Background
Father is from Georgia and mother is from Ukraine.
On December 18, 2007, Chakvetadze's home was burgled. Chakvetadze was tied by
six invaders who also beat her father, Djambuli. The six men left with over
U.S.$306,000 worth of goods and cash. Seven suspects were arrested three months
later.
Chakvetadze at the 2009 Rome Masters Chakvetadze was seeded 17th at the Australian Open where she lost in the second
round to Jelena Dokić 6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3. She also lost the opening round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships to Ayumi Morita.
At the Rome Masters, Chakvetadze lost a close three setter to Venus Williams in
the third round. At the Madrid Masters, she defeated Virginia Ruano-Pascual in
the first round. She then defeated Samantha Stosur in the second round, coming
back from 4–1 down in the third set. She fell to Alona Bondarenko in the third
round. Chakvetadze, who was seeded 26th at the French Open, suffered a
first-round loss to Mariana Duque Marino in three sets 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, thus
continuing her disastrous run.
In the grass court season, Chakvetadze was able to raise her game in the first
round in Eastbourne, where she defeated a third seeded Jelena Janković 6–7(5),
6–3, 6–2. She lost to Marion Bartoli in the second round.
Chakvetadze was seeded 32nd at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. She lost to
Sabine Lisicki in the first round 4–6, 7–6, 6–2, meaning she was out of the top
50 for the first time in quite a while.
Chakvetadze began her 2009 US Open Series campaign at the Bank of the West
Classic in Stanford, where she was unseeded. She was defeated in the first
round by Maria Kirilenko 4–6, 7–5, 6–7. The following week, at the LA Women's
Tennis Championships, she won her first two matches, against Virginie Razzano
and Alisa Kleybanova, but then lost convincingly to Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3,
6–2 in the third round.
Having won the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in
Cincinnati in 2007, Chakvetadze went into the 2009 tournament unseeded, and
suffered another early round loss to 9th seed Victoria Azarenka in straight
sets.
At the Rogers Cup in Toronto she lost again in the first round, to Sybille
Bammer 3–6 6–4 6–1, after leading 6–3 4–1. Her next tournament was the Pilot
Pen Tennis tournament, in New Haven, where she had been a finalist in 2008. She
reached her first quarter-final of the year, defeating Nadia Petrova and
Sybille Bammer all in three sets. She then lost to her good friend Elena
Vesnina 6–1 7–5.
Chakvetadze entered the US Open as an unseeded player for the first time since
2005. She defeated Yurika Sema 4–6 6–1 6–2, but then fell in the second round
to compatriot Vera Zvonareva 3–6 6–1 6–1.
At her home tournament in Moscow Kremlin Cup she again lost in the first round,
to Alona Bondarenko 6–4 6–3.
She ended 2009 at number 69, her lowest in 5 years.
2010
Chakvetadze started the year with a first round loss at the ASB Classic in
Auckland to wildcard Kimiko Date-Krumm, 6–1, 6–2. At the Australian Open, she
was defeated in the first round by 12th-seed Flavia Pennetta, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. At
the PTT Pattaya Open, Chakvetadze lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the
quarterfinals.
In March, Chakvetadze competed at the 2010 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 Agnieszka Radwańska. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami,
Chakvetadze had a first round loss to Kimiko Date-Krumm 7–5, 3–6, 6–4. Her next
tournament was Polsat Warsaw Open where she fell in the qualifying round to
Bojana Jovanovski 7–5 7–6(4). At the 2010 French Open, she was two points away
from winning the match in straight sets, before losing in the first round to
Angelique Kerber 5–7 7–6 6–4.
During the grass court season, in the 2010 AEGON Classic she advanced to the
third round, where she lost 4–6 7–5 6–1 to qualifier Alison Riske. At the AEGON
International, Chakvetadze reached the second round of qualifying, where she
lost 7–5 4–6 6–2 to Jarmila Groth of Australia. In the first round of
Wimbledon, Chakvetadze defeated faced defending champion Serena Williams in the
second round and lost 6–0 6–1.
In the GDF SUEZ Grand Prix, Chakvetadze fell to second seed Alexandra Dulgheru
7–6(5) 1–6 6–2 and at the 2010 ECM Prague Open she fell to Ksenia Pervak in the
first round.
At the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portoroz, Chakvetadze defeated Johanna
Larsson 6–1, 6–2 in her first final in two years and to win her eighth WTA Tour
title. In the Portoroz doubles final, Chakvetadze and Marina Erakovic, lost to
Kondratieva-Uhlířová after the super tie-break – 6–4, 2–6 and 10–7.
Chakvetadze then entered the e-Boks Danish Open in Copenhagen. She lost in the
semi-final 6–1, 2–6, 6–4 to top seed Caroline Wozniacki.
Next, Chakvetadze entered the EmblemHealth Open in Bronx to prepare for the US
Open. She defeated Sofia Arvidsson 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 in the final to win the second
title of the year. At the US Open suffered a loss to Urszula Radwańska.
Chakvetadze ended 2010 ranked 56. She won one singles title and reached two
doubles finals.
At her home tournament in Moscow Kremlin Cup she again lost in the first round, to Alona Bondarenko 62, 61 down in the third set. She fell to Alona Bondarenko in the third
round. Chakvetadze, who was seeded 26th at the French Open, suffered a
first-round loss to Mariana Duque Marino in three sets 6.
