Alona Bondarenko

Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko who also plays on the Tour. She formerly paired with her older sister Valeria in doubles. She is currently ranked 31 in singles and 39 in doubles by the WTA.

Her career high singles ranking was Number 19, achieved on 14 April 2008.
She defeated former World #1 Jelena Jankovic in the third round of the 2010 Australian Open.
She won the 2008 Australian Open women's doubles tournament with sister Kateryna, beating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er in the finals.

Bondarenko started the year with her pre-Australian Open tournament at the 2010 Moorilla Hobart International were she dominated 2nd seed Shahar Pe'er 6–2 6–4 in the finals after defeating Sybille Bammer 6–4 6–1, Alizé Cornet 6–4 3–6 6–2, Zheng Jie 7–5 7–5 and top seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6 6–3 6–4. This title is her 2nd overall and her 1st title in over 3 years. Bondarenko has advanced, as the #31 seed, to the 4th round of the 2010 Australian Open, which is the farthest she has advanced in a Grand Slam tournament. She scored a big straight sets win in the 3rd round over #8 Jelena Janković, but then fell to Jie Zheng in the fourth round, 6–7, 4–6. She then suffered a 4 match losing streak in the first round of 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, second rounds of 2010 BNP Paribas Open and 2010 Sony Ericsson Open and the first round of 2010 MPS Group Championships. She ended the losing streak in 2010 Family Circle Cup with a straight set 6–4, 6–2 victory over Julie Ditty. She then defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 before losing to eventual finalist Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 6–1.







Alona then flew to Madrid to compete at the 2010 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open. In the first round she came back from a set down to defeat Magdaléna Rybáriková 2–6, 6–1, 6–4. She then gained the biggest win of her career by defeating World No.2 Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–3, signalling her return to good form. But lost to 13th seed Li Na 6–3 6–4 in the third round. She then played in the 2010 Polsat Warsaw Open but was upset by Greta Arn 5–7 6–4 6–4 in the quarterfinals. In the 2010 French Open and 2010 Wimbledon Championships she was able to reached the third round for the first time but lost to Jelena Janković in two sets 6–4 7–6(3) and 6–0 6–3 respectively. She then suffered early loses in the first rounds of 2010 Mercury Insurance Open, 2010 Rogers Cup and 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis and the second round of 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open. She currently playing in the 2010 US Open and is set to face 6th seed Francesca Schiavone in the third round after defeating Vera Dushevina and Melanie Oudin. She then reached the second rounds of the Toray Pan Pacific Open and China Open. She then was upset by Roberta Vinci in the first round of Generali Ladies Linz. She also fell in the second round of the Kremlin Cup falling to María José Martínez Sánchez 6–1, 1–6, 6–4.

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Country : Ukraine
Residence : Kharkiv, Ukraine
Date of birth : 13 August 1984 (1984-08-13)
Place of birth : Kryvyi Rih, Soviet Union
now Ukraine
Height : 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight : 59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st)
Turned pro : 1999
Plays : Right-handed (two-handed backhand)