Nadia Petrova

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Nadia Petrova
Petrova 2009 US Open 01.jpg
Country  Russia
Residence Miami, USA
Date of birth June 8, 1982 (1982-06-08) (age 30)
Place of birth Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 65 kg (140 lb; 10.2 st)
Turned pro September 6, 1999
Plays Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money $8,447,236
Singles
Career record: 430–230
Career titles: 9 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 3 (May 15, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open QF (2006, 2010)
French Open SF (2003, 2005)
Wimbledon QF (2005, 2008)
US Open QF (2004, 2005)
Major tournaments
WTA Championships RR (2005, 2006, 2008)
Masters {{{WheelchairTennisMastersresult}}}
Olympic Games 2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record: 240–112
Career titles: 19 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 3 (March 21, 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (2003)
French Open SF (2005)
Wimbledon QF (2004, 2005, 2007)
US Open SF (2002)
Major doubles tournaments
WTA Championships W (2004)
Masters {{{WheelchairTennisMastersDoublesresult}}}

Infobox last updated on: October 26, 2009.

Nadezhda "Nadia" Petrova (Russian: Надежда Викторовна Петрова, Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova; born June 8, 1982 in Moscow, Soviet Union, is a Russian professional tennis player.

She has won 27 WTA Titles, nine in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006. She has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005. In doubles, she won the Sony Ericsson Championships in 2004 with Meghann Shaughnessy. As of 29 August 2011, Petrova was ranked World No. 30 in singles and World No. 9 in doubles.

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