Vesna Manasieva
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Vesna Ratkovna Dolonts is a Russian professional tennis
player, born to a Serbian
father and Russian
mother.
Despite not having yet won any tournament outright at either WTA or ITF level, between July 2006 and February 2008 she has reached the quarter-final of a Tier IV event, $100,000 and $25,000 finals, a $75,000 semi-final, a $75,000 quarter-final, a $50,000 quarterfinal, four $25,000 semifinals, and one $25,000 quarterfinal.
But in February 2006 she won seven successive matches to come through qualifying and reach the semi-final of the $10,000 event at Portimão
, Portugal; and that May she reached her first $10,000 final at Kiev
, Ukraine
. A further semi-final appearance followed in June at Davos
, Switzerland, where she lost in straight sets to Tatjana Malek
.
In July she qualified for her first $25,000 tournament at Dnipropetrovsk
, Ukraine
, and reached the semi-final. At Moscow in August she reached the quarter-final of another $25,000 event, losing (for the second time that year) to fellow-Russian youngster Ekaterina Makarova
.
In September she qualified for a $75,000 event for the first time at Denain
, France, but lost in the first round of the main event in three sets to Claudine Schaul
.
Further success over the Autumn was largely elusive, but she finished the year ranked as World No. 393 after starting unranked.
, Italy with wins over Czech player Michaela Paštiková
, Italian veteran Antonella Serra Zanetti
and upcoming Belorussian player Ekaterina Dzehalevich
, and posted a win over Germany's Julia Schruff
in reaching the quarter-final of the main draw, her best result yet, before bowing out again, though this time in a close three-setter, to Tatjana Malek
.
In February, she reached another semifinal at $25,000 level, this time at Stockholm
-Salk, Sweden, with wins over Romania
's Sorana Cîrstea
and fellow-Russian Lioudmila Skavronskaia, but was then defeated in three sets by Virginie Pichet of France.
In May, she topped her previous best result by reaching her first $75,000 semi-final at Monzón
, Spain, scoring a notable straight-sets win against Croatian Ivana Lisjak
along the way, before being narrowly outclassed by American Lilia Osterloh
, 6–7, 3–6.
A lean spell with relatively disappointing results followed, though she took Dominika Cibulková
of Slovakia
to three sets in their first-round tie at the $50,000 tournament at Cuneo
, Italy, in July.
However, in August she returned to form, reaching the quarter-final of a $50,000 tournament at Penza
, Russia, and the semi-final of a $25,000 tournament at Moscow (where she lost to promising compatriot Anna Lapushchenkova
).
And then in September she set a new career-best performance by qualifying for her first $100,000 tournament at Kharkiv
, Ukraine
, and battling her way all the way through to the final with victories over Ukrainian stars Yuliana Fedak
, Mariya Koryttseva
and Tatiana Perebiynis
, and Russian veteran Galina Voskoboeva
. But it was another prominent player from Ukraine
, Alona Bondarenko, who would prove her undoing in a one-sided final.
The ranking points accrued from this result were sufficient to gain her direct entry into her first WTA Tour main draw at Tashkent
, Uzbekistan
, a Tier IV event, in October. After again defeating Voskoboeva in Round One, she had few answers in the second round to Pauline Parmentier
of France, succumbing 2–6 1–6.
Later that month, she found she had to qualify to gain entry into a popular $50,000 draw on the ITF circuit at Saint Raphael
, France, and lost in the qualifying match to Estelle Guisard of France, but gained entry to the main draw as a lucky loser, and defeated Estonia
's Maret Ani
before losing again, this time to Alberta Brianti
of Italy.
Towards the end of October she reached another $25,000 semifinal at Podolsk
, Russia, losing for the second time to compatriot Anna Lapushchenkova
, although this time in a very close three-set match, 6–7, 6–2, 4–6.
In November she reached the quarter-final stage of a $50,000 tournament at Minsk
, Belarus
but this time lost to Sorana Cîrstea
in straight sets.
