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| Country |  Russia |
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| Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
| Born | January 18, 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union now Russia |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 53 kg (120 lb) |
| Turned pro | 1993 |
| Retired | 2010 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | $1,128,467 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 458-410 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 9 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 51 (March 7, 2005) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2000) |
| French Open | 2R (2002) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
| US Open | 2R (2006) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 267-321 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 9 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 50 (August 4, 2003) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2003) |
| French Open | 2R (2000, 2003 & 2004) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2002, 2005 & 2008) |
| US Open | 2R (2005) |
| Last updated on: March 22, 2010. | |
Alina Vladimirovna Jidkova (born January 18, 1977 in Moscow, Soviet Union), soubriquet Alinka, is a former Women's Tennis Association tennis player.
Jidkova's father, Vladimir, is an engineer; mother, Lina, is a school teacher; brother, Dmitriy, owns a construction business. When young, she was one of many players that have been training at Nick Bollettieri academy in Florida. Her most memorable tennis experience was playing Lindsay Davenport for the first time in the 3rd round at the Australian Open and beating Serena Williams in 2004 in Linz. She has career victories over Serena Williams, Jelena Janković, Mary Pierce, Chanda Rubin, Samantha Stosur, Daniela Hantuchová, Amanda Coetzer, and many other big names in women's tennis.
Jidkova underwent knee surgery on 3 April 2001 for torn meniscus suffered during practice after Miami, returning to action in late April.
Jidkova resides in Boca Raton, Florida, U.S., and is married to entrepreneur Sascha Ghods. The two married on December 18, 2010, in a ceremony in Vienna, Austria.
She retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2010 season and now coaches Galina Voskoboeva, a former Russian player who now plays for Kazakhstan. With Alina as her coach Galina climbed 564 places in 2011. In 2012 she entered top 50 in the world by reaching a career high of 46.
Alina is one of 261 women, so far, to earn more than $1,000,000 in prize money just from playing tennis.
Notable achievements [link]
- 1996 - Won first ITF Circuit doubles title
- 1997 - Won first pro singles title at ITF/Culiacan-MEX
- 1998 - Won ITF/Coatzacoalcos-MEX
- 1999 - Won ITF/Miami-USA and won ITF/Peachtree City-USA
- 2001 - Won ITF/Pittsburgh-USA
- 2002 - Won $50,000 ITF/Louisville 2-USA, reaching career-first Tour SF at Memphis (d. world No. 17 Coetzer for first Top 20 win)
- 2004 - Linz Round 2, won against Serena Williams
- 2005 - Won women's doubles at Acapulco (with Tatiana Perebiynis)
