Competing in Russia at the St. Petersburg Trophy, Shvedova lost in the first round to Russian wildcard Natalia Vikhlyantseva. At the Dubai Championships, she was defeated in the first round by Olympic Gold Medalist Monica Puig. In March, she played at the BNP Paribas Open where she lost in the first round to American qualifier Varvara Lepchenko. At the Miami Open, Shvedova had her first win of the year when she beat Jelena Janković in the first round. In the second round, she was defeated by seventeenth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.