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Spanish-Moldovan tennis player

Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova (Romanian: Aliona Bolșova; Russian: Алёна Вадимовна Большова, romanized: Alyona Vadimovna Bolshova; born 6 November 1997) is a Spanish-Moldovan tennis player.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Bolsova had a combined career-high ranking of No. 4, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Australian Open.

Bolsova has career-high WTA rankings of 88 in singles and 54 in doubles. She has won four doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour along with eight singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[1]

Playing for Spain Fed Cup team, Bolsova has a win–loss record of 4–2 in Fed Cup competition.

Personal life[edit]

Bolsova moved from Moldova to Spain at a young age. Her father, Vadim Zadoinov, and her mother, Olga Bolșova, were both Olympic athletes, and so were her maternal grandparents, athletes Viktor Bolshov and Valentyna Maslovska.[2]

She represented Moldova from 2012 to 2013, until she gained Spanish citizenship in 2013.

College career[edit]

Bolsova played for Oklahoma State University’s tennis team as a freshman in the 2016–17 season in NCAA play. There, her record was 31–7 in singles and 25–7 in doubles.[3] Her tenure included helping OSU’s team reach the final of the 2017 Big 12 Conference championship[4] and the quarterfinals of the 2017 NCAA tournament.[5]

In 2018, Bolsova played for Florida Atlantic University, going undefeated in singles with a record of 19–0. In doubles, she went 15–3. Bolsova turned pro following the 2018 Conference USA Championship.[6][1]

Professional career[edit]

At the 2019 French Open, she qualified for the main draw[7] and reached the fourth round on her Grand Slam debut in which she lost to Amanda Anisimova.[8][9][10]

Performance timelines[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player’s participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[11][12]

Singles[edit]

Current after the 2023 Copa Colsanitas.

Doubles[edit]

Current after the 2023 Australian Open.

WTA career finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

WTA Challenger finals[edit]

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)[edit]

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Bolsova debuted at the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour in 2012 at the $10k event in Coimbra, Portugal. In singles, she has been in 17 finals and has won eight of them, while in doubles, she reached 18 finals and has won 13. In December 2020, she finished runner-up at the $100k Dubai Challenge in the doubles draw.[13]

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (1–3)
$25,000 tournaments (2–4)
$10,000 tournaments (4–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2012 ITF Coimbra, Portugal 10,000 Hard Liechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2013 ITF Lleida, Spain 10,000 Clay Egypt Mayar Sherif 0–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jul 2014 ITF Les Contamines, France 10,000 Hard Germany Tayisiya Morderger 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 2–2 May 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Bianca Turati 6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Win 3–2 Jun 2015 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay (i) Spain Lucía Cervera Vázquez 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win 4–2 Jul 2015 ITF Getxo, Spain 10,000 Clay Italy Corinna Dentoni 6–0, 6–2
Loss 4–3 May 2018 ITF Monzón, Spain 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Katie Swan 2–6, 3–6
Loss 4–4 Jun 2018 ITF Barcelona, Spain 25,000 Clay Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela 2–6, 3–6
Win 5–4 Jul 2018 ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Spain Olga Sáez Larra 6–0, 6–1
Win 6–4 Jul 2018 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Germany Katharina Gerlach 6–2, 6–1
Loss 6–5 Sep 2018 ITF Valencia, Spain 60,000+H Clay Spain Paula Badosa 1–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 6–6 Oct 2018 ITF Riba-Roja de Turia, Spain 25,000 Clay Belgium Marie Benoît 0–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 6–7 Feb 2020 ITF Cairo, Egypt 60,000 Hard Ukraine Marta Kostyuk 1–6, 0–6
Loss 6–8 Jun 2022 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay Spain Leyre Romero Gormaz 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 7–8 Sep 2022 ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia 60,000 Clay Slovenia Nina Potočnik 7–5, 6–1
Loss 7–9 Oct 2022 ITF San Sebastián, Spain 60,000 Clay Austria Julia Grabher 3–6, 6–7(3)
Win 8–9 Nov 2022 ITF Madrid, Spain 80,000 Clay Germany Tamara Korpatsch 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 18 (13 titles, 5 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$80,000 tournaments (2–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10,000 tournaments (6–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2012 ITF Coimbra, Portugal 10,000 Hard Russia Ulyana Ayzatulina Russia Nadezda Gorbachkova
Russia Ekaterina Pushkareva
2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2014 ITF Knokke, Belgium 10,000 Clay Chile Cecilia Costa Melgar Belgium Justine De Sutter
Belgium Sofie Oyen
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 2–1 Jul 2014 ITF Les Contamines, France 10,000 Hard France Carla Touly Italy Sara Castellano
Italy Chiara Quattrone
6–1, 6–1
Win 3–1 Sep 2014 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Hard Spain Olga Sáez Larra Spain Marta Huqi González Encinas
Spain Estela Pérez Somarriba
6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 Oct 2014 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Australia Alexandra Nancarrow
Spain Inés Ferrer Suárez
6–2, 6–3
Win 5–1 Nov 2014 ITF Castellón, Spain 10,000 Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Italy Federica Arcidiacono
Italy Martina Spigarelli
6–1, 6–2
Win 6–1 May 2015 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Australia Priscilla Hon Spain Cristina Bucșa
Spain Eva Guerrero Álvarez
6–0, 6–3
Loss 6–2 Jun 2015 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay (i) Spain Lucía Cervera Vázquez Belgium Elyne Boeykens
Belgium Steffi Distelmans
3–6, 6–7(4)
Win 7–2 Sep 2015 ITF Barcelona, Spain 15,000 Clay Italy Gaia Sanesi Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela
Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili
6–3, 6–4
Win 8–2 Oct 2018 ITF Riba-Roja de Turia, Spain 25,000 Clay Greece Despina Papamichail Spain Marina Bassols Ribera
Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
6−2, 6−2
Loss 8–3 Sep 2019 ITF Saint-Malo, France 60,000+H Clay Croatia Tereza Mrdeža Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Belgium Maryna Zanevska
7–6(8), 5–7, [8–10]
Loss 8–4 Dec 2020 ITF Dubai, UAE 100,000 Hard Slovenia Kaja Juvan Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
India Ankita Raina
4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 9–4 Sep 2021 ITF Valencia, Spain 80,000 Clay Venezuela Andrea Gámiz Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Brazil Laura Pigossi
6–3, 6–4
Loss 9–5 Apr 2022 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva Czech Republic Anastasia Dețiuc
Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová
3–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win 10–5 Jul 2022 ITF Amstelveen, Netherlands 60,000 Clay Spain Guiomar Maristany Czech Republic Michaela Bayerlová
Czech Republic Aneta Laboutková
6–2, 6–2
Win 11–5 Oct 2022 ITF San Sebastián, Spain 60,000 Clay Ukraine Katarina Zavatska Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
Spain Guiomar Maristany
1–2 ret.
Win 12–5 Oct 2022 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 100,000 Hard Spain Rebeka Masarova Japan Misaki Doi
Indonesia Beatrice Gumulya
7–5, 1–6, [10–3]
Win 13–5 Nov 2022 ITF Madrid, Spain 80,000 Clay Spain Rebeka Masarova Croatia Lea Bošković
Latvia Daniela Vismane
6–3, 6–3

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