Alina Ilgizarovna Davletova (; born 17 July 1998) is a Russian badminton player. She won the mixed doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 2017 and at the European Championships in 2021.
Career Davletova who was born in Ufa, started to playing badminton at aged nine. She joined the national team in 2013, and made a debut in 2014. She crowned as mixed doubles champion at the 2016 Bulgaria International tournament, the first senior international title in her career. Davletova who still in the junior age group, was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2017 European Junior Championships partnered with Rodion Alimov, made them as the first Russian player to win that category. At the same year, she and Alimov also won the bronze medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei. At the 2019 Minsk European Games, she clinched the bronze medal in the women's doubles event partnered with Ekaterina Bolotova. Davletova and Alimov became the first Russians winning the European Championships in mixed doubles, doing so in 2021.
In January 2022, Davletova and Rodion Alimov had to withdraw from the India Open mixed doubles semifinals match after Alimov was tested positive of COVID-19.
At the 2024 BRICS Games Alina Davletova won two medals.
Achievements
European Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Ekaterina Bolotova Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen 21–18, 20–22, 14–21 Bronze
European Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine Rodion Alimov Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 11–21, 21–16, 21–15 Gold
Summer Universiade Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan Rodion Alimov Wang Chi-lin Lee Chia-hsin 14–21, 13–21 Bronze
European Junior Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace, Mulhouse, France Rodion Alimov Alexander Dunn Eleanor O'Donnell 21–16, 21–14 Gold
BWF World Tour (1 title) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 Rodion Alimov Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 21–18, 21–16 Winner
BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Scottish Open Ekaterina Bolotova Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen 21–15, 15–21, 11–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 4 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Hungarian International Ekaterina Bolotova Elena Komendrovskaja Maria Shegurova 21–13, 21–19 Winner 2017 Italian International Ekaterina Bolotova Alexandra Bøje Sara Lundgaard 21–18, 21–11 Winner 2018 Estonian International Ekaterina Bolotova Jessica Hopton Jenny Moore 21–10, 21–10 Winner 2018 Hungarian International Ekaterina Bolotova Emma Karlsson Johanna Magnusson 21–14, 21–9 Winner 2018 Italian International Ekaterina Bolotova Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow 21–13, 14–21, 21–13 Winner 2019 Azerbaijan International Ekaterina Bolotova Chloe Birch Lauren Smith 18–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2019 Italian International Ekaterina Bolotova Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 11–21, 14–21 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Bulgarian International Rodion Alimov Andrei Ivanov Ksenia Evgenova Walkover Winner 2016 Turkey International Rodion Alimov Melih Turgut Fatma Nur Yavuz 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2017 Estonian International Rodion Alimov Anatoliy Yartsev Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21–8, 21–19 Winner 2017 Hungarian International Rodion Alimov Søren Gravholt Louise Eriksson 25–23, 21–16 Winner 2018 White Nights Rodion Alimov Jason Wong Citra Putri Sari Dewi 21–14, 21–19 Winner 2018 Hungarian International Rodion Alimov Joel Eipe Mette Poulsen 10–21, 21–19, 10–21 Runner-up 2018 Italian International Rodion Alimov Evgenij Dremin Evgenia Dimova 21–13, 21–16 Winner 2019 White Nights Rodion Alimov Sam Magee Chloe Magee 21–16, 13–21, 21–16 Winner 2019 Dubai International Rodion Alimov Kim Sa-rang Kim Ha-na 22–20, 21–16 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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