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Biography
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Coming
from an athletic family, (Alla was a tennis player and Sergei, a
Greco-Roman wrestler.) it is no wonder that at the prodigious age
of five, she started to play tennis. February of 1992 she moved
to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, to
be with her coach, Nick Bollettieri.
She
was very successful whilst in junior competition.She ended 1995
as the ITF Junior World Champion ranked No.1. She won the Orange
Bowl 18s, the 1995 European Championships , and the 1995 Italian
Open Juniors. She was a 1995 Wimbledon Juniors Semi-Finalist, and
a 1995 French Open
Juniors Quarter-Finalist. As a qualifier, she won her first professional
title at a 1996 ITF Women's Circuit satellite event in Midland,
Michigan, USA, where she collected wins over Julie Steven, Jana
Nejedly, Rene Simpson, Tami Whitlinger-Jones and Lindsay Lee.Directly
after winning the tournament, she flew to Oklahoma City in time
to win her first-round qualifying match the same day. As the fifth
seed, she earned her second pro title at an ITF Women's Circuit
satellite event in Rockford, Illinois, USA, where she collected
wins against Sonya Jeyaseelan, Tara Snyder, and Yuka Yoshida.
Her
biggest success to date was making it to the Semi-Finals at Wimbledon,
after which she achieved her highest yet ranking of 25
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