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Moscow

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Tennis

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 player. She is most famous for defeating defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...

 in the first round of the 2005 US Open. She defeated her by a score of 6–3, 6–2. It was the first time a defending US Open Champion had lost in the first round. The win didn't last for long; Bychkova lost in the second round to Ivana Lisjak

Ivana Lisjak

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Singles (6)

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ITF Circuit (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	December 14, 2003	Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... , Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...	Clay	Gabriela Velasco Andreu	6–1, 6–4
2.	July 4, 2004	Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Olga Panova Olga Panova Olga Panova is a Russian professional tennis player. She was born on the 7th of January, 1987 in Krasnodar. She resides in Moscow. Panova has numerous ITF Women's Circuit titles both in singles and doubles. She was also the finalist of the 2007 Dubai ITF Open, partnering Ekaterina Makarova. Her...	6–2, 6–3
3.	August 29, 2004	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Maria Kondratieva Maria Kondratieva Maria Kondratieva is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 48, set on 18 October 2010. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 210, which she reached on 23 June 2008.-Doubles: 4 :-External links:...	6–2, 6–1
4.	March 27, 2005	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard Indoors	Emma Laine Emma Laine Emma Johanna Laine is a professional tennis player from Finland.The left-handed Laine turned professional in 2004. Her highest career singles ranking has been World No. 50 on August 7, 2006....	6–1, 6–2
5.	December 18, 2005	Bergamo Bergamo Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan... , Italy	Carpet	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Mervana Jugic-Salkic Mervana Jugić-Salkić is a Bosnian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked Word No. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached No. 59 in doubles, after winning ASB Classic in 2004 with Jelena Kostanić and...	6–3, 6–0
6.	June 19, 2006	Marseille Marseille Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of... , France	Clay	Séverine Brémond	6–1, 6–2

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