Alona Bondarenko : biography
Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko Dyachok ( born 13 August 1984) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko who also plays on the Tour. She formerly paired with her older sister Valeria in doubles.
Her career high singles ranking was Number 19, achieved on 14 April 2008. She defeated former World No. 1 Jelena Janković in the third round of the 2010 Australian Open. She won the 2008 Australian Open women’s doubles tournament with her sister Kateryna, beating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe’er in the finals.
She was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR.
WTA career finals
Singles: 5 (2–3)
Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0) | |
Olympic Gold (0) | |
WTA Championships (0) | |
Tier I (0) | Premier Mandatory (0) |
Tier II (1/1) | Premier 5 (0) |
Tier III (0) | Premier (0/1) |
Tier IV & V (0/1) | International (1/0) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 12 February 2005 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | IND}} Sania Mirza | 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 25 Sep 2006 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Hard (i) | ITA}} Francesca Schiavone | 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 6 May 2007 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay | BEL}} Justine Henin | 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 23 May 2009 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay | ROM}} Alexandra Dulgheru | 6–7, 6–3, 0–6 |
Winner | 2. | 16 January 2010 | Hobart, Australia | Hard | ISR}} Shahar Pe’er | 6–2, 6–4 |
Doubles: 6 (4–2)
Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 1. | 27 May 2006 | Istanbul, Turkey | Clay | BLR}} Anastasiya Yakimova | IND}} Sania Mirza Alicia Molik | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 26 January 2008 | Melbourne, Australia | Hard | UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko | BLR}} Victoria Azarenka Shahar Pe’er | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 10 February 2008 | Paris, France | Hard (i) | UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko | CZE}} Vladimíra Uhlířová Eva Hrdinová | 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 16 January 2009 | Hobart, Australia | Hard | UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko | ARG}} Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta | 2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Runner-up | 2. | 6 July 2009 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko | RUS}} Alisa Kleybanova Monica Niculescu | 4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Winner | 4. | 13 July 2009 | Prague, Czech Republick | Clay | UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko | CZE}} Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6–1, 6–2 |
Coaches
She is coached by her mother Natalia Bondarenko and her husband Nikolay Dyachok
Performance timelines
Singles
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player’s participation in the tournament has concluded.
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam Tournaments | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | A | 0 / 8 | 10–8 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 3–9 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 8–9 |
US Open | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 8 | 11–8 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 7–4 | 4–4 | 3–4 | 9–4 | 0–2 | 0 / 34 | 32–34 |
Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||||
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments | |||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 5–7 |
Key Biscayne | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 7–6 |
Madrid | Not Held | QF | 3R | A | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | |||||||||
Beijing | Not Held | Not Tier I | 3R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | |||||||||
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments | |||||||||||||||
Dubai | Not Tier I | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–2 | |||||||||
Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 |
Cincinnati | Not Held | Not Tier I | 2R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | |||||||||
Montreal / Toronto | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 |
Tokyo | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |
WTA Premier Tournaments | |||||||||||||||
Charleston | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | 3R | A | A | 3R | QF | A | 0 / 3 | 8–3 |
Moscow | NTI | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | SF | 2R | 0 / 4 | 8–4 | |
Doha | Not Held | Not Tier I | A | Not Held | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
Berlin | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | Not Held | 10 / 2 | 5–2 | ||
San Diego | Not Tier I | A | 2R | 2R | A | Not Held | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | ||||||
Zurich | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | QF | Not Tier I | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
Tournaments Played | 6 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 262 | |
Titles–Finals | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 7 / 262 | 7–14 |
Win–Loss | 6–7 | 17–11 | 19–9 | 35–14 | 26–31 | 42–30 | 24–30 | 42–27 | 36–24 | 28–23 | 33–26 | 25–21 | 3–8 | 7 / 262 | 336–261 |
Year End Ranking | 652 | 493 | 376 | 191 | 190 | 126 | 73 | 32 | 22 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 253 |