Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina (Russian: Вера Евгеньевна Душевина; born 6 October 1986) is a retired Russian tennis player. She was born in Moscow and now resides in nearby satellite city of Khimki.
Dushevina began playing tennis at the age of seven under her father, Yevgeny, an engineer. Her mother, Elena, is a teacher. Beside tennis, Vera also played football and basketball.
She played her first main-draw match at the 2002 J&S Cup by qualifying, but lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual 1–6, 6–7. Her first WTA Tour match she won at the 2003 NASDAQ-100 Open: After qualifying she defeated Patricia Wartusch 6–0, 6–3 but lost to fourth seed Justine Henin 3–6, 2–6 in the second round. She then won her first professional title at the ITF event in Innsbruck, Austria coming through the qualifying draw and defeating Melinda Czink 7–6, 6–2 in the final. In her next tournament, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinals at the Nordea Nordic Light Open including defeating her first top-50 player, world No. 35, Denisa Chládková, 6–2, 6–3 but lost to Jelena Kostanić in the semifinals. She then played her first Grand Slam main-draw match after qualifying but lost to Ashley Harkleroad 4–6, 2–6 in the first round. In the Kremlin Cup she upset then world No. 28 Lisa Raymond 6–2, 7–6, but lost to seventh seed Vera Zvonareva 2–6, 1–6.