Vasilisa Bardina

Vasilisa Bardina Biography

Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina (, 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)

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)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	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.		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^(3-7), 3-6
Runner-up	6.			Hard	Mara 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	Stphanie Dubois	4-6, 6-2, 6-0

Doubles 5 (3-2)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	21 September 2003	Sidi Fredj, Algeria	Clay	Eva Vlkov	Liza Viplav Jennifer Schmidt}}	7-5, 6-2
Winner	2.	27 June 2004	Protvino, Russia	Hard	Julia Efremova	Maria Gugel Elena Chalova}}	6-3, 6-2
Runner-up	3.	4 July 2004	Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Julia Efremova	Ekaterina Bychkova Vasilisa Davydova}}	6-7^(4-7), 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 Yevgenia Savransky}}	7-5, 3-6, [8-10]

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