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Vasilisa Bardina

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Vasilisa Bardina
Native nameВасилиса Бардина
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceDenver, Colorado
Born (1987-11-30) 30 November 1987 (age 36)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2012
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$236,661
Singles
Career record149–83
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 48 (15 January 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2007)
French Open1R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2007, 2006)
US Open1R (2006)
Doubles
Career record28–29
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 117 (25 June 2007)

Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina (Russian: Василиса Алексеевна Бардина, born 30 November 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

Over her career, Bardina won three singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, but not any WTA Tour titles in singles or doubles. On 15 January 2007, she achieved her highest ranking of world No. 48.

Biography

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Vasilisa was born to Alexey Bardin and mother Svetlana.[citation needed] Her goal is to reach the top 10.[1]

Tennis career

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Bardina made the final of the Hobart International in 2007, before losing to Anna Chakvetadze.[2]

She was forced off the tour after Wimbledon in 2007 due to injury, she had suffered a stress fracture in her right shin.[3] She tried to come back at the Australian Open in 2008, but it was too soon after her injury and she had only been practicing for two weeks before the event. She lost in straight sets to Sandra Kloesel in qualifying.[3] It was around this time that Bardina split from her coach, her father Alexey Bardin, whom she has described as a "pushy Dad".[4] Bardina made a few tentative appearances at ITF events in North America in 2009 with limited success.

Bardina moved to Denver and worked as a coach at the Evergreen Sports Center, which is where she met former pro Jeff Salzenstein in 2011, who has starting coaching her.[4] Under Salzenstein's guidance, Bardina won the US Open National Playoffs Intermountain Sectional Qualifying Tournament held at the Gates Tennis Center in Denver without dropping a set, which meant she could then play the US Open National Playoffs for a Wildcard into the qualifying draw of the main event.[5]

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss Jan 2007 Hobart International,
Australia
Hard Russia Anna Chakvetadze 3–6, 6–7(3–7)

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–5)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 27 June 2004 Protvino, Russia Hard Russia Elena Chalova 2–6, 1–6
Win 2. 30 October 2004 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard Austria Jennifer Schmidt 6–1, 6–3
Loss 3. 28 August 2005 Moscow, Russia Clay Russia Alisa Kleybanova 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4. 4 September 2005 Balashikha, Russia Clay Russia Alla Kudryavtseva 6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 5. 15 January 2006 Tampa, United States Hard United States Tiffany Dabek 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 6. 12 February 2006 Midland, United States Hard Argentina María Emilia Salerni 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 7. 9 April 2006 Pelham, United States Clay Romania Anda Perianu 6–1, 6–4
Win 8. 16 April 2006 Jackson, United States Clay Canada Stéphanie Dubois 4–6, 6–2, 6–0

Doubles (3–2)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 21 September 2003 Sidi Fredj,
Algeria
Clay Czech Republic Eva Válková India Liza Viplav
Austria Jennifer Schmidt
7–5, 6–2
Win 2. 27 June 2004 Protvino,
Russia
Hard Russia Julia Efremova Israel Maria Gugel
Russia Elena Chalova
6–3, 6–2
Loss 3. 4 July 2004 Krasnoarmeisk,
Russia
Hard Russia Julia Efremova Russia Ekaterina Bychkova
Russia Vasilisa Davydova
6–7(4–7), 0–6
Loss 4. 10 July 2005 Darmstadt,
Germany
Clay Russia Yaroslava Shvedova Germany Vanessa Henke
Germany Laura Siegemund
4–6, 2–6
Win 5. 25 March 2006 Redding,
United States
Hard United States Ahsha Rolle United Kingdom Elena Baltacha
Israel Yevgenia Savransky
7–5, 3–6, [8–10]

References

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  1. ^ Vasilisa Bardina sonyericssonwtatour.com [dead link]
  2. ^ Chakvetadze wins first title of year sonyericssonwtatour.com [dead link]
  3. ^ a b "On the Baseline Tennis News".
  4. ^ a b "Former pro Bardina takes next step at Denver City Open". 26 June 2011.
  5. ^ US Open [dead link]
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