In December, she entered the qualifying draw for the WTA event at Auckland
, New Zealand, and defeated Andreja Klepač
, Argentine María Emilia Salerni
and for the second time Ukraine's Mariya Koryttseva
to reach the main draw. But then she was drawn to meet Pauline Parmentier
in the first round proper, and again lost to her in straight sets, this time by the scoreline of 0–6, 5–7.
She ended the year ranked as World No. 162, an improvement of 231 places, after compiling a healthy win-loss record of 40–19.
of Spain before losing a marathon three-setter to Sandra Kloesel of Germany, 2–6, 6–3, 6–8. Although she was thus denied entry into the main draw of a Grand Slam, the ranking points accrued in her two qualifying round victories were sufficient to elevate her to a career high ranking of World No. 156.
After taking the next three weeks off, she entered qualifying for the Tier IV WTA event at Pattaya
, Thailand
in early February, and qualified for her third career WTA Tour main draw with three comfortable straight-sets victories. In the first round proper, she trounced an unheralded local wildcard for the loss of just one game, much as expected, but in Round Two she showed she meant business by packing off fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber
of Germany for the loss of only three games; and in so doing she reached her first ever WTA Tour quarterfinal. Her quarter-final opponent was experienced compatriot Ekaterina Bychkova
, whom she had never played before. Manasieva took the first set 6–4, and traded single breaks of serve with her in the closely fought second to force a tiebreak, which Bychkova took by eight points to six, bringing the match into a deciding set. Although Manasieva took an early 3–0 lead, her game then collapsed as Bychkova reeled off six straight games to take the match.
. She won her first ever match in a Grand Slam
event defeating Laura Pous Tio
7–5, 6–2. In the second round she defeated No. 17 Marion Bartoli
in three sets, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 Manasieva faced off against Anastasija Sevastova
in the third round and lost 1–6, 3–6.
In the French open she won her first round match against Anne Keothavong
and faced the defending champion Francesca Schiavone
in the second round.
In the US Open
, she lost to Venus Williams
in the first round.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player, born to a Serbian
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
father and Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
mother.
ITF Tournament career
Dolonts began competing on the ITF women's circuit in September 2005, soon after her sixteenth birthday, and had risen to World No. 152 by January 28, 2008.Despite not having yet won any tournament outright at either WTA or ITF level, between July 2006 and February 2008 she has reached the quarter-final of a Tier IV event, $100,000 and $25,000 finals, a $75,000 semi-final, a $75,000 quarter-final, a $50,000 quarterfinal, four $25,000 semifinals, and one $25,000 quarterfinal.
2005/06
In the latter months of 2005, Manasieva played just three $10,000 tournaments and won just one main-draw match.But in February 2006 she won seven successive matches to come through qualifying and reach the semi-final of the $10,000 event at Portimão
Portimão
Portimão is a Portuguese town located in the District of Faro in the Region of Algarve, the southern coast of Portugal. It was formerly known as Vila Nova de Portimão . In 1924, it was incorporated as a cidade and became known merely as Portimão. The town has 41,000 inhabitants and the Portimão...
, Portugal; and that May she reached her first $10,000 final at Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. A further semi-final appearance followed in June at Davos
Davos
Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...
, Switzerland, where she lost in straight sets to Tatjana Malek
Tatjana Malek
Tatjana Malek is a professional German tennis player. She achieved her highest singles ranking of World No. 64 on 14 September 2009. Her highest doubles ranking of World No. 73 came on 3 May 2010. Malek has won 8 ITF singles titles and 7 ITF doubles title but no WTA tour singles or doubles titles...
.
In July she qualified for her first $25,000 tournament at Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, and reached the semi-final. At Moscow in August she reached the quarter-final of another $25,000 event, losing (for the second time that year) to fellow-Russian youngster Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...
.
In September she qualified for a $75,000 event for the first time at Denain
Denain
It is the largest of 39 communes which comprise the association of communes of Porte du Hainaut, with a total population of 147,989, as of 1999. Denain had a population of 20,360, on a land area of 11.52 km² .-References:* -External links:...
