Arina Ivanovna Rodionova (; born 15 December 1989) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. On 5 February 2024, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 97. On 27 July 2015, she peaked at No. 41 in the doubles rankings.
Rodionova has won one WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles titles, and 17 singles and 42 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2007, she won the Australian Open girls' doubles title, partnering Evgeniya Rodina.
Elder sister Anastasia is also a tennis professional, and the two sisters have intermittently contested doubles tournaments together with modest success. Their most notable achievement as a team came at the 2010 Malaysian Open, in which they reached the final before losing to Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in a super tie-break.
Career Rodionova made her debut as a professional in 2004 at an ITF Women's Circuit event in Protvino, Russia. In 2005, she won a title in Minsk, followed by another win in Moscow the following year. In 2008, she finished as a runner-up in an ITF event in Istanbul. In 2009, Rodionova won two ITF titles in singles and eight in doubles.
2010 In 2010, Rodionova defeated Jarmila Wolfe in the final of a $25k tournament in Burnie. In doubles, she advanced to the final of the WTA Tour-level Malaysian Open with her sister Anastasia. Although they defeated No. 1 seeds Alisa Kleybanova and Yan Zi along the way, the sisters lost the final match to Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in close three sets.
2011 At the Australian Open, Rodionova equalled her career-best showing at a Grand Slam tournament by qualifying for the main draw. She lost in the first round to fellow qualifier Anne Keothavong, 5–7, 4–6. She then won a $50k event in May in Prague, partnering Darya Kustova. She qualified for the Birmingham Classic, and won her first-round match against Virginie Razzano. She then notched the biggest win of her career by defeating No. 1 seed and world No. 16, Kaia Kanepi, in the second round. She lost to the 14th seed Magdaléna Rybáriková in the third round. At Wimbledon, Rodionova barely missed out on qualifying for the main draw by losing to Kristýna Plíšková, in three sets. She achieved very modest results through much of the rest of the year, losing in the first or second round of most tournaments she entered.
2012 In 2012, Rodionova lost in the qualifying rounds of the Sydney International and the Australian Open. She then lost in the quarterfinals of the $25k Burnie International. She then competed in two more ITF events – losing in the second and first round, respectively. She picked up form in ITF Mildura, reaching the semifinals. Rodionova then competed in three more tournaments, losing in the second round of all three. She then failed to qualify for the Danish Open. Her best result of the year came at the WTA Tour clay-court event Morocco Open. She defeated Darija Jurak, Karolína Plíšková, and world No. 108, Mathilde Johansson, to qualify for the main draw. Each match lasted three sets. She took on Timea Bacsinszky in the first round, started well by winning the first set 6–2, but was forced to retire due a severe wrist injury she sustained while trailing 0–4 in the second set. She was also forced to withdraw from the doubles competition, where she and Anastasia were the No. 1 seeds. She missed a big part of the clay-court season to recover from the injury. Rodionova returned in July; she only made it past the first round in one of five ITF tournaments. However, she had a great result in Las Vegas where she reached the semifinals. Following three more early exits, she reached the final of a $25k event in Traralgon, and followed this up by winning her next tournament in Bendigo. She finished the year with two more early-round losses in Toyota and Dubai.
2024: Australian No. 1, oldest woman to make top 100 Following the 2024 Australian Open, she climbed to No. 101 in the rankings, 20 years after her professional debut. With a win over Yuan Yue in Hua Hin, Thailand, she reached No. 97 in the singles rankings, on 5 February 2024, becoming the oldest woman to make a top 100 debut at 34 years old. She went one step further to reach her second career quarterfinal defeating another Chinese player, Bai Zhuoxuan.
She qualified for the main draw of the 2024 US Open, but lost in the first round against Wang Xinyu in three sets.
