Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina (, born 30 November 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player.
Over her career, Bardina won three singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, but not any WTA Tour titles in singles or doubles. On 15 January 2007, she achieved her highest ranking of world No. 48.
Biography Vasilisa was born to Alexey Bardin and mother Svetlana. Her goal is to reach the top 10.Vasilisa Bardinasonyericssonwtatour.com
Tennis career Bardina made the final of the Hobart International in 2007, before losing to Anna Chakvetadze.Chakvetadze wins first title of year sonyericssonwtatour.com
She was forced off the tour after Wimbledon in 2007 due to injury, she had suffered a stress fracture in her right shin. She tried to come back at the Australian Open in 2008, but it was too soon after her injury and she had only been practicing for two weeks before the event. She lost in straight sets to Sandra Kloesel in qualifying. It was around this time that Bardina split from her coach, her father Alexey Bardin, whom she has described as a "pushy Dad". Bardina made a few tentative appearances at ITF events in North America in 2009 with limited success.
Bardina moved to Denver and worked as a coach at the Evergreen Sports Center, which is where she met former pro Jeff Salzenstein in 2011, who has starting coaching her. Under Salzenstein's guidance, Bardina won the US Open National Playoffs Intermountain Sectional Qualifying Tournament held at the Gates Tennis Center in Denver without dropping a set, which meant she could then play the US Open National Playoffs for a Wildcard into the qualifying draw of the main event.US Open
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up) Winner — LegendGrand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5PremierInternational (0–1) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss Jan 2007 Hobart International, Australia Hard Anna Chakvetadze 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
ITF Circuit finals Legend$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Singles (3–5) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 27 June 2004 Protvino, Russia Hard Elena Chalova 2–6, 1–6Win 2. 30 October 2004 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard Jennifer Schmidt 6–1, 6–3Loss 3. 28 August 2005 Moscow, Russia Clay Alisa Kleybanova 2–6, 2–6Loss 4. Balashikha, Russia Clay 6–2, 5–7, 4–6Loss 5. 15 January 2006 Tampa, United States Hard Tiffany Dabek 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss 6. Hard 3–6, 6–3, 4–6Win 7. 9 April 2006 Pelham, United States Clay Anda Perianu 6–1, 6–4Win 8. 16 April 2006 Jackson, United States Clay Stéphanie Dubois 4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Doubles (3–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 21 September 2003 Sidi Fredj, Algeria Clay Eva Válková 7–5, 6–2Win 2. 27 June 2004 Protvino, Russia Hard Julia Efremova 6–3, 6–2Loss 3. 4 July 2004 Krasnoarmeisk, Russia Hard Julia Efremova 6–7(4–7), 0–6Loss 4. 10 July 2005 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Yaroslava Shvedova 4–6, 2–6Win 5. 25 March 2006 Redding, United States Hard Ahsha Rolle 7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
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