Pro Career
Her success in juniors enabled her to enter ITF and WTA tournaments, winning a small ITF tournament in Italy in May 2006. In October 2006 Pavlyuchenkova received a wild card into the Kremlin Cup and lost in the first round to rising Czech Nicole Vaidišová 6–3 6–3. She then barely missed out on qualifying for the main draw of the 2007 Australian Open, losing to Julia Vakulenko in the final round of qualifying.
Pavlyuchenkova then received a wild card into Wimbledon in 2007, but was beaten by tenth seed Daniela Hantuchová 6–0 6–1 in just forty minutes, winning only fourteen points. In 2008, she entered into Wimbledon as the youngest in the ladies' singles tournament. She won her first round match against the French 17th seed, Alizé Cornet 7–6(6), 7–6(4) and went on to defeat Li Na 6–2, 6–4 from China, before losing to No.11 seed Agnieszka Radwańska from Poland 3–6, 2–6 in the third round.
At the 2008 US Open, the first Grand Slam at which she was able to gain direct entry, she won against the American Vania King 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 in three sets, but was defeated in the second round by then world No. 15 Swiss Patty Schnyder.
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