Hong Kong
News
5th January 2009
 Anna
and all of the players in the Hong Kong draw took part in a
press conference.
Click here to see all of
the photos.
On Wednesday, Anna will take part in the opening ceremony and
she will play her 1st match for Team Russia against Sania Mirza.
Team Russia will play Team Asia in the semis and the winners of
the 3 match tie will play in the final on Friday and Saturday.
Remember to keep coming back to the site for all of the latest
Hong Kong news. |
Anna to
play Hong Kong
30th December 2008
 Anna
will begin 2009 by playing the World Team Challenge in Hong
Kong which is from January 7-10 after Maria Sharapova pulled
out. The tournament will feature four teams representing
Europe, Russia, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.
Each team will consist of three players competing in singles and
doubles. The other members on the Russian team are Vera
Zvonareva and Alexandra Panova. Other players confirmed are
Jelena Jankovic, Venus Williams and Sania Mirza.
The teams will be placed into a semi-final draw with each tie
consisting of singles and doubles rubbers. The two teams with
the most overall wins will proceed to the final and the losers
to the wooden spoon match. |
Anna
finishes the year #18
9th November 2008
 As
the final event of 2008 concluded in Doha on Sunday, Anna will
finish the year at #18 with 1363 points. This is the 3rd
consecutive year that Anna has finished the year inside the top
20. Last year was Anna's peak when she ended the year at
#6.
This year may have not been as good as last year but Anna did
win Paris and reach the final in New Haven and the semis
in Rome. |
2008 over
for Anna
22nd October 2008
Anna's 2008 campaign is over as she is out of her last
tournament. Anna lost 2-6 4-6 to unseeded Iveta Benesova
of the Czech Republic in the 2nd round in Luxembourg. |
Anna passes
Luxembourg test
20th October 2008
 Anna is through to the 2nd round in Luxembourg after she
defeated Mathilde
Johansson of France in the 1st round. Anna won 6-4 7-6 in
1 hour and 33 minutes.
In the 2nd round Anna will play either Iveta Benesova of the
Czech Republic. Anna has played Benesova 4 times before
and leads the series 4-0, the last meeting was on hardcourts in
Beijing last month which Anna won in straight sets. |
Luxembourg draw
released
18th October 2008
 The
draw for the Fortis Championships in Luxembourg has been
released and Anna is the #2 seed and will play Mathilde
Johansson of France in the 1st round. They have never
played before. The 1st seed Anna can meet is #6 seed Na Li
of China in the quarters.
Click here for the full draw
Luxembourg is Anna's last event of 2008 and she has played here
twice before and her best result was reaching the quarters last
year. |
Anna out
of Zurich
14th October 2008
 Anna
suffered another 1st round loss today in Zurich. Anna lost
to qualifier Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-3 3-6 2-6 in 2 hours
and 16 minutes.
Anna's next tournament will be Luxembourg beginning next month.
This will be Anna's last tournament of 2008. |
Anna to
play Niculescu on Tuesday
13th October 2008
 Anna
will open her 2008 Zurich campaign on Tuesday against Monica
Niculescu of Romania. Anna has never played Niculescu
before.
The match is the 2nd match on Centre Court and the schedule of
play begins at 14.00 Zurich time. |
Zurich draw
released
11th October 2008
 The
draw for the
Tennis.com Zurich Open in Zurich, Switzerland has been released
and Anna is the #7 seed and will play a qualifier in the 1st
round. If Anna can get through that match she will play
either Amelie Mauresmo of France or Victoria Azarenka of
Belarus. The 1st seed Anna can meet is #4 seed Vera
Zvonareva of Russia in the quarters.
Click here for the full draw
Anna didn't play Zurich last year and has played here once
before when she lost in the 1st round in 2005. |
Anna out
of Moscow
8th October 2008
 Anna is out of Moscow in the 1st round after she lost 6-2 1-6
4-6 to Caroline Wozniacki.