, France, but lost in the first round of the main event in three sets to Claudine Schaul
Claudine Schaul
Claudine Schaul is a professional tennis player from Luxembourg. Her career-high singles ranking as of 15 June 2009 was World Number 41, which was achieved on 24 May 2004, and World Number 71 for doubles achieved on 8 November 2004.Schaul first played for the Luxembourg Federation Cup team in...
.
Further success over the Autumn was largely elusive, but she finished the year ranked as World No. 393 after starting unranked.
2007
The following January, Manasieva qualified for her second $75,000 event at UrtijëiUrtijëi
Urtijëi is a town of 4,637 inhabitants in South Tyrol, in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It occupies the Val Gardena within the Dolomites, a mountain chain that is part of the Alps...
, Italy with wins over Czech player Michaela Paštiková
Michaela Paštiková
Michaela Paštiková is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. On January 31, 2005, Paštiková achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 89.-Singles titles :-External links:...
, Italian veteran Antonella Serra Zanetti
Antonella Serra Zanetti
Antonella Serra Zanetti is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On January 30, 2006, Serra Zanetti achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 60.-Doubles :...
and upcoming Belorussian player Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
Ekaterina Dzehalevich is a professional Belarusian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 134th, which she reached on October 6, 2008. Her career high in doubles is 64th, which she reached on September 29, 2008. She has won four ITF and Satellite titles during her career...
, and posted a win over Germany's Julia Schruff
Julia Schruff
Julia Schruff is a professional German tennis player.Her career high WTA-ranking was attained on 17 April 2006, when she reached No. 52. Her highest doubles ranking was reached on 2 October 2006, when she reached No...
in reaching the quarter-final of the main draw, her best result yet, before bowing out again, though this time in a close three-setter, to Tatjana Malek
Tatjana Malek
Tatjana Malek is a professional German tennis player. She achieved her highest singles ranking of World No. 64 on 14 September 2009. Her highest doubles ranking of World No. 73 came on 3 May 2010. Malek has won 8 ITF singles titles and 7 ITF doubles title but no WTA tour singles or doubles titles...
.
In February, she reached another semifinal at $25,000 level, this time at Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
-Salk, Sweden, with wins over Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
's Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :...
and fellow-Russian Lioudmila Skavronskaia, but was then defeated in three sets by Virginie Pichet of France.
In May, she topped her previous best result by reaching her first $75,000 semi-final at Monzón
Monzón
Monzón is a small town in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It has a population of 17,050. It is located in the northeast and adjoins the rivers Cinca and Sosa.-Historical overview:...
, Spain, scoring a notable straight-sets win against Croatian Ivana Lisjak
Ivana Lisjak
Ivana Lisjak is a female tennis player from Croatia. Her current WTA ranking is No. 266 . She began playing tennis at the age of three when her sister introduced her to the sport at their tennis club....
along the way, before being narrowly outclassed by American Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh is a tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in August 1997....
, 6–7, 3–6.
A lean spell with relatively disappointing results followed, though she took Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...
of Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
to three sets in their first-round tie at the $50,000 tournament at Cuneo
Cuneo
Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...
, Italy, in July.
However, in August she returned to form, reaching the quarter-final of a $50,000 tournament at Penza
Penza
-Honors:A minor planet, 3189 Penza, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978, is named after the city.-Notable residents:...
, Russia, and the semi-final of a $25,000 tournament at Moscow (where she lost to promising compatriot Anna Lapushchenkova
Anna Lapushchenkova
Anna Lapushchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player, since 2003.-Career Summary:Lapushchenkova began competing occasionally on the ITF women's circuit in October 2002, shortly before her sixteenth birthday...
).
And then in September she set a new career-best performance by qualifying for her first $100,000 tournament at Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, and battling her way all the way through to the final with victories over Ukrainian stars Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Leonidivna Fedak is a female tennis player from Ukraine.On September 18, 2006, Fedak reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 63.-WTA Tour Titles :-Performance timeline:-External links:...
, Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on August 18, 2008....
and Tatiana Perebiynis
Tatiana Perebiynis
Tetyana Yurevna Perebiynis , born on December 15, 1982 is a Top 100 female professional tennis player born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, where she lives. She is an only child. She reached the Wimbledon junior girls' singles final in 2000, and won the Wimbledon juniors doubles final that year...
