Alina Jidkova
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Country (sports) | Russia |
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Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
Born | Moscow, Soviet Union now Russia | January 18, 1977
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Turned pro | 1993 |
Retired | 2010 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,128,467 |
Singles | |
Career record | 466–421 (52.5%) |
Career titles | 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 51 (7 March 2005) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2000) |
French Open | 2R (2002) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
US Open | 2R (2006) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 281–332 (45.8%) |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 50 (4 August 2003) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2003) |
French Open | 2R (2000, 2003, 2004) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2002, 2005, 2008) |
US Open | 2R (2005) |
Alina Vladimirovna Jidkova (Russian: Алина Владимировна Жидкова; born 18 January 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. In her career, she won one WTA doubles title, at the 2005 Mexican Open. She also won nine singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In March 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 51, while in August 2003, she peaked at No. 50 in the doubles rankings.
Early life[]
Alinka, as is her nickname, was born in Moscow, then capital of the Soviet Union, to Vladimir, an engineer, and Lina, a school teacher. She started playing tennis in Spartak Tennis Club, the club which produced many future champions. Later, she moved to United States and has been trained at Nick Bollettieri academy in Florida.
Tennis career[]
She beat Serena Williams in straight sets at the 2004 Generali Ladies Linz. Aside from Williams, she has career victories against many other notable players, including another former No. 1 player, Jelena Janković, and Mary Pierce, Chanda Rubin, Samantha Stosur, Daniela Hantuchová, Amanda Coetzer, Meghann Shaughnessy, Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, Amy Frazier, Alona Bondarenko, Petra Martić, Joannette Kruger, Hsieh Su-wei and Vera Dushevina.
In 2005, she won her single WTA Tour event, the Mexican Open doubles title in Acapulco, partnering with Tatiana Perebiynis.
Jidkova underwent knee surgery on 3 April 2001 for torn meniscus suffered during practice after Miami, returning to action in late April.
Retirement and coaching career[]
She retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2010 season. Her last official singles match played was against Monica Puig, 2016 Olympic champion. Later she worked as a coach for Galina Voskoboeva, Ksenia Pervak and Kaia Kanepi.
Personal life[]
Jidkova resides in Boca Raton, Florida, and is married to entrepreneur Sascha Ghods. The two married on 18 December 2010 in a ceremony in Vienna, Austria.
WTA career finals[]
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)[]
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Feb 2003 | U.S. National Indoors | Hard (i) | Bryanne Stewart | Saori Obata Akiko Morigami |
1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 2. | Feb 2005 | Mexico Open | Clay | Tatiana Perebiynis | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 3. | Oct 2006 | Tournoi de Québec, Canada | Hard | Jill Craybas | Carly Gullickson Laura Granville |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4. | Jul 2007 | Cincinnati Open, U.S. | Hard | Tatiana Poutchek | Bethanie Mattek Sania Mirza |
6–7(4), 5–7 |
ITF finals[]
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 17 (9–8)[]
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 27 October 1997 | ITF Culiacán, Mexico | Hard | Petya Marinova | 6–3, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 May 1998 | ITF Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Vanessa Menga | 2–6, 7–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 18 May 1998 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | Adria Engel | 6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 4. | 4 January, 1999 | ITF San Antonio, United States | Hard | Holly Parkinson | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 17 January 1999 | ITF Miami, United States | Hard | Helen Crook | 6–2, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 6. | 31 January 1999 | ITF Clearwater, United States | Hard | Miroslava Vavrinec | 0–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 7. | 19 July 1999 | ITF Peachtree, United States | Hard | Erika deLone | 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 16 July 2000 | ITF Peachtree, United States | Hard | Sandra Cacic | 0–6, 2–4 ret. |
Winner | 9. | 11 September 2000 | ITF Hopewell Junction, United States | Hard | Jennifer Hopkins | 6–3, 6–0 |
Winner | 10. | 9 October 2000 | ITF Miramar, United States | Clay | Rossana de los Ríos | 1–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 11. | 27 November 2000 | ITF Tucson, United States | Hard | Katalin Marosi | 7-6, 4-6, 3-6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 29 January 2001 | ITF Clearwater, United States | Hard | Anikó Kapros | 3-6, 2-6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 29 January 2001 | ITF Fresno, United States | Hard | Marissa Irvin | 2-6, 1-6 |
Winner | 14. | 5 November 2001 | ITF Pittsburgh, United States | Hard (i) | Marie-Ève Pelletier | 6-4, 6-1 |
Winner | 15. | 23 July 2002 | ITF Louisville, United States | Hard | Saori Obata | 6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 16. | 9 January 2007 | ITF Tampa, United States | Hard | Olga Vymetálková | 6-2, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 17. | 5 June 2007 | ITF Madrid, Spain | Clay | Carla Suárez Navarro | 2-6, 1-6 |
Doubles: 30 (9–21)[]
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 21 February 1994 | ITF Amadora, Portugal | Hard | Anna Linkova | Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova |
3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 29 January 1996 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | Hard (i) | |
2–6, 2–6 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 4 August 1996 | ITF Catania, Italy | Clay | Teodora Nedeva | |
6–1, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | 6 October 1996 | ITF Langenthal, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Helena Vildová | Caecilia Charbonnier |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 23 March 1997 | ITF Victoria, Mexico | Hard | Karin Palme Graciela Vélez |
5–7, 6–0, 6–2 | |
Runner-up | 6. | 27 October 1997 | ITF Culiacán, Mexico | Hard | Paola Arrangoiz | Lucila Becerra Isabela Petrov |
5–7, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 19 January 1998 | ITF Miami, United States | Hard | Aliénor Tricerri | Lilia Osterloh Zuzana Valeková |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 8. | 4 May 1998 | ITF Tampico, Mexico | Hard | Adria Engel | Paula Cabezas Vanessa Menga |
7–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 9. | 11 May 1998 | ITF Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Adria Engel | Paula Cabezas Vanessa Menga |
6–3, 2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 18 May 1998 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | Adria Engel | Paula Cabezas Vanessa Menga |
3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 11. | 23 November 1998 | ITF Culiacán, Mexico | Clay | Renata Kolbovic | Zsófia Gubacsi Aliénor Tricerri |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 12. | 4 January 1999 | ITF San Antonio, United States | Hard | Holly Parkinson | Julie Thu |
6–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 8 February 1999 | ITF Rockford, United States | Hard (i) | Holly Parkinson | Lilia Osterloh Katie Schlukebir |
6–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 14. | 19 September 1999 | ITF Hopewell, United States | Hard | Li Fang | Dawn Buth Kim Grant |
6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 15. | 1 May 2001 | ITF Dothan, United States | Clay | Gabriela Voleková | Marissa Irvin Janet Lee |
0–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 16. | 14 October 2001 | ITF Hallandale Beach, United States |
Clay | Jessica Steck | Erica Krauth Vanesa Krauth |
4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 17. | 12 November 2001 | ITF Hattiesburg, United States | Hard | Abigail Spears | Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi |
6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 18. | 3 December 2001 | ITF West Columbia, United States |
Hard | Abigail Spears | Amanda Augustus Jennifer Embry |
6–0, 3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 19. | 3 December 2002 | ITF Boynton Beach, United States |
Clay | Lina Krasnoroutskaya | Katalin Marosi Samantha Reeves |
2–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 20. | 19 October 2003 | ITF Sedona, United States | Clay | Rossana de los Ríos | Yan Zi Zheng Jie |
6–7(2), 6–7(3) |
Runner-up | 21. | 10 November 2003 | ITF Eugene, United States | Hard | Tatiana Poutchek | Teryn Ashley Shenay Perry |
6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 22. | 1 December 2003 | ITF Palm Beach Gardens, United States |
Clay | Tatiana Panova | Melinda Czink Erica Krauth |
1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 23. | 2 June 2008 | ITF Rome, Italy | Clay | Marie-Ève Pelletier | Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska |
3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 24. | 18 January 2009 | ITF Boca Raton, United States | Clay | Darya Kustova | Kimberly Couts Sharon Fichman |
6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 25. | 8 February 2009 | ITF Rancho Mirage, United States | Hard | Darya Kustova | Natalie Grandin Courtney Nagle |
2–6, 6–7(6) |
Runner-up | 26. | 27 April 2009 | ITF Charlottesville, United States | Hard | Angela Haynes | Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz |
5–7, 6–3, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 27. | 10 October 2009 | ITF Mexico City | Hard | Karen Castiblanco | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Frederica Piedade |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 28. | 8 March 2010 | Clearwater Open, United States | Hard | Laura Siegemund | Xu Yifan Zhou Yimiao |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 29. | 19 April 2010 | ITF Dothan, United States | Clay | Anastasiya Yakimova | María Irigoyen Teodora Mirčić |
6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 30. | 11 October 2010 | ITF Troy, United States | Hard | Laura Siegemund | Madison Brengle Asia Muhammad |
2–6, 4–6 |
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Boca Raton, Florida
- Tennis players from Moscow
- Russian expatriates in the United States
- Russian female tennis players