Elena Vesnina Bio


  • Coached by Sergej Vesnin (father) and Boris Konujushkov; travels with father
  • Introduced to tennis by mother Irina at age 7, and began playing at sport school in Sochi (first coach was Jurij Vasiljevich, who also coached Sharapova)
  • Mother is a teacher; brother, Dmitriy, also plays tennis and is a student
  • Admires Hingis
  • Favorite surfaces are clay, hard
  • Other sports interests are soccer, basketball, ice hockey
  • Enjoys reading, shopping, going to movies, listening to music, dancing, going out to the sea with friends, travelling
  • Favorite types of music are rap, pop and R&B; favorite artists are Maroon 5 and 50 Cent
  • Favorite movie is Men In Black; favorite actors are Will Smith, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt
  • Favorite cities are Rome and Sochi, because "they are the two most beautiful and warmest cities in the world".
Biographical information from WTA. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2008.


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