, and Russian veteran Galina Voskoboeva
Galina Voskoboeva
Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached her career-high singles rank of World No. 56 on October 10, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 31st, set at January 29, 2007.-Early life:...
. But it was another prominent player from Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, Alona Bondarenko, who would prove her undoing in a one-sided final.
The ranking points accrued from this result were sufficient to gain her direct entry into her first WTA Tour main draw at Tashkent
Tashkent
Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:...
, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
, a Tier IV event, in October. After again defeating Voskoboeva in Round One, she had few answers in the second round to Pauline Parmentier
Pauline Parmentier
Pauline Parmentier is a professional tennis player from France. Her career high was #40, achieved on 21 July 2008 and her highest ranking in doubles was World Number 146 on 15 June 2009.-Background:...
of France, succumbing 2–6 1–6.
Later that month, she found she had to qualify to gain entry into a popular $50,000 draw on the ITF circuit at Saint Raphael
Saint-Raphaël, Var
Saint-Raphaël is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.Immediately to the west of Saint-Raphaël lies another, older, town called Fréjus, and together they form an urban agglomeration known as Fréjus Saint-Raphaël...
, France, and lost in the qualifying match to Estelle Guisard of France, but gained entry to the main draw as a lucky loser, and defeated Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
's Maret Ani
Maret Ani
Maret Ani is an Estonian tennis player. At the start of 2006, she was the top-ranked player in Estonia, before losing that spot to Kaia Kanepi....
before losing again, this time to Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On June 13, 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55...
of Italy.
Towards the end of October she reached another $25,000 semifinal at Podolsk
Podolsk
Podolsk is an industrial city and the administrative center of Podolsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Pakhra River...
, Russia, losing for the second time to compatriot Anna Lapushchenkova
Anna Lapushchenkova
Anna Lapushchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player, since 2003.-Career Summary:Lapushchenkova began competing occasionally on the ITF women's circuit in October 2002, shortly before her sixteenth birthday...
, although this time in a very close three-set match, 6–7, 6–2, 4–6.
In November she reached the quarter-final stage of a $50,000 tournament at Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
but this time lost to Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea, is a Romanian tennis player. Her career high rank was World No. 23, achieved on 17 August 2009, after she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 French Open and the semifinals of the 2009 Los Angeles Open.- Playing style :...
in straight sets.
In December, she entered the qualifying draw for the WTA event at Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand, and defeated Andreja Klepač
Andreja Klepac
Andreja Klepač is a professional Slovenian tennis player. While she has not won a WTA title of any kind, she has won 3 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles, and made one WTA Tour singles final and two WTA Tour doubles final. Klepač reached her career-high singles ranking on July 14, 2008,...
, Argentine María Emilia Salerni
María Emilia Salerni
María Emilia Salerni , known as Pitu Salerni, was an Argentine professional tennis player from the city of Rafaela, province of Santa Fe....
and for the second time Ukraine's Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Koryttseva is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on August 18, 2008....
to reach the main draw. But then she was drawn to meet Pauline Parmentier
Pauline Parmentier
Pauline Parmentier is a professional tennis player from France. Her career high was #40, achieved on 21 July 2008 and her highest ranking in doubles was World Number 146 on 15 June 2009.-Background:...
in the first round proper, and again lost to her in straight sets, this time by the scoreline of 0–6, 5–7.
She ended the year ranked as World No. 162, an improvement of 231 places, after compiling a healthy win-loss record of 40–19.
2008
In January, she entered her first qualifying draw at Grand Slam level, and reached the final round of qualifying with a win over María José Martínez SánchezMaría José Martínez Sánchez
María José Martínez Sánchez is a Spanish professional tennis player. In singles, she has won five WTA singles titles, the 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, the 2009 Swedish Open, the Premier 5 event, 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the 2011 Gastein Ladies and the 2011 Hansol Korea Open. She...
of Spain before losing a marathon three-setter to Sandra Kloesel of Germany, 2–6, 6–3, 6–8. Although she was thus denied entry into the main draw of a Grand Slam, the ranking points accrued in her two qualifying round victories were sufficient to elevate her to a career high ranking of World No. 156.
