She retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2010 season. Her last official singles match played was against Monica Puig, 2016 Olympic champion. Later she worked as a coach for Galina Voskoboeva, Ksenia Pervak and Kaia Kanepi. As a coach Alina Jidkova reached with Kaia Kanepi the Quarter-Final of the US-Open in 2017.
