Arina Rodionova


Arina Rodionova Biography

Arina Ivanovna Rodionova (born 15 December 1989 in Tambov) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player.

Rodionova has won seven singles and twenty-five doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 24 May 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 157. On 27 July 2015, she peaked at world number 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 2007, Rodionova and Evgeniya Rodina won the Australian Open Girls' Doubles title. In 2008, she finished as a runner-up in an ITF event in Istanbul. In 2009, Rodionova won 2 ITF titles in singles and 8 in doubles.

In 2010, Rodionova defeated Jarmila Groth in the final of a $25K tournament in Burnie. In doubles, she advanced to the final of the WTA-level 2010 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. She reached her career-high ranking of World No. 157 on 24 May 2010.

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 $50K ITF event in May, partnering Darya Kustova. She qualified for the 2011 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 Magdalna Rybrikov in the third round. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Rodionova barely missed out on qualifying for the main draw by losing to Kristna Plkov 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 2012 Apia International Sydney and Australian Open. She then lost in the quarterfinals of a $25K 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 2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem. She defeated Darija Jurak, Karolna Plkov, 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 $25K 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. She began playing tennis aged three, "I began playing tennis when I was almost 3 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!" Rodionova cites Martina Hingis as her role model, and also admires Justine Henin and Bob and Mike Bryan. She prefers hard courts and forehand as a shot. Rodionova stated she believed "sense of humor is the most important thing above all", and cited Paul Walker as her favourite actor and 12 Chairs her favourite book.

Rodionova received Australian citizenship in January 2014 and married Australian rules footballer Ty Vickery in December 2015.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 5 (4 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0-0)
WTA Tour Championships (0-0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0-0)
Premier (0-0)
International (0-5)
Titles by surface
Hard (0-5)
Grass (0-0)
Clay (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 28 February 2010 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard (i) Anastasia Rodionova Chan Yung-jan
Zheng Jie
7-6(4), 2-6, [7-10]
Runner-up 2. 14 September 2014 Hong Kong Tennis Open, Hong Kong, China Hard Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Karolna Plkov
Kristna Plkov
2-6, 6-2, [10-12]
Runner-up 3. 8 March 2015 Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico Hard Anastasia Rodionova Gabriela Dabrowski
Alicja Rosolska
3-6, 6-2, [3-10]
Runner-up 4. 26 February 2017 Hungarian Ladies Open, Budapest, Hungary Hard (i) Galina Voskoboeva Hsieh Su-wei
Oksana Kalashnikova
3-6, 6-4, [4-10]
Runner-up 5. 29 July 2017 Jiangxi Open, Nanchang, China Hard Alla Kudryavtseva Jiang Xinyu
Tang Qianhui
3-6, 2-6

ITF finals

Singles: 14 (8-6)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 10 April 2005 Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Aleksandra Malyarchikova 6-0, 6-2
Winner 2. 12 August 2006 Moscow, Russia Clay Yuliya Kalabina 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Runner-up 1. 22 June 2008 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Stephanie Gehrlein 2-6, 3-6
Winner 3. 24 May 2009 Moscow, Russia Clay Anastasia Poltoratskaya 7-6(4), 6-4
Winner 4. 6 June 2009 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Nikola Hofmanova 6-3, 6-2
Winner 5. 7 February 2010 Burnie, Australia Hard Jarmila Gajdoov 6-1, 6-0
Runner-up 2. 28 October 2012 Traralgon, Australia Hard Ashleigh Barty 2-6, 3-6
Winner 6. 3 November 2012 Bendigo, Australia Hard Olivia Rogowska 6-4, 7-5
Winner 7. 6 October 2013 Perth, Australia Hard Irina Falconi 7-5, 6-4
Runner-up 3. 25 May 2014 Karuizawa, Japan Grass Jang Su-jeong 3-6, 4-6
Winner 8. 21 February 2016 Perth, Australia Hard Aryna Sabalenka 6-1, 6-1
Runner-up 4. 28 February 2016 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Barbara Haas 4-6, 7-5, 4-6
Runner-up 5. 30 July 2016 Lexington, United States Hard Michalla Krajicek 0-6, 6-2, 2-6
Runner-up 6. 4 February 2017 Burnie, Australia Hard Asia Muhammad 2-6, 1-6

