Anastasia Myskina

**Anastasia Andreyevna Myskina** (Russian: Анастасия Андреевна Мыскина listenⓘ; born 8 July 1981) be a Russian former professional tennis player. Myskina win de 2004 French Open singles title, wey she becam de first Russian woman make she win a major singles title. Secof dis victory, she rise to No. 3 insyd de Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, wey she becam de first Russian woman to reach de top 3 insyd de history of de rankings. Insyd September 2004, she reach a career-high ranking of No. 2.

## Tennis career

### 1999–2001
Na dem born Myskina insyd Moscow wey she turn professional insyd 1998, de year insyd wich na she break into de WTA top 500. She win ein first WTA title insyd Palermo for ein second appearance insyd de main draw of a WTA Tour tournament. She make ein debut insyd a Grand Slam tournament at de US Open den de Fed Cup (she play doubles). Insyd 2000, Myskina score first career top-20 victory over No. 17 Barbara Schett en route to de Sopot semifinal. She debut at Roland Garros (wich she later go win) den Wimbledon. She play insyd de Sydney Olympics wey she reach ein first Tier I quarterfinal insyd Zürich, were na she loose to world No. 1 Martina Hingis. Na Myskina be plagued by injury wey force am make she miss de Australian Open. As a result, she fall out of de top 100. She then get a solid indoor performance, wey she reach de quarterfinals insyd Leipzig den de semifinals insyd Moscow, ein first career Tier I semifinal.

### 2002
Na 2002 be a breakthru season for Myskina. She score ein first top-10 win over defending champion Jelena Dokić insyd Rome, wey she enter to de top 20. Myskina reach back-to-back grass-court finals insyd Birmingham den Eastbourne, wey na she rise to No. 15 insyd de rankings. She win ein first Tier II Brasil Open title insyd Salvador, Bahia, den anoda runner-up finish insyd Leipzig confirm ein spot insyd WTA Tour Championships. She fini de 2002 season insyd de top 15 for de first time insyd ein career.

### 2003

### 2004: French Open champion

### 2005

### 2006

### 2007: Struggles plus injuries, final year
Myskina play two singles matches per, secof she be injured. She loose both of those matches; wey dey include to Meghann Shaughnessy at de French Open, wey na she win one game per.

## Playing style

## Endorsements den apparel
Na Myskina be endorsed by Nike for clothing den apparel, den Head for rackets.

## Ein life matter
Na Myskina date HC Dynamo Moscow hockey player Aleksandr Stepanov.

Myskina get three sons, born insyd 2008, 2010, den 2012.

## Grand Slam tournament finals

### Singles: 1 (title)

## Oda significant finals

### Olympic medal matches

#### Singles: 1 (4th place)

### WTA Tier I tournaments

#### Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

#### Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

## WTA Tour finals

### Singles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner-ups)

### Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

## ITF Circuit finals

### Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

### Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

## Singles performance timeline

## Head-to-head records

### Record against top 10 players
*Myskina ein record against players wey na dem be ranked insyd de top 10. Active players dey insyd boldface.*

### No. 1 wins

### Top 10 wins

* She get a 22–51 record against players wey na, for de time na dem play de match, dem rank insyd de top 10.

## Oda
She appear insyd de first season of ice show contest *Ice Age*.

## Awards den honours

* ITF World Champion: 2004.

; National

*  Sports title "Merited Master of Sports of Russia" (2004).
*  Sports title "Merited Coach of Russia" (2021).
*  Order of Friendship (2009).

## References



## External links

* Anastasia Myskina at the Women's Tennis Association 
* Anastasia Myskina at the International Tennis Federation 
* Anastasia Myskina at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived) 
* Anastasia Myskina at ESPN.com 
* Official Anastasia Myskina Website (Russian)
* Official Anastasia Myskina Website Archived 23 August 2004 at the Wayback Machine (English)