennis, enjoys horse riding, swimming, listening to music and reading; favourite book is “12 Chairs”, a novel in Russian by Ilya Ilf
• Believes a sense of humour “is the most important thing above all”

Year-end singles ranking history

Titles/Finals

Titles

2016 Perth #2 ITF

2013 Perth ITF

2012 Bendigo ITF

2010 Burnie ITF

2009 Moscow ITF, Bukhara ITF

2006 Moscow ITF

2005 Minsk ITF 

Finals

2016 Port Pirie ITF, Lexington ITF

2014 Karuizawa ITF