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Vasilisa Bardina
Russian tennis player

Vasilisa Bardina

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Russian tennis player
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Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina
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Moscow
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Biography

Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina (Russian: Василиса Алексеевна Бардина, born 30 November 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player.
As of 10 August 2007, her highest ranking was world No. 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.

Biography

Father's name is Alexey Bardin, mother's name is Svetlana; has one sister. At age seven Bardina was introduced to tennis at by her father. She is a baseliner whose favorite shot is serve, and her favorite surfaces are grass and clay. She speaks Russian and English.

Tennis career

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

She was forced off the tour after Wimbledon in 2007 due to injury, she had suffered a stress fracture in her right shin. 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. It was around this time that Bardina split from her coach, her father Alexey Bardin, whom she has described as a "pushy Dad". 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. 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.

Bardina's goal is to reach the top 10.

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)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.12 January 2007Hobart, AustraliaHardRussia Anna Chakvetadze3–6, 6–7(3–7)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 8 (3–5)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.27 June 2004Protvino, RussiaHardRussia Elena Chalova2–6, 1–6
Winner2.30 October 2004Lagos, NigeriaHardAustria Jennifer Schmidt6–1, 6–3
Runner-up3.28 August 2005Moscow, RussiaClayRussia Alisa Kleybanova2–6, 2–6
Runner-up4.4 September 2005Balashikha, RussiaClayRussia Alla Kudryavtseva6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up5.15 January 2006Tampa, United StatesHardUnited States Tiffany Dabek7–5, 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Runner-up6.12 February 2006Midland, United StatesHardArgentina María Emilia Salerni3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner7.9 April 2006Pelham, United StatesClayRomania Anda Perianu6–1, 6–4
Winner8.16 April 2006Jackson, United StatesClayCanada Stéphanie Dubois4–6, 6–2, 6–0

Doubles 5 (3–2)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.21 September 2003Sidi Fredj, AlgeriaClayCzech Republic Eva VálkováIndia Liza Viplav
Austria Jennifer Schmidt
7–5, 6–2
Winner2.27 June 2004Protvino, RussiaHardRussia Julia EfremovaIsrael Maria Gugel
Russia Elena Chalova
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up3.4 July 2004Krasnoarmeisk, RussiaHardRussia Julia EfremovaRussia Ekaterina Bychkova
Russia Vasilisa Davydova
6–7(4–7), 0–6
Runner-up4.10 July 2005Darmstadt, GermanyClayRussia Yaroslava ShvedovaGermany Vanessa Henke
Germany Laura Siegemund
4–6, 2–6
Winner5.25 March 2006Redding, United StatesHardUnited States Ahsha RolleUnited Kingdom Elena Baltacha
Israel Yevgenia Savransky
7–5, 3–6, [8–10]

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