H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Elena Vesnina vs Svetlana Kuznetsova H2H: 2-1

Elena Vesnina holds a 2–1 lead over Svetlana Kuznetsova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Elena Vesnina leads 2–0 on hard courts, while Svetlana Kuznetsova leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Elena Vesnina won the 2017 Indian Wells Open final 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4.

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Elena Vesnina
RUS Age 40 Right-Handed 176 cm / 5'9"
H2H
2 – 1
3 main draw meetings
Svetlana Kuznetsova
RUS Age 41 Right-Handed 174 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Elena Vesnina #15 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova #8 Match data Mar 19, 2017* F Indian Wells Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Svetlana Kuznetsova #29 6-3 6-1 Elena Vesnina #33 Match data May 3, 2014* SF Oeiras International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Clay
Elena Vesnina #75 6-4 3-6 6-0 Svetlana Kuznetsova #7 Match data Feb 18, 2009* R32 Dubai Tennis Championships Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Elena Vesnina #573 #13 3,320 1,855 263 261 50.2% 0 1 0 1 1 3
Svetlana Kuznetsova #1,203 #2 6,191 2,098 594 323 64.8% 2 2 0 8 6 18

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Elena Vesnina Svetlana Kuznetsova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 2001 2–2 50.0% #266 1,519 0 0
17 2004 0–1 0.0% #259 1,485 0 0 2002 22–9 71.0% #43 1,743 0 2
18 2005 6–6 50.0% #106 1,512 0 0 2003 22–16 57.9% #35 1,819 0 2
19 2006 20–24 45.5% #47 1,617 0 0 2004 57–20 74.0% #5 2,031 1 5
20 2007 17–21 44.7% #54 1,631 0 0 2005 29–17 63.0% #18 1,871 1 5
21 2008 12–19 38.7% #79 1,559 0 0 2006 61–20 75.3% #4 2,043 1 8
22 2009 31–20 60.8% #23 1,769 0 0 2007 51–20 71.8% #2 1,998 1 9
23 2010 22–22 50.0% #52 1,722 0 0 2008 41–21 66.1% #8 1,928 1 9
24 2011 19–21 47.5% #57 1,665 0 0 2009 41–16 71.9% #3 1,988 2 12
25 2012 14–17 45.2% #68 1,697 0 0 2010 26–16 61.9% #27 1,885 2 13
26 2013 30–19 61.2% #25 1,802 0 2 2011 31–19 62.0% #19 1,804 2 13
27 2014 16–17 48.5% #64 1,691 0 2 2012 13–12 52.0% #71 1,776 2 13
28 2015 11–17 39.3% #115 1,611 0 2 2013 29–18 61.7% #21 1,825 2 13
29 2016 28–17 62.2% #16 1,767 0 2 2014 27–18 60.0% #27 1,851 2 14
30 2017 25–25 50.0% #18 1,702 0 3 2015 26–19 57.8% #25 1,843 2 15
31 2018 8–11 42.1% #137 1,685 0 3 2016 46–21 68.7% #9 1,926 2 17
32 — — — — — — — 2017 32–17 65.3% #12 1,829 2 17
33 — — — — — — — 2018 11–13 45.8% #106 1,756 2 18
34 2021 4–4 50.0% #310 1,683 0 3 2019 14–13 51.9% #53 1,787 2 18
35 — — — — — — — 2020 8–7 53.3% #36 1,797 2 18
36 — — — — — — — 2021 5–9 35.7% #109 1,726 2 18

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Elena Vesnina Svetlana Kuznetsova
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
17 2004 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 10 4 14 71.4% 12 5 17 70.6% — — — — — — — —
18 2005 4 3 7 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — 2003 14 10 24 58.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
