Aliona Bolsova

Aliona Bolsova
	Bolsova at the 2023 US Open
Full name	Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova
Country (sports)	Moldova (2012–Jan 2013); Spain (Apr 2013–)
Residence	Palafrugell, Spain
Born	6 November 1997 (age 26); Chișinău, Moldova
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Prize money	US$ 1,556,548
Singles
Career record	255–163 (61.0%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 88 (31 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 189 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
French Open	4R (2019)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
US Open	2R (2019, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	135–77 (63.7%)
Career titles	5 WTA Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 54 (5 December 2022)
Current ranking	No. 102 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2021, 2022)
French Open	1R (2020, 2021, 2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
US Open	2R (2022, 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–3
	Last updated on: 4 March 2024.

Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova (Romanian: Aliona Bolșova; Russian: Алёна Вадимовна Большова, romanized: Alyona Vadimovna Bolshova; born 6 November 1997) is a Spanish-Moldovan tennis player.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Bolsova had a combined career-high ranking of No. 4, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Australian Open.

Bolsova has career-high WTA rankings of 88 in singles and 54 in doubles. She has won five doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour along with nine singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.^[1]

Playing for Spain, Bolsova has a win–loss record of 4–3 in Billie Jean King Cup competition (as of March 2024).

Personal life[edit]

Bolsova moved from Moldova to Spain at a young age. Her father, Vadim Zadoinov, and her mother, Olga Bolșova, were both Olympic athletes, and so were her maternal grandparents, athletes Viktor Bolshov and Valentyna Maslovska.^[2]

She represented Moldova from 2012 to 2013, until she gained Spanish citizenship in 2013.

College career[edit]

Bolsova played for Oklahoma State University's tennis team as a freshman in the 2016–17 season in NCAA play. There, her record was 31–7 in singles and 25–7 in doubles.^[3] Her tenure included helping OSU's team reach the final of the 2017 Big 12 Conference championship^[4] and the quarterfinals of the 2017 NCAA tournament.^[5]

In 2018, Bolsova played for Florida Atlantic University, going undefeated in singles with a record of 19–0. In doubles, she went 15–3. Bolsova turned professional following the Conference USA championship of 2018.^[6]^[1]

Professional career[edit]

At the 2019 French Open, she qualified for the main draw^[7] and reached the fourth round on her Grand Slam debut in which she lost to Amanda Anisimova.^[8]^[9]^[10]

She entered the 2023 French Open as a lucky loser, after an absence in the main draw at this major since 2020, and won her first-round match against Kristína Kučová.

Performance timelines[edit]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[11]^[12]

Singles[edit]

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q2	1R	Q3	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	4R	1R	Q1	Q1	2R	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	NH	1R	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q3	2R	2R	Q1	Q1	Q2	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–loss	0–0	4–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	0 / 7	6–7	46%
WTA 1000
Miami Open	A	A	NH	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	A	Q2	NH	Q1	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	2R	Q1	A	Q2	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	Q1	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	6	4	8	0	1	Career total: 19
Overall win–loss	0–0	6–6	2–4	3–8	0–0	0–1	0 / 19	11–19	37%
Year-end ranking	163	114	103	157	193		$1,247,111

Doubles[edit]

Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	3R	3R	1R	0 / 3	4–3	57%
French Open	A	1R	1R	A	1R	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Wimbledon	A	NH	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	A	A	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	2–2	4–3	0–2	0 / 8	6–8	43%
WTA 1000
Madrid Open	1R	NH	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Career statistics
Tournaments	3	2	5	4	2	Career total: 16
Overall win–loss	2–2	0–2	7–6	7–5	0–2	0 / 16	16–17	48%
Year-end ranking	301	290	85

WTA Tour finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	Jul 2021	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	WTA 250	Clay	Tamara Korpatsch	Mihaela Buzărnescu Fanny Stollár	4–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals[edit]

Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2021	Bol Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Katarzyna Kawa	Ekaterine Gorgodze Tereza Mihalíková	6–1, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	2–0	Jun 2022	Internacional de Valencia, Spain	Clay	Rebeka Masarova	Alexandra Panova Arantxa Rus	6–0, 6–3
Win	3–0	Sep 2022	Open Romania Ladies	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Réka Luca Jani Panna Udvardy	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–0	Apr 2023	San Luis Open, Mexico	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Oksana Kalashnikova Katarzyna Piter	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Loss	4–1	Jun 2023	Catalunya Open, Spain	Clay	Rebeka Masarova	Caroline Dolehide Diana Shnaider	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Win	5–1	Jun 2023	Internacional de Valencia (2)	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Angelina Gabueva Irina Khromacheva	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Bolsova debuted on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour in 2012 in Coimbra, Portugal. In singles, she has been in 18 finals and has won nine of them, while in doubles, she reached 18 finals and has won 13. In December 2020, she finished runner-up at the $100k Dubai Challenge in the doubles draw.^[13]

Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–3)
$25,000 tournaments (2–4)
$10,000 tournaments (4–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2012	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Kathinka von Deichmann	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2013	ITF Lleida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Mayar Sherif	0–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jul 2014	ITF Les Contamines, France	10,000	Hard	Tayisiya Morderger	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	2–2	May 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Bianca Turati	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Win	3–2	Jun 2015	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay (i)	Lucía Cervera Vázquez	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4–2	Jul 2015	ITF Getxo, Spain	10,000	Clay	Corinna Dentoni	6–0, 6–2
Loss	4–3	May 2018	ITF Monzón, Spain	25,000	Hard	Katie Swan	2–6, 3–6
Loss	4–4	Jun 2018	Internacional de Barcelona, Spain	25,000	Clay	Estrella Cabeza Candela	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–4	Jul 2018	ITF Getxo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Olga Sáez Larra	6–0, 6–1
Win	6–4	Jul 2018	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Katharina Gerlach	6–2, 6–1
Loss	6–5	Sep 2018	Open de Valencia, Spain	60,000+H	Clay	Paula Badosa	1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	6–6	Oct 2018	ITF Riba-Roja de Turia, Spain	25,000	Clay	Marie Benoît	0–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Loss	6–7	Feb 2020	Cairo Open, Egypt	60,000	Hard	Marta Kostyuk	1–6, 0–6
Loss	6–8	Jun 2022	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Leyre Romero Gormaz	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	7–8	Sep 2022	Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia	60,000	Clay	Nina Potočnik	7–5, 6–1
Loss	7–9	Oct 2022	Open de San Sebastián, Spain	60,000	Clay	Julia Grabher	3–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Win	8–9	Nov 2022	Open Villa de Madrid, Spain	80,000	Clay	Tamara Korpatsch	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–9	Apr 2023	Koper Open, Slovenia	60,000	Clay	Irina Bara	3–6, 6–2, 4–1 ret.

Doubles: 18 (13 titles, 5 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$80,000 tournaments (2–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10/15,000 tournaments (7–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2012	ITF Coimbra, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Ulyana Ayzatulina	Nadezda Gorbachkova Ekaterina Pushkareva	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2014	ITF Knokke, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Cecilia Costa Melgar	Justine De Sutter Sofie Oyen	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	2–1	Jul 2014	ITF Les Contamines, France	10,000	Hard	Carla Touly	Sara Castellano Chiara Quattrone	6–1, 6–1
Win	3–1	Sep 2014	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Hard	Olga Sáez Larra	Marta Huqi González Encinas Estela Pérez Somarriba	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–1	Oct 2014	ITF Benicarló, Spain	10,000	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Alexandra Nancarrow Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–1	Nov 2014	ITF Castellón, Spain	10,000	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Federica Arcidiacono Martina Spigarelli	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–1	May 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Priscilla Hon	Cristina Bucșa Eva Guerrero Álvarez	6–0, 6–3
Loss	6–2	Jun 2015	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay (i)	Lucía Cervera Vázquez	Elyne Boeykens Steffi Distelmans	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	7–2	Sep 2015	ITF Barcelona, Spain	15,000	Clay	Gaia Sanesi	Estrella Cabeza Candela Oleksandra Korashvili	6–3, 6–4
Win	8–2	Oct 2018	ITF Riba-Roja de Turia, Spain	25,000	Clay	Despina Papamichail	Marina Bassols Ribera Ángela Fita Boluda	6−2, 6−2
Loss	8–3	Sep 2019	Open de Saint-Malo, France	60,000+H	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	Ekaterine Gorgodze Maryna Zanevska	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss	8–4	Dec 2020	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	100,000	Hard	Kaja Juvan	Ekaterine Gorgodze Ankita Raina	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	9–4	Sep 2021	Open de Valencia, Spain	80,000	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Ekaterine Gorgodze Laura Pigossi	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–5	Apr 2022	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Oksana Selekhmeteva	Anastasia Dețiuc Miriam Kolodziejová	3–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win	10–5	Jul 2022	Amstelveen Open, Netherlands	60,000	Clay	Guiomar Maristany	Michaela Bayerlová Aneta Laboutková	6–2, 6–2
Win	11–5	Oct 2022	Open de San Sebastián, Spain	60,000	Clay	Katarina Zavatska	Ángela Fita Boluda Guiomar Maristany	1–2 ret.
Win	12–5	Oct 2022	ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	100,000	Hard	Rebeka Masarova	Misaki Doi Beatrice Gumulya	7–5, 1–6, [10–3]
Win	13–5	Nov 2022	Open Villa de Madrid, Spain	80,000	Clay	Rebeka Masarova	Lea Bošković Daniela Vismane	6–3, 6–3

