Arina Rodionova
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Full name | Arina Ivanovna Rodionova |
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Country (sports) |
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Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
Born |
Tambov, Soviet Union | 15 December 1989
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Turned pro | 2004[1] |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 998,140 |
Official website | rodionova.com |
Singles | |
Career record | 330–297 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | 116 (23 October 2017) |
Current ranking | 121 (2 July 2018) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2011, 2015, 2017) |
French Open | 1R (2016) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2017) |
US Open | 2R (2017) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 318-221 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 29 ITF |
Highest ranking | 41 (27 July 2015) |
Current ranking | 109 (26 March 2018) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2016) |
French Open | 3R (2015) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018) |
US Open | 1R (2010, 2015, 2016, 2017) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2015) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 0-2 |
Last updated on: 27 November 2017. |
Arina Ivanovna Rodionova (Russian: Арина Ивановна Родионова; born 15 December 1989 in Tambov) is a Russian-born Australian tennis player.
Rodionova has won eight singles and 28 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2007, she won the Australian Open girls' doubles title, partnering Evgeniya Rodina. On 23 October 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 116. On 27 July 2015, she peaked at No. 41 in the doubles rankings.
Rodionova's elder sister Anastasia is also a tennis professional, and the two sisters have intermittently contested doubles tournaments with modest success. Their most notable achievement as a team came at the 2010 Malaysian Open, in which they reached the final before losing to Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in a super tie-break.
Career
Rodionova made her debut as a professional in 2004 at an ITF event in Protvino, Russia. In 2005, she won a title in Minsk, followed by another win in Moscow the following year. In 2008, she finished as a runner-up in an ITF event in Istanbul. In 2009, Rodionova won two ITF titles in singles and eight in doubles.
In 2010, Rodionova defeated Jarmila Groth in the final of a $25,000 tournament in Burnie. In doubles, she advanced to the final of the WTA-level Malaysian Open with her sister Anastasia. Although they defeated No. 1 seeds Alisa Kleybanova and Yan Zi along the way, the sisters lost the final match to Yung-jan Chan and Zheng Jie in a close three sets.
At the 2011 Australian Open, Rodionova equalled her career-best showing at a Grand Slam by qualifying for the main draw. She lost in the first round to fellow qualifier Anne Keothavong, 5–7, 4–6. She then won a $50,000 ITF event in May in Prague, partnering Darya Kustova. She qualified for the Aegon Classic, and won her first round match against Virginie Razzano. She then notched the biggest win of her career by defeating No. 1 seed and world No. 16 Kaia Kanepi in the second round. She lost to the No. 14th seed Magdaléna Rybáriková in the third round. At Wimbledon, Rodionova barely missed out on qualifying for the main draw by losing to Kristýna Plíšková in three sets. She achieved very modest results through much of the rest of the year, losing in the first or second round of most tournaments she entered.
In 2012, Rodionova lost in the qualifying rounds of the Apia International Sydney and the Australian Open. She then lost in the quarterfinals of a $25,000 ITF event in Burnie. She then competed in two more ITF events – losing in the second and first round, respectively. She picked up form in ITF Mildura, reaching the semifinals. Rodionova then competed in three more tournaments – losing in the second round of all three. She then failed to qualify in Copenhagen. Her best result of the year came at the WTA clay event, the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem. She defeated Darija Jurak, Karolína Plíšková, and world No. 108, Mathilde Johansson, to qualify for the main draw. Each match lasted three sets. She took on Timea Bacsinszky in the first round. Although she started well by winning the first set 6–2, she was forced to retire due a severe wrist injury she sustained while trailing 0–4 in the second set. She was also forced to withdraw from the doubles competition, where she and Anastasia were the No. 1 seeds. She will miss a big part of the clay court season to recover from the injury. Rodionova returned to the tour in July, where she was only able to make it past the first round in one of five ITF tournaments. However, she had a great result in Las Vegas, where she reached the semifinals. Following three more early exits in tournaments, she reached the final of a $25,000 event in Traralgon, and followed this up by winning her next tournament in Bendigo. She finished the year with two more early-round losses in Toyota and Dubai.
World TeamTennis
In 2011, Rodionova was drafted by the Washington Kastles WTT Team, coached by Murphy Jensen. As a result of their 14-match win undefeated regular season, the Kastles secured the top seed in the Conference Championships where they beat the Boston Lobsters. In the WTT Finals the Kastles defeated the St. Louis Aces to capture the 2011 WTT Championship for the second time in its four-year existence, completing the first ever 16–0 season in WTT 36-year history. Rodionova was named Female Rookie of the Year just prior to the Conference Championship match and later WTT Finals MVP.
Personal life
Arina Rodionova was born to Ivan and Natalia Rodionova and lives in Melbourne with her sister Anastasia.[1][2] She began playing tennis aged three, "I began playing tennis when I was almost three years old. And why exactly tennis? There wasn't any choice for me with my dad being a coach and my sister a professional tennis player, but in the end I think it's worked well!"[1] Rodionova cites Martina Hingis as her role model, and also admires Justine Henin and Bob and Mike Bryan.[2] She prefers hard courts and forehand as a shot.[2]
Rodionova received Australian citizenship in January 2014 and married Australian rules footballer Ty Vickery in December 2015.[3]
WTA finals
Doubles: 5 (5 runners-up)
ITF finalsSingles: 15 (9–6)
Doubles: 38 (29–9)
Grand Slam girls' doubles finals: 1 (1–0)
Doubles performance timeline
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