Arina Rodionova

Arina Rodionova

Rodionova at the 2015 French Open
Full name	Arina Ivanovna Rodionova
Country (sports)	Russia (2004–2014)  Australia (2014–present)
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Born	(1989-12-15) 15 December 1989 (age 34) Tambov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2004[1]
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,141,410
Official website	rodionova.com
Singles
Career record	525–436 (54.6%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 97 (5 February 2024)
Current ranking	No. 97 (5 February 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2020)
French Open	1R (2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2017)
US Open	2R (2017)
Doubles
Career record	425–289 (59.5%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 41 (27 July 2015)
Current ranking	No. 639 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2016)
French Open	3R (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021)
US Open	3R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2021)
Wimbledon	3R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–2
Last updated on: 29 January 2024.

Arina Ivanovna Rodionova (Russian: Арина Ивановна Родионова; born 15 December 1989) is a Russian-born Australian tennis player. On 5 February 2024, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 97. On 27 July 2015, she peaked at No. 41 in the doubles rankings.

Rodionova has won one WTA and one WTA 125 doubles titles, and 15 singles and 42 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2007, she won the Australian Open girls' doubles title, partnering Evgeniya Rodina.

Elder sister Anastasia is also a tennis professional, and the two sisters have intermittently contested doubles tournaments together 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 Women's Circuit 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.

2010

In 2010, Rodionova defeated Jarmila Wolfe in the final of a $25k tournament in Burnie. In doubles, she advanced to the final of the WTA Tour-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 Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in close three sets.

2011

At the 2011 Australian Open, Rodionova equalled her career-best showing at a Grand Slam tournament 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 event in May in Prague, partnering Darya Kustova. She qualified for the Birmingham 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 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.

2012

In 2012, Rodionova lost in the qualifying rounds of the Sydney International and the Australian Open. She then lost in the quarterfinals of the $25k Burnie International. 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 for the Danish Open. Her best result of the year came at the WTA Tour clay-court event Morocco Open. 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, started well by winning the first set 6–2, but 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 missed a big part of the clay-court season to recover from the injury. Rodionova returned in July; she only made 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, 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.

2024: Australian No. 1, oldest woman to make top 100

At 34 years old, following the 2024 Australian Open she reached the top 105 in the rankings at world No. 101, 20 years after her professional debut. With a win over Yue Yuan in Hua Hin, Thailand, she reached No. 97 in the singles rankings on 5 February 2024 becoming the oldest woman to make a Top 100 debut at 34 years old.^[2] She went one step further to reach her second career quarterfinal defeating another Chinese Bai Zhuoxuan.

World TeamTennis

Rodionova has played six seasons of 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 Championship match and later WTT Finals MVP. She continued to play for the Kastles from 2012 to 2015, and joined the San Diego Aviators for a season in 2019. It was announced, she would be joining the Washington Kastles during the 2020 WTT season.^[3]

Personal life

Arina Rodionova was born to Ivan and Natalia Rodionova and lives in Melbourne with her sister Anastasia.^[1][4] 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.^[4] She prefers hard courts and forehand as a shot.^[4]

Rodionova received Australian citizenship in January 2014 and married Australian rules footballer, Ty Vickery, in December 2015.^[5]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

WTA Tour career finals

Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2010	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	International[a]	Hard (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Sep 2014	Hong Kong Open, China SAR	International	Hard	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	2–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Loss	0–3	Mar 2015	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Loss	0–4	Feb 2017	Hungarian Ladies Open, Hungary	International	Hard (i)	Galina Voskoboeva	Hsieh Su-wei Oksana Kalashnikova	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	0–5	Jul 2017	Jiangxi Open, China	International	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–6	Jun 2019	Nottingham Open, UK	International	Grass	Ellen Perez	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win	1–6	Feb 2020	Hua Hin Championships, Thailand	International	Hard	Storm Sanders	Barbara Haas Ellen Perez	6–3, 6–3