19 2006 12 14 26 46.2% 4 6 10 40.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2004 40 14 54 74.1% 12 4 16 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
20 2007 11 12 23 47.8% 3 6 9 33.3% 3 2 5 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2005 11 9 20 55.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
21 2008 9 12 21 42.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2006 38 11 49 77.6% 19 6 25 76.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2009 18 12 30 60.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2007 32 14 46 69.6% 14 4 18 77.8% 4 1 5 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
23 2010 16 13 29 55.2% 5 6 11 45.5% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2008 31 16 47 66.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
24 2011 9 14 23 39.1% 9 5 14 64.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2009 23 12 35 65.7% 16 2 18 88.9% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
25 2012 6 10 16 37.5% 5 4 9 55.6% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2010 20 10 30 66.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
26 2013 22 13 35 62.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — 2011 20 13 33 60.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
27 2014 7 9 16 43.8% 7 6 13 53.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2012 9 7 16 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
28 2015 6 11 17 35.3% 5 5 10 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2013 21 14 35 60.0% 8 4 12 66.7% — — — — — — — —
29 2016 11 11 22 50.0% 9 4 13 69.2% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2014 15 12 27 55.6% 12 5 17 70.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
30 2017 20 17 37 54.1% 3 6 9 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2015 15 13 28 53.6% 6 3 9 66.7% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
31 2018 5 7 12 41.7% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — — — — — 2016 34 15 49 69.4% 9 4 13 69.2% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 17 11 28 60.7% 9 4 13 69.2% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 7 5 12 58.3% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
34 2021 1 1 2 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2019 9 6 15 60.0% 5 6 11 45.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 6 4 10 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 5 6 11 45.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
Career — 157 160 317 49.5% 71 73 144 49.3% 33 24 57 57.9% 2 4 6 33.3% — 378 207 585 64.6% 160 79 239 66.9% 49 30 79 62.0% 7 7 14 50.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 450/511 of Elena Vesnina's and 682/882 of Svetlana Kuznetsova's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Elena Vesnina Svetlana Kuznetsova
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2003 9/38 3.8 3.0 58.1% 68.2% 52.0% 64.1% 47.7% 61.2% 45.0%
19 2006 26/44 1.7 5.1 61.8% 59.6% 48.5% 51.3% 46.9% 55.1% 42.8% 2004 15/77 5.6 2.2 56.1% 69.1% 53.6% 46.7% 54.8% 62.1% 46.7%
