Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko Dyachok is a Ukrainian former tennis player.
59 Facts About Alona Bondarenko
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Alona Bondarenko formerly paired with her older sister Valeria in doubles.
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Alona Bondarenko started competing in the pro tour in 1999 at the age of 14.
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Alona Bondarenko was only able to attain good success in two events, a semifinal in Kedzierzyn-Kozle and a quarterfinal in Sopot entering as a qualifier.
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In 2003, Alona Bondarenko tried to qualify for main draws on the tour, but failed in Hobart, Melbourne, and Hyderabad.
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Alona Bondarenko then went back to the ITF Circuit, after failing to qualify in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, only making it through one semifinal out of seven events.
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Alona Bondarenko failed to qualify for the French Open and Wimbledon.
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Alona Bondarenko then reached the final of Orbetello, losing to Catalina Castano in three sets.
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Alona Bondarenko then received direct entry in the Istanbul Cup, French Open, DFS Classic, all losing in the first round and failed to qualify in the Hastings Direct International Championships.
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Alona Bondarenko then made early exits at Modena, Palermo, in the Nordea Nordic Light Open and the US Open.
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Alona Bondarenko ended the year for the first time inside the top 100, at 73.
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Alona Bondarenko was the second lowest-ranked player ever to win a Tier-II title, being ranked No 62, the record is held by Kim Jones-Schaefer who was ranked No 64.
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Alona Bondarenko made it through the top 50 after her first title.
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Alona Bondarenko then failed to qualify in the Kremlin Cup and the Zurich Open and ended the year ranked No 32.
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Alona Bondarenko then lost in the first round of the Qatar Total Open, third round of Indian Wells and second round of the Miami Masters.
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Alona Bondarenko reached the third round at Amelia Island, losing to Jelena Jankovic.
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Alona Bondarenko then followed it up with third-round appearances at German Open and Italian Open, losing to Serbians Ivanovic and Jankovic respectively, which both of them eventually captured the title.
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Alona Bondarenko however bounced back with good showings at the grass season, reaching the quarterfinals of both the DFS Classic and Rosmalen Open, losing both to Jankovic; this was her fourth loss to her in that year.
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Alona Bondarenko then came out with a three straight loss in the second round of the Acura Classic, first rounds of East West Bank Classic and Rogers Cup.
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Alona Bondarenko then lost three straight matches in a row, two of them coming from Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli.
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Alona Bondarenko reached the quarterfinals of the Linz Open, losing to eventual champion Daniela Hantuchova.
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Alona Bondarenko then followed it up with first-round exits at Paris and Antwerpen, losing to lower-ranked players.
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Alona Bondarenko lost to eventual champion Dementieva at the Dubai Tennis Championships in the second round.
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Alona Bondarenko made her first third round of the year at the Pacific Life Open, losing to Maria Sharapova, this was the start of good showings from the Ukrainian.
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Alona Bondarenko's performance at a Major was a disappointment as she lost in the first round of the French Open to Petra Cetkovska.
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Alona Bondarenko reached the quarterfinals of DFS Classic by defeating Virginia Ruano Pascual and Sunitha Rao before falling to Marina Erakovic.
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Alona Bondarenko reached the semifinals of the Ordina Open, losing to eventual champion Tamarine Tanasugarn, she however lost at the second round of Wimbledon.
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Alona Bondarenko then represented Ukraine at the 2008 Olympics, losing to Serbian Jelena Jankovic in the second round, in the doubles she partnered with sister Kateryna and they came in fourth place.
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Alona Bondarenko then reached the third round of the US Open, losing to Venus Williams.
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Alona Bondarenko then lost in the second rounds of Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and Zurich Open and the first round of Kremlin Cup to higher ranked players Jelena Jankovic, Venus Williams, and Katarina Srebotnik.
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Alona Bondarenko ended the year competing in the Generali Ladies Linz where she lost her quarterfinal match to Marion Bartoli.
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The first three months of the year Alona Bondarenko made only one victory in three tournaments and no victories in the other three.
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Alona Bondarenko then made it to the second round of Family Circle Cup and first round of the Italian Open.
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Alona Bondarenko then gave Ukraine two victories at the second week of the Fed Cup playoffs.
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At the Madrid Masters, Alona Bondarenko defeated Kuznetsova in the second round and Anna Chakvetadze in the third before falling to world No 1, Dinara Safina, in the quarterfinals.
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Alona Bondarenko fell to Alexandra Dulgheru in the final, in three sets.
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At the French Open, Alona Bondarenko fell to 20th seed Dominika Cibulkova in the first round in three sets.
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Alona Bondarenko then performed badly at grass unable to duplicate her performance in the past two years, losing in the second round of the Rosmalen Open and first round of Wimbledon to Elena Baltacha.
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Alona Bondarenko then made it to her first semifinal since the 2007 Istanbul Cup, which was more than two years ago.
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Alona Bondarenko then reached the third rounds of LA Championships, losing to Sharapova in three, and Rogers Cup, losing to Serena Williams.
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Alona Bondarenko played her last tournament of the year at the Kremlin Cup, where she beat Anna Chakvetadze, Nadia Petrova and Tsvetana Pironkova all in straight sets before losing to eventual champion Francesca Schiavone in the semifinals in straight sets as well.
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Alona Bondarenko lost her fourth round match to Zheng Jie.
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Alona Bondarenko was defeated in the first round by Andrea Petkovic.
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Alona Bondarenko started her clay-court season at the MPS Group Championships.
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In Charleston at the Family Circle Cup, Alona Bondarenko was the ninth seed.
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Alona Bondarenko reached the third round after wins over Julie Ditty and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
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Alona Bondarenko was defeated in her third-round match by seventh seed and eventual finalist Vera Zvonareva.
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Alona Bondarenko then gained the biggest win of her career by defeating world No 2, Caroline Wozniacki in the second round.
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Alona Bondarenko was defeated in the third round by 13th seed Li Na.
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Alona Bondarenko began her US Open series at the Mercury Insurance Open.
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Alona Bondarenko lost in the first round to Dinara Safina.
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At the Rogers Cup, Alona Bondarenko lost in the first round to qualifier Jarmila Groth.
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Alona Bondarenko played her final tournament before the US Open at the Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Alona Bondarenko fell in the first round to sixth seed Marion Bartoli.
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Alona Bondarenko lost in the third round to sixth seed Francesca Schiavone.
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In Tokyo at the Pan Pacific Open, Alona Bondarenko was defeated in the second round by third seed Jelena Jankovic.
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Alona Bondarenko played her final tournament of the season at the Kremlin Cup, and was defeated in the second round by eighth seed Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
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Alona Bondarenko withdrew from the Hobart International and the Australian Open.
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Alona Bondarenko was coached by her mother Natalia Bondarenko and her husband Nikolay Dyachok.