Vasilisa Bardina

Vasilisa Bardina
Native name	Василиса Бардина
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Denver, Colorado
Born	30 November 1987 (age 36); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2012
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$236,661
Singles
Career record	149–83
Career titles	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	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 117 (25 June 2007)

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

Over her career, Bardina won three singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, but not any WTA Tour titles in singles or doubles. On 15 January 2007, she achieved her highest ranking of world No. 48.

Biography

Vasilisa was born to Alexey Bardin and mother Svetlana.^{[citation needed]} Her goal is to reach the top 10.^[1]

Tennis career

Bardina made the final of the Hobart International in 2007, before losing to Anna Chakvetadze.^[2]

She was forced off the tour after Wimbledon in 2007 due to injury, she had suffered a stress fracture in her right shin.^[3] 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 split 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	Jan 2007	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Anna Chakvetadze	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles (3–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	27 June 2004	Protvino, Russia	Hard	Elena Chalova	2–6, 1–6
Win	2.	30 October 2004	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Jennifer Schmidt	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3.	28 August 2005	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	4 September 2005	Balashikha, Russia	Clay	Alla Kudryavtseva	6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	5.	15 January 2006	Tampa, United States	Hard	Tiffany Dabek	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Loss	6.	12 February 2006	Midland, United States	Hard	María Emilia Salerni	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	7.	9 April 2006	Pelham, United States	Clay	Anda Perianu	6–1, 6–4
Win	8.	16 April 2006	Jackson, United States	Clay	Stéphanie Dubois	4–6, 6–2, 6–0

Doubles (3–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	21 September 2003	Sidi Fredj, Algeria	Clay	Eva Válková	Liza Viplav Jennifer Schmidt	7–5, 6–2
Win	2.	27 June 2004	Protvino, Russia	Hard	Julia Efremova	Maria Gugel Elena Chalova	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3.	4 July 2004	Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Julia Efremova	Ekaterina Bychkova Vasilisa Davydova	6–7^(4–7), 0–6
Loss	4.	10 July 2005	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	Vanessa Henke Laura Siegemund	4–6, 2–6
Win	5.	25 March 2006	Redding, United States	Hard	Ahsha Rolle	Elena Baltacha Yevgenia Savransky	7–5, 3–6, [8–10]