Vesna Ratkovna Dolonc (Serbian Cyrillic and ; 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.
Career 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.
2013 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.
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. In her second rubber, she was defeated by Daniela Hantuchová. Serbia ended up losing the tie 2–3.
2014 Dolonc announced her retirement from pro circuit on 14 February 2017 (her last match she played in November 2016).
Performance timelines
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.
Singles Tournament20072008200920102011201220132014Win%Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAQ3Q1Q33RQ12R2R0 / 34–3 French OpenAQ1Q1Q32RQ21RQ30 / 21–2 WimbledonAQ21RQ31R1R3RQ10 / 42–4 US OpenAQ11RQ21RQ21RQ10 / 30–3Win–loss0–00–00–20–03–40–13–41–10 / 127–12National representationFed CupAAAAAAQFWG20 / 21–3Premier Mandatory & 5 + formerDubai / Qatar OpenAAQ21RQ2AAA0 / 10–1Indian Wells OpenAAAAQ2AQ1A0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAQ11RAQ1A0 / 10–1Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAQ2A0 / 00–0China OpenAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0Kremlin Cup (former)AQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments 1344104104Career total: 40Overall win–loss1–13–32–40–46–102–48–112–60 / 4024–43Year-end ranking162144131140111117103208$900,034
Doubles Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 French OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 WimbledonAAAAQ21R1R1R1RA0 / 40–4 US OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0National representationFed CupAAAAAAAQFWG2A0 / 20–1Career statisticsTournaments015224391027Titles 00000000000Finals00000010001Overall win–loss0–00–12–51–24–23–43–34–90–10–00 / 2717–27Year-end ranking582202292160144158103124481647
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner–up) LegendInternational (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHard Anna Chakvetadze Paula Kania Polina Pekhova2–6, ret.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups) Legend $100,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–5)Clay (1–1)Carpet (0–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss May 2006 ITF Kyiv, Ukraine10,000 Clay Veronika Kapshay 2–6, 6–0, 5–7Loss Sep 2007 ITF Kharkiv, Ukraine100,000 Hard Alona Bondarenko 1–6, 1–6Loss Feb 2008 ITF Capriolo, Italy25,000 Carpet (i) Anne Keothavong 1–6, 6–2, 3–6Win Nov 2008 Open Nantes Atlantique, France50,000 Hard (i) Stefanie Vögele 6–3, 6–2Loss Feb 2009 ITF Belfort, France25,000 Carpet (i) Lucie Hradecká 3–6, 2–6Loss Mar 2009 ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Hard (i) Vitalia Diatchenko 6–2, 3–6, 1–4 ret.Loss Jul 2009 ITF La Coruña, Spain25,000 Hard Neuza Silva 3–6, 1–6Loss Oct 2010 Open de Touraine, France50,000 Hard (i) Alison Riske 7–5, 4–6, 4–6Win Jul 2012 Viccourt Cup Donetsk, Ukraine50,000 Hard Maria João Koehler 6–2, 6–3Loss Mar 2016 ITF Mâcon, France10,000 Hard (i) Claire Feuerstein 2–6, 6–4, 4–6Win May 2016 ITF Győr, Hungary10,000 Clay Anastasiya Shoshyna 6–3, 7–5
Doubles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups) Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–7)Clay (2–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Oct 2005 ITF Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro10,000 Clay Neda Kozić Ani Mijačika Dijana Stojić 6–1, 3–6, 4–6Loss May 2007 Torneo Conchita Martínez, Spain75,000 Hard Iryna Brémond Estrella Cabeza-Candela María Emilia Salerni 2–6, 1–6Win Aug 2007 ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Clay Maria Kondratieva Nina Bratchikova Sophie Lefèvre 6–2, 6–1Loss Nov 2007 ITF Minsk, Belarus50,000 Hard (i) Ekaterina Lopes Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 0–6, 2–6Win Apr 2009 ITF Monzón, Spain75,000 Hard Chen Yi Alberta Brianti Margalita Chakhnashvili 2–6, 6–4, [10–8]Loss Jul 2009 ITF La Coruña, Spain25,000 Hard Ksenia Milevskaya María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero 2–6, 4–6Loss Nov 2009 ITF Minsk, Belarus50,000 Hard (i) Evgeniya Rodina Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok 3–6, 6–7(7)Loss Sep 2010 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom75,000 Hard (i) Claire Feuerstein Vitalia Diatchenko Irena Pavlovic 4–6, 6–4, [6–10]Loss Jul 2011 Cuneo International, Italia100,000 Clay Eva Birnerová Mandy Minella Stefanie Vögele 3–6, 2–6Loss Feb 2012 Dow Corning Midland, United States100,000 Hard (i) Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6–7(4), 2–6Win May 2012 Open Saint-Gaudens, France50,000 Clay Irina Khromacheva Naomi Broady Julia Glushko 6–2, 6–0Win Sep 2012 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom75,000 Hard (i) Stefanie Vögele Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková 6–1, 6–7(3), [15–13]Win Nov 2012 GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, United Kingdom75,000 Hard (i) Akgul Amanmuradova Aliaksandra Sasnovich Diāna Marcinkēviča 6–3, 6–1Loss Aug 2013 Viccourt Cup Donetsk, Ukraine75,000 Hard Alexandra Panova Yuliya Beygelzimer Renata Voráčová 1–6, 4–6
Personal life She was born to a Serbian father Ratko Manasiev and a Russian mother. She changed her surname from "Manasieva" to "Dolonc" (Dolonts) when she was married to Arsen Dolonts on 1 October 2010.See the paragraph "Biography" from her profile on WTA Tour official website
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