Julia Glushko
 Glushko at the 2013 US Open | |
| Full name | Julia Glushko |
|---|---|
| Country |
 Israel |
| Residence | Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel |
| Born |
January 4, 1990 Artemivsk, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Prize money | $379,572 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 226–176 |
| Career titles | 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 89 (November 11, 2013) |
| Current ranking | 90 (February 3, 2014) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2014) |
| French Open | 1R (2013) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2013) |
| US Open | 3R (2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 106–101 |
| Career titles | 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 109 (November 4, 2013) |
| Current ranking | 141 (February 3, 2014) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2013) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 14–14 |
| Last updated on: February 3, 2014. | |
Julia Glushko (born January 4, 1990 in Artemivsk, Ukraine[1]) is an Israeli tennis player.
Glushko has won eight singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On November 11, 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 89. On November 4, 2013, she peaked at world number 109 in the doubles rankings.
A former junior world number 10,[2] Glushko overtook countrywoman Shahar Pe'er in June 2013 to become Israel's top female tennis player.
Tennis career
She started playing tennis at the age of 3. Her parents are tennis instructors.[1]
Junior career
Glushko won four junior titles. The first three were the 2006: Saadia Rees (Grade 4), the 2007 Argentina Cup (Grade 2), and the 2007 Uruguay Bowl (Grade 2).
In March 2007 she won the Grade 1 Asunción Bowl junior girls tournament in Paraguay. It was the first Grade 1 title of her career.[3]
At the US Open in September 2007, she won her first two junior singles matches and her first round junior doubles match with Tyra Calderwood.
Professional career
Glushko made her professional debut in March 2004 at the ITF challenger event in Ramat HaSharon. She beat Diana Voskoboynik (Israel) in the first round of qualifying before losing to Yakaterina Burduli.
Her best result on the professional level has been a semifinal appearance at the ITF event in Antalya in May 2006, where she lost to Çağla Büyükakçay.
In November 2007, she won her first ITF title an event in Mallorca, Spain, beating Diana Enache in the final.
In 2008, she won three ITF titles in doubles competitions with different partners. She celebrated her maiden title at Albufeira, Portugal alongside Marina Melnikova in February, beating Babakova and Chalova in the final; followed by the victory at Porto Rafti, Greece, with Dominice Ripoll in March, and a third tournament win in May at Ra'anana, where Glushko teamed up with Manana Shapakidze.
In December 2010, she lost in the finals of the Israeli championships to Shahar Pe'er 6–0, 4–6, 7–5.[4]
In January 2011, she played her first grand slam qualifying, reaching the second round after losing to Nuria Llagostera Vives.
Glushko beat Shahar Pe'er in the women's final of the 2011 Israel National Championships.
In 2012 Glushko played her first Grand Slam, the US Open, after she defeated Zheng Saisai in the qualifying competition. She lost in the first round to Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets.
In May 2013, Glushko played her second Grand Slam, the French Open, after she defeated Anastasia Rodionova from Australia in the qualifying competition. Again, she lost in the first round, this time to María Teresa Torró Flor.
In August 2013, Glushko played in Rogers Cup qualifying and defeated Christina McHale in the first round. In the second round of qualifying she defeated Gabriela Dabrowski in straight sets and entered her first Premier tournament. She played at the US Open and after qualifying to the main draw, beat Nadia Petrova. In the second round she defeated Sachia Vickery but lost to Daniela Hantuchová in round three.
In September 2013 Glushko won her first WTA game defeating Tetyana Arefyeva. In the second round she lost to Galina Voskoboeva.
Fed Cup
Glushko made her Fed Cup debut with the Israeli team on April 22, 2007, in Kamloops, Canada. She lost in straight sets to Marie-Ève Pelletier after Israel had already clinched the match 3–2. In July she played Melanie Klaffner in another dead rubber, with Israel defeating Austria 4–1.
At the 2011 Fed Cup held in Eilat, Glushko won three out of her four singles rubbers – against Anne Kremer of Luxembourg, Magda Linette of Poland and Elitsa Kostova of Bulgaria. She lost to Monica Niculescu of Romania. Glushko also won two out of three doubles matches together with Shahar Pe'er – against Luxembourg and Romania. They lost to Poland.
At the 2012 Fed Cup held in Eilat, she won one out of her three singles rubbers and she won one out of her two doubles games with Shahar Pe'er. She defeated Maria João Koehler and lost to Bibiane Schoofs and Anne Keothavong. In doubles they lost to Maria João Koehler and Michelle Larcher de Brito from Portugal, but defeated Bibiane Schoofs and Michaëlla Krajicek from the Netherlands.
At the 2013 Fed Cup held in Eilat, Glushko won all four of her singles rubbers but won neither of her two doubles games with Pe'er.
Maccabiah Games
Competing at the 17th Maccabiah Games in 2005, Glushko lost to Sharon Fichman of Canada in the semifinals.
WTA finals
WTA 125K series doubles (0–1)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | November 11, 2012 | Royal Indian Open, Pune, India | Hard |  Noppawan Lertcheewakarn |
 Nina Bratchikova  Oksana Kalashnikova |
0–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
ITF finals
Singles (8–1)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | November 11, 2007 |  Mallorca, Spain |
Clay |  Diana Buzean |
6–0, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2. | May 30, 2010 | Ra'anana, Israel |
Hard | Keren Shlomo |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 3. | October 24, 2010 | Akko, Israel |
Hard |  Julia Kimmelmann |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | November 7, 2010 |  Kalgoorlie, Australia |
Hard | Isabella Holland |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 5. | November 28, 2010 | Traralgon, Australia |
Hard |  Sacha Jones |
2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) |
| Runner-up | 6. | July 15, 2012 |  Waterloo, Canada |
Clay | Sharon Fichman |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 7. | July 29, 2012 |  Lexington, United States |
Hard |  Johanna Konta |
6–3, 6–0 |
| Winner | 8. | March 24, 2013 | Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, United States |
Clay |  Patricia Mayr-Achleitner |
2–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
| Winner | 9. | July 7, 2013 | Waterloo, Canada |
Clay | Gabriela Dabrowski |
6–1, 6–3 |
Doubles (8–10)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | November 11, 2007 | Mallorca, Spain |
Clay |  Charlene Vanneste |
Marina Melnikova  Sylwia Zagórska |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | November 24, 2007 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel |
Hard | Keren Shlomo |
.svg.png){