The famous tennis player from Russia Alla Kudryavtseva was born in Moscow, in 1987, on November 3. According to the zodiac sign Scorpio. Her parents are Alexander and Galina Kudryavtsevs. Alla is their eldest daughter. In addition to her, the family has a son Plato. Alexander Kudryavtsev was once one of the best athletes of the USSR, was engaged in Greco-Roman wrestling. In 1980, on the eve of the Olympics in Moscow, he became the world champion in this sport. After the termination of his sports career, he began to engage in coaching. Alla's mom is a chemist by profession. For some time she worked at school as a teacher.
Alla Kudryavtseva: biography, coming to sports
The girl’s childhood was ordinary. Kindergarten, matinees, communication with peers in the sandbox in front of the house, ball games. However, parents immediately felt that she was very sporty: she runs fast, has a strong reaction and great accuracy. And then Alexander decided to take his daughter to the tennis section. Alla Kudryavtseva, resembling several classes, announced to her parents that she did not want to engage in this sport. Since the father respected the desires of his children, he did not insist on his own and left his daughter alone. When Alia was 7 years old, and she went to school, she again wanted to play tennis, and she told her father about it. Soon, a professional racket (for children) was bought for her from a reputable sports store, and the girl began to regularly attend tennis classes.
Training
Her first mentor and teacher in sports was Irina Granaturova. It was she who contributed to the involvement of the girl in the royal sport. The girl, sparing no energy, spent all her free time from school lessons on the site. She loved to watch the game of famous tennis players, cheering for them. As a teenager, she left her coach and entered the Valeri Club, which was led by Leo Salop. Then Christian Zahalka became her coach, and for most of the training, she went to the States, in Miami.
Carier start
In 2004, that is, at the age of 17, Alla Kudryavtseva was able to rise to the level of the Orange Bowl finalist. It was, of course, an excellent result. After that, she was able to declare herself as a professional tennis player and began to speak at international tournaments. She had fans who began to monitor her successes already in the adult field. For 4 years in the list of tennis players around the world, she managed to rise from 847th place in the ranking to 59th. This happened when she fought in Wimbledon with the famous tennis player Venus Williams. At the same time, Alla went to study at the Moscow SCOLIFK. Of course, she could not devote herself entirely to study, because she had to spend a lot of time on the tennis court and train to participate in the next tournament.
Good luck
During her career as a professional tennis player, Alla Kudryavtseva, whose photo is posted in this article, managed to earn about a million dollars in prize money. She managed to win the WTA tournament in singles, and three in doubles. During this time, she decided on her favorite hit - forehand. By the way, her favorite coating is hard. In 2007, at the age of 20, Alla Kudryavtseva, for whom tennis was the most important thing in life, first took part in the main net of the Grand Slam. From this day, she began ups and downs, victories and losses. And a year later, she shocked the entire sports world, defeating Maria Sharapova herself, her famous compatriot, at the Wimbledon tournament .
Failures
A year after her take-off, she could not cope with her other compatriot and rival Dinara Safina at the Austrian open championship and lost to her in the first round. In the same year, Elena Dementieva turned out to be her opponent in Wimbledon , but this time she proved herself not in the best way. A year later, in the same Open Championship of Austria, she again could not reach the finals, but this time she managed to advance a little and be in the second round.
Rise
In 2010, Alla participated in the Australian Open, but did not go further than the second round. After was the Aegon Classic tournament in Birmingham, where Kudryavtseva reached the third round, but lost to her compatriot Maria Sharapova. In the same 2010, Alla was the first to reach the final game of the Guangzhou International Women's Open tournament, but she lost the victory to Yarmila Gaidoshova. And finally, luck smiled at her, and for the first time she was able to become a champion in the open championship in Tashkent. This was her first victory in the WTA tournament. At the moment, the rating of Alla Kudryavtseva has fallen again, and she is on the 140th line of the world rating. By the way, she has good results in the doubles: there she was able to rise to 42nd place.
Alla Kudryavtseva - Naomi Osaka
Fans of the Russian tennis player since the end of spring 2016 began to look forward to the tournament, which was to be held in July in the Canadian city of Montreal. Alla's rival was to become Japanese Naomi Osaka. The prize pool of the first qualifying round was $ 2 168 000. The age difference between the athletes was no less than 10 years: Alle - 28, and Naomi - only 18. Both girls are right-handed. As a result of the meeting, the victory was on the side of the Russian athlete: 3/6, 7/6, 6/4. The game lasted 128 minutes. During this time, Alla Kudryavtseva, who by that time had occupied 165th place in the world ranking, realized 11 innings for relegation and three break points. As for the Japanese athlete, the 65th racket of the world, she had 11 aces, three points and one double.
Interests
Alla Kudryavtseva, in addition to playing tennis, loves to read. Her favorite authors are Dostoevsky, Solzhenitsyn, Akunin. Of course, she does not have much time to indulge in her favorite pastime, however, during long flights to the States, she manages to enjoy books enough. Alla loves pets very much. She has a parrot and a rottweiler, with whom she manages to walk before training. She is a very peaceful, friendly person, although at tournaments she amazes with her temperament, some kind of “sports anger”. They say that it is because of this that she is unable to concentrate and win.
The most memorable match
According to Alla Kudryavtseva, for her the most memorable match was the Australian Open, where she “fought” against Melanie Oden. At first, she lost - 3: 5, and Auden had five matchballs. Alla was able to play them back, then she led 4-1, which made it possible to even the score. Then she went on and won - 6: 4. However, not a victory, but the game process itself was entertaining. In the heat of passion, he was just crazy. From the stands came screams, whistles, clapping. At the end of the match, Melanie behaved perfectly: she very warmly congratulated her opponent and wished her good luck in future games.