Alina Jidkova
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Country (sports) | Russia |
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Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
Born | Moscow, Soviet Union now Russia | January 18, 1977
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Turned pro | 1993 |
Retired | 2010 |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,128,467 |
Singles | |
Career record | 466–421 |
Career titles | 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 51 (7 March 2005) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2000) |
French Open | 2R (2002) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
US Open | 2R (2006) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 281–332 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 50 (4 August 2003) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2003) |
French Open | 2R (2000, 2003, 2004) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2002, 2005, 2008) |
US Open | 2R (2005) |
Alina Vladimirovna Jidkova (Алина Владимировна Жидкова; born 18 January 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. In her career, she won one WTA doubles title, at the 2005 Mexican Open, and reached the finals three other times, at the 2003 Memphis Open, Québec 2006 and 2007 Cincinnati Open. She also won nine singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In March 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 51, while in August 2003, she peaked at No. 50 in the doubles rankings.
Career
[edit]In 2004, she reached the quarterfinals of Generali Ladies Linz after beating Serena Williams in straight sets.[1] Aside from Williams, she has career victories against Jelena Janković, Mary Pierce, Samantha Stosur, Alicia Molik, Chanda Rubin, Amanda Coetzer, Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Amy Frazier, Petra Martić, Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, Vera Dushevina and other notable players. In 2005, she won her single WTA Tour event, the Mexican Open doubles title in Acapulco, partnering with Tatiana Perebiynis. She has also finished runner-up on three occasions.
Jidkova underwent knee surgery on 3 April 2001 for torn meniscus suffered during practice after Miami, returning to action in late April.
Retirement and coaching career
[edit]She retired from professional tennis at the beginning of the 2011 season.[2] Her last official singles match played was against Monica Puig, 2016 Olympic champion at the end of 2010 season.[3] Being a PTA Certified Tennis Coach, she worked as a coach for Galina Voskoboeva, Ksenia Pervak and Kaia Kanepi.[4] As a coach Alina Jidkova reached with Kaia Kanepi the Quarter-Final of the US-Open in 2017. She is currently an Olympic tennis coach.[5]
ITF World Tennis Masters Tour (seniors' circuit)
[edit]As of 2024, Jidkova plays doubles on the ITF World Tennis Masters Tour, now representing the United States. Partnering Julie Thu, she won both tournaments she entered so far, an MT1000 in Houston and an MT700 in Austin, Texas, which are amongst the elite tournaments on the World Tour.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Alinka, as is her nickname, was born in Moscow, then capital of the Soviet Union, to Vladimir, an engineer and a former professional weight lifter, and Lina, a school teacher and a former 100 meter sprinter.[7] She has one brother, Dmitriy, former boxer, who now owns a construction business.[8] She spent her early years in the Spartak Moscow tennis Club, but later she moved to the United States and attended Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Florida.[9]
Jidkova resides in Boca Raton, Florida, and is married to entrepreneur Sascha Ghods. The two married on 18 December 2010 in a ceremony in Vienna, Austria. Together, they have a son, who is also playing tennis, and is currently coached by his mother, and a daughter.[10][11]
WTA Tour finals
[edit]Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Feb 2003 | U.S. National Indoors | Hard (i) | Bryanne Stewart | Saori Obata Akiko Morigami |
1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 2. | Feb 2005 | Mexican Open | Clay | Tatiana Perebiynis | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 3. | Oct 2006 | Tournoi de Québec, Canada | Hard | Jill Craybas | Carly Gullickson Laura Granville |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4. | Jul 2007 | Cincinnati Open, U.S. | Hard | Tatiana Poutchek | Bethanie Mattek Sania Mirza |
6–7(4), 5–7 |
ITF finals
[edit]Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 17 (9–8)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 27 October 1997 | ITF Culiacán, Mexico | Hard | Petya Marinova | 6–3, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 May 1998 | ITF Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Vanessa Menga | 2–6, 7–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 18 May 1998 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | Adria Engel | 6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 4. | 4 January 1999 | ITF San Antonio, United States | Hard | Holly Parkinson | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 17 January 1999 | ITF Miami, United States | Hard | Helen Crook | 6–2, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 6. | 31 January 1999 | ITF Clearwater, United States | Hard | Miroslava Vavrinec | 0–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 7. | 19 July 1999 | ITF Peachtree, United States | Hard | Erika deLone | 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 16 July 2000 | ITF Peachtree, United States | Hard | Sandra Cacic | 0–6, 2–4 ret. |
Winner | 9. | 11 September 2000 | ITF Hopewell Junction, United States | Hard | Jennifer Hopkins | 6–3, 6–0 |
