knocked out four consecutive seeds No. 14 seed Bethanie Mattek-Sands, second seed and defending champion Sam Stosur, 12th seed Julia Görges and 11th seed Peng Shuai. Vesnina became runner-up at the Family Circle Cup by losing to Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets. In doubles, Vesnina along with Sania Mirza won the finals at Indian Wells by defeating Mattek-Sands and Shaughnessy. Then the pair won their second title of the year at the Family Circle Cup by defeating Mattek-Sands and Shaughnessy again. They reached the final of Roland Garros before falling to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká. They also reached the semifinals of Wimbledon before falling to eventual champions and second seeds Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik. 2012: Partnership with Makarova Together with Leander Paes, Vesnina reached the Australian Open and the Wimbledon mixed-doubles final. At the Family Circle Cup, Vesnina won her first-round match. In the second round, she lost to Serena Williams and was unable to defend her runner-up points from the previous year. She reached the doubles finals of the Dubai Open and Indian Wells with Sania Mirza. At the Australian Open, the pair reached the semifinals. Vesnina paired with Ekaterina Makarova in Madrid and Rome, and reached the finals in both tournaments. The pair were defeated in the quarterfinals of the French Open. At Wimbledon and the London Olympics, she continued pairing with Makarova in doubles, and the pair were defeated in the quarterfinals in both tournaments. At the US Open, they were defeated in the third round. In Beijing, the pair were victorious in the final against Mirza and Llagostera Vives. 2013: Two WTA singles titles, Grand Slam doubles champion At the start of 2013, Vesnina claimed her first WTA Tour title by beating defending champion Mona Barthel in the final of the Hobart International. At the Australian Open, she reached the fourth round, saving a match point against 16th seed Roberta Vinci in the third round en route. She was eventually defeated by the defending champion Victoria Azarenka. She and Makarova then reached the doubles semifinal, losing to world No. 1 pairing Errani/Vinci. Vesnina won her second Premier Mandatory doubles title with Makarova at the Indian Wells Open, beating third seeds Petrova/Srebotnik in the final. Vesnina won her first Grand Slam title at the French Open, capturing the doubles title alongside Makarova, beating Errani/Vinci in the final, after beating No. 2 seeds Hlaváčková/Hradecká. Vesnina won