Arina Rodionova

Australian tennis player Arina Rodionova competing on the WTA Tour.

Born on 15 December 1989 in Tambov, Russia, Arina Rodionova began playing tennis at the age of three. Her father, Ivan Rodionov, is a tennis coach, and her older sister, Anastasia Rodionova, also became a professional tennis player. Arina developed in Russia before relocating her tennis and personal base to Melbourne, Australia. She received Australian citizenship in January 2014 and subsequently represented Australia at the Olympic Games, the Billie Jean King Cup and international tournaments.

Rodionova plays right-handed and is described by the WTA as a baseliner who prefers hard courts, with the forehand listed as her favourite shot. Her career has combined singles competition with extensive doubles success, particularly on the ITF circuit. She won the Australian Open girls’ doubles title in 2007 with Evgeniya Rodina and later established herself as a durable senior professional across Grand Slam qualifying, WTA events, WTA 125 tournaments and the ITF circuit.

Her first major senior breakthrough came through sustained success on the ITF circuit and progression into Grand Slam main draws. In 2016 she made her Australian Olympic debut in women’s doubles alongside Anastasia and also made her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Australia. Her strongest Grand Slam singles results were second-round appearances at the 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 US Open and 2020 Australian Open. In doubles, she reached the 2016 Australian Open quarter-finals.

Rodionova’s most significant WTA-level title came in doubles at Hua Hin in 2020, partnering Storm Sanders. She also reached five further WTA doubles finals. A particularly notable singles period arrived in 2023, when she won seven ITF singles titles and made three additional finals. That form carried into early 2024: she reached the fourth round at Brisbane, the quarter-finals at Hua Hin and rose to a career-high singles ranking of No.97, becoming the oldest woman to break into the WTA singles top 100 for the first time. Tennis Australia later reported that she won her 17th ITF singles title at the Luan W75 tournament in 2025 and reached quarter-finals at the Chennai and Jinan WTA 125 events.

As at 18 August 2026, the supplied provider record lists her status as Active. Public ranking data available through 27 July 2026 lists her at No.443 in singles and No.480 in doubles, while the WTA profile records career highs of No.97 in singles and No.41 in doubles. Her most recent professional context is a continuing Australian-registered career spanning singles, doubles and national-team representation.