Anastasia Rodionova

Anastasia Ivanovna Rodionova (Russian: Анастасия Ивановна Родионова; born 12 May 1982) is a Russian-born Australian former professional tennis player.

Rodionova suffers the ignominious distinction of being one of just four players in WTA history to be defaulted from a tournament, after hitting a ball towards spectators at the 2007 Western & Southern Open.

In doubles with Elena Vesnina, she also reached the WTA tournament final in Bangalore, India and she captured her 11th ITF title in Italy in partnership with her sister Arina.

At the Tashkent Open, Rodionova once again teamed up with Tatiana Poutchek making the final, but lost in three sets to Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Anastasiya Yakimova.

Rodionova started the new season in New Zealand, but she was forced to retire in the opening round due to eye problems, where she was experiencing double vision.

May 2008 saw the beginning of a spate of injuries that significantly hampered the rest of the year, taking first-round honours in tournaments that she would have otherwise performed much more brightly.

Rodionova represented Australia at the US Open and equalled her career-best third round in singles before returning home to Melbourne to receive intensive treatment on a heavily injured ankle and torn leg muscle.

At the Australian Open, Rodionova lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 1–6, 2–6, but partnered with Vera Dushevina to make the third round of doubles, knocking off fifth seeds Nadia Petrova and Sam Stosur en route.

Rodionova then played numerous tournaments in Asia and Arab Emerates highlighted by a quarterfinal showing at Kuala Lumpur, and second round loses at Dubai and Pattaya City.

Rodionova's debut for the Australian Fed Cup team was in Kharkov, Ukraine, on 24 April 2010, where she opened the tie with an emphatic win over Alona Bondarenko, coming back from losing the first seven games.

Rodionova also partnered with Rennae Stubbs to win the final rubber of doubles after Alicia Molik won her substituted singles match, giving Australia a decisive 5–0 victory in the tie.

Immediately following the Cincinnati Masters, she played at the Connecticut Open, where she entered as a qualifier and defeated Tsvetana Pironkova in the first round, but lost to sixth seed Marion Bartoli in the second.

In doubles, she paired with Cara Black, and as the fourth seeds they lost in the first round to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yan Zi.

They defeated their German opponents Julia Görges and Anna-Lena Grönefeld to advance to the quarterfinals, where they beat the 14th seeds Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva in three sets.

In the final, after a good start, Rodionova came close to defeat with growing Indian support for the home favourite Sania Mirza, but was able to win in three sets.

In doubles, Peers and Rodionova won gold, beating compatriots Olivia Rogowska and Jessica Moore in an all-Australian final.

In mixed doubles, Rodionova and Hanley encountered a tough first-round match against Indian pair Nirupama Sanjeev and Rohan Bopanna but ended up winning in three sets.

They followed up this win by beating Mhairi Brown and Jamie Murray 6–3, 6–4, and following that, defeated Sarah Borwell and Ken Skupski, earning their place in the gold-medal final match but went down to Scot's Colin Fleming and Jocelyn Rae.

At the French Open, she caused a major upset in the first round by defeating doubles partner and 26th seed Nadia Petrova in three sets.

Competing in mixed doubles with Mark Knowles, they lost to the eventual champions Casey Dellacqua and Scott Lipsky in the first round.

Anastasia finished the season with a great run in singles in Linz reaching the quarterfinals and a week after getting into the final of doubles in Kremin Cup in Moscow.

She then traveled to Morocco to participate in the WTA's lone African event, the Fes Grand Prix where she suffered another defeat, to Chanelle Scheepers.

She continued her clay-court season, competing at the Madrid Open, where she qualified for the main draw, but lost in the first round to Czech Andrea Hlaváčková.

At the Nottingham Open, she lost in the first round of qualifying to former countrywoman Daria Gavrilova, retiring late in the second set due to a neck injury.

She qualified for a place in the main draw by winning matches against Tetiana Luzhanska, Caroline Garcia, and Verónica Cepede Royg.

In mixed doubles, she played with Jean Julien Rojer, and reached the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions Ekaterina Makarova and Bruno Soares.

Her final tournaments of the year included a first-round loss in Moscow to Alizé Cornet and a quarterfinal appearance at a $75K Challenger in Ismaning.

Rodionova began her 2013 season playing at the Auckland Open where she lost in the second round of qualifying when she was forced to retire against Maryna Zanevska.

While in singles she continued playing in the style of the previous season, Rodionova showed progressive results in doubles, when partnering with Alla Kudryavtseva the duo claimed three out of four tournaments.

That gave the pair a ticket to the WTA Finals in Singapore, where they beat in the quarterfinals fourth-seeded Makarova/Vesnina in three sets before they were defeated by title defenders Hsieh/Peng, 6–1, 6–4.

Rodionova at the 2004 US Open
At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships