Arina Rodionova

Arina Rodionova
Арина Родионова

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Full name	Arina Ivanovna Rodionova
Country (sports)	Russia (2004–2014) Australia (2014–present)
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Born	(1989-12-15) 15 December 1989 Tambov, Soviet Union
Height
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$550,313
Singles
Career record	256–237
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	157 (24 May 2010)
Current ranking	312 (29 December 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2011, 2015)
French Open	Q2 (2010)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2011)
US Open	Q3 (2010)
Doubles
Career record	267–178
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 WTA 125k, 25 ITF
Highest ranking	41 (27 July 2015)
Current ranking	46 (14 September 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2012)
French Open	3R (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2011, 2014, 2015)
US Open	1R (2010)
Last updated on: 15 September 2015.

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

Rodionova has won seven singles and twenty-four 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 Girl's 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 Magdaléna Rybáriková in the third round. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, 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 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, 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 $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

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Rodionova in 2010

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

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Rodionova in 2014

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 favourite actor and 12 Chairs favourite book.

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

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–3)

Titles by surface Hard (0–3) 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	6–7(4), 6–2, [10–7]
Runner-up	2.	14 September 2014	Hong Kong Tennis Open, Hong Kong, China	Hard	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	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]

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (7–3)

$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 Gajdošová	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

Doubles: 32 (24–8)

$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 Abramović Maria Abramović	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(2)–7, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	12 May 2007	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	Josipa Bek Sandra Martinović	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	4.	22 July 2007	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	Clay	Amina Rakhim	Ivana Abramović Maria Abramović	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 Voráčová	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	21 November 2009	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Tatiana Poutchek	Sofia Arvidsson Michaëlla 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	Tímea Babos Anna Arina Marenko	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	March 13, 2011	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	Kimberly Couts Līga 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 Malečková Tereza Smitková	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-Ève 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 Gajdošová	Misaki Doi Hsieh Shu-ying	6–3 6–3
Winner	23.	18 May 2014	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Jarmila Gajdošová	Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura	6–4 6–2
Winner	24.	15 June 2014	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Jarmila Gajdošová	Verónica Cepede Royg Stephanie Vogt	7–6(7–0), 6–1

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 Radwańska	2–6, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	0 / 3	1–3
French Open	1R	A	A	A		0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon	1R	2R	A	A		0 / 2	1–2
US Open	1R	A	A	A		0 / 1	0–1
Win–Loss	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0 / 7	1–7
Career statistics
Year-End ranking	95	121	109	151

External links

• Official website
• Arina Rodionova at the Women's Tennis Association