20 2007 28/38 1.8 4.3 58.7% 62.6% 44.0% 50.2% 48.9% 54.9% 40.8% 2005 21/46 4.6 3.3 54.9% 70.1% 49.9% 57.7% 49.7% 60.7% 48.2%
21 2008 28/31 2.8 5.0 61.2% 59.1% 42.8% 52.2% 49.7% 53.0% 44.3% 2006 66/81 3.6 2.4 60.9% 66.8% 51.5% 58.6% 49.7% 60.7% 45.8%
22 2009 47/51 3.0 4.4 61.7% 64.1% 45.6% 51.2% 46.2% 56.9% 45.6% 2007 68/71 3.9 2.2 64.6% 67.5% 48.9% 60.8% 47.0% 60.9% 44.2%
23 2010 42/44 2.3 3.5 62.8% 64.3% 47.1% 51.9% 44.2% 57.9% 44.1% 2008 55/62 3.7 2.7 59.2% 68.3% 48.2% 49.2% 47.3% 60.0% 46.9%
24 2011 38/40 2.1 4.0 63.5% 60.4% 44.4% 46.8% 48.1% 54.3% 45.6% 2009 53/57 3.8 2.8 61.8% 67.8% 51.2% 57.2% 47.5% 61.4% 45.3%
25 2012 30/31 2.0 3.5 64.9% 62.1% 44.5% 45.7% 50.9% 56.0% 42.3% 2010 38/42 3.6 3.9 60.8% 69.9% 44.6% 54.0% 42.7% 60.0% 44.5%
26 2013 43/49 2.0 3.5 64.0% 64.2% 43.7% 56.0% 51.2% 56.8% 45.8% 2011 49/50 2.3 2.6 64.0% 63.5% 48.3% 50.6% 49.4% 57.8% 47.3%
27 2014 29/33 2.4 4.3 61.2% 59.5% 47.6% 50.9% 48.2% 54.8% 43.1% 2012 22/25 3.6 2.2 62.6% 62.8% 48.5% 44.1% 52.1% 57.5% 46.2%
28 2015 22/28 2.5 4.5 64.1% 63.6% 46.8% 50.6% 46.0% 57.8% 41.1% 2013 45/47 3.6 2.7 60.9% 64.4% 46.6% 48.5% 47.4% 57.4% 44.5%
29 2016 43/45 2.7 3.0 63.9% 62.4% 48.1% 53.2% 47.4% 57.3% 44.9% 2014 42/45 2.9 2.6 62.3% 65.6% 48.6% 51.4% 45.9% 59.0% 45.7%
30 2017 50/50 2.4 4.0 62.4% 63.6% 46.7% 55.5% 48.7% 57.1% 43.3% 2015 30/45 3.0 3.5 65.2% 65.1% 52.8% 49.9% 46.5% 61.0% 41.5%
31 2018 19/19 1.8 3.3 59.8% 62.3% 46.2% 59.4% 42.2% 55.8% 42.2% 2016 48/67 3.5 2.9 64.6% 65.9% 44.5% 52.7% 49.4% 58.1% 45.0%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 49/49 2.9 3.6 66.5% 64.3% 49.0% 55.0% 54.1% 59.1% 46.1%
33 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 17/24 2.1 5.1 68.6% 60.5% 38.3% 56.5% 49.4% 53.4% 41.7%
34 2021 5/8 3.8 2.0 63.9% 65.1% 52.4% 56.3% 51.7% 60.2% 40.4% 2019 27/27 2.3 2.5 67.0% 64.4% 49.4% 55.1% 44.6% 59.0% 43.9%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 14/15 3.1 2.6 66.2% 64.9% 45.0% 54.0% 55.7% 58.0% 43.6%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 14/14 2.4 3.1 62.3% 61.3% 41.9% 56.3% 53.0% 54.0% 41.1%
Career — 450/524 2.3 3.9 62.5% 62.4% 45.9% 52.0% 47.8% 56.2% 43.8% — 682/917 3.4 2.8 62.7% 66.1% 48.4% 53.9% 48.6% 59.4% 45.2%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Elena Vesnina Svetlana Kuznetsova
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1520 107.4 — — — — — — — 50.0% +0.20 1–1 2–2 (50%) — -0.10
17 2004 1485 94.8 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — +0.06 2002 1744 121.2 — — — — -72 -31 — 59.1% +0.33 9–3 (75%) 6–1 (86%) — +0.76
18 2005 1512 111.3 — — — — +18 +11 — 53.6% +0.79 1–3 (25%) 1–5 (17%) — +0.78 2003 1820 144.4 +3.33 +1.48 1.157 53.1% -66 -110 -93 55.4% +0.58 5–2 (71%) 6–7 (46%) — -2.01
19 2006 1617 126.3 -0.84 -1.03 0.952 48.9% -20 -59 -4 45.6% -0.31 10–11 (48%) 6–4 (60%) — -0.40 2004 2031 163.4 +5.05 +2.22 1.230 54.2% -28 -160 -233 68.5% +1.26 16–8 (67%) 13–7 (65%) — -2.09
20 2007 1632 116.4 -0.58 -2.70 0.905 48.1% -18 -83 +38 45.8% -0.52 5–4 (56%) 3–3 (50%) — +0.91 2005 1872 147.9 +4.37 +2.97 1.228 54.4% -43 +83 +24 60.6% +0.94 9–8 (53%) 4–8 (33%) — +0.12
