Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is a 33-year-old tennis professional with a career-high ranking of World No. 11. The Russian prodigy has won 12 WTA singles titles, including two Premier level tournaments. She holds the record for the longest streak of consecutive Grand Slam appearances, which she tied with Ana Ivanovic. Her best Grand Slam performance includes finishing finalist at the 2021 French Open, where she lost to Barbora Krejcikova. By reaching the final after competing in 52 majors, she broke the record set by Flavia Pennetta.
Pavlyuchenkova has also reached six other Grand Slam quarterfinals - the 2017, 2019, and 2020 Australian Open, the 2016 Wimbledon, and the 2011 US Open. She registered the most top 10 wins in WTA after registering a win against Zheng Qinwen at the 2024 Cincinnati Open. With the win, she reached the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Open, thus creating a history of the longest gap between consecutive quarterfinals. Other notable achievements of Pavlyuchenkova include winning a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with Andrew Rublev in mixed doubles. Her accomplishments continue as she was part of the winning Russian team at the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup.
Who is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s Coach?
Despite her electrifying performance at the 2024 US Open, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova competes without a coach. Earlier, she was coached by his elder brother, Alexander Pavlyuchenkova. He was a former tennis player who won prize money of around $36,302 in his career (October 2024). He achieved a career-high ranking of No. 258 in doubles and No. 704 in singles. The 38-year-old has won one ATP Challenger title in doubles at the 2018 Fergana Challenger with Ivan Gakhov.
Pavlyuchenkova's brother started training her in 2020, thus providing deep insights into the game. During the interview after her loss to Naomi Osaka at the 2021 Australian Open, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova said she always wanted to work with her brother. She added that her brother wanted to restart his career, and she loves how her brother approaches and plays tennis. Pavlyuchenkova said it's easy to work with her brother, and she wants to learn her brother's huge serve.
Despite severe setbacks, previous coaches working with her brother helped Pavlyuchenkova bring her best game to the court. Before her brother, Pavlyuchenkova was coached by former French tennis professional Sam Samyuk until late March 2020. However, the duo parted ways after six months. According to Pavlyuchenkova's interview with Kommersant, working with Samyuk created an uneasy atmosphere within the team, thus impacting her openness and comfort.
She later suffered a hip injury while playing in Melbourne and partly blamed Samyuk and his physio for it. She shared in an interview that she never suffered any injury except the one in her shoulder. Samyuk has also worked with Donna Vekic, Victoria Azarenka, Eugenie Bouchard, Garbine Muguruza, and Vera Zvonareva. Adam Lownsbrough from Great Britain has also coached Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. With the help of Lownsbrough, Pavlyuchenkova has won the Monterrey Open and Linz Open titles.
FAQs on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's Coach
A. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's best tennis memories include playing the 2006 Australian Open in juniors and winning the first WTA title.
A. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova prefers to play forehand shots down the line.
A. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was introduced to tennis at the age of six by her family members.
A. As of October 2024, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is 33 years old and was born in Samara, Russia, on July 3, 1991.
A. Marina Pavlyuchenkova is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's mother, who was a professional swimmer.
