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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Russian tennis player
A.K.A.
Vesna Ratkovna Dolonts
Gender:
Female
Work field:
Birth:
21 July 1989(Moscow, Russia)
Star sign:
Residences
Moscow, Russia
The details
Biography
Introduction
Vesna Ratkovna Dolonc (Serbian Cyrillic and Russian: Весна Ратковна Долонц; née Manasieva, Манасиева; born 21 July 1989) is a retired Serbian tennis player, born to a Serbian father and a Russian mother.
Career
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.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Winner – Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
| Premier (0–0) |
| International (0–1) |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (0–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
| Premier (0–0) |
| International (0–1) |
| Hard (0–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Sep 2012 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | Anna Chakvetadze | Paula Kania Polina Pekhova |
2–6, ret. |
ITF finals
Singles (3–8)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (2–5) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–2) |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Hard (2–5) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–2) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 28 May 2006 | Kiev, Ukraine | Clay | Veronika Kapshay | 2–6, 6–0, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 September 2007 | Kharkiv, Ukraine | Hard | Alona Bondarenko | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 24 February 2008 | Capriolo, Italy | Carpet (i) | Anne Keothavong | 1–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 1 November 2008 | Nantes, France | Hard (i) | Stefanie Vögele | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 8 February 2009 | Belfort, France | Carpet (i) | Lucie Hradecká | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 29 March 2009 | Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | Vitalia Diatchenko | 6–2, 3–6, 1–4 ret. |
| Runner-up | 6. | 11 July 2009 | A Coruña, Spain | Hard | Neuza Silva | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 17 October 2010 | Joué-lès-Tours, France | Hard (i) | Alison Riske | 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 21 July 2012 | Donetsk, Ukraine | Hard | Maria João Koehler | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 6 March 2016 | Mâcon, France | Hard (i) | Claire Feuerstein | 2–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 8 May 2016 | Győr, Hungary | Clay | Anastasiya Shoshyna | 6–3, 7–5 |
Doubles (5–9)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| egend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (3–7) |
| Clay (2–2) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Hard (3–7) |
| Clay (2–2) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2 October 2005 | Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro | Clay | Neda Kozić | Ani Mijačika Dijana Stojić |
6–1, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 11 May 2007 | Monzón, Spain | Hard | Iryna Brémond | Estrella Cabeza-Candela María Emilia Salerni |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 25 August 2007 | Moscow, Russia | Clay | Maria Kondratieva | Nina Bratchikova Sophie Lefèvre |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 10 November 2007 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard (i) | Ekaterina Lopes | Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |
0–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 10 April 2009 | Monzón, Spain | Hard | Chen Yi | Alberta Brianti Margalita Chakhnashvili |
2–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Runner-up | 4. | 11 July 2009 | A Coruña, Spain | Hard | Ksenia Milevskaya | María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 14 November 2009 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard (i) | Evgeniya Rodina | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok |
3–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 25 September 2010 | Shrewsbury, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Claire Feuerstein | Vitalia Diatchenko Irena Pavlovic |
4–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
| Runner-up | 7. | 2 July 2011 | Cuneo, Italia | Clay | Eva Birnerová | Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 12 February 2012 | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | Stéphanie Foretz Gacon | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká |
6–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 18 May 2012 | Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | Irina Khromacheva | Naomi Broady Julia Glushko |
6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner | 4. | 22 September 2012 | Shrewsbury, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Stefanie Vögele | Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková |
6–1, 6–7, [15–13] |
| Winner | 5. | 4 November 2012 | Barnstaple, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Akgul Amanmuradova | Aliaksandra Sasnovich Diāna Marcinkēviča |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 2 August 2013 | Donetsk, Ukraine | Hard | Alexandra Panova | Yuliya Beygelzimer Renata Voráčová |
1–6, 4–6 |
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent;(NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Fed Cup are included in win–loss records.
 Russia
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 Serbia
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| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | SR | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | Q3 | 3R | Q1 | 2R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 |
| French Open | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | 2R | Q2 | 1R | Q3 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 3R | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 |
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 12 | 7–12 |
| National representation | |||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | WG2 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–3 |
| Premier Mandatory tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| China Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Premier 5 tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Opens | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Tier I Tournaments before 2009 | |||||||||||||
| Moscow | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||
| Tournaments played | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 6–10 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 40 | 24–43 |
| Year-end ranking | 393 | 162 | 144 | 131 | 140 | 111 | 117 | 103 | 208 | 445 | 418 | 36% | |
Notes
Doubles
| Russia
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Serbia
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| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | SR | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 0–4 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| National representation | ||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | WG2 | A | 0 / 2 | 0–1 |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||
| Tournaments played | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | |
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | |
| Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–9 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 27 | 17–27 |
| Year-end ranking | 582 | 202 | 292 | 160 | 144 | 158 | 103 | 124 | 481 | 647 | 39% | |
Change of surname
She changed her surname from "Manasieva" to "Dolonc" (Dolonts) when she was married to Arsen Dolonts on 1 October 2010.