Alona Bondarenko

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Alona Bondarenko : biography

13 August 1984 –

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
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
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
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
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