Winner | 10. | 9 October 2000 | ITF Miramar, United States | Clay | Rossana de los Ríos | 1–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 11. | 27 November 2000 | ITF Tucson, United States | Hard | Katalin Marosi | 7–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 29 January 2001 | ITF Clearwater, United States | Hard | Anikó Kapros | 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 29 January 2001 | ITF Fresno, United States | Hard | Marissa Irvin | 2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 14. | 5 November 2001 | ITF Pittsburgh, United States | Hard (i) | Marie-Ève Pelletier | 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 15. | 23 July 2002 | ITF Louisville, United States | Hard | Saori Obata | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 16. | 9 January 2007 | ITF Tampa, United States | Hard | Olga Vymetálková | 6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 17. | 5 June 2007 | ITF Madrid, Spain | Clay | Carla Suárez Navarro | 2–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 30 (9–21)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 21 February 1994 | ITF Amadora, Portugal | Hard | Anna Linkova | Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova |
3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 29 January 1996 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | Hard (i) | Pavlina Bartůňková | Ariadne Katsouli Bérangère Quillot |
2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 4 August 1996 | ITF Catania, Italy | Clay | Teodora Nedeva | Katia Altilia Laura Fodorean |
6–1, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | 6 October 1996 | ITF Langenthal, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Helena Vildová | Caecilia Charbonnier Andrea Schwarz |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 23 March 1997 | ITF Victoria, Mexico | Hard | Paola Arrangoiz | Karin Palme Graciela Vélez |
5–7, 6–0, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 27 October 1997 | ITF Culiacán, Mexico | Hard | Paola Arrangoiz | Lucila Becerra Isabela Petrov |
5–7, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 19 January 1998 | ITF Miami, U.S. | Hard | Aliénor Tricerri | Lilia Osterloh Zuzana Valeková |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 8. | 4 May 1998 | ITF Tampico, Mexico | Hard | Adria Engel | Paula Cabezas Vanessa Menga |
7–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 9. | 11 May 1998 | ITF Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Adria Engel | Paula Cabezas Vanessa Menga |
6–3, 2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 18 May 1998 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | Adria Engel | Paula Cabezas Vanessa Menga |
3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 11. | 23 November 1998 | ITF Culiacán, Mexico | Clay | Renata Kolbovic | Zsófia Gubacsi Aliénor Tricerri |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 12. | 4 January 1999 | ITF San Antonio, U.S. | Hard | Holly Parkinson | Kylie Hunt Julie Thu |
6–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 8 February 1999 | ITF Rockford, U.S. | Hard (i) | Holly Parkinson | Lilia Osterloh Katie Schlukebir |
6–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 14. | 19 September 1999 | ITF Hopewell, U.S. | Hard | Li Fang | Dawn Buth Kim Grant |
6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 15. | 1 May 2001 | ITF Dothan, U.S. | Clay | Gabriela Voleková | Marissa Irvin Janet Lee |
0–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 16. | 14 October 2001 | ITF Hallandale Beach, U.S. | Clay | Jessica Steck | Erica Krauth Vanesa Krauth |
4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 17. | 12 November 2001 | ITF Hattiesburg, U.S. | Hard | Abigail Spears | Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi |
6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 18. | 3 December 2001 | ITF West Columbia, U.S. | Hard | Abigail Spears | Amanda Augustus Jennifer Embry |
6–0, 3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 19. | 3 December 2002 | ITF Boynton Beach, U.S. | Clay | Lina Krasnoroutskaya | Katalin Marosi Samantha Reeves |
2–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 20. | 19 October 2003 | ITF Sedona, U.S. | Clay | Rossana de los Ríos | Yan Zi Zheng Jie |
6–7(2), 6–7(3) |
Runner-up | 21. | 10 November 2003 | ITF Eugene, U.S. | Hard | Tatiana Poutchek | Teryn Ashley Shenay Perry |
6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 22. | 1 December 2003 | ITF Palm Beach Gardens, U.S. | Clay | Tatiana Panova | Melinda Czink Erica Krauth |
1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 23. | 2 June 2008 | Internazionale di Roma, Italy | Clay | Marie-Ève Pelletier | Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska |
3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 24. | 18 January 2009 | ITF Boca Raton, U.S. | Clay | Darya Kustova | Kimberly Couts Sharon Fichman |
6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 25. | 8 February 2009 | ITF Rancho Mirage, U.S. | Hard | Darya Kustova | Natalie Grandin Courtney Nagle |
2–6, 6–7(6) |
Runner-up | 26. | 27 April 2009 | Charlottesville Open, U.S. | Hard | Angela Haynes | Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz |
5–7, 6–3, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 27. | 10 October 2009 | ITF Mexico City | Hard | Karen Castiblanco | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Frederica Piedade |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 28. | 8 March 2010 | Clearwater Open, U.S. | Hard | Laura Siegemund | Xu Yifan Zhou Yimiao |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 29. | 19 April 2010 | ITF Dothan Pro, U.S. | Clay | Anastasiya Yakimova | María Irigoyen Teodora Mirčić |
6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 30. | 11 October 2010 | Classic of Troy, U.S. | Hard | Laura Siegemund | Madison Brengle Asia Muhammad |
2–6, 4–6 |
References
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- ^ "Alina Jidkova Women's Singles Activity". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alina-jidkova-b55a88224 [bare URL]
- ^ https://twitter.com/alinajidkova [bare URL]
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- ^ "Alina Jidkova wins US Open Pre-Q Texas Sectional". YouTube. 26 June 2010.
- ^ "Alina Jidkova | Player Stats & More – WTA Official".
- ^ "ALINA JIDKOVA – Russian Tennis Pioneer".
- ^ https://medium.com/@gewoodlands/the-unique-challenge-of-coaching-your-own-child-insights-from-a-former-top-50-wta-tennis-player-5342efc0e61f
- ^ https://twitter.com/AlinaJidkova/status/882603128809558016