Nadejda Guskova
Nadejda Guskova is a Russian former tennis player, singer, philanthropist and journalist.
At the age of 16, she graduated from High School No. 2 and was accepted at the MGAFK, where she studied through distance learning program.
Tennis career
Nadejda started playing tennis at the age of five. Her first coach was Sergei Koschienko. During summer months, she trained at the "Meteor" stadium in Zhukovsky, and in the hall of the Sports School during winter months.Guskova won two singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 28 February 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 301. On 6 June 2011, she peaked at No. 249 in the WTA doubles rankings.
In 2008, she won an ITF singles title and reached the final in doubles at the Prince Cup, among juniors in Miami, Florida.
In September 2009, she sustained a serious injury and was unable, temporarily, to play tournaments.
In August 2010, Guskova for the first time became the winner of an ITF tournament in singles, at St. Petersburg, and in December, she won another ITF title in Havana, Cuba. From 2010 to 2012, she was coached by Lina Krasnoroutskaya.
Guskova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2010 Tashkent Open, defeating Ekaterina Dzehalevich, Maria Kondratieva and Tatiana Poutchek in the qualifying tournament. In the main draw, she defeated Olga Savchuk in straight sets.
In 2010, at the Russian Tennis Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, she became double champion: in singles, beating second-seeded Ekaterina Ivanova in the final with a score of 6–4, 6–2, and in doubles with Maria Zharkova. In mixed-doubles competition, she reached the final, but after sustaining a serious injury, was forced to retire.
Guskova retired from professional tennis 2012.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||
| Win | 1. | 22 August 2010 | ITF St. Petersburg, Russia | Clay |  Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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