Alina Jidkova

Jidkova at the 2009 Kremlin Cup
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Born	(1977-01-18) January 18, 1977 Moscow, Soviet Union now Russia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,128,467
Singles
Career record	466–421 (52.5%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 51 (7 March 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2000)
French Open	2R (2002)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
US Open	2R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	281–332 (45.8%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 50 (4 August 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2003)
French Open	2R (2000, 2003, 2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2002, 2005, 2008)
US Open	2R (2005)

Alina Vladimirovna Jidkova (Алина Владимировна Жидкова; born 18 January 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. In her career, she won one WTA doubles title, at the 2005 Mexican Open and reached the finals three other times, at the Memphis Open 2003, Québec 2006 and Cincinnati Masters 2007. She also won nine singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In March 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 51, while in August 2003, she peaked at No. 50 in the doubles rankings.

Early life

Alinka, as is her nickname, was born in Moscow, then capital of the Soviet Union, to Vladimir, an engineer and a former professional weight lifter, and Lina, a school teacher and a former 100 meter sprinter.^[1] She has one brother, Dmitriy, former boxer, who now owns a construction business.^[2] She spent her early years in the Spartak Moscow tennis Club, but later she moved to the United States and attended Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Florida.^[3]

Tennis career

In 2004, she reached the quarterfinals of Generali Ladies Linz after beating Serena Williams in straight sets. Aside from Williams, she has career victories against Jelena Janković, Mary Pierce, Samantha Stosur, Alicia Molik, Chanda Rubin, Amanda Coetzer, Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Amy Frazier, Petra Martić and other notable players. In 2005, she won her single WTA Tour event, the Mexican Open doubles title in Acapulco, partnering with Tatiana Perebiynis. She has also finished runner-up on three occasions.

Jidkova underwent knee surgery on 3 April 2001 for torn meniscus suffered during practice after Miami, returning to action in late April.

Retirement and coaching career

She retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2010 season. Her last official singles match played was against Monica Puig, 2016 Olympic champion. Later she worked as a coach for Galina Voskoboeva, Ksenia Pervak and Kaia Kanepi. As a coach Alina Jidkova reached with Kaia Kanepi the Quarter-Final of the US-Open in 2017.

Personal life

Jidkova resides in Boca Raton, Florida, and is married to entrepreneur Sascha Ghods. The two married on 18 December 2010 in a ceremony in Vienna, Austria.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Feb 2003	U.S. National Indoors	Hard (i)	Bryanne Stewart	Saori Obata Akiko Morigami	1–6, 1–6
Win	2.	Feb 2005	Mexico Open	Clay	Tatiana Perebiynis	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados	7–5, 6–3
Loss	3.	Oct 2006	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Hard	Jill Craybas	Carly Gullickson Laura Granville	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	Jul 2007	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Bethanie Mattek Sania Mirza	6–7(4), 5–7

