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Aliona Bolsova

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Aliona Bolsova
Bolsova at the 2023 US Open
Full nameAliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova
Country (sports) Moldova (2012–Jan 2013)
 Spain (Apr 2013–)
ResidencePalafrugell, Girona, Spain
Born (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 (age 27)
Chișinău, Moldova
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachLourdes Dominguez Lino
Prize moneyUS$ 1,593,955
Singles
Career record265–171
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 88 (31 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 543 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
French Open4R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US Open2R (2019, 2020)
Doubles
Career record144–82
Career titles5 WTA Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 54 (5 December 2022)
Current rankingNo. 251 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2021, 2022)
French Open1R (2020, 2021, 2023)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
US Open2R (2022, 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–3
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova (Romanian: Aliona Bolșova; Russian: Алёна Вадимовна Большова, romanizedAlyona Vadimovna Bolshova; born 6 November 1997) is a Spanish-Moldovan tennis player.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Bolsova had a combined career-high ranking of No. 4, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Australian Open.

Bolsova has career-high WTA rankings of 88 in singles and 54 in doubles. She has won five doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour along with nine singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[1]

Playing for Spain, Bolsova has a win–loss record of 4–3 in Billie Jean King Cup competition (as of July 2024).

Personal life

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Bolsova moved from Moldova to Spain at a young age. Her father, Vadim Zadoinov, and her mother, Olga Bolșova, were both Olympic athletes, and so were her maternal grandparents, athletes Viktor Bolshov and Valentyna Maslovska.[2]

She represented Moldova from 2012 to 2013, until she gained Spanish citizenship in 2013.

College career

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Bolsova played for Oklahoma State University's tennis team as a freshman in the 2016–17 season in NCAA play. There, her record was 31–7 in singles and 25–7 in doubles.[3] Her tenure included helping OSU's team reach the final of the 2017 Big 12 Conference championship[4] and the quarterfinals of the 2017 NCAA tournament.[5]

In 2018, Bolsova played for Florida Atlantic University, going undefeated in singles with a record of 19–0. In doubles, she went 15–3. Bolsova turned professional following the Conference USA championship of 2018.[6][1]

Professional career

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At the 2019 French Open, she qualified for the main draw[7] and reached the fourth round on her Grand Slam debut in which she lost to Amanda Anisimova.[8][9][10]

Partnering with Rebeka Masarova, Bolsova won the doubles at the 2022 Open Internacional de Valencia, defeating Alexandra Panova and Arantxa Rus in the final.[11] She also won the doubles title at the 2022 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, teaming with Andrea Gámiz to overcome Réka Luca Jani and Panna Udvardy in the final.[12]

Bolsova entered the main draw at the 2023 French Open as a lucky loser and won her first round match against Kristína Kučová,[13] before losing to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.[14]

Partnering Katarzyna Kawa, she was runner-up in the doubles at the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, losing to Carole Monnet and Darja Semeņistaja in the final.[15]

Bolsova was runner-up in the doubles at the 2024 Bolivia Open, partnering with Valeriya Strakhova, and losing the final to Nuria Brancaccio and Leyre Romero Gormaz.[16]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[17][18]

Singles

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Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 Q2 1R Q3 Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 4R 1R Q1 Q1 2R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Wimbledon A Q1 NH 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q3 2R 2R Q1 Q1 Q2 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 4–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 0 / 7 6–7 46%
WTA 1000
Miami Open A A NH 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A Q2 NH Q1 A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A 2R Q1 A Q2 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Open A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 6 4 8 0 1 Career total: 19
Overall win–loss 0–0 6–6 2–4 3–8 0–0 0–1 0 / 19 11–19 37%
Year-end ranking 163 114 103 157 193 $1,247,111

Doubles

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Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 3R 3R 1R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
French Open A 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon A NH A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 2–2 4–3 0–2 0 / 8 6–8 43%
WTA 1000
Madrid Open 1R NH A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 3 2 5 4 2 Career total: 16
Overall win–loss 2–2 0–2 7–6 7–5 0–2 0 / 16 16–17 48%
Year-end ranking 301 290 85

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss Jul 2021 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary WTA 250 Clay Germany Tamara Korpatsch Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
Hungary Fanny Stollár
4–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2021 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Poland Katarzyna Kawa Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
6–1, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 2–0 Jun 2022 Internacional de Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Rebeka Masarova Russia Alexandra Panova
Netherlands Arantxa Rus
6–0, 6–3
Win 3–0 Sep 2022 Romanian Open, Romania Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Hungary Réka Luca Jani
Hungary Panna Udvardy
7–5, 6–3
Win 4–0 Apr 2023 San Luis Open, Mexico Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
Poland Katarzyna Piter
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 4–1 Jun 2023 Solgironès Open, Spain Clay Spain Rebeka Masarova United States Caroline Dolehide
Russia Diana Shnaider
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 5–1 Jun 2023 Internacional de Valencia (2) Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Russia Angelina Gabueva
Russia Irina Khromacheva
6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 5–2 Sep 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy , Romania Clay Poland Katarzyna Kawa France Carole Monnet
Latvia Darja Semeņistaja
6–1, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 5–3 Oct 2024 Bolivia Open, Bolivia Clay Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova Italy Nuria Brancaccio
Spain Leyre Romero Gormaz
4-6, 4-6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups)

