Alina Jidkova

Alina Jidkova Biography

Coached by Marco Martizi; fitness coach is Mauro Piras......Favorite surface is hard court...Father, Vladimir, is an engineer; mother, Lina, is a school teacher; brother, Dmitriy, owns a construction business...Has a collection of teddy bears...Nickname is Alinka...Hobbies include music, going out and reading...Other sports interests include ice skating and gymnastics...Favorites include wild flowers, the book Memoirs of a Geisha, the movie Far and Away, Italian foods and her mom’s borsht (Russian soup)...Favorite cities are Rome, for its culture, food and beauty, and Moscow because it is the soul of Russia...Most memorable tennis experience was playing Lindsay Davenport for the first time at the Australian Open and also meeting Chris Evert; most memorable non-tennis experience was her first trip outside of Russia at the age of 12 when she went to Italy. 

Alina Jidkova

Alina Jidkova

Alina Jidkova

Alina Jidkova

Alina Jidkova

Alina Jidkova

Alina Jidkova

Alina Jidkova

Alina Jidkova & Akiko Morigami warmup in Miami 2008

Alina Jidkova in Paris indoors 2008