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Anastasia Rodionova

Aus
Residence: Melbourne, Australia
DOB: May 12, 1982
Birthplace: Tambov, Russia
Height: 5' 5 3/4" (1.67 m)
Weight: 130 lbs. (59 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (May 1997)
JANUARY - Fell in Brisbane and Sydney qualifying; fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to No.3 seed Kuznetsova).
1997 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

1998 - Won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

1999 - Played first Tour qualifying at Tashkent; continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2000 - Played first Tour main draw at Tashkent, falling 1r (as qualifier); fell in Tour qualifying once; continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Fell 1r twice and in Tour qualifying seven times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2002 - SF at Québec City (l. to Bovina); reached 2r twice; fell in Tour qualifying 18 times (incl. all four majors); won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2003 - QF twice, at Casablanca and Pattaya City; reached 2r twice; fell 1r three times (incl. Grand Slam main draw debut at Wimbledon) and in Tour qualiying 11 times (incl. other three majors); reached first Grand Slam final in mixed doubles at Wimbledon (w/Ram).

2004 - Fell 1r once and in Tour qualifying 12 times (incl. Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open); won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Reached 2r twice; fell 1r once and in Tour qualifying nine times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon); won one Tour doubles title; won two singles titles and four doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2006 - First Top 100 season; QF at Tashkent; reached 3r once (US Open) and 2r six times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r seven times (incl. Roland Garros) and in Tour qualifying 10 times (incl. Australian Open); made Top 100 debut on July 10 (rose from No.106 to No.92); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Second Top 100 season; SF at Guangzhou (ret. vs. Obziler w/heat illness); reached 2r eight times (incl. Australian Open, US Open); fell 1r 11 times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon) and in Tour qualifying seven times; played all four majors in a season for first time; won one Tour doubles title.

2008 - Third Top 100 season; QF at Bangalore; reached 3r once and 2r four times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r 13 times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open) and in Tour qualifying four times.

2009 - Fourth straight Top 100 season; reached 3r twice, at Charleston (d. No.12 seed Mattek-Sands en route; l. to No.7 seed Cibulkova in 3s) and US Open (as qualifier, d. No.23 seed Lisicki en route; l. to K.Bondarenko); reached 2r once; fell 1r six times, incl. Australian Open (l. to No.8 seed Kuznetsova in 3s); fell in Tour qualifying 12 times (incl. other two majors); won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit; ret. during Los Angeles 1r w/left ankle injury.
SINGLES
Winner: 2009 - ITF/Bundaberg-AUS, ITF/Ipswich-AUS; 2005 - ITF/Albuquerque, NM-USA, ITF/Nuriootpa-AUS; 2004 - ITF/Stockholm-SWE, ITF/Vaduz-LIE; 2002 - ITF/Coatzacoalcos-MEX; 2001 - ITF/Maglie-ITA.
Semifinalist (2): 2007 - Guangzhou; 2002 - Québec City.
Quarterfinalist (4): 2008 - Bangalore; 2006 - Tashkent; 2003 - Casablanca, Pattaya City.

DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2009 - ITF/Biarritz-FRA (w/Chan); 2007 - Estoril (w/Ehritt-Vanc); 2006 - ITF/Putignano-ITA (w/Rodionova); 2005 - Québec City (w/Vesnina), ITF/Augusta, GA-USA, ITF/Tunica Resorts, MS-USA (both w/Poutchek), ITF/Jackson, MS-USA (w/Schlukebir), ITF/Nuriootpa-AUS (w/Arn); 2004 - ITF/Vaduz-LIE (w/Poutchek); 2002 - ITF/Ortisei-ITA (w/Beygelzimer), ITF/CD Juarez-MEX (w/Kondratieva); 2001 - ITF/Cholet-FRA (w/Beygelzimer), ITF/Tbilisi-GEO (w/Wartusch); 1998 - ITF/Minsk-BLR (w/Paniouchkina).
Finalist (5): 2007 - Fès (w/Ehritt-Vanc), Tashkent (w/Poutchek); 2006 - Bangalore (w/Vesnina); 2005 - Tashkent (w/Voskoboeva); 2001 - Sopot (w/Beygelzimer).

MIXED DOUBLES
Finalist (1): 2003 - Wimbledon (w/Ram).
Father, Ivan Rodionov, is a tennis coach; mother, Natalia Rodionova, is a homemaker; younger sister, Arina, also plays on Tour ... Baseliner who prefers grass; favorite shot is forehand ... Granted Australian citizenship on Thursday, December 10, 2009 (began competing for Australia immediately) ... Admires Martina Hingis ... Likes to visit Moscow because it is "a beautiful city" ... Favorite book is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; favorite actor is Nicolas Cage.

Official Website: www.rodionova.net
- In juniors, won 2000 Russian Championships 18s in singles/doubles; finished third in 1999 Russian Championships 18s singles but won doubles; won 1999 Ozerov Cup Moscow 18s singles and was finalist in doubles.