Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova ( ro, Aliona Bolșova; russian: Алёна Вадимовна Большова, Alyona Vadimovna Bolshova; born 6 November 1997) is a Spanish-Moldovan
tennis
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player.
On the
ITF Junior Circuit
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, Bolsova had a combined career-high ranking of No. 4, and reached the quarterfinals of the
2015 Australian Open
The 2015 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park from 19 January to 1 February 2015. It was the 103rd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
Stan Wawrinka was the defend ...
.
Bolsova has career-high
WTA rankings
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Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1.
Ranking method
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of 88 in singles and 54 in doubles. She has won four doubles titles on the
WTA Challenger Tour
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In the past (2012–2015) sometimes called the WTA Challenger seriesITF Circuit.
Playing for
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, Bolsova has a win–loss record of 4–3 in
Billie Jean King Cup
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competition.
Personal life
Bolsova moved from Moldova to Spain at a young age. Her father,
Vadim Zadoinov
Vadim Zadoynov (russian: Вадим Задойнов, born 24 May 1969) is a Moldovan athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
Zadoynov was born in Chişinău. He won the bronze medal for the Soviet Union at the 1988 World Junior Champ ...
, and her mother,
Olga Bolșova Olga Bolșova (also written Olga Bolshova; born 16 June 1968 in Chișinău, Moldavian SSR) is a retired Moldovan athlete who specialized in the high jump and triple jump.
Her personal best high jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in September 1993 in Rie ...
, were both Olympic athletes, and so were her maternal grandparents, athletes
Viktor Bolshov
Viktor Bolshov (russian: Виктор Большов; born 23 May 1939) is a retired Soviet high jumper. He competed in the 1960 Olympics finishing fourth behind his teammates Robert Shavlakadze, world record holder Valery Brumel and America ...
and
Valentyna Maslovska
Valentyna Anatoliyivna Bolshova ( uk, Валенти́на Анато́ліївна Большо́ва; ; née Maslovska; 30 January 1937 – 21 May 2023) was a Ukrainian sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1960 Summer ...
.
She represented Moldova from 2012 to 2013, until she gained Spanish citizenship in 2013.
College career
Bolsova played for
Oklahoma State University
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's tennis team as a freshman in the 2016–17 season in
NCAA
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play. There, her record was 31–7 in singles and 25–7 in doubles. Her tenure included helping OSU's team reach the final of the 2017
Big 12 Conference
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championship and the quarterfinals of the 2017 NCAA tournament.
In 2018, Bolsova played for
Florida Atlantic University
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, going undefeated in singles with a record of 19–0. In doubles, she went 15–3. Bolsova turned pro following the 2018 Conference USA Championship.
Professional career
At the
2019 French Open
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, she qualified for the main draw and reached the fourth round on her Grand Slam debut in which she lost to
Amanda Anisimova
Amanda Anisimova ( ; , ; born August 31, 2001) is a Russian-American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of No. 21 in the world, and has been ranked in the top 100 since shortly after turning 17 years old. Anisimova has ...
.
She entered of the
2023 French Open
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as a lucky loser after an absence in the main draw at this Major since 2020 and won her first round match against
Kristína Kučová
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She has won one singles title on ...
.
Performance timelines
''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.''
Singles
''Current after the
2023 French Open
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.''
Doubles
''Current after the 2023 Australian Open.''
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 4 (4 titles)
ITF Circuit finals
Bolsova debuted at the
ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
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History
It serves as a developmental ...
in 2012 at the $10k event in Coimbra, Portugal. In singles, she has been in 17 finals and has won eight of them, while in doubles, she reached 18 finals and has won 13. In December 2020, she finished runner-up at the $100k Dubai Challenge in the doubles draw.