Anna Chakvetadze

Chakvetadze then played five tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. At the Tier III Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati, Chakvetadze was the top seed and won the title, defeating Akiko Morigami in the final. She won her second consecutive tournament the following week at the Bank of the West Classic in Palo Alto, the first tournament of the US Open Series. She defeated Sania Mirza in the final. That was her ninth consecutive match victory and resulted in her ranking rising to world No. 6. At the Acura Classic tournament in San Diego, her 12-match winning streak ended when she lost in the semifinals to top-seeded Sharapova for the third time this year 3–6, 2–6 after Chakvetadze had defeated reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the quarterfinals 6–7, 7–6, 6–2. Two weeks later at the Tier I Rogers Cup in Toronto, Chakvetadze retired from her second round match after losing the first set to Virginie Razzano. At the US Open, she was the sixth seed and reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets. This result caused her ranking to rise to a career high of world No. 5.

Chakvetadze kicked off her clay-court season at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. She was defeated in the first round by Flavia Pennetta. In Italy at the Italian Open, Chakvetadze lost a close three-setter in the third round to fourth seed Venus Williams. Competing at the first edition of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, she defeated Virginia Ruano-Pascual in the first round. She then beat Sam Stosur in the second round, coming back from 1–4 down in the third set. Chakvetadze fell to Alona Bondarenko in the third round. Chakvetadze, who was seeded twenty-sixth at the French Open, suffered a first-round loss to lucky loser Mariana Duque Mariño in three sets, thus continuing her disastrous run.

At the PTT Pattaya Open, Chakvetadze was defeated in her quarterfinal match by eventual finalist Tamarine Tanasugarn. In March, Chakvetadze competed at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, where she retired with an ankle injury in the second round whilst trailing at 6–2, 5–3 to fifth seed Agnieszka Radwańska. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Chakvetadze had a first-round loss to Kimiko Date-Krumm.

In Dubai at the Dubai Tennis Championships, Chakvetadze defeated Daniela Hantuchová in the first round. In the second round, she faced top seed Caroline Wozniacki. She lost the first set 1–6; she was 5–3 up in the second set when she suddenly collapsed. It was later confirmed that Chakvetadze collapsed due to a GI illness that she had been suffering from since before the tournament. As a result, she did not play the Qatar Ladies Open. At the BNP Paribas Open, Chakvetadze retired during her second-round match against twenty-fourth seed Maria Kirilenko due to dizziness. She then missed the Sony Ericsson Open due to illness.

Chakvetadze announced her retirement from professional tennis on September 11, 2013 due to ongoing back problems. Since retiring, Anna has been a tennis commentator for Eurosport.

Chakvetadze started the year by winning the Tier IV Moorilla Hobart International in Australia, her third WTA tournament title. She defeated fellow Russian Vasilisa Bardina in the final. At the Australian Open, where she was seeded 12th, she defeated eighth-seeded Patty Schnyder in the fourth round before losing in the quarterfinals to top-seeded Maria Sharapova.

In December 2011, Anna stood for election in the Russian State Duma with the Right Cause party, but they were not elected.

Chakvetadze won her second title of the year and first grass court title in 's-Hertogenbosch, with wins over Daniela Hantuchová and Janković. At Wimbledon, however, she was defeated in the third round by 31st-seeded Michaëlla Krajicek in three sets.

Chakvetadze ended 2010 ranked 56. She won one singles title and reached two doubles finals.

Chakvetadze began the 2009 season at the Moorilla Hobart International. Seeded third, she was defeated in the first round by Carla Suárez Navarro. Seeded seventeenth at the Australian Open, Chakvetadze lost in the second round to Australian wildcard Jelena Dokić.

Chakvetadze began her 2009 US Open Series campaign at the Bank of the West Classic where she was unseeded. She was defeated in the first round by Maria Kirilenko in three sets. The following week, at the LA Women's Tennis Championships, Chakvetadze won her first two matches, against eleventh seed Virginie Razzano and Alisa Kleybanova, but then lost convincingly to eighth seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the third round. Having won the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in 2007, Chakvetadze went into the 2009 tournament unseeded; she was defeated in the second round by ninth seed Victoria Azarenka. At the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Chakvetadze lost in the first round to Sybille Bammer, after leading 6–3, 4–1. Her final tournament before the US Open was the Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, where she was the last year finalist. She reached her first quarter-final of the year, defeating Nadia Petrova and Sybille Bammer all in three sets. She then lost in her quarterfinal match to her good friend Elena Vesnina. Chakvetadze entered the US Open as an unseeded player for the first time since 2005. She defeated Yurika Sema in the first round but then fell in the second round to seventh seed Vera Zvonareva.

On 10 September 2007, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 5. She won eight WTA singles titles including 2006 Kremlin Cup and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. She announced her retirement on 11 September 2013, due to a persisting back injury. She is currently a commentator on Eurosport channel.

Chakvetadze began playing tennis at the age of eight after being introduced to the sport by her mother. She hit her peak of world No. 5 in 2007 after a semifinal appearance at the 2007 US Open. Also in that year, she reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the French Open, both of which were career bests for those events. Four of her eight career singles titles also occurred in 2007.

Chakvetadze was the defending champion at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, but lost her second round match to Dinara Safina. She became the sixth player in 2007 to qualify for the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships. She reached the semifinals of that tournament by winning two of her three round-robin matches, defeating Serena Williams and Janković before losing to Henin. She then lost her semifinal match against Sharapova.

On 18 December 2007, Chakvetadze's home was robbed. She was tied by six invaders who also beat her father, Djambuli. The six men left with over $306,000 worth of goods and cash. Chakvetadze was the target of the robbery, as the men demanded a Rolex watch she had recently won in an exhibition and told her as they left, "Keep playing. We'll come again." Seven suspects were arrested three months later.

On 25 September 2006, Chakvetadze won her first WTA singles tournament at the Tier III event in Guangzhou, defeating Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues in the final. Two weeks later, she won her second WTA tournament at the Tier I Kremlin Cup in Moscow even though she was unseeded, beating Elena Dementieva and Nadia Petrova en route to the title. These wins helped boost her ranking to world No. 16.

At the 2004 US Open, Chakvetadze won three qualifying matchers to reach the main draw of her first Grand Slam singles tournament. In the second round, she defeated world No. 3 Anastasia Myskina before losing in the third round to Eleni Daniilidou. With this result, she became tied for the second fastest player to defeat a world top ten in WTA history, tying Serena Williams. She broke into the top 100 in the WTA rankings on September 13, reaching world No. 91. She reached the top 50 on 6 June 2005, coming in at world No. 44.

In 2003, she made it to the final of the Junior Championships at Wimbledon before falling to Kirsten Flipkens in three sets. The same year, she won the International Bavarian Junior Challenge, defeating Marta Domachowska in two sets. Her record as a junior was 67–19 in singles, and 22–14 in doubles; her highest world ranking was No. 22, achieved in December 2003.

Chakvetadze debuted on the ITF Women's Circuit in November 2001, losing in the first round in Minsk. In July 2002, she won her first ITF doubles title in Istanbul, teaming with fellow Russian Irina Kotkina.

Anna Djambuliovna Chakvetadze (Russian: Анна Джамбулиевна Чакветадзе ; Georgian: ანა ჯამბულის ასული ჩაკვეტაძე ; born 5 March 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was born to a Georgian father and a Russian mother.