Anna Djambuliovna Chakvetadze (Анна Джамбулиевна Чакветадзе listenⓘ; born 5 March 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

At the 2004 US Open, Chakvetadze won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw of her first Grand Slam singles tournament.

On 25 September 2006, Chakvetadze won her first WTA Tour singles tournament at the Tier III event in Guangzhou, defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues in the final.

Chakvetadze started the year by winning the Tier IV Hobart International in Australia, her third career title.

[4] At the Australian Open, where she was seeded 12th, she defeated eighth-seeded Patty Schnyder in the fourth round, before losing in the quarterfinals to top-seeded Maria Sharapova.

In February, Chakvetadze reached the quarterfinals of the Open Gaz de France in Paris where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo.

At the Tier III Cincinnati Open, she was the top seed and won the title, defeating Akiko Morigami in the final.

At the San Diego Open, her 12-match winning streak ended when she lost in the semifinals to top-seeded Sharapova for the third time this year, after Chakvetadze had defeated reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, in three sets.

Two weeks later, at the Tier I Canada Masters in Toronto, Chakvetadze retired from her second-round match, after losing the first set to Virginie Razzano.

At the US Open, she was the sixth seed and reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets.

Chakvetadze was the defending champion at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, but lost her second-round match to Dinara Safina.

She reached the semifinals of that tournament by winning two of her three round-robin matches, defeating Serena Williams and Janković before losing to Henin.

[6] Chakvetadze helped Russia win its first-round tie against Israel during the Fed Cup by defeating Tzipora Obziler.

[7] Seeded second at the Proximus Diamond Games, Chakvetadze suffered a second-round upset at the hands of lucky loser Sofia Arvidsson.

[15] During the Fed Cup semifinal tie versus Italy, she played one rubber and lost to Flavia Pennetta.

[17] In Rome at the Italian Open, Chakvetadze lost a close three-setter in the third round to fourth seed Venus Williams.

Chakvetadze, who was seeded 26th at the French Open, suffered a first-round loss to lucky loser Mariana Duque Mariño in three sets, thus continuing her disastrous run.

[19] Playing only one grass-court tournament before Wimbledon at the Eastbourne International, Chakvetadze was able to raise her game in the first round where she defeated third seed Jelena Janković.

[22] Having won the Cincinnati Open in 2007, Chakvetadze went into the 2009 tournament unseeded; she was defeated in the second round by ninth seed Victoria Azarenka.

[citation needed] Chakvetadze played her final tournament of the year at the Kremlin Cup in Russia, her home country.

[28] In March, she competed at the Indian Wells Open, where she retired with an ankle injury in the second round whilst trailing at 6–2, 5–3 to fifth seed Agnieszka Radwańska.

At the French Open, Chakvetadze was two points away from winning the match in straight sets, before losing in the first round to Angelique Kerber.

Playing at the Slovenia Open, she defeated Johanna Larsson in her first final in two years and to win her eighth WTA Tour title.

[citation needed] In the Portorož doubles final, she and Marina Erakovic lost to Maria Kondratieva/Vladimíra Uhlířová in a super tie-break.

In the first edition of the Danish Open, Chakvetadze not only got through qualifying but she also advanced to the semifinal where she fell to top seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki.

At Indian Wells, Chakvetadze retired during her second-round match against 24th seed Maria Kirilenko due to dizziness.

Chakvetadze had enrolled herself to a series of $15k ITF tournaments in doubles, playing one match, possibly denoting a decision to comeback.

She was an excellent counterpuncher, with her exemplary fitness allowing her to extend rallies until she could create an opportunity to hit a winner.

Due to the careful nature of her game and her excellent point construction and shot selection, she was frequently compared to Martina Hingis.

[57] Chakvetadze was the target of the robbery, as the men demanded a Rolex watch she had recently won in an exhibition and told her as they left, "Keep playing.