Alesia Zaitsava
Personal information
Nickname(s)Aleska
Birth nameAlesia Mikhaylovna Zaitsava
CountryBelarus
Born (1985-08-14) 14 August 1985
Brest, Belarus
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
CoachViktar Konakh
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking72 (WS 14 March 2013)
78 (WD 2 November 2017)
58 (XD 24 March 2011)
BWF profile

Alesia Mikhaylovna Zaitsava (Belarusian: Алеся Міхайлаўна Зайцава, Russian: Алеся Михайловна Зайцева; born 14 August 1985) is a Belarusian badminton player.[1] She competed for Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, but did not advance to the knock-out stage after being defeated by Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria and Adriyanti Firdasari of Indonesia in the group stage.[2][3] She started playing badminton in 1993, and became part of the Belarusian national badminton team in 1996.[1]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 11 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Egypt International Myanmar Thet Htar Thuzar Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Latvia International Estonia Kristin Kuuba 10–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Latvia International Russia Elena Komendrovskaja 17–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Croatian International Russia Elena Komendrovskaja 13–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Lithuanian International Germany Yvonne Li 14–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Lithuanian International Poland Anna Narel 19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Slovak Open Ukraine Natalya Voytsekh 21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Bulgaria Hebar Open Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 21–17, 18–21, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Slovak Open Indonesia Gustiani Megawati 17–21, 21–19, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Egypt International Belarus Anastasiya Cherniavskaya India Sanyogita Ghorpade
India Prajakta Sawant		 21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Latvia International Belarus Anastasiya Cherniavskaya Russia Ksenia Evgenova
Russia Maria Shegurova		 21–16, 10–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Bahrain International Uzbekistan Artyom Savatyugin Malaysia Tan Yip Jiun
Malaysia Yang Li Lian		 17–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Slovak Open Belarus Aliaksei Konakh Netherlands Jacco Arends
Netherlands Selena Piek		 15–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Kharkiv International Belarus Aliaksei Konakh Ukraine Valeriy Atrashchenkov
Ukraine Elena Prus		 19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Slovak Open Belarus Aliaksei Konakh Denmark Mark Philip Winther
Denmark Karina Sørensen		 21–18, 9–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 "Players: Alesia Zaitsava". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Alesia Zaitsava". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Alesya Zaytseva". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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