falling in the third round of Charleston Open and the first rounds of Italian Open, Madrid Open, Internationaux de Strasbourg, French Open, Rosmalen Open, and Wimbledon. At Wimbledon, Vesnina made it to her second Grand Slam final in doubles while partnering Vera Zvonareva. The pair scored wins over the top-seeded Williams sisters in the quarterfinals (which ended the Americans 27 match-winning streak in Grand Slam doubles matches) and over fourth-seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta in the semifinals. In the final, they fell to fellow unseeded pairing Yaroslava Shvedova and Vania King. Vesnina was able to break her seven-match losing-streak at the İstanbul Cup defeating Bojana Jovanovski, Stefanie Vögele and Anastasia Rodionova. She then upset sixth seed Andrea Petkovic to reach the finals. In the final where she faced fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Vesnina went down. Vesnina then played in the Cincinnati Open, where in the second round she defeated French Open champion Francesca Schiavone. She lost to Ana Ivanovic in the third round. She then needed to qualify in the Connecticut Open, which she did but lost to Maria Kirilenko in the first round. She also fell to fifth seed Sam Stosur in the first round of the US Open. Vesnina next participated in the Tashkent Open where she beat Lesia Tsurenko and Olga Savchuk to reach the quarterfinals and beat Darya Kustova. In the semifinals, she defeated Monica Niculescu. She lost to Alla Kudryavtseva in the final. Vesnina scored the biggest win of her career two weeks later at the China Open by defeating 12th seed Maria Sharapova. However, she lost to Timea Bacsinszky in the next round. 2011 Vesnina was seeded seventh at the Auckland Open where she beat Marina Erakovic in her first match of the year. In the next round against Simona Halep, she retired due to dizziness. At the Hobart International, she defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja in the first round but lost to top-seed Marion Bartoli. In the first round of the Australian Open, Vesnina lost to Virginie Razzano. She then also fell in the first rounds of Open GdF Suez, Dubai Championships, and Indian Wells Open and the qualifying round in Qatar Open. At the Miami Open, she defeated higher-ranked players Gisela Dulko and 23rd seed Yanina Wickmayer, but lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues in the third round. At the Family Circle Cup, Vesnina defeated Rebecca Marino in the first round and then