Veronika Kudermetova

Veronika Kudermetova

Age: 25 (April 24 1997)

Plays: Right-Handed

Ranking: 9

  • Coached by husband Sergei Demekhine
  • Born in Kazan, Russia, now based in Moscow and trains at CSKA club
  • Father, Eduard, was a Russian national ice hockey champion; teenage sister, Polina, is on the junior circuit
  • She started playing tennis at the age of eight
  • Off the court, has a passion for cooking and her specialty is roasted chicken with potatoes and garlic

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2021 – Charleston.
Finalist (4): 2022 – Melbourne 250, Dubai, Istanbul; 2021 – Abu Dhabi.

DOUBLES
Winner (5): 2022 – Dubai, WTA Finals Fort Worth (both w/Mertens), Rome (w/Pavlyuchenkova); 2021 – Istanbul (w/Mertens); 2019 – Wuhan (w/Duan).
Finalist (7): 2022 – Doha, Miami, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (all w/Mertens); 2021 – Wimbledon (w/Vesnina), Indian Wells (w/Rybakina); 2019 – Charleston (w/Khromacheva), Lugano (w/Voskoboeva).