After taking the next three weeks off, she entered qualifying for the Tier IV WTA event at Pattaya
Pattaya
Pattaya is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi....
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
in early February, and qualified for her third career WTA Tour main draw with three comfortable straight-sets victories. In the first round proper, she trounced an unheralded local wildcard for the loss of just one game, much as expected, but in Round Two she showed she meant business by packing off fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber is a professional German tennis player of Polish descent, who has considered representing Poland. She began playing tennis aged five. Kerber has a career high ranking of World No. 30 achieved on 3 October 2011...
of Germany for the loss of only three games; and in so doing she reached her first ever WTA Tour quarterfinal. Her quarter-final opponent was experienced compatriot Ekaterina Bychkova
Ekaterina Bychkova
Ekaterina Andreevna Bychkova is a professional tennis player. She is most famous for defeating defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round of the 2005 US Open. She defeated her by a score of 6–3, 6–2. It was the first time a defending US Open Champion had lost in the first round...
, whom she had never played before. Manasieva took the first set 6–4, and traded single breaks of serve with her in the closely fought second to force a tiebreak, which Bychkova took by eight points to six, bringing the match into a deciding set. Although Manasieva took an early 3–0 lead, her game then collapsed as Bychkova reeled off six straight games to take the match.
2011
Manasieva qualified into the 2011 Australian Open2011 Australian Open
The 2011 Australian Open was a tennis tournament featuring six different competitions, and part of the 2011 ATP World Tour, the 2011 WTA Tour, ITF Junior Tour and the NEC Tour, as tournaments for professional, junior and wheelchair players were held...
. She won her first ever match in a Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
event defeating Laura Pous Tio
Laura Pous Tio
Laura Pous Tio is a professional female tennis player from Spain. She won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games by defeating compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives. Pous Tio reached her career high of No. 73 on the WTA tour in July 2011.-Grand Slam Singles performance timeline:-External links:...
7–5, 6–2. In the second round she defeated No. 17 Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
in three sets, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 Manasieva faced off against Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova is a Latvian tennis player. On January 31, 2011, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 36. On August 31, 2009, she claimed her highest Doubles rank of No. 195...
in the third round and lost 1–6, 3–6.
In the French open she won her first round match against Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 71st in the world...
and faced the defending champion Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. As of 24 October 2011, Schiavone's ranking is World...
in the second round.
In the US Open
2011 US Open (tennis)
The 2011 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States...
, she lost to Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
in the first round.
Singles 7 (1–7)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 28 May 2006 |  KievKiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... , Ukraine |
Clay | Veronika Kapshay Veronika Kapshay Veronika Kapshay is a professional Ukrainian tennis player. On August 1, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 271 whilst her best doubles ranking was 114 on April 20, 2009.-External links:... |
2–6 6–0 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 September 2007 | Kharkov, Ukraine |
Hard | Alona Bondarenko |
1–6 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 24 February 2008 |  CaprioloCapriolo Capriolo is a town and comune in the Italian province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated directly south of Lago d'Iseo.... , Italy |
Carpet |  Anne KeothavongAnne Keothavong Anne Viensouk Keothavong is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 71st in the world... |
1–6 6–2 3–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 1 November 2008 |  NantesNantes Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants.... , France |
Hard |  Stefanie Vögele |
6–3 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 8 February 2009 | Belfort Belfort Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-... , France |
Carpet |  Lucie HradeckáLucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won ten WTA doubles titles. This total includes the 2011 French Open, in which she won her first Grand Slam title.-Career:... |
3–6 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 29 March 2009 |  MoscowMoscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia |
Hard | Vitalia Diatchenko Vitalia Diatchenko Vitalia Diatchenko is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 105, which she reached on July 27, 2009. Her career high in doubles is No. 60, which she reached on February 21, 2011.-Career highlights:... |
