Vasilisa Bardina

Vasilisa Bardina
Василиса Бардина

Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	30 November 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$236,168
Singles
Career record	149 - 83
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 48 (15 January 2007)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2007)
French Open	1R (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2007, 2006)
US Open	1R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	28 - 29
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	117 (25 June 2007)
Last updated on: 15 January 2014.

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

As of 10 August 2007, her highest ranking was World Number 48, achieved in early 2007. She has won 3 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and 3 ITF doubles titles, but not any WTA titles in singles or doubles.

Tennis career

Vasilisa made the final of Moorilla Hobart International in 2007, before losing to Anna Chakvetadze.^[1]

She was forced off the tour after Wimbledon in 2007 due to injury, she had suffered a stress fracture in her right shin.^[2] 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 spilt 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Bardina's goal is to reach the top 10.^[7]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Runner-up 1. 12 January 2007 Hobart, Australia Hard Anna Chakvetadze 3–6, 6–7(3–7) ITF Circuit finals Singles 8 (3–5) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score Runner-up 1. 27 June 2004 Protvino, Russia Hard Elena Chalova 2–6 1–6 Winner 2. 30 October 2004 Lagos, Nigeria Hard Jennifer Schmidt 6–1 6–3 Runner-up 3. 28 August 2005 Moscow, Russia Clay Alisa Kleybanova 2–6 2–6 Runner-up 4. 4 September 2005 Balashikha, Russia Clay Alla Kudryavtseva 6–2 5–7 4–6 Runner-up 5. 15 January 2006 Tampa, United States Hard Tiffany Dabek 7–5 6–7(3) 3–6 Runner-up 6. 12 February 2006 Midland, United States Hard María Emilia Salerni 3–6 6–3 4–6 Winner 7. 9 April 2006 Pelham, United States Clay Anda Perianu 6–1 6–4 Winner 8. 16 April 2006 Jackson, United States Clay Stéphanie Dubois 4–6 6–2 6–0 Doubles 5 (3–2) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score Winner 1. 21 September 2003 Sidi Fredj, Algeria Clay Eva Valkova Liza Viplav Jennifer Schmidt 7–5 6–2 Winner 2. 27 June 2004 Protvino, Russia Hard Julia Vorobieva Maria Gugel Elena Chalova 2–6 1–6 Runner-up 3. 4 July 2004 Krasnoarmeisk, Russia Hard Julia Vorobieva Ekaterina Bychikova Vailiisa Davydova 6–7(4) 0–6 Runner-up 4. 10 July 2005 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Yaroslava Shvedova Vanessa Henke Laura Siegemund 4–6 2–6 Winner 5. 25 March 2006 Redding, United States Hard Ahsha Rolle Elena Baltacha Yevheniia Savransky 7–5 3–6 [8–10] References ITF site ↑ http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/news/chakvetadze-wins-first-title-of-year-20070112_2256076_1655217 ↑ http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/07/17/russias-vasilisa-bardina-aims-for-comeback/ ↑ http://www.onthebaseline.com/2008/07/17/russias-vasilisa-bardina-aims-for-comeback/ ↑ http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_18358535 ↑ http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_18358535 ↑ http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2011-08-05/201108051312571867027.html ↑ http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/vasilisa-bardina_2257889_10891 External links Vasilisa Bardina at the Women's Tennis Association Persondata Name Bardina, Vasilisa Alternative names Short description Russian tennis player Date of birth 30 November 1987 Place of birth Moscow, Soviet Union Date of death Place of death