Alla Kudryavtseva (born November 3, 1987 in Moscow) is a professional tennis player from Russia. Kudryavtseva qualified for the 2007 Australian Open and defeated Finland's Emma Laine in the first round 4-6, 6-2, 9-7, and then fell to her lifetime heroine, Martina Hingis, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round. Her highest singles ranking as of June 26, 2007 World Number 59. Also on and as of June 26, 2007, her career-high doubles ranking is: World Number 73. As of June 18, 2007, Kudryavtseva was ranked World number 59 for singles. Before the 2007 Australian Open, she had never competed in a Grand Slam tournament in the main draw. She currently resides in Moscow, the city of her birth. Kudryavtseva has won $US129,352 in prize money, and has not won a title on the WTA tour, but has won 1 singles title and 6 doubles titles playing for the ITF. In 2007, Alla defeated Gisela Dulko (a seed) 7-5, 1-6, 8-6 to reach the third round of Roland Garros, where she was defeated then by Maria Sharapova in straight sets 6-1, 6-4. After this match, she reached her new career high of #67. She then went on to push eventual champion Venus Williams to the absolute limit, losing 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 at Wimbledon. She was referred to by NBC's Mary Carillo (a former tennis player herself) as the woman Marat Safin. She is 5 feet 9 inches tall. Her coach is Nick Rybakov who currently resides in the United States. Her main sponsor is Wilson and has an endorsement deal with Diadora. She was the finalist of the Orange Bowl Championships in juniors.