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Serbian tennis player

Vesna Dolonc
Весна Долонц

Dolonc in 2014

Country (sports)  Russia (2006–April 2012)
 Serbia (May 2012–2017)
Residence Moscow, Russia
Born (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 (age 33)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro 2006
Retired 14 February 2017
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 900,034
Career record 323–219 (59.6%)
Career titles 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 84 (8 July 2013)
Australian Open 3R (2011)
French Open 2R (2011)
Wimbledon 3R (2013)
US Open 1R (2009, 2011, 2013)
Career record 126–103 (55.0%)
Career titles 5 ITF
Highest ranking No. 93 (4 February 2013)
Wimbledon 1R (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Fed Cup 1–4

Vesna Ratkovna Dolonc (Serbian Cyrillic and Russian: Весна Ратковна Долонц; née Manasieva, Манасиева; born 21 July 1989) is a retired Serbian tennis player. She earned career-highs of 84 in singles and 93 in doubles.

Dolonc began competing on the ITF Circuit in September 2005, soon after her 16th birthday, and had risen to world No. 152 by 28 January 2008.

In February 2006, she won seven successive matches to come through qualifying and reached the semifinals of the $10k event at Portimão, Portugal, and in May 2006, she reached her first $10k final at Kiev, Ukraine. In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Stockholm-Salk ($25k level); Monzón, Spain ($75k level); Moscow ($25k level); and Podolsk, Russia ($25k level). In September 2007, she made it to the finals at the $100k tournament inn Kharkiv, Ukraine.

In 2008, she qualified for her third career WTA Tour main draw at Pattaya, defeated fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany with the loss of only three games, and reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinals.

Dolonc qualified for the 2011 Australian Open, and in the second round, defeated No. 17 Marion Bartoli in three sets.

In July 2012, she won her second career title in Donetsk.

2013[edit]

Dolonc began her season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the first round of qualifying to María José Martínez Sánchez. Despite qualifying for the Australian Open, Dolonc was defeated in the second round by eleventh seed Marion Bartoli.[1]

In Paris at the Open GdF Suez, Dolonc lost in the final round of qualifying to Monica Niculescu. During the Fed Cup tie versus Slovakia, Dolonc won her first rubber when Dominika Cibulková retired due to a leg muscle strain.[2] In her second rubber, she was defeated by Daniela Hantuchová. Serbia ended up losing the tie 2-3.[3]

2014[edit]

Dolonc announced her retirement from pro circuit on 14 February 2017 (her last match she played in November 2016).

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 and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Note: Dolonc played under Russian flag until 2012.

Singles[edit]

Doubles[edit]

WTA career finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)[edit]

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

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss May 2006 ITF Kiev, Ukraine 10,000[b] Clay Veronika Kapshay 2–6, 6–0, 5–7
Loss Sep 2007 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine Hard Alona Bondarenko 1–6, 1–6
Loss Feb 2008 ITF Capriolo, Italy 25,000 Carpet (i) Anne Keothavong 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win Nov 2008 Open Nantes Atlantique, France 50,000[c] Hard (i) Stefanie Vögele 6–3, 6–2
Loss Feb 2009 ITF Belfort, France 25,000 Carpet (i) Lucie Hradecká 3–6, 2–6
Loss Mar 2009 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard (i) Vitalia Diatchenko 6–2, 3–6, 1–4 ret.
Loss Jul 2009 ITF La Coruña, Spain 25,000 Hard Neuza Silva 3–6, 1–6
Loss Oct 2010 Open de Touraine, France 50,000 Hard (i) Alison Riske 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win Jul 2012 Viccourt Cup Donetsk, Ukraine 50,000 Hard Maria João Koehler 6–2, 6–3
Loss Mar 2016 ITF Mâcon, France 10,000 Hard (i) Claire Feuerstein 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win May 2016 ITF Győr, Hungary 10,000 Clay Anastasiya Shoshyna 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)[edit]

egend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Oct 2005 ITF Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro 10,000 Clay Neda Kozić Ani Mijačika
Dijana Stojić
6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Loss May 2007 Torneo Conchita Martínez, Spain 75,000[d] Hard Iryna Brémond Estrella Cabeza-Candela
María Emilia Salerni
2–6, 1–6
Win Aug 2007 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Clay Maria Kondratieva Nina Bratchikova
Sophie Lefèvre
6–2, 6–1
Loss Nov 2007 ITF Minsk, Belarus 50,000 Hard (i) Ekaterina Lopes Alla Kudryavtseva
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
0–6, 2–6
Win Apr 2009 ITF Monzón, Spain 75,000 Hard Chen Yi Alberta Brianti
Margalita Chakhnashvili
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss Jul 2009 ITF La Coruña, Spain 25,000 Hard Ksenia Milevskaya María Irigoyen
Florencia Molinero
2–6, 4–6
Loss Nov 2009 ITF Minsk, Belarus 50,000 Hard (i) Evgeniya Rodina Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiya Kichenok
3–6, 6–7(7)
Loss Sep 2010 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom 75,000 Hard (i) Claire Feuerstein Vitalia Diatchenko
Irena Pavlovic
4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss Jul 2011 ITF Cuneo, Italia 100,000 Clay Eva Birnerová Mandy Minella
Stefanie Vögele
3–6, 2–6
Loss Feb 2012 Dow Corning Midland, United States 100,000 Hard (i) Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká
6–7(4), 2–6
Win May 2012 Open Saint-Gaudens, France 50,000 Clay Irina Khromacheva Naomi Broady
Julia Glushko
6–2, 6–0
Win Sep 2012 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom 75,000 Hard (i) Stefanie Vögele Karolína Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková
6–1, 6–7(3), [15–13]
Win Nov 2012 GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, United Kingdom 75,000 Hard (i) Akgul Amanmuradova Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–3, 6–1
Loss Aug 2013 Viccourt Cup Donetsk, Ukraine 75,000 Hard Alexandra Panova Yuliya Beygelzimer
Renata Voráčová
1–6, 4–6

Personal life[edit]

She was born to a Serbian father Ratko Manasiev and a Russian mother.[4][5] She changed her surname from “Manasieva” to “Dolonc” (Dolonts) when she was married to Arsen Dolonts on 1 October 2010.[6]

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ The $10,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15,000 even before 2017.
  3. ^ The $50,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.
  4. ^ The $75,000 ITF tournaments were reclassified as $75,000 in 2017.

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