Since reaching the final in New
Haven, Anna has only won 1 match in 4 tournaments. Anna
has 2 more tournaments left this year and she will play in
Zurich which begins on Monday. |
Moscow draw
released
4th October 2008
 The
draw for the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia has been released and
Anna is the #8 seed and will play Caroline Wozniacki of Demark in the
1st round. They have played once before in the final in
New Haven in August which Wozniacki won in 3 sets. The 1st
seeded player Anna can meet is #3 seed Elena Dementieva of
Russia in the quarters.
Click here
for the full draw.
Anna has played Moscow 5 times before and her best result was
winning here 2 years ago. Last year Anna lost in the 2nd
round. This is Anna's 1st event of the European indoor
season and Moscow is the biggest event. |
Anna
out of Beijing
25th September 2008
 Anna
is out of Beijing after she lost 2-6 3-6 to Dominika Cibulkova
of Slovakia in the 2nd round.
Anna will now take one week off and her next tournament will be
her home tournament of Moscow which begins on October 6th.
Anna won there in 2006. |
Anna
into Beijing 2nd round
23rd September 2008
 Anna
defeated Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-4 7-5 to
stop her losing streak of 4 matches today in Beijing to reach
the 2nd round.
In the 2nd round to be played on Thursday, Anna will play Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia,
they have played once before in Amelia Island earlier this year
on clay and Cibulkova won in 3 sets. |
Anna
to face Benesova in Beijing
22nd September 2008
 Following
Dinara Safina's withdrawal, Anna's original opponent Caroline
Wozniacki was promoted to seeded status so Anna was place with a
qualifier.
Anna will play Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic on Tuesday.
Anna has played Benesova 3 times before and leads the series
3-0. This match is the 4th match on Stadium Court and the
schedule of play begins at 11.00 local time. |
Beijing draw
released
20th September 2008
 The
draw for the China Open in Beijing has been released and Anna is
the #8 seed and will play Caroline Wozniacki of Demark in the
1st round. They have played once before in the final in
New Haven in August which Wozniacki won in 3 sets. The 1st
seeded player Anna can meet is #4 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of
Russia in the quarters.
Click here for the full draw
Anna didn't play here last year and her only appearance here was
in 2006 when she lost in the 1st round. Beijing is a tier
2 played on hardcourts.
Hopefully Anna can find some form here as she is currently on a
3 match losing streak since losing the final in New Haven. |
Anna out of
Tokyo
16th September 2008
Anna is out of Tokyo in the 1st round after she lost 4-6 6-3 3-6
to qualifier Kaia Kanepi of Estonia. |
Tokyo
update
15th September 2008
 The
qualifiers have been placed and Anna will play Kaia Kanepi of
Estonia in the 1st round in Tokyo on Tuesday. They have
played 3 times before and Kanepi leads the series 2-1 (the first
2 meetings were challengers in 2004 and the last meeting was at
Roland Garros this year which Kanepi won in straight sets).
This match is the 3rd match on Centre Court and the schedule
begins at 11.00 local time.
Anna is also in the doubles draw with Agnieszka
Radwanska of Poland in their 2nd tournament together, they
take on the Japanese duo of Kimiko Fate-Krumm and Rika Fujiwara. |
Tokyo draw
released
14th September 2008
The
draw for the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo has been released
and Anna is the #8 seed and will play a qualifier in the 1st
round. If Anna can get through that match she will play
either Virginie Razzano of France or Ai Sugiyama of Japan in the
2nd round. Anna is seeded to meet #4 seed Dinara Safina of
Russia in the quarters.
Click here for the full draw
Anna has never played this event before which used to be an
indoor event now it is played on hardcourts outdoors and is a
tier 1. |
Anna
out of US Open
25th August 2008
 In
the biggest surprise on the women's side of the draw, Anna is
out of the US Open in her earliest loss here after she lost 6-1
2-6 3-6 to Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the 1st round.
Anna's ranking will drop to at least #12 depending on the
results of other players. |
US Open
News
24th August 2008
 Anna
is the 10th seed at the US Open which begins on Monday and she
will play Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the 1st round.
Anna has played Makarova once before way back in 2004 in Moscow
qualifying and Anna won in straight sets. The 1st seed
Anna can meet is #24 seed Shahar Peer of Israel in the 3rd round
and Anna is projected to meet #5 seed Elena Dementieva of Russia
in the 4th round.