World TeamTennis Rodionova has played six seasons of World TeamTennis. In 2011, Rodionova was drafted by the Washington Kastles WTT Team, coached by Murphy Jensen. As a result of their 14-match win undefeated regular season, the Kastles secured the top seed in the Conference Championships where they beat the Boston Lobsters. In the WTT Finals, the Kastles defeated the St. Louis Aces to capture the 2011 WTT Championship for the second time in its four-year existence, completing the first ever 16–0 season in WTT 36-year history. Rodionova was named "Female Rookie of the Year" just prior to the Championship match and later WTT Finals MVP. She continued to play for the Kastles from 2012 to 2015, and joined the San Diego Aviators for a season in 2019. It was announced, she would be joining the Washington Kastles during the 2020 WTT season.
Personal life Arina Rodionova was born to Ivan and Natalia Rodionova and lives in Melbourne with her sister Anastasia.WTA Tour | Players | Info (Biography) | Arina Rodionova She began playing tennis aged three, "I began playing tennis when I was almost three years old. And why exactly tennis? There wasn't any choice for me with my dad being a coach and my sister a professional tennis player, but in the end I think it's worked well!" Rodionova cites Martina Hingis as her role model, and also admires Justine Henin and Bob and Mike Bryan. She prefers hardcourts and forehand as a shot.
Rodionova received Australian citizenship in January 2014 and married Australian rules footballer, Ty Vickery, in December 2015. The couple announced their divorce in 2025.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025SRW–L Australian OpenQ3AQ21RQ1Q3Q11RQ31RQ1Q12R1RQ2Q1Q1Q20 / 51–5 French OpenAAQ2Q1AAAA1RQ1Q1Q1Q2Q1Q2Q2Q1Q10 / 10–1 WimbledonAAQ1Q3AAAAA2RQ21RNHQ3AQ1 Q2Q20 / 21–2 US OpenQ1AQ3Q1AQ1Q2AQ22RQ2Q21RQ1AQ11RQ10 / 3 1–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–10–12–30–00–11–20–10–00–00–10–00 / 113–11
Doubles Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–L Australian OpenAA2R1R1R2RQF1R1R1R2R2R1R1R2R0 / 138–13 French Open1RAAAA3R1RAAAA1R1RAA0 / 52–5 Wimbledon1R2RAA2R2RA1R2R2RNH2RAAA0 / 86–8 US Open1RAAAA1R1R1RAA1R3RAAA0 / 62–6Win–loss0–31–11–10–11–24–43–30–31–21–21–24–40–20–11–10 / 3218–32
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups) LegendWTA 500WTA 250 (1–6) ResultW–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Feb 2010 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard (i) Anastasia Rodionova Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [7–10]Loss 0–2 Sep 2014 Hong Kong Open, China SAR International Hard Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková 2–6, 6–2, [10–12]Loss 0–3 Mar 2015 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Anastasia Rodionova Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska 3–6, 6–2, [3–10]Loss 0–4 Feb 2017 Hungarian Ladies Open, Hungary International Hard (i) Galina Voskoboeva Hsieh Su-wei Oksana Kalashnikova 3–6, 6–4, [4–10]Loss 0–5 Jul 2017 Jiangxi International, China International Hard Alla Kudryavtseva Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–6 Jun 2019 Nottingham Open, UK International Grass Ellen Perez Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos 6–7(5–7), 5–7Win 1–6 Feb 2020 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand International Hard Storm Sanders Barbara Haas Ellen Perez 6–3, 6–3
WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Nov 2014Ningbo International, China Hard Olga Savchuk Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–6]
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 36 (17 titles, 19 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (0–3)$40/50,000 tournaments (0–2) $50/60,000 tournaments (3–6)$25,000 tournaments (12–8)$10,000 tournaments (2–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Apr 2005ITF Minsk, Belarus10,000 Carpet (i) Aleksandra Malyarchikova 6–0, 6–2Win 2–0 Aug 2006ITF Moscow, Russia10,000 Clay Yuliya Kalabina 3–6, 6–2, 6–1Loss 2–1 Jun 2008ITF Istanbul, Turkey25,000 Hard Stephanie Gehrlein 2–6, 3–6Win 3–1 May 2009ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Clay Anastasia Poltoratskaya 7–6(4), 6–4Win 4–1 Jun 2009ITF Bukhara, Uzbekistan25,000 Hard Nikola Hofmanova 6–3, 6–2Win 5–1 Feb 2010Burnie International, Australia25,000 Hard Jarmila Gajdošová 6–1, 6–0Loss 5–2 Oct 2012ITF Traralgon, Australia25,000 Hard Ashleigh Barty 2–6, 3–6Win 6–2 Nov 2012Bendigo International, Australia25,000 Hard Olivia Rogowska 6–4, 7–5Win 7–2 Oct 2013ITF Perth, Australia25,000 Hard Irina Falconi 7–5, 6–4Loss 7–3 May 2014ITF Karuizawa, Japan25,000 Grass Jang Su-jeong 3–6, 4–6Win 8–3 Feb 2016ITF Perth, Australia25,000 Hard Aryna Sabalenka 6–1, 6–1Loss 8–4 Feb 2016ITF Port Pirie, Australia25,000 Hard Barbara Haas 4–6, 7–5, 4–6Loss 8–5 Jul 2016Lexington Challenger, United States50,000 Hard Michaëlla Krajicek 0–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss 8–6 Feb 2017Burnie International, Australia50,000 Hard Asia Muhammad 2–6, 1–6Win 9–6 Apr 2018ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000 Carpet Pemra Özgen 6–3, 6–2Loss 9–7 Jul 2018Challenger de Granby, Canada60,000 Hard Julia Glushko 4–6, 3–6Loss 9–8 Jun 2019ITF Santa Margarida de Montbui, SpainW25 Hard Elitsa Kostova 5–7, 3–6Loss 9–9 Nov 2019Liuzhou Open, ChinaW60 Hard Zhu Lin 6–2, 0–6, 1–6Loss9–10Jun 2021Nottingham Trophy, United KingdomW100Grass Alison Van Uytvanck0–6, 4–6Loss9–11Feb 2022ITF Canberra, AustraliaW25Hard Asia Muhammad1–6, 6–7(7)Loss9–12Jun 2022Surbiton Trophy, UKW100Grass Alison Van Uytvanck6–7(3), 2–6Win10–12Feb 2023ITF Swan Hill, Australia W25Grass Maddison Inglis6–4, 6–3Win11–12Apr 2023ITF Nottingham, UKW25Hard Arianne Hartono6–2, 6–1Win12–12Apr 2023ITF Nottingham, UKW25Hard Amarni Banks6–4, 4–6, 6–2Loss12–13Jun 2023ITF Montemor-o-Novo, PortugalW40Hard Olivia Gadecki3–6, 2–6Loss12–14Jul 2023ITF Cantanhede, PortugalW25Carpet Kimberly Birrell6–4, 3–6, 1–6Win13–14Aug 2023ITF Barcelona, SpainW60Hard Valeria Savinykh6–4, 5–7, 6–1Loss13–15Aug 2023ITF Roehampton, UKW25Hard Alex Eala2–6, 3–6Win14–15Oct 2023ITF Edmonton, CanadaW25Hard (i) Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove6–3, 7–5Win15–15Nov 2023ITF Lousada, PortugalW25Hard (i) Robin Anderson1–6, 6–3, 6–4Win16–15Dec 2023Trnava Indoor, SlovakiaW60Hard (i) Kristina Mladenovic7–6(1), 5–7, 6–1Loss16–16Apr 2024Kangaroo Cup, JapanW100Hard Moyuka Uchijima3–6, 3–6Loss16–17May 2024Kurume Cup, JapanW75Carpet Emina Bektas6–7(7), 6–3, 3–6Loss16–18Feb 2025ITF Ahmedabad, IndiaW50Hard Park So-hyun3–6, 0–6Win17–18Mar 2025Jin'an Open, ChinaW75Hard Lanlana Tararudee6–3, 1–6, 6–3Loss17–19May 2025ITF Indian Harbour Beach, USW50Clay Lia Karatancheva2–6, 7–6(6), 3–6
Doubles: 56 (42 titles, 14 runner-ups) Legend $100,000 tournaments (0–3) $75/80,000 tournaments (2–0) $50/60,000 tournaments (18–4) $25,000 tournaments (21–7) $10,000 tournaments (1–0)