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
• Rose to a career-high ranking of No.157 in May 2010; in doubles, achieved a career-best ranking of No.72 in July 2010
• Has contested the main draw in doubles at all four Grand Slam events

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