6–2 3–6 1–4 RET |
| Runner-up | 7. | 11 July 2009 |  La Coruña, Spain |
Hard |  Neuza SilvaNeuza Silva Neuza Silva is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking was 133, which she reached on July 6, 2009; her career high doubles ranking is 185, set at July 6, 2008... |
3–6 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 11 October 2010 | Joué-lès-Tours Joué-lès-Tours Joué-lès-Tours is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.It is the largest suburb of the city of Tours, and is adjacent to it on the southwest.... , France |
Hard |  Alison RiskeAlison Riske Alison Riske is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 104, which she reached on May 9, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 251, which she reached on August 15, 2011.-Early life and career:... |
5–7 6–4 6–4 |
Doubles 7 (2–5)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2 October 2005 |  PodgoricaPodgorica Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement... , Serbia & Montenegro |
Clay | Neda Kozić |
 Ani MijačikaAni Mijačika Ani Mijačika is a professional Croatian tennis player. On July 5, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 224 whilst her best doubles ranking was 319 on the same date.-ITF Circuit finals:-Singles finals: 12 :...  Dijana Stojics |
6–1 3–6 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 11 May 2007 | Monzón Monzón Monzón is a small town in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It has a population of 17,050. It is located in the northeast and adjoins the rivers Cinca and Sosa.-Historical overview:... , Spain |
Hard |  Iryna KuryanovichIryna Kuryanovich Iryna Brémond is a professional French tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 95, which she reached on November 7 2011. Her career high in doubles is 162, which she reached on June 25, 2007. In 2011 she married her coach, Gérald Brémond, consequently choosing to play for... |
Estrella Cabeza-Candela María Emilia SalerniMaría Emilia Salerni María Emilia Salerni , known as Pitu Salerni, was an Argentine professional tennis player from the city of Rafaela, province of Santa Fe.... |
2–6 1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 25 August 2007 | Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia |
Clay | Maria Kondratieva Maria Kondratieva Maria Kondratieva is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 48, set on 18 October 2010. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 210, which she reached on 23 June 2008.-Doubles: 4 :-External links:... |
Nina Bratchikova Nina Bratchikova Nina Bratchikova |Zhukovskiy]], Russia) is a professional Russian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 May 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 133. Her current singles ranking is 147 as of 13 November 2010... Sophie LefèvreSophie Lefèvre Sophie Lefèvre is a professional French tennis player. On September 15, 2003, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 216. Her highest doubles ranking was 87 reached on May 18, 2009.-External links:... |
6–2 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 10 November 2007 | Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened... , Belarus |
Hard | Ekaterina Ivanova Ekaterina Ivanova (tennis) Ekaterina Ivanova is a professional Russian tennis player.Ivanova's highest WTA singles ranking is No. 142, which she reached on June 8, 2009. Her career high in doubles was at No. 145 set at May 21, 2007... |
Alla Kudryavtseva Alla Kudryavtseva Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She currently lives in Moscow, where she is coached by Nick Rybakov... Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna Pavlyuchenkova is a Russian professional tennis player and a multiple junior Grand Slam champion. Her career-high rank of World No. 13 was achieved on 4 July 2011. From July 2007 to September 2009 she was coached at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France... |
0–6 2–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 10 April 2009 | Monzón Monzón Monzón is a small town in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It has a population of 17,050. It is located in the northeast and adjoins the rivers Cinca and Sosa.-Historical overview:... , Spain |
Hard |  Yi Chen |
Alberta Brianti Alberta Brianti Alberta Brianti is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On June 13, 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55...  Margalita ChakhnashviliMargalita Chakhnashvili Margalita Chakhnashvili is a professional Georgian tennis player, who is, as of July 24, 2007, the top-ranked female Georgian tennis player. In her career, she has never won a singles nor doubles title on the WTA Tour, but has won 8 singles titles and 3 doubles titles on the ITF circuit... |
2–6 6–4 [10–8] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 11 July 2009 | La Coruña, Spain |
Hard | Ksenia Milevskaya Ksenia Milevskaya Ksenia Milevskaya is a professional tennis player from Belarus. On June 9, 2007, Milevskaya and Urszula Radwańska won the 2007 French Open - Girls' Doubles title, beating Sorana Cîrstea and Alexa Glatch 6–1, 6–4 in the final, and on September 8, 2007 they continued their unbeaten match streak as a... |