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Nov 2014	WTA 125 Ningbo, China	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 31 (16 titles, 15 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2005	ITF Minsk, Belarus	10,000	Carpet (i)	Aleksandra Malyarchikova	6–0, 6–2
Win	2–0	Aug 2006	ITF Moscow, Russia	10,000	Clay	Yuliya Kalabina	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Jun 2008	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard	Stephanie Gehrlein	2–6, 3–6
Win	3–1	May 2009	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	4–1	Jun 2009	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Nikola Hofmanova	6–3, 6–2
Win	5–1	Feb 2010	ITF Burnie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Jarmila Gajdošová	6–1, 6–0
Loss	5–2	Oct 2012	ITF Traralgon, Australia	25,000	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	2–6, 3–6
Win	6–2	Nov 2012	ITF Bendigo, Australia	25,000	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–2	Oct 2013	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Irina Falconi	7–5, 6–4
Loss	7–3	May 2014	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	25,000	Grass	Jang Su-jeong	3–6, 4–6
Win	8–3	Feb 2016	ITF Perth, Australia	25,000	Hard	Aryna Sabalenka	6–1, 6–1
Loss	8–4	Feb 2016	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Barbara Haas	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	8–5	Jul 2016	ITF Lexington, United States	50,000	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	0–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	8–6	Feb 2017	ITF Burnie, Australia	50,000	Hard	Asia Muhammad	2–6, 1–6
Win	9–6	Apr 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Pemra Özgen	6–3, 6–2
Loss	9–7	Jul 2018	ITF Granby, Canada	60,000	Hard	Julia Glushko	4–6, 3–6
Loss	9–8	Jun 2019	ITF Santa Margarida de Montbui, Spain	25,000	Hard	Elitsa Kostova	5–7, 3–6
Loss	9–9	Nov 2019	ITF Liuzhou, China	60,000	Hard	Zhu Lin	6–2, 0–6, 1–6
Loss	9–10	Jun 2021	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Alison Van Uytvanck	0–6, 4–6
Loss	9–11	Feb 2022	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Hard	Asia Muhammad	1–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss	9–12	Jun 2022	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Alison Van Uytvanck	6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win	10–12	Feb 2023	ITF Swan Hill, Australia	25,000	Grass	Maddison Inglis	6–4, 6–3
Win	11–12	Apr 2023	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Arianne Hartono	6–2, 6–1
Win	12–12	Apr 2023	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Amarni Banks	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	12–13	Jun 2023	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	40,000	Hard	Olivia Gadecki	3–6, 2–6
Loss	12–14	Jul 2023	ITF Cantanhede, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Kimberly Birrell	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Win	13–14	Aug 2023	ITF Barcelona, Spain	60,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	13–15	Aug 2023	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Alex Eala	2–6, 3–6
Win	14–15	Oct 2023	ITF Edmonton, Canada	25,000	Hard (i)	Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	6–3, 7–5
Win	15–15	Nov 2023	ITF Lousada, Portugal	25,000	Hard (i)	Robin Anderson	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	16–15	Dec 2023	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	60,000	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	7–6(7–1), 5–7, 6–1

