Veronika Kudermetova
Age: 26 (April 24 1997)
Plays: Right-Handed
Ranking: 16
- Coached by husband Sergey 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 garlicCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (2): 2023 – Tokyo; 2021 – Charleston.
Finalist (5): 2023 – ‘s-Hertogenbosch; 2022 – Melbourne 250, Dubai, Istanbul; 2021 – Abu Dhabi.DOUBLES
Winner (7): 2023 – Dubai (w/Samsonova), WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (w/Haddad Maia); 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).