María Irigoyen María Irigoyen María Irigoyen is an Argentine tennis player. As of August 1, 2011, she is ranked Argentine No. 3. She has played for Argentina Fed Cup team since 2008.- ITF Circuit singles wins :- ITF Circuit singles runner–ups :... Florencia MolineroFlorencia Molinero Florencia Molinero is a professional Argentine tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 235, which she reached on June 8, 2009. Her career high in doubles is 179, which she reached on April 26, 2010... |
2–6 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 14 November 2009 | Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened... , Belarus |
Hard | Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina is a Russian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of #74 on February 28, 2011.-Career summary:Rodina has made strong progress up through the world rankings to reach a career high of World No... |
Lyudmyla Kichenok Lyudmyla Kichenok Lyudmyla Kichenok is a professional Ukrainian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 232, which she reached on 18 October 2010. Her career high in doubles is 143, which she reached on 12 July 2010. She is the twin sister of Nadiya Kichenok.-Doubles: 1 :- Singles 5 :- Doubles 18 ... Nadiya KichenokNadiya Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok is a professional Ukrainian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 431, which she reached on 18 October 2010. Her career high in doubles is 143, which she reached on 12 July 2010. She is the twin sister of Lyudmyla Kichenok.-Doubles: 1 :-Singles: :- Doubles 18 ... |
3–6 6–7(7) |
| Runner-up | 8. | 25 September 2010 | Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council... , Great Britain |
Hard | Claire Feuerstein Claire Feuerstein Claire Feuerstein is an professional tennis player from France. She made her debut in professional competition in 2002, aged 16, at an ITF tournament in Les Contamines, France.... |
Vitalia Diatchenko Vitalia Diatchenko Vitalia Diatchenko is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 105, which she reached on July 27, 2009. Her career high in doubles is No. 60, which she reached on February 21, 2011.-Career highlights:... Irena PavlovicIrena Pavlovic Irena Pavlovic is a French female tennis player of Serbian descent. Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, she moved to Paris when she was three. Pavlovic won three singles and 13 doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, and is currently ranked World No. 202... |
4–6 6–4 [6–10] |
| Runner-up | 9. | 2 July 2011 | Cuneo Cuneo Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area... , Italia |
Clay | Eva Birnerova Eva Birnerová Eva Birnerová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Coached by Tim Sommer since October 2005, an all-court player who prefers playing on grass... |
 Mandy MinellaMandy Minella Mandy Minella is a professional Luxembourgian tennis player. Her highest singles ranking to date is World Number 125 on July 25, 2011, and World Number 250 for doubles on July 17, 2006... Stefanie Voegele Stefanie Voegele Stefanie Vögele is a professional Swiss tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 63, which she reached on March 1, 2010. Her career high in doubles is No... |
3–6 2–6 |
Single Performance Statistics
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 2007 WTA Tour The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 35th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 1, 2007, and concluded on November 11, 2007 after 61 events. Two new events were added to the schedule for the 2007 season: the Barcelona KIA and Gastein Ladies. It also... | 2008 2008 WTA Tour The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2007, and concluded on November 9, 2008 after 59 events.The season was characterised by its frequent changes in the No... | 2009 2009 WTA Tour The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events.... | 2010 2010 WTA Tour The Women's Tennis Association Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the WTA. The 2010 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments , the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , and the year-end... | 2011 2011 WTA Tour The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association . The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup , the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, and the WTA... | W-L | ||||||||||||
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| Australian Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | 3R | 2–1 | ||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | 2R 2011 French Open – Women's Singles Francesca Schiavone was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Li Na, 6–4, 7–6, making Li the first Asian and Chinese Grand Slam singles champion.-Seeds:# Caroline Wozniacki # Kim Clijsters ... |
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| Wimbledon | A | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | 1R 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but lost to 2007 finalist Marion Bartoli in the fourth round.For the first time since 1913, all eight quarter-finalists were European.... |
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| US Open | A | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | 0–1 | |||||||||||||