Veronika Kudermetova

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 garlic

    Career 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).