Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova cruised past American Meghann Shaughnessy in the second round of the Family Circle Cup.
Svetlana Kuznetsova thrashed defending champion and fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win the women's title 6-2, 6-1.
Maria Sharapova battled to a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 victory over in-form Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach the second round of the Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday.
French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova's poor form continued on Monday when she was knocked out of the Italian Open 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 by Russian compatriot Maria Kirilenko.
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova raced to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Australian Daria Gavrilova to defend her Kremlin Cup title in Moscow on Saturday and secure a place at the season-ending WTA Finals.
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova was the first player to reach the semi-finals in Warsaw on Friday when she defeated eighth seed Silvia Farina Elia 6-3, 6-4.
Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova was bundled out of the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Saturday, piling up unforced errors in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 loss to Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro in the second round. Twice champion and former world number one Kim Clijsters of Belgium had a much easier time on a sunny afternoon in the California desert, cruising into the third round with a 6-2, 6-1 demolition of Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.
Russian seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova struggled past Australian 30th seed Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 to book her place in the French Open final on Thursday. Kuznetsova will take on compatriot Dinara Safina, the world number one, in an all Russian final on Saturday.
Svetlana Kuznetsova opened the defence of her Sydney International title with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu on Sunday as the Australian Open warm-up event suffered a pair of big-name withdrawals.
It was the eighth seed's first trophy since she won in Moscow in October while Kuznetsova suffered her second defeat in the final here, having also lost to Justine Henin in 2004.
Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Francesca Schiavone 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 to give Russia their third Fed Cup title.
Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova blamed politics for the decision to ban her country's track and field athletes from the Rio Olympics and said it was unfair to group them all together as doping cheats.
Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame a bout of mid-match nerves to grind down Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 and clinch the San Diego Open on Sunday.
Top seed Justine Henin of Belgium battled past two-times champion Venus Williams while fourth Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova beat compatriot Anna Chakvetadze in the semi-finals.
Former champions Martina Hingis and Svetlana Kuznetsova took different paths to the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday.
Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova won the New Haven Open when Hungarian qualifier Agnes Szavay retired with a back injury in the final.
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Francesca Schiavone at the Dubai championships on Thursday to avenge her epic Australian Open defeat in the longest Grand Slam women's singles match of the professional era.
Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki in the second round of the Eastbourne International on Wednesday.
The second seed beat Yuliana Fedak of the Ukraine at the Italian Open.
Top seed Jelena Jankovic was bundled out of the Pan Pacific Open in a 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 defeat by Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in Friday's quarter-finals. The defeat ended the Serb's hopes of recapturing the world number one ranking from Serena Williams this week following her recent loss to the American in US Open final.
Svetlana Kuznetsova had been steamrolled in the second set and was a break down in the decider of her WTA Finals opener against defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska on Monday. So what did the Russian do to turn the match around?
Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame a dogged Shinobu Asagoe 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 on Sunday.
Jelena Jankovic continued her impressive preparation for the French Open when she beat world number three Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5 6-1 in the final of the Italian Open on Sunday.
Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova stunned world number one Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3 to win the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Sunday. Kuznetsova, the world number nine, was more consistent than fellow Russian Safina, holding her serve throughout to clinch her first tournament of the year after an hour and 19 minutes.
The U.S. Open champion beat Germany's Marlene Weingartner 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Wismilak International.
The Russians will clash in the semi-finals of the China Open.
Svetlana Kuznetsova powered to her first Grand Slam title by beating fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the U.S. Open.
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova avenged a shock defeat by China's Li Na at the Beijing Olympics in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open on Wednesday. The former US Open champion, toppled by Li at the first hurdle in Beijing last month, won 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 to reach the last 16 in Tokyo.
World number one Justine Henin set up a dream final against second-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova after beating Ana Ivanovic at the Sydney International on Thursday.
The second-seeded Russian beat Daniela Hantuchova 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 to win the Eastbourne International.
Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova reached her first Kremlin Cup semi-final in convincing fashion by crushing fellow Russian Vera Dushevina 6-2 6-2 on Friday.
The Belgian raced to victory in one hour, 22 minutes to become the first woman to win the title without losing a set since Serena Williams in 2002.
She upset third-seeded Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday.
She set up a showdown against Serbian 12th seed Ana Ivanovic later in the day.
Top seed Justine Henin rallied from a set down to beat Jelena Jankovic and reach the final of the Qatar Open.
Kuznetsova won the battle of Russians to secure her first WTA trophy since triumphing in Bali in September 2004.
Russian seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova held off a bold challenge by Serena Willams to beat the American world number two 7-6, 5-7, 7-5 and reach the French Open semi-finals on Wednesday. The 2006 Roland Garros runner-up will face Australian Samantha Stosur, seeded 30th, for a place in Saturday's final.
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