Doubles: 55 (42 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2006	ITF Putignano, Italy	25,000	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Ivana Abramović Maria Abramović	1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win	2–0	Aug 2006	ITF Moscow, Russia	10,000	Clay	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Anastasia Pivovarova Yulia Solonitskaya	6–0, 6–2
Win	3–0	Sep 2006	ITF Gliwice, Poland	25,000	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Carmen Klaschka Justine Ozga	6–4, 7–5
Loss	3–1	Mar 2007	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Alisa Kleybanova Evgeniya Rodina	6–7(2), 0–6
Loss	3–2	May 2007	ITF Warsaw, Poland	25,000	Clay	Karolina Kosińska	Josipa Bek Sandra Martinović	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	4–2	Jul 2007	ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	50,000	Clay	Amina Rakhim	Ivana Abramović Maria Abramović	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Win	5–2	Oct 2007	ITF Podolsk, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Vasilisa Davydova	Nina Bratchikova Anastasia Poltoratskaya	6–3, 6–0
Win	6–2	Apr 2009	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Monique Adamczak	Laura Granville Riza Zalameda	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–2	May 2009	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Yuliya Kalabina Marta Sirotkina	7–5, 6–1
Loss	7–3	Jun 2009	ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	Anna Brazhnikova Marta Sirotkina	6–3, 4–6, [9–11]
Win	8–3	Aug 2009	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Ekaterina Lopes	Veronika Kapshay Melanie Klaffner	6–2, 6–2
Win	9–3	Aug 2009	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Ekaterina Lopes	Valeria Savinykh Marina Shamayko	6–3, 6–3
Win	10–3	Oct 2009	ITF Granada, Spain	25,000	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Betina Jozami Valeria Savinykh	6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss	10–4	Oct 2009	ITF Madrid, Spain	50,000	Clay	Ekaterina Lopes	Darya Kustova Renata Voráčová	2–6, 2–6
Loss	10–5	Nov 2009	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	50,000	Hard (i)	Tatiana Poutchek	Sofia Arvidsson Michaëlla Krajicek	3–6, 4–6
Win	11–5	Dec 2009	ITF Bendigo, Australia	25,000	Hard	Irena Pavlovic	Jocelyn Rae Emelyn Starr	6–3, 7–6(3)
Win	12–5	Feb 2010	ITF Burnie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Jessica Moore	Tímea Babos Anna Arina Marenko	6–1, 6–4
Loss	12–6	Mar 2011	ITF Clearwater, United States	25,000	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	Kimberly Couts Līga Dekmeijere	1–6, 4–6
Win	13–6	May 2011	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	50,000	Clay	Darya Kustova	Olga Savchuk Lesia Tsurenko	2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win	14–6	Feb 2012	ITF Burnie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Melanie South	Stephanie Bengson Tyra Calderwood	6–2, 6–2
Win	15–6	Feb 2012	ITF Sydney, Australia	25,000	Hard	Melanie South	Duan Yingying Han Xinyun	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	16–6	Aug 2012	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Valeria Solovyeva	Eugeniya Pashkova Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–3, 6–3
Loss	16–7	Aug 2012	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	Jesika Malečková Tereza Smitková	1–6, 4–6
Win	17–7	Sep 2012	ITF Las Vegas, United States	50,000	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Elena Bovina Edina Gallovits-Hall	6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	18–7	Oct 2012	ITF Troy, United States	25,000	Hard	Angelina Gabueva	Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 6–4
Win	19–7	Oct 2012	ITF Traralgon, Australia	25,000	Hard	Cara Black	Ashleigh Barty Sally Peers	2–6, 7–6(4), [10–8]
Loss	19–8	Nov 2012	ITF Bendigo, Australia	25,000	Hard	Cara Black	Ashleigh Barty Sally Peers	6–7(12), 6–7(5)
Win	20–8	Apr 2013	ITF Pelham, United States	25,000	Clay	Ashleigh Barty	Kao Shao-yuan Lee Hua-chen	6–4, 6–2
Win	21–8	Oct 2013	ITF Margaret River, Australia	25,000	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Monique Adamczak Tammi Patterson	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	22–8	May 2014	ITF Gifu, Japan	75,000	Hard	Jarmila Wolfe	Misaki Doi Hsieh Shu-ying	6–3, 6–3
Win	23–8	May 2014	ITF Kurume, Japan	50,000	Grass	Jarmila Wolfe	Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura	6–4, 6–2
Win	24–8	Jun 2014	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	50,000	Grass	Jarmila Wolfe	Verónica Cepede Royg Stephanie Vogt	7–6(0), 6–1
Win	25–8	Mar 2016	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Clay	Ashleigh Barty	Kanae Hisami Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–4, 6–2
Win	26–8	Mar 2016	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Clay	Ashleigh Barty	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	27–8	May 2016	ITF Tunis, Tunisia	50,000	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Irina Khromacheva İpek Soylu	6–1, 6–2
Win	28–8	Oct 2016	ITF Bendigo, Australia	50,000	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki	6–4, 6–3
Win	29–8	Nov 2017	ITF Canberra, Australia	60,000	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Jessica Moore Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–4
Loss	29–9	Nov 2017	ITF Bendigo, Australia	60,000	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Alison Bai Zoe Hives	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	29–10	Jun 2018	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Yanina Wickmayer	Ellen Perez Jessica Moore	6–4, 5–7, [3–10]
Win	30–10	Jul 2018	ITF Granby, Canada	60,000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Erika Sema Aiko Yoshitomi	7–5, 6–4
Win	31–10	Aug 2018	ITF Landisville, United States	60,000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	6–0, 6–2
Win	32–10	Oct 2018	ITF Bendigo, Australia	60,000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Eri Hozumi Risa Ozaki	7–5, 6–1
Win	33–10	Nov 2018	ITF Canberra, Australia	60,000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Destanee Aiava Naiktha Bains	6–7(5), 6–3, [10–7]
Win	34–10	Jan 2019	ITF Burnie, Australia	60,000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Irina Khromacheva Maryna Zanevska	6–4, 6–3
Win	35–10	Feb 2019	ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	60,000	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	Freya Christie Valeria Savinykh	6–2, 7–5
Win	36–10	May 2019	ITF Roma, Italy	60,000	Clay	Storm Sanders	Gabriela Cé Cristina Dinu	6–2, 6–3
Win	37–10	May 2019	ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain	60,000	Clay	Storm Sanders	Dalma Gálfi Georgina Garcia Perez	6–4, 6–4
Loss	37–11	Jun 2019	ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Ellen Perez	Beatriz Haddad Maia Luisa Stefani	4–6, 7–6(5), [4–10]
Loss	37–12	Mar 2020	ITF Mildura, Australia	25,000	Grass	Erin Routliffe	Tereza Mihalíková Abbie Myers	3–6, 2–6
Win	38–12	May 2021	ITF Charlottesville, United States	60,000	Clay	Anna Danilina	Erin Routliffe Aldila Sutjiadi	6–1, 6–3
Win	39–12	Oct 2021	ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	80,000+H	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	Susan Bandecchi Eden Silva	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	40–12	Feb 2022	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	41–12	Feb 2022	ITF Canberra, Australia	25,000	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Alison Bai Jaimee Fourlis	7–6(2), 7–6(5)
Win	42–12	Apr 2022	ITF Canberra, Australia	60,000	Clay	Ankita Raina	Fernanda Contreras Gómez Alana Parnaby	4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss	42–13	Feb 2023	ITF Burnie, Australia	60,000	Hard	Ena Shibahara	Mai Hontama Eri Hozumi	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	Julia Cohen Urszula Radwańska	2–6, 6–3, 6–1

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