Svetlana Kuznetsova

Russian born Svetlana Kuznetsova is the fourth ranked player on the WTA Tour. She has appeared in three Grand Slam Finals, and was the winner here at the US Open in 2004. She was also runner-up at the US Open in 2007. Before that was the runner-up in the French Open. She lost both her 2007 finals to the now retired Justine Henin. She has an impressive nine titles on the WTA Tour and has been a runner-up on fifteen occasions, including three runners-up spot’s last year. Her best performance at the Australian Open was her quarter final in 2005 where she lost to Maria Sharapova. She was beaten in the third round last year by Agneiszka Radwanska. She is a player in good form but has tended to fail at the final hurdle. She has to be a good each way bet in the Australian Open Betting.

She can play an all court style but is probably most comfortable on the baseline, where she can employ her very powerful forehand, which many tennis experts say is one of the very best in Ladies tennis. She also has a solid and reliable backhand and is a good server.

The only players currently on the Tour who tend to get the better of her is Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic, by and large she holds her own with any other player in the top sixteen.