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Bolsova One of Six Collegiate All-Stars to Make the French Open Main Draw".
^ "Biografía". alionabolsova.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
^ "Aliona Bolsova - 2016-17 Women's Tennis". Oklahoma State University. Archived from the original on 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
^ "Tennis Match Results. Oklahoma State vs Texas Tech. Apr 30, 2017 at Norman, Okla (Headington Family Tennis Center)" (PDF). Big 12 Women's Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
^ "2019 DI Women's Tennis Championship. Official Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
^ "Aliona Bolsova Turning Pro After One Season with the Owls - Florida Atlantic University Athletics". Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
^ "Getting to know you: Introducing Roland Garros 2019's Grand Slam debutantes".
^ "French Open 2019: Little-known players make a splash". 30 May 2019.
^ "French Open 2019, Day 2 roundup: Konta moves past Lottner, Kanepi stuns Goerges".
^ "Madison Keys reaches quarterfinals of French Open".
^ "Aliona Bolsova". Australian Open. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
^ "Aliona Bolsova WTA". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ "Aliona Bolsova ITF". ITF. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

External links[edit]

Aliona Bolsova at the Women's Tennis Association
Aliona Bolsova at the International Tennis Federation
Aliona Bolsova at the Billie Jean King Cup
Aliona Bolsova at ESPN.com
Official website (in Spanish)

[bio-1] "Bolsova One of Six Collegiate All-Stars to Make the French Open Main Draw".

[2] "Biografía". alionabolsova.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2015-04-20.

[3] "Aliona Bolsova - 2016-17 Women's Tennis". Oklahoma State University. Archived from the original on 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

[4] "Tennis Match Results. Oklahoma State vs Texas Tech. Apr 30, 2017 at Norman, Okla (Headington Family Tennis Center)" (PDF). Big 12 Women's Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

[5] "2019 DI Women's Tennis Championship. Official Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

[6] "Aliona Bolsova Turning Pro After One Season with the Owls - Florida Atlantic University Athletics". Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2019-09-02.

[7] "Getting to know you: Introducing Roland Garros 2019's Grand Slam debutantes".

[8] "French Open 2019: Little-known players make a splash". 30 May 2019.

[9] "French Open 2019, Day 2 roundup: Konta moves past Lottner, Kanepi stuns Goerges".

[10] "Madison Keys reaches quarterfinals of French Open".

[11] "Aliona Bolsova". Australian Open. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

[12] "Aliona Bolsova WTA". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[13] "Aliona Bolsova ITF". ITF. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

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v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Spanish female singles tennis players
as of 1 April 2024
1. Sara Sorribes (50 2) 2. Cristina Bucșa (75 1) 3. Paula Badosa (82 2) 4. Rebeka Masarova (91 2) 5. Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (104 23)
6. Marina Bassols Ribera (107 ) 7. Nuria Párrizas Díaz (129 1) 8. Aliona Bolsova (188 2) 9. Irene Burillo Escorihuela (256 3) 10. Carlota Martínez Círez (260 1)

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Spanish female doubles tennis players
as of 1 April 2024
1. Sara Sorribes (30 2) 2. Cristina Bucșa (54 4) 3. Aliona Bolsova (122 20) 4. Rebeka Masarova (160 ) 5. Ángela Fita Boluda (230 9)
6. Georgina García Pérez (275 1) 7. Leyre Romero Gormaz (300 4) 8. Yvonne Cavallé Reimers (333 5) 9. Paula Badosa (380 11) 10. Marina Bassols Ribera (415 2)