Click here for the full draw
Last year Anna scored her best performance in a Grand Slam by
reaching the semis here and after a run of mediocre results Anna
finally picked up some form in New Haven this week, can Anna
carry it forward to New York? |
Anna
loses New Haven Final
23rd August 2008
 Anna
has lost the New Haven final against Caroline Wozniacki of
Denmark 6-3 4-6 1-6. Here is what Anna had to say after
the match: "I'm actually pleased with my game. Not
today. But if I compare it to one month ago, it's much better.
So I look forward to play the U.S. Open, the most important
tournament obviously is coming in two days. I hope I will stay
fresh for each match."
Even though Anna lost today, she still had a great tournament
and it has something to build on in time for the 4th and final
Grand Slam of the year at the US Open which begins in New York
on Monday. |
Anna
into New Haven Final
22nd August 2008
 Anna
is through to her 2nd final of 2008 at New Haven after she
defeated Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-3 3-6 6-1 in 1 hour and 42
minutes.
In the final to be played on Saturday at 12.00ET, Anna will play
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, the two have never played before.
Anna has played 7 finals at WTA level and she is won each final. |
Anna
to face Mauresmo in New Haven semis
21st August 2008
 Anna
is through to her first semi-final since Rome after she defeated Sorana
Cirstea of Romania 6-3 6-4 in 1 hour and 27 minutes in New
Haven.
In the semis to be played under the lights on Friday, Anna will
face Amelie Mauresmo of France. Anna has played Mauresmo 4
times before and trails 1-3. They have never played before
on hardcourts and the last meeting was in Paris earlier this
year which Anna won in 3 sets. |
Anna
through to New Haven Quarters
20th August 2008
 Anna
is through to the quarters in New Haven after she defeated Casey
Dellacqua of Australia. Anna won 6-4 6-4 in 1 hour and 8
minutes.
In the quarters to be played on Thursday, Anna will play Sorana
Cirstea of Romania. They have played once before in
Charleston earlier this year on clay and Cirstea won in 3 sets. |
Anna top
seed in New Haven
16th August 2008
 Anna
is the top seed in New Haven. Anna has a bye in the first
round and in the 2nd round will play either Casey Dellacqua of
Australia or Virginie Razzano of France. The 1st seed Anna
can meet is #6 seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy in the quarters.
Click here for the full draw.
Anna has played New Haven twice before and her best result there
was reaching the semis in 2005, let's hope Anna can find some
form there. |
Next
tournament: New Haven
4th August 2008
Anna
will now take 2 weeks off and return at the Pilot Pen Tennis in
New Haven which begins on August 18th which will be Anna's final
tournament before the 4th Grand Slam of the year at the US Open.
Anna has played New Haven twice before and her best result there
was reaching the semis in 2005, let's hope Anna can find some
form there. |
Anna loses
to Bartoli in Montreal
31st July 2008
 Anna
is out of Montreal after she lost to #10
seed Marion Bartoli of France. Anna lost in a tough 3 set
battle 6-4 5-7 6-7 against the Frenchwoman.
Since the official withdrawl from the Olympics of Maria
Sharapova, Anna is the highest ranked Russian not in the team,
could Anna make a late entry for the Russian team? |
Anna
through to 3rd round meeting with Bartoli
30th July 2008
 Anna
is through to the 3rd round in Montreal after she defeated Jill
Craybas of the United States 6-2 7-5 in 1 hour and 16 minutes.
In the 3rd round to be played on Thursday, Anna will play #10
seed Marion Bartoli of France, Anna trails the series 1-2 with
Bartoli having lost the last meeting at Stanford a couple of
weeks ago. |
Montreal
All-Access Interview
28th July 2008
Q. A general question about the women's game. There are four
women in contention for the top spot in the rankings right now.
Things are in flux. Everybody is battling it out. Seems to me
this particular Rogers Cup, generally a big deal leading up to
the US Open, is a big battle because everybody wants to take
over the No. 1 spot. Is that how you feel, too?