Doubles: 36 (28-8)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 9 April 2006 Putignano, Italy Hard Anastasia Rodionova Ivana Abramovi?
Maria Abramovi?
1-6, 6-1, 7-5
Winner 2. 12 August 2006 Moscow, Russia Clay Anastasia Poltoratskaya Anastasia Pivovarova
Yulia Solonitskaya
6-0, 6-2
Winner 3. 17 September 2006 Gliwice, Poland Clay Veronika Kapshay Carmen Klaschka
Justine Ozga
6-4, 7-5
Runner-up 1. 1 April 2007 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Ekaterina Dzehalevich Alisa Kleybanova
Evgeniya Rodina
6-7(2), 0-6
Runner-up 2. 12 May 2007 Warsaw, Poland Clay Karolina Kosi?ska Josipa Bek
Sandra Martinovi?
2-6, 6-3, 2-6
Winner 4. 22 July 2007 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Clay Amina Rakhim Ivana Abramovi?
Maria Abramovi?
7-5, 4-6, 6-2
Winner 5. 28 October 2007 Podolsk, Russia Hard (i) Vasilisa Davydova Nina Bratchikova
Anastasia Poltoratskaya
6-3, 6-0
Winner 6. 11 April 2009 Jackson, United States Clay Monique Adamczak Laura Granville
Riza Zalameda
6-3, 6-4
Winner 7. 23 May 2009 Moscow, Russia Clay Maria Kondratieva Yuliya Kalabina
Marta Sirotkina
7-5, 6-1
Runner-up 3. 5 June 2009 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Ksenia Palkina Anna Brazhnikova
Marta Sirotkina
6-3, 4-6, [9-11]
Winner 8. 7 August 2009 Moscow, Russia Clay Ekaterina Lopes Veronika Kapshay
Melanie Klaffner
6-2, 6-2
Winner 9. 15 August 2009 Moscow, Russia Clay Ekaterina Lopes Valeria Savinykh
Marina Shamayko
6-3, 6-3
Winner 10. 3 October 2009 Granada, Spain Hard Nina Bratchikova Betina Jozami
Valeria Savinykh
6-1, 3-6, [10-6]
Runner-up 4. 17 October 2009 Madrid, Spain Clay Ekaterina Lopes Darya Kustova
Renata Vor?ov
2-6, 2-6
Runner-up 5. 21 November 2009 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Tatiana Poutchek Sofia Arvidsson
Michalla Krajicek
3-6, 4-6
Winner 11. 4 December 2009 Bendigo, Australia Hard Irena Pavlovic Jocelyn Rae
Emelyn Starr
6-3, 7-6(3)
Winner 12. 7 February 2010 Burnie, Australia Hard Jessica Moore Tmea Babos
Anna Arina Marenko
6-1, 6-4
Runner-up 6. 13 March 2011 Clearwater, United States Hard Heidi El Tabakh Kimberly Couts
L?ga Dekmeijere
1-6, 4-6
Winner 13. 7 May 2011 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Darya Kustova Olga Savchuk
Lesia Tsurenko
2-6, 6-1, 7-5
Winner 14. 4 February 2012 Burnie, Australia Hard Melanie South Stephanie Bengson
Tyra Calderwood
6-2, 6-2
Winner 15. 17 February 2012 Sydney, Australia Hard Melanie South Duan Yingying
Han Xinyun
3-6, 6-3, [10-8]
Winner 16. 4 August 2012 Moscow, Russia Clay Valeria Solovyeva Eugeniya Pashkova
Anastasiya Vasylyeva
6-3, 6-3
Runner-up 7. 20 August 2012 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Anastasia Pivovarova Jesika Male?kov
Tereza Smitkov
1-6, 4-6
Winner 17. 30 September 2012 Las Vegas, United States Hard Anastasia Rodionova Elena Bovina
Edina Gallovits-Hall
6-2, 2-6, [10-6]
Winner 18. 14 October 2012 Troy, United States Hard Angelina Gabueva Sharon Fichman
Marie-ve Pelletier
4-6, 4-6
Winner 19. 28 October 2012 Traralgon, Australia Hard Cara Black Ashleigh Barty
Sally Peers
2-6, 7-6(7), [10-8]
Runner-up 8. 7 May 2011 Bendigo, Australia Hard Cara Black Ashleigh Barty
Sally Peers
6-7, 6-7
Winner 20. 13 April 2013 Pelham, United States Clay Ashleigh Barty Kao Shao-yuan
Lee Hua-chen
6-4, 6-2
Winner 21. 12 October 2013 Margaret River, Australia Hard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Monique Adamczak
Tammi Patterson
6-2, 3-6, [10-8]
Winner 22. 4 May 2014 Gifu, Japan Hard Jarmila Gajdoov Misaki Doi
Hsieh Shu-ying
6-3, 6-3
Winner 23. 18 May 2014 Kurume, Japan Grass Jarmila Gajdoov Junri Namigata
Akiko Yonemura
6-4, 6-2
Winner 24. 15 June 2014 Nottingham, United Kingdom Grass Jarmila Gajdoov Vernica Cepede Royg
Stephanie Vogt
7-6(7-0), 6-1
Winner 25. 20 March 2016 Canberra, Australia Clay Ashleigh Barty Kanae Hisami
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6-4, 6-2
Winner 26. 25 March 2016 Canberra, Australia Clay Ashleigh Barty Eri Hozumi
Miyu Kato
5-7, 6-3, [10-7]
Winner 27. 8 May 2016 Tunis, Tunisia Clay Valeriya Strakhova Irina Khromacheva
?pek Soylu
6-1, 6-2
Winner 28. 29 October 2016 Bendigo, Australia Hard Asia Muhammad Shuko Aoyama
Risa Ozaki
6-4, 6-3

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals (1; 1-0)

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Winners 2007 Australian Open Hard Evgeniya Rodina Julia Cohen
Urszula Radwa?ska
2-6, 6-3, 6-1

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017SRW-L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 1R 2R QF 1R 0 / 6 5-6
French Open 1R A A A A 3R 1R A 0 / 3 2-3
Wimbledon 1R 2R A A 2R 2R A 1R 0 / 5 3-5
US Open 1R A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 3 0-3
Win-Loss 0-3 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 4-4 3-3 0-2 0 / 17 10-17
Career statistics
Year-End ranking 95 121 109 151 65 56 82



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