Her first major international breakthrough was reaching the 2003 Wimbledon mixed-doubles final with Andy Ram. The official Wimbledon draw records the pair as finalists, where they lost to Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova. Source: https://assets.wimbledon.com/archive/draws/pdfs/draws/2003_MX_A4.pdf
Anastasia Rodionova
- Age
- 44
- Birthplace
- Tambov, Russia
About Anastasia
Anastasia Rodionova is a Russian-born Australian former professional tennis player whose career was defined by elite doubles success, a Wimbledon mixed-doubles final, two Olympic appearances and three medals at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. The supplied athlete matches the Australian WTA player Anastasia Rodionova, although the official WTA profile uses player ID 180356 rather than the supplied provider ID 106456. WTA lists her as retired/inactive.
Anastasia Ivanovna Rodionova was born on 12 May 1982 in Tambov, Russia. She developed as a professional tennis player in the late 1990s, turning professional in 1997, and built her career across singles and doubles. Her strongest discipline was doubles, where her athletic court coverage, competitiveness and experience made her a long-term presence at Grand Slam and WTA-level events.
Rodionova reached her first major international breakthrough at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, where she and Andy Ram reached the mixed-doubles final. Although they lost to Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova, the result established Rodionova as a significant doubles player on the Grand Slam stage.
She began representing Australia after obtaining Australian citizenship in late 2009. Her first major success as an Australian came at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. Rodionova won gold in the women’s singles, gold in the women’s doubles with Sally Peers, and silver in the mixed doubles with Paul Hanley. She also represented Australia at the Olympic Games in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016, partnering Jarmila Gajdosova in London and her younger sister Arina Rodionova in Rio.
In singles, Rodionova reached a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 62 on 16 August 2010. Her best Grand Slam singles performances were third-round appearances at the French Open in 2010 and 2011, Wimbledon in 2010, and the US Open in 2006 and 2009. In doubles, she rose as high as world No. 15 on 8 September 2014 and won 11 WTA doubles titles. She also reached the women’s doubles semi-finals at the 2010 US Open and several Grand Slam quarter-finals.
Rodionova’s most recent professional context is retirement. The WTA profile identifies her as retired, while the supplied provider status is Inactive. No reliable source reviewed for this profile confirms a current coaching, administrative or playing role after her professional career.
WTA career figures include 11 doubles titles, a 455–438 recorded win-loss mark, career prize money of US$3,680,801, a career-high doubles ranking of No. 15 achieved on 8 September 2014, and a career-high singles ranking of No. 62 achieved on 16 August 2010. Her major honours include two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Her defining Australian sporting moment was winning the 2010 Commonwealth Games women’s singles final against India’s Sania Mirza in Delhi. She also won the women’s doubles gold medal with Sally Peers and mixed-doubles silver with Paul Hanley. Other landmark performances included the 2003 Wimbledon mixed-doubles final and the 2010 US Open women’s doubles semi-final.