Vesna Dolonc

Vesna Dolonc
Весна Долонц

Dolonc in 2014
Country (sports)	Russia (2006–April 2012)  Serbia (May 2012–2017)
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2006
Retired	14 February 2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$900,034
Singles
Career record	323–219
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 84 (8 July 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	2R (2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2013)
US Open	1R (2009, 2011, 2013)
Doubles
Career record	126–103
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 93 (4 February 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–4

Vesna Ratkovna Dolonc (Serbian Cyrillic and Russian: Весна Ратковна Долонц; née Manasieva, Манасиева; born 21 July 1989) is a retired Serbian tennis player. She earned career-highs of 84 in singles and 93 in doubles.

Dolonc began competing on the ITF Circuit in September 2005, soon after her 16th birthday, and had risen to world No. 152 by 28 January 2008.

In February 2006, she won seven successive matches to come through qualifying and reached the semifinals of the $10k event at Portimão, Portugal, and in May 2006, she reached her first $10k final in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Stockholm-Salk ($25k level); Monzón, Spain ($75k level); Moscow ($25k level); and Podolsk, Russia ($25k level). In September 2007, she made it to the finals at the $100k tournament inn Kharkiv, Ukraine.

In 2008, she qualified for her third career WTA Tour main draw at Pattaya, defeated fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany with the loss of only three games, and reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinals.

Dolonc qualified for the 2011 Australian Open, and in the second round, defeated No. 17 Marion Bartoli in three sets.

In July 2012, she won her second career title in Donetsk.

Dolonc began her season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the first round of qualifying to María José Martínez Sánchez. Despite qualifying for the Australian Open, Dolonc was defeated in the second round by eleventh seed Marion Bartoli.^[1]

In Paris at the Open GdF Suez, Dolonc lost in the final round of qualifying to Monica Niculescu. During the Fed Cup tie versus Slovakia, Dolonc won her first rubber when Dominika Cibulková retired due to a leg muscle strain.^[2] In her second rubber, she was defeated by Daniela Hantuchová. Serbia ended up losing the tie 2–3.^[3]

Dolonc announced her retirement from pro circuit on 14 February 2017 (her last match she played in November 2016).

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Note: Dolonc played under Russian flag until 2012.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2012	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Anna Chakvetadze	Paula Kania Polina Pekhova	2–6, ret.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss		May 2006	ITF Kyiv, Ukraine	10,000	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	2–6, 6–0, 5–7
Loss		Sep 2007	ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine	100,000	Hard	Alona Bondarenko	1–6, 1–6
Loss		Feb 2008	ITF Capriolo, Italy	25,000	Carpet (i)	Anne Keothavong	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win		Nov 2008	Open Nantes Atlantique, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Stefanie Vögele	6–3, 6–2
Loss		Feb 2009	ITF Belfort, France	25,000	Carpet (i)	Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 2–6
Loss		Mar 2009	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Vitalia Diatchenko	6–2, 3–6, 1–4 ret.
Loss		Jul 2009	ITF La Coruña, Spain	25,000	Hard	Neuza Silva	3–6, 1–6
Loss		Oct 2010	Open de Touraine, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Alison Riske	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win		Jul 2012	Viccourt Cup Donetsk, Ukraine	50,000	Hard	Maria João Koehler	6–2, 6–3
Loss		Mar 2016	ITF Mâcon, France	10,000	Hard (i)	Claire Feuerstein	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win		May 2016	ITF Győr, Hungary	10,000	Clay	Anastasiya Shoshyna	6–3, 7–5

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss		Oct 2005	ITF Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro	10,000	Clay	Neda Kozić	Ani Mijačika Dijana Stojić	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Loss		May 2007	Torneo Conchita Martínez, Spain	75,000	Hard	Iryna Brémond	Estrella Cabeza-Candela María Emilia Salerni	2–6, 1–6
Win		Aug 2007	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Nina Bratchikova Sophie Lefèvre	6–2, 6–1
Loss		Nov 2007	ITF Minsk, Belarus	50,000	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Lopes	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	0–6, 2–6
Win		Apr 2009	ITF Monzón, Spain	75,000	Hard	Chen Yi	Alberta Brianti Margalita Chakhnashvili	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss		Jul 2009	ITF La Coruña, Spain	25,000	Hard	Ksenia Milevskaya	María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	2–6, 4–6
Loss		Nov 2009	ITF Minsk, Belarus	50,000	Hard (i)	Evgeniya Rodina	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	3–6, 6–7(7)
Loss		Sep 2010	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	75,000	Hard (i)	Claire Feuerstein	Vitalia Diatchenko Irena Pavlovic	4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss		Jul 2011	Cuneo International, Italia	100,000	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele	3–6, 2–6
Loss		Feb 2012	Dow Corning Midland, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–7(4), 2–6
Win		May 2012	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Naomi Broady Julia Glushko	6–2, 6–0
Win		Sep 2012	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	75,000	Hard (i)	Stefanie Vögele	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	6–1, 6–7(3), [15–13]
Win		Nov 2012	GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, United Kingdom	75,000	Hard (i)	Akgul Amanmuradova	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–3, 6–1
Loss		Aug 2013	Viccourt Cup Donetsk, Ukraine	75,000	Hard	Alexandra Panova	Yuliya Beygelzimer Renata Voráčová	1–6, 4–6

She was born to a Serbian father Ratko Manasiev and a Russian mother.^[4][5] She changed her surname from "Manasieva" to "Dolonc" (Dolonts) when she was married to Arsen Dolonts on 1 October 2010.^[6]

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