ANNA CHAKVETADZE: I know ranking can change every week. Of
course, everyone want to be No. 1, all the top players. But,
unfortunately, as you said, there are a lot of players, you
know, who can be No. 1 after Henin retired. Yeah, just who will
took the opportunity? But it also depends, you know, to be No. 1
for a week or to be No. 1 like Henin was is a different thing.
To read more click
here |
Montreal draw
released
25th July 2008
 The
draw for the Rogers Cup in Montreal has been released and Anna
is the #6 seed and has a bye in the 1st round. In the 2nd
round Anna will play either Jill Craybas of the United States of
Sharon Fichman of Canada. Anna has never played Fichman
before and leads Craybas 2-0 in the head-to-head. The 1st
seed Anna can meet is #10 seed Marion Bartoli of France in the
3rd round. Anna is in #3 seed Maria Sharapova's quarter.
Click here for the full draw.
Montreal is a tier 1 event and the biggest event of the US Open
series. Anna has played this event twice before and her
best result was reaching the semis 2 years ago. Last year
when the event was held in Toronto, Anna had to pull out of her
first match due to illness. |
Anna out
of Los Angeles
24th July 2008
 Anna
is out of Los Angeles in the 3rd round after she lost 4-6 7-5
2-6 to Sybille Bammer of Austria in just over two hours.
Anna will next play the Rogers Cup in Montreal which begins on
Monday. Hopefully Anna can pick up some kind of form as
she is defending a lot of points from her excellent hardcourt
season last year. |
Anna vs
Bammer
23rd July 2008
 Anna's
3rd round opponent in LA is now known and she will play #14 seed
Sybille Bammer of Austria on Thursday. The two have played
twice before and Anna leads the series 2-0.
Anna won first in Australia at the beginning of 2007 in 2 sets,
then won the next match in Antwerp a month later in 3 very tough
sets.
This match will be the 2nd match on Stadium and the schedule
begins at 11.00PT. |
Anna first
into LA third round
23rd July 2008
 Anna
scored a comprehensive 6-1 6-1 victory over Marta Domachowska of
Poland to be the 1st player to advance to the 3rd round in Los
Angeles.
In the 3rd round to be played on Thursday, Anna will play either
Sybille Bammer of Austria or Stephanie Dubois of Canada for a
place in the quarters. |
Los Angeles draw
released
20th July 2008
 The
draw for the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles has been
released and Anna is the #3 seed and has a bye in the 1st round.
In the 2nd round Anna will play either Marta Domachowska of
Poland or Coco Vandeweghe of the United States. Anna
hasn't played either player before. The first seed Anna
can meet is #14 seed Sybille Bammer.
Click here for the full draw.
Anna didn't play Los Angeles last year and her best result was
reaching the 3rd round in 2005. |
Anna out
of Stanford
19th July 2008
 Anna
is out of Stanford after she lost 3-6 4-6 to #6 seed Marion
Bartoli of France. This is Anna's 1st ever loss in
Stanford in a tournament where she is defending champion.
Anna will now head south to Los Angeles to play her 2nd
tournament of the US Open Series. Los Angeles will begin
on Monday and Anna's best result there was reaching the 3rd
round in 2005. |
New
Avatars section opened
18th July 2008
 We
have opened a brand new Avatars section in the photo gallery.
To view all of the avatars
click here.
To use the avatars on message boards just save them and upload
them.
We have the avatars in 2 sizes at the moment, if we get enough
requests for a certain size then we will add that to the
gallery.
If there is a certain Anna avatar that you would like then drop
us an e-mail at
webmaster@barbara-schett.net
and we will do our best to fulfill your request. We will
be adding new avatars each month. |
Anna vs
Bartoli
17th July 2008
 Anna
will play her quarter-final match on Friday against #6 seed
Marion Bartoli of France. This match will start at 19.00PT
under the lights.
Anna has played Bartoli twice before and the series is tied 1-1.
Bartoli won the 1st meeting indoors in Luxembourg in 2007 and
Anna equalled the series in Paris earlier this year on the road
to her 1st WTA title of 2008. |
Anna into
Stanford Quarters
16th July 2008
 Anna
has opened her Stanford title defence with a win today as she
defeated Shahar Peer of Israel 6-3 6-4 in 1 hour and 21 minutes.
In the
quarters to be played on Friday, Anna will play either Marion
Bartoli of France or Anna Keothavong of Great Britain. |
Double dose of
Anna today in Stanford
16th July 2008
 Stanford
fans are in for a treat today as Anna will play both her singles
and doubles matches today.
Anna will play Shahar Peer of Israel in the 2nd round.
Anna has played Peer 4 times before and leads the series 3-1 -
all matches have been on hardcourts. This match will begin
at 13.00 PT on Stadium. Later on in the day, Anna will
play her doubles match with Sania Mirza against Eva Hrdinova and
Vladmira Uhlirova. |
Anna
in friendly exhibition in San Francisco
14th July 2008
 Anna
took time out of her schedule to take part in a
15-minute tennis exhibition with IndyCar Series driver Memo
Gidley today on Treasure Island in San Francisco.
Midway through the 15-minute hitting session, the two decided to
play a six-point tie-breaker. Anna won 6-4. Following the
hitting session Gidley gave the Anna a tour of an Indy Car and
then both participated in photos and interviews in front of a
large contingent of media members.
Click here
to see all of the photos in the gallery. |
Stanford draw
released
12th July 2008
 The
draw for the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford has been
released and Anna is the #2 seed and has a bye in the 1st round.
In the 2nd round Anna will play either Shahar Peer of Israel or
a qualifier.
The 1st seed Anna can meet is #6 seed Marion Bartoli of France
in the quarters and Anna is seeded to meet #4 seed Daniela
Hantuchova of Slovakia in the quarters.
Click here for the full draw.
Anna has played Stanford once before and she has an unbeaten
record in this tournament as she won here last year. |
Anna
featured in ITF Olympics book
1st July 2008
 Even
though Anna decided to not play the Olympics she is featured in
the ITF's official Olympic Book 'Journey to Beijing - Tennis
celebrates the Olympics'. Anna and over 40 of the world's
leading tennis players took part in the ITF project to help
promote the 2008 Beijing Olympic Tennis Event.
The 140-page publication features a series of specially
commissioned photographs of the game's top names dressed as
athletes from other summer or winter Olympic sports. Anna is
pictured as a javelin thrower
Click here
to read Anna's interview from the book. |
Luck not on
Anna's side today
30th June 2008
 Anna's Wimbledon campaign is over as she was knocked out in the
4th round by #18 seed Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic.
Anna lost 6-4 6-7 3-6 in just under 2 hours
Anna started off the match well by taking the 1st set 6-4 but
the pressure was building in the 2nd set as all games were held
on serve to force a tie-break which Vaidisova won 7-0.
From that point on the momentum of the match swung Vaidisova's
way, Vaidisova took a 5-2 lead in the 3rd set, Anna took the next game to make
the set 3-5 and saved a matchpoint on Vaidisova's serve but it was
too little too late as Vaidisova took the match.
Anna's next tournament will be in Stanford on July 14th. |
Anna vs
Vaidisova on Monday
29th June 2008
 Anna will make her debut on one of the showcourts
at Wimbledon on Monday against #18 seed Nicole Vaidisova of the
Czech Republic. The match will be played on court 1 and
will start at 13.00GMT.
Anna has played the hard-hitting Czech twice before and trails
the series 0-2. Both matches were played on hardcourts in
2006. Neither player has shown their best form this year
but Anna did state that her 3rd round match against Evgeniya
Rodina was one of the best matches that she played on grass,
hopefully she can bring that level to the court on Monday for a
place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. If Anna does get
the win tomorrow she will have reached the quarter-finals in
every Grand Slam.
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Hi
and welcome to the new Anna Chakvetadze site!
27th June 2008
 Hi and welcome to a brand new Anna Chakvetadze
site! This site is currently a work in progress at the
moment, so please bear with us while we update it. The
photo gallery is complete and all the other sections in time
will be as well.
We hope you enjoy your stay and keep
checking back for all of the latest Anna news! |