21 2008 1559 120.2 -1.61 -0.27 0.943 48.7% +44 -54 +62 40.0% -0.80 7–6 (54%) 2–5 (29%) — +0.31 2006 2043 167.5 +5.36 +2.70 1.166 53.2% +5 +9 -127 68.0% +1.45 18–5 (78%) 14–6 (70%) — -2.64
22 2009 1769 139.8 +1.52 +2.06 1.060 51.2% -22 -132 -92 56.4% +0.36 13–6 (68%) 7–5 (58%) — -0.62 2007 1999 160.7 +5.24 +2.13 1.130 52.6% -13 +130 -21 67.3% +1.16 14–7 (67%) 9–8 (53%) — +2.11
23 2010 1722 133.3 +1.99 +0.53 1.050 50.9% +24 -115 — 51.5% +0.16 4–9 (31%) 4–4 (50%) — +0.78 2008 1929 163.8 +5.05 +3.51 1.174 53.2% +25 +134 +5 63.3% +0.95 9–8 (53%) 9–4 (69%) — +0.11
24 2011 1666 128.4 -0.70 +1.97 0.998 49.9% -46 +18 — 48.2% +0.06 6–5 (55%) 2–9 (18%) — -0.40 2009 1988 158.7 +5.86 +2.71 1.175 53.2% -19 +185 -126 66.4% +1.18 15–9 (63%) 9–8 (53%) — -1.17
25 2012 1698 129.1 +0.84 +0.09 0.961 49.2% -74 +10 -44 45.3% -0.45 1–3 (25%) 3–1 (75%) — -2.98 2010 1886 147.2 +4.05 +1.31 1.114 52.0% +32 +162 -41 55.9% +0.61 13–9 (59%) 3–6 (33%) — +1.44
26 2013 1803 145.9 +1.77 +2.37 1.059 51.3% -28 -167 -11 56.8% +0.55 12–5 (71%) 5–3 (63%) — -2.82 2011 1805 143.9 +1.84 +3.01 1.121 52.5% +38 +165 +37 59.5% +0.78 9–9 (50%) 5–9 (36%) — +1.49
27 2014 1691 123.1 -1.11 -0.16 0.953 49.1% +9 -36 +78 48.7% -0.21 7–5 (58%) 6–4 (60%) — +0.88 2012 1777 144.7 +1.94 +2.27 1.088 51.9% +43 +160 — 57.1% +0.82 1–4 (20%) 2–5 (29%) — -2.07
28 2015 1612 121.6 -0.23 -1.00 0.974 49.4% +14 +26 — 41.5% -0.49 4–5 (44%) 2–4 (33%) — -1.02 2013 1826 146.2 +2.31 +1.13 1.043 50.8% +7 +96 — 57.8% +0.39 10–5 (67%) 6–1 (86%) — -0.29
29 2016 1768 136.6 +1.65 +2.12 1.053 51.1% -87 -6 +106 58.0% +0.37 8–4 (67%) 6–6 (50%) — -0.78 2014 1851 143.7 +2.93 +2.59 1.115 52.2% -47 +87 — 60.0% +0.75 8–9 (47%) 3–5 (38%) — -1.59
30 2017 1703 142.6 +0.55 +0.53 1.010 50.2% +15 +11 +176 50.0% +0.24 9–6 (60%) 2–8 (20%) — +1.55 2015 1843 140.8 +2.63 +0.95 1.064 51.1% -25 +86 -72 55.6% +0.51 8–7 (53%) 8–3 (73%) — -0.59
31 2018 1686 126.3 -0.27 -0.49 0.954 49.3% +7 -3 — 44.2% -0.49 2–3 (40%) 3–2 (60%) — +0.52 2016 1926 153.4 +2.42 +2.62 1.075 51.4% -2 +50 -129 60.5% +0.77 22–9 (71%) 7–8 (47%) — -0.88
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1830 142.1 +2.55 +2.45 1.128 52.5% -11 +139 +52 62.6% +0.81 9–8 (53%) 12–2 (86%) — +1.99
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1756 126.6 -1.70 -0.48 0.895 47.7% +48 +88 +52 45.6% -0.10 5–4 (56%) 2–3 (40%) — -0.59
34 2021 1683 111.9 +1.14 +0.26 1.014 49.6% — -35 — 40.0% -0.40 1–0 0–1 — +0.15 2019 1788 136.6 +2.21 +1.61 1.071 51.1% +61 -52 — 50.0% -0.08 5–5 (50%) 7–3 (70%) — -0.53
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1797 138.9 +1.05 +0.87 1.039 50.9% +54 -63 — 48.5% +0.15 3–2 (60%) 2–5 (29%) — -0.82
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1726 127.8 -0.59 -0.05 0.894 47.7% +83 — — 41.7% -0.56 3–5 (38%) 0–1 — +0.11
Career — 1856 136.9 +0.46 +0.60 1.000 50.0% -13 -43 +33 49.5% -0.03 90–75 (55%) 52–64 (45%) 102.6 -0.59 — 2099 158.3 +3.47 +2.19 1.112 52.2% -3 +61 -45 60.7% +0.80 192–127 (60%) 129–102 (56%) 102.9 -0.80

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.