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Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–3)
$25,000 tournaments (2–4)
$10,000 tournaments (4–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2012 ITF Coimbra, Portugal 10,000 Hard Liechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2013 ITF Lleida, Spain 10,000 Clay Egypt Mayar Sherif 0–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jul 2014 ITF Les Contamines, France 10,000 Hard Germany Tayisiya Morderger 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 2–2 May 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Bianca Turati 6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Win 3–2 Jun 2015 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay (i) Spain Lucía Cervera Vázquez 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win 4–2 Jul 2015 ITF Getxo, Spain 10,000 Clay Italy Corinna Dentoni 6–0, 6–2
Loss 4–3 May 2018 ITF Monzón, Spain 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Katie Swan 2–6, 3–6
Loss 4–4 Jun 2018 Internacional de Barcelona, Spain 25,000 Clay Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela 2–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 Jul 2018 ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Spain Olga Sáez Larra 6–0, 6–1
Win 6–4 Jul 2018 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Germany Katharina Gerlach 6–2, 6–1
Loss 6–5 Sep 2018 Open de Valencia, Spain 60,000+H Clay Spain Paula Badosa 1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 6–6 Oct 2018 ITF Riba-Roja de Turia, Spain 25,000 Clay Belgium Marie Benoît 0–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 6–7 Feb 2020 Cairo Open, Egypt 60,000 Hard Ukraine Marta Kostyuk 1–6, 0–6
Loss 6–8 Jun 2022 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay Spain Leyre Romero Gormaz 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 7–8 Sep 2022 Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia 60,000 Clay Slovenia Nina Potočnik 7–5, 6–1
Loss 7–9 Oct 2022 Open de San Sebastián, Spain 60,000 Clay Austria Julia Grabher 3–6, 6–7(3)
Win 8–9 Nov 2022 Open Villa de Madrid, Spain 80,000 Clay Germany Tamara Korpatsch 6–4, 6–2
Win 9–9 Apr 2023 Koper Open, Slovenia 60,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara 3–6, 6–2, 4–1 ret.

Doubles: 21 (14 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–2)
$80,000 tournaments (2–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (2–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (7–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2012 ITF Coimbra, Portugal 10,000 Hard Russia Ulyana Ayzatulina Russia Nadezda Gorbachkova
Russia Ekaterina Pushkareva
2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2014 ITF Knokke, Belgium 10,000 Clay Chile Cecilia Costa Melgar Belgium Justine De Sutter
Belgium Sofie Oyen
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 2–1 Jul 2014 ITF Les Contamines, France 10,000 Hard France Carla Touly Italy Sara Castellano
Italy Chiara Quattrone
6–1, 6–1
Win 3–1 Sep 2014 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Hard Spain Olga Sáez Larra Spain Marta Huqi González Encinas
Spain Estela Pérez Somarriba
6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 Oct 2014 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Australia Alexandra Nancarrow
Spain Inés Ferrer Suárez
6–2, 6–3
Win 5–1 Nov 2014 ITF Castellón, Spain 10,000 Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Italy Federica Arcidiacono
Italy Martina Spigarelli
6–1, 6–2
Win 6–1 May 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Australia Priscilla Hon Spain Cristina Bucșa
Spain Eva Guerrero Álvarez
6–0, 6–3
Loss 6–2 Jun 2015 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay (i) Spain Lucía Cervera Vázquez Belgium Elyne Boeykens
Belgium Steffi Distelmans
3–6, 6–7(4)
Win 7–2 Sep 2015 ITF Barcelona, Spain 15,000 Clay Italy Gaia Sanesi Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela
Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili
6–3, 6–4
Win 8–2 Oct 2018 ITF Riba-Roja de Turia, Spain 25,000 Clay Greece Despina Papamichail Spain Marina Bassols Ribera
Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
6−2, 6−2
Loss 8–3 Sep 2019 Open de Saint-Malo, France 60,000+H Clay Croatia Tereza Mrdeža Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Belgium Maryna Zanevska
7–6(8), 5–7, [8–10]
Loss 8–4 Dec 2020 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE W100 Hard Slovenia Kaja Juvan Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
India Ankita Raina
4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 9–4 Sep 2021 Open de Valencia, Spain W80 Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Brazil Laura Pigossi
6–3, 6–4
Loss 9–5 Apr 2022 Chiasso Open, Switzerland W60 Clay Oksana Selekhmeteva Czech Republic Anastasia Dețiuc
Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová
3–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win 10–5 Jul 2022 Amstelveen Open, Netherlands W60 Clay Spain Guiomar Maristany Czech Republic Michaela Bayerlová
Czech Republic Aneta Laboutková
6–2, 6–2
Win 11–5 Oct 2022 Open de San Sebastián, Spain W60 Clay Ukraine Katarina Zavatska Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
Spain Guiomar Maristany
1–2 ret.
Win 12–5 Oct 2022 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain W100 Hard Spain Rebeka Masarova Japan Misaki Doi
Indonesia Beatrice Gumulya
7–5, 1–6, [10–3]
Win 13–5 Nov 2022 Open Villa de Madrid, Spain W80 Clay Spain Rebeka Masarova Croatia Lea Bošković
Latvia Daniela Vismane
6–3, 6–3
Loss 13–6 Nov 2023 Open de Valencia, Spain W100 Clay Georgia (country) Natela Dzalamidze Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Romania Andreea Mitu
5–7, 4–6
Win 14–6 Sep 2024 ITF Pula, Italy W35 Clay Netherlands Eva Vedder Germany Katharina Hobgarski
Czech Republic Julie Štruplová
6–3, 6–3
Loss 14–7 Oct 2024 ITF Seville, Spain W35 Clay Greece Martha Matoula Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
Switzerland Ylena In-Albon
2–6, 1–6

References

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