ITF finals

Singles: 17 (9–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	27 October 1997	ITF Culiacán, Mexico	Hard	Petya Marinova	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	11 May 1998	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Vanessa Menga	2–6, 7–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	18 May 1998	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Adria Engel	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	4 January 1999	ITF San Antonio, United States	Hard	Holly Parkinson	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	17 January 1999	ITF Miami, United States	Hard	Helen Crook	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	31 January 1999	ITF Clearwater, United States	Hard	Miroslava Vavrinec	0–6, 6–7
Winner	7.	19 July 1999	ITF Peachtree, United States	Hard	Erika deLone	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	16 July 2000	ITF Peachtree, United States	Hard	Sandra Cacic	0–6, 2–4 ret.
Winner	9.	11 September 2000	ITF Hopewell Junction, United States	Hard	Jennifer Hopkins	6–3, 6–0
Winner	10.	9 October 2000	ITF Miramar, United States	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	1–6, 7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	27 November 2000	ITF Tucson, United States	Hard	Katalin Marosi	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	29 January 2001	ITF Clearwater, United States	Hard	Anikó Kapros	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	13.	29 January 2001	ITF Fresno, United States	Hard	Marissa Irvin	2–6, 1–6
Winner	14.	5 November 2001	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (i)	Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 6–1
Winner	15.	23 July 2002	ITF Louisville, United States	Hard	Saori Obata	6–3, 6–4
Winner	16.	9 January 2007	ITF Tampa, United States	Hard	Olga Vymetálková	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	17.	5 June 2007	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Carla Suárez Navarro	2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 30 (9–21)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 February 1994	ITF Amadora, Portugal	Hard	Anna Linkova	Teodora Nedeva Antoaneta Pandjerova	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	29 January 1996	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Hard (i)	Pavlina Bartůňková	Ariadne Katsouli Bérangère Quillot	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	4 August 1996	ITF Catania, Italy	Clay	Teodora Nedeva	Katia Altilia Laura Fodorean	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	6 October 1996	ITF Langenthal, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Helena Vildová	Caecilia Charbonnier Andrea Schwarz	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	23 March 1997	ITF Victoria, Mexico	Hard	Paola Arrangoiz	Karin Palme Graciela Vélez	5–7, 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	27 October 1997	ITF Culiacán, Mexico	Hard	Paola Arrangoiz	Lucila Becerra Isabela Petrov	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	7.	19 January 1998	ITF Miami, United States	Hard	Aliénor Tricerri	Lilia Osterloh Zuzana Valeková	4–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	4 May 1998	ITF Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Adria Engel	Paula Cabezas Vanessa Menga	7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	11 May 1998	ITF Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Adria Engel	Paula Cabezas Vanessa Menga	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	18 May 1998	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Adria Engel	Paula Cabezas Vanessa Menga	3–6, 2–6
Winner	11.	23 November 1998	ITF Culiacán, Mexico	Clay	Renata Kolbovic	Zsófia Gubacsi Aliénor Tricerri	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	12.	4 January 1999	ITF San Antonio, U.S.	Hard	Holly Parkinson	Kylie Hunt Julie Thu	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	8 February 1999	ITF Rockford, U.S.	Hard (i)	Holly Parkinson	Lilia Osterloh Katie Schlukebir	6–7, 2–6
Winner	14.	19 September 1999	ITF Hopewell, U.S.	Hard	Li Fang	Dawn Buth Kim Grant	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	15.	1 May 2001	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Gabriela Voleková	Marissa Irvin Janet Lee	0–6, 2–6
Winner	16.	14 October 2001	ITF Hallandale Beach, U.S.	Clay	Jessica Steck	Erica Krauth Vanesa Krauth	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	17.	12 November 2001	ITF Hattiesburg, U.S.	Hard	Abigail Spears	Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	18.	3 December 2001	ITF West Columbia, U.S.	Hard	Abigail Spears	Amanda Augustus Jennifer Embry	6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	19.	3 December 2002	ITF Boynton Beach, U.S.	Clay	Lina Krasnoroutskaya	Katalin Marosi Samantha Reeves	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	20.	19 October 2003	ITF Sedona, United States	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–7(2), 6–7(3)
Runner-up	21.	10 November 2003	ITF Eugene, United States	Hard	Tatiana Poutchek	Teryn Ashley Shenay Perry	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	22.	1 December 2003	ITF Palm Beach Gardens, U.S.	Clay	Tatiana Panova	Melinda Czink Erica Krauth	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	23.	2 June 2008	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Marie-Ève Pelletier	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 1–6
Winner	24.	18 January 2009	ITF Boca Raton, U.S.	Clay	Darya Kustova	Kimberly Couts Sharon Fichman	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	25.	8 February 2009	ITF Rancho Mirage, U.S.	Hard	Darya Kustova	Natalie Grandin Courtney Nagle	2–6, 6–7(6)
Runner-up	26.	27 April 2009	ITF Charlottesville, U.S.	Hard	Angela Haynes	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz	5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Runner-up	27.	10 October 2009	ITF Mexico City	Hard	Karen Castiblanco	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Frederica Piedade	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	28.	8 March 2010	Clearwater Open, U.S.	Hard	Laura Siegemund	Xu Yifan Zhou Yimiao	4–6, 4–6
Winner	29.	19 April 2010	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	María Irigoyen Teodora Mirčić	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	30.	11 October 2010	ITF Troy, United States	Hard	Laura Siegemund	Madison Brengle Asia Muhammad	2–6, 4–6

References

External links

• Alina Jidkova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Alina Jidkova at the International Tennis Federation