Alicja Rosolska

Alicja Rosolska (; born 1 December 1985) is a Polish former professional tennis player.

On 9 June 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 636. On 10 June 2019, she peaked at No. 23 in the doubles rankings.

Rosolska has won nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour in her career (in Cachantún with Līga Dekmeijere, in Marbella with Klaudia Jans, in Budapest with Anabel Medina Garrigues, in Monterrey with Gabriela Dabrowski, in Bastad with Andreea Mitu, in St. Petersburg with Jeļena Ostapenko, again in Monterrey with Nao Hibino, in Nottingham with Abigail Spears and in Charleston with Anna-Lena Grönefeld), as well as 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

She represented Poland in Fed Cup and both 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, in the women's doubles competitions again with Jans.

Personal life Her sister, Aleksandra Rosolska, is also a tennis player.

Professional tour 2004–07: First WTA Tour doubles final, major debut In August 2004, she played her first WTA final in the doubles event at the Warsaw Open in Sopot. She and partner Klaudia Jans lost to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Marta Marrero.

During the season of 2005, she played two WTA finals but failed to win the trophy in both of them. First, she reached the final of the Tier II Warsaw Open in April. In July, she played at the Palermo Ladies Open. However, she lost both finals alongside Jans. At the 2005 Zurich Open, she made her Tier I debut but lost in the first round.

At the 2007 Australian Open, she made her major debut. Partnering with Vasilisa Bardina, she lost in the second round. Later, she reached second round of the French Open and US Open as well.

2008–09: First WTA Tour doubles title, Olympics debut In February 2008, she won her first WTA doubles title at the Cachantún Cup. It was the first final that she did not play alongside Jans. Partnering Līga Dekmeijere, she defeated Mariya Koryttseva and Julia Schruff in straight sets. In August, she made her Olympics debut in Beijing. She competed only in the doubles event, where alongside Jans, she lost in the first round to Lindsay Davenport and Liezel Huber. At the 2008 US Open, she entered for the first time the third round of a major.

She started into the season of 2009 at the Brisbane International where she returned to play alongside Jans but they lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Vania King. In April, she won the first title with Jans, at the Andalucia Tennis Experience. In October, she reached another WTA tournament final at the Linz Open but finished runner-up.

2010–11: Three Premier 5/Mandatory quarterfinals, second WTA title In the first four months of 2010, Rosolska advanced to three semifinals. Right after that she reached her first Premier 5/Mandatory quarterfinal at the Italian Open. By the end of the year, she had reached four more semifinals.

Rosolska was successful during the first two weeks in 2011. She started season with the final of the Brisbane International (her second there), followed up then with semifinal of the Sydney International. In March, she reached her second career Premier 5/Mandatory quarterfinal, this time at the Indian Wells Open. Prior to the French Open, she played in the final of the Brussels Open alongside Jans but lost in a three-set match against Andrea Hlaváčková and Galina Voskoboeva. Right after Wimbledon, she won another title at the Budapest Grand Prix, partnering with Anabel Medina Garrigues. At the Canadian Open, she played another Premier 5/Mandatory quarterfinal.

2012–14: Completing career Grand Slam third round

At the 2012 Australian Open, she played her first third round there. That was her second one at a Grand Slam championship. Two weeks later, she reached semifinals of the Premier Open GdF Suez in Paris but then withdraw alongside Monica Niculescu. The week before the French Open, she advanced to the final of the Premier Brussels Open. For the second time in-a-row she failed to lift the trophy. In August, she played at the London Olympics, partnering with Jans-Ignacik (married in 2011); they lost to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova. She then entered the final of the Tournoi de Québec carpet tournament, but lost in three sets. At the China Open, she reached another Premier 5/Mandatory quarterfinal.

The first half of the 2013 season was marked with a lot of losing in the either first or second rounds. In late May, she reached semifinals of the Premier Brussels Open, for the third consecutive year. At the French Open, she reached third round as her first one there and third Grand Slam in total. At the Canadian Open, she advanced to another Premier 5/Mandatory quarterfinal. She finished the year with the Linz Open final and the semifinals of the Premier Kremlin Cup.

Despite the weak performances in 2014, Rosolska reached the third round of the US Open, completing third round of all four Grand Slam tournaments. Another big result during that year was the semifinal of the Linz Open.

2015–17: Four more career doubles titles, Elite Trophy debut In March 2015, she won title at the Monterrey Open alongside Gabriela Dabrowski. She continued with reaching quarterfinals of the Premier 5/Mandatory tournaments at the Italian Open and later at the Wuhan Open. For the first time, she played at the WTA Elite Trophy alongside Dabrowski. However, they lost both round-robin matches.

In late July 2016, she won the title at the Swedish Open, partnering with Andreea Mitu.

At the 2017 St. Petersburg Trophy, she won her first Premier-level title alongside Jeļena Ostapenko. In April, she won another WTA title at the Monterrey Open alongside Nao Hibino. At the Wuhan Open, she reached new Premier 5/Mandatory quarterfinal. For the second time, she qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy. This time she played alongside Anna Smith, but lost again both round-robin matches.

2018–19: Wimbledon semifinal, first win at the Elite Trophy In 2018, her first significant performance was at the Premier Dubai Championships where she reached semifinals. Two weeks later, she reached semifinal of the Ladies Open Lugano. At the Madrid Open, she reached quarterfinals. Her grass-court season was successful. She started with the title at the Nottingham Open as her first grass title. At Wimbledon, she reached her first significant Grand Slam result, reaching semifinals. Partnering with Abigail Spears, she lost to eventual champions Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková. She also reached semifinals at the Premier Connecticut Open and quarterfinal of the Premier Mandatory China Open. At the WTA Elite Trophy, she played alongside Mihaela Buzărnescu and won first match in the round-robin stage but then lost to the following one.

In January 2019, she advanced to the final of the Premier Sydney International. In April, she won the title of the green clay Premier Charleston Open. On her way to the trophy, alongside Grönefeld, she won all matches in the straight-sets. At the Elite Trophy, she lost both matches in the round-robin stage alongside Darija Jurak.

2021–26: Major & two WTA 1000 quarterfinals, two more finals, retirement At the 2020 Summer Olympics, postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19, Rosolska lost in the first round, alongside Magda Linette, to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jessica Pegula.

In January 2022, she reached the semifinals of the Adelaide International 2, partnering Erin Routliffe. They reached the quarterfinals on the WTA 1000 level at the Qatar Ladies Open and the Miami Open. The pair also reached two more finals at the WTA 500 St. Petersburg Trophy and the WTA 250 Bad Homburg Open.

At the French Open, she reached the third round for the third time in her career with Routliffe. She reunited with Routliffe for the Wimbledon Championships where they reached the quarterfinals.

Rosolska announced her retirement from professional tennis in July 2026, with her final appearance being the 2026 Polish Open.

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Doubles Current through the 2023 Wimbledon.

Grand Slam tournament finals Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 25 (9 titles, 16 runner-ups) LegendWTA 1000WTA 500 (2–7)WTA 250 (7–9)Finals by surfaceHard (3–9)Grass (1–1)Clay (5–6)

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 2026 Polish Open, Poland Hard Martyna Kubka Weronika Falkowska Alana Smith 3–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 26 (14 titles, 12 runner-ups) Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (5–5)Clay (8–7)Carpet (1–0)