{{Short description|Belarusian tennis player (born 2004)}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Aliona Falei | image = | caption = | fullname = | country_represented = {{BLR}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|3|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = Right (two-handed backhand) | retired = | careerprizemoney = US$181,723 | singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=128|lost=71}} | singlestitles = 5 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 173 (27 May 2024) | currentsinglesranking = No. 212 (2 December 2024) | AustralianOpenresult = Q1 (2025) | FrenchOpenresult = Q1 (2024, 2026) | USOpenresult = Q1 (2024) | doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=44|lost=30}} | doublestitles = 3 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 349 (8 September 2025) | currentdoublesranking = No. 459 (2 December 2024) | updated = 3 December 2024 }}
'''Aliona Siarhiejeŭna Falei''' ({{langx|be|Алёна Сяргееўна Фалей}} born 29 March 2004)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tennis.by/igroki/?ID=3442|title=Фалей Алена Сергеевна|website=tennis.by}}</ref> is a Belarusian professional tennis player.
Falei has career-high WTA rankings of 197 in singles and 393 in doubles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/329250/aliona-falei|title=Aliona Falei | Player Stats & More – WTA Official|website=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref> She has won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
==Career== In 2022, she reached the final of the doubles tournament in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esp.belta.by/sport/view/aliona-falei-fuera-de-la-final-del-torneo-de-tenis-en-egipto-72700-2022/|title=Aliona Falei fuera de la final del torneo de tenis en Egipto|website=esp.belta.by}}</ref>
In September 2023, she won a W25 tournament in Ceuta, Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfet.es/es/noticia/la-rusa-aliona-falei-se-proclama-vencedora-del-itf-de-ceuta|title=La rusa Aliona Falei se proclama vencedora del ITF de Ceuta|website=www.rfet.es}}</ref> In December, she won the title at the W40 Keio Challenger in Japan defeating Ayano Shimizu in the final, in straight sets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tennismagazine.jp/article/detail/26436|title=19歳のファレイがW40大会初優勝、清水綾乃は今季2度目の決勝敗退で2018年10月以来のITFツアー7勝目ならず [W40横浜慶應チャレンジャー]|website=tennismagazine.jp}}</ref>
In February 2024, she achieved the biggest championship of her career at the ITF W75 tournament in France. She defeated French Manon Léonard in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tennis.by/novosti/belorusskiy-tennis/w75-grenoble-alena-faley-pobeditelnitsa-turnira-.html|title=W75 GRENOBLE Алена Фалей – победительница турнира|website=tennis.by}}</ref>
In September 2024, she played in the semi-finals of the Jasmin Open, held in Tunisia , with her Russian partner Elena Pridankina in doubles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tennis.by/novosti/mirovoy-tennis/jasmin-open-tunisia-faley-polufinalistka-pary.html|title=Jasmin Open Tunisia. Фалей – полуфиналистка пары - Мировой теннис|website=tennis.by}}</ref>
In October 2024, she played in the final of the ITF W50 tournament held in Turkey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tennis.by/novosti/belorusskiy-tennis/w50-kayseri-faley-finalistka-turnira.html|title=W50 Kayseri. Фалей – финалистка турнира|website=tennis.by}}</ref>
In December 2024, she became champion in the Keio Challenger tournament held in Japan and defended her title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tennis.by/novosti/belorusskiy-tennis/w50-yokohama-alena-faley-chempionka-turnira-.html|title=W50 YOKOHAMA. Алена Фалей – чемпионка турнира|website=tennis.by}}</ref>
==ITF Circuit finals== ===Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)=== {| |- valign=top | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Legend |- style="background:#addfad;" |W75 tournaments (1–0) |- style="background:#ffe4c4;" |W40/50 tournaments (2–1) |- style="background:lightblue;" |W25/35 tournaments (4–3) |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" |W15 tournaments (1–2) |} | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Finals by surface |- |Hard (8–6) |- |Clay (0–0) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Loss |<small>0–1</small> |Sep 2021 |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Monastir, Tunisia |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 |Hard |{{flagicon|CHN}} Ma Yexin |4–6, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Loss |<small>0–2</small> |Oct 2022 |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 |Hard |{{flagicon|}} Darya Shauha |2–6, 6–7<sup>(3)</sup> |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Win |<small>1–2</small> |Nov 2022 |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 |Hard |{{flagicon|THA}} Mananchaya Sawangkaew |6–1, 7–5 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Loss |<small>1–3</small> |Jul 2023 |bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Corroios-Seixal, Portugal |bgcolor=lightblue|W25 |Hard |{{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Xinyu |2–6, 3–6 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Loss |<small>1–4</small> |Aug 2023 |bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Astana, Kazakhstan |bgcolor=lightblue|W25 |Hard |{{flagicon|}} Polina Iatcenko |3–6, 3–6 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Loss |<small>1–5</small> |Sep 2023 |bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand |bgcolor=lightblue|W25 |Hard |{{flagicon|}} Anastasia Zakharova |2–6, 4–6 |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Win |<small>2–5</small> |Sep 2023 |bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Ceuta, Spain |bgcolor=lightblue|W25 |Hard |{{flagicon|SRB}} Katarina Kozarov |6–1, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Win |<small>3–5</small> |Dec 2023 |style="background:#ffe4c4;"|Yokohama Challenger, Japan |style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W40 |Hard |{{flagicon|JPN}} Ayano Shimizu |6–3, 7–5 |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Win |<small>4–5</small> |Feb 2024 |style="background:#addfad;"|Open de l'Isère, France |style="background:#addfad;"|W75 |Hard (i) |{{flagicon|FRA}} Manon Léonard |6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |- | bgcolor=#ffa07a|Loss | <small>4–6</small> | Oct 2024 | style="background:#ffe4c4;"|ITF Kayseri, Turkey | style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W50 | Hard | {{flagicon|KAZ}} Zarina Diyas | 6–0, 4–6, 3–6 |- | bgcolor=#98FB98|Win | <small>5–6</small> | Dec 2024 | style="background:#ffe4c4;"|Yokohama Challenger, Japan | style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W40 | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Hina Inoue | 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |- | bgcolor=#98FB98|Win | <small>6–6</small> | Sep 2025 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Shenyang, China | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Fangzhou | 7–6<sup>(6)</sup>, 7–5 |- | bgcolor=#98FB98|Win | <small>7–6</small> | Mar 2026 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Monastir, Tunisia | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Hard | {{flagicon|ESP}} Eva Guerrero Álvarez | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |- | bgcolor=#98FB98|Win | <small>8–6</small> | Mar 2026 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Monastir, Tunisia | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Hibah Shaikh | 6–4, 6–2 |}
===Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)=== {| |- valign=top | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Legend |- style=background:#ffe4c4 | W50 tournaments (1–0) |- style="background:lightblue;" |W25/35 tournaments (0–2) |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" |W15 tournaments (3–2) |} | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Finals by surface |- |Hard (3–4) |- |Clay (1–0) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Win |<small>1–0</small> |Dec 2021 |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Cairo, Egypt |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 |Clay |{{flagicon|}} Anastasia Zolotareva |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Yekaterina Dmitrichenko <br /> {{flagicon|EGY}} Sandra Samir |6–4, 6–2 |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Win |<small>2–0</small> |Sep 2022 |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 |Hard |{{flagicon|GEO}} Nino Natsvlishvili |{{flagicon|TPE}} Chen Pei-hsuan <br /> {{flagicon|TPE}} Lin Fang-an |6–3, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Loss |<small>2–1</small> |Sep 2022 |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 |Hard |{{flagicon|EGY}} Yasmin Ezzat |{{flagicon|}} Aglaya Fedorova <br /> {{flagicon|}} Elena Pridankina |5–7, 1–6 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Loss |<small>2–2</small> |Nov 2022 |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 |Hard |{{flagicon|}} Aglaya Fedorova |{{flagicon|TPE}} Cho I-hsuan <br /> {{flagicon|TPE}} Cho Yi-tsen |3–6, 6–3, [5–10] |- |bgcolor=#98FB98|Win |<small>3–2</small> |Apr 2023 |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 |Hard |{{flagicon|}} Polina Iatcenko |{{flagicon|}} Evgeniya Burdina <br /> {{flagicon|}} Ekaterina Shalimova |6–4, 7–5 |- |bgcolor=#ffa07a|Loss |<small>3–3</small> |Nov 2023 |bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Monastir, Tunisia |bgcolor=lightblue|W25 |Hard |{{flagicon|}} Polina Iatcenko |{{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Xinyu <br /> {{flagicon|KAZ}} Zhibek Kulambayeva |0–6, 6–2, [7–10] |- | bgcolor=#ffa07a|Loss | <small>3–4</small> | Apr 2025 | bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | bgcolor=lightblue|W35 | Hard | {{flagicon|}} Polina Iatcenko | {{flagicon|SVK}} Katarína Kužmová <br /> {{flagicon|}} Mariia Tkacheva | 4–6, 3–6 |- | bgcolor=#98FB98|Win | <small>4–4</small> | Jun 2025 | style="background:#ffe4c4;"|ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal | style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W50 | Hard | {{flagicon|}} Polina Iatcenko | {{flagicon|LIT}} Iveta Dapkutė <br /> {{flagicon|POL}} Weronika Ewald | 6–3, 7–5 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA|329250}} * {{ITF|aliona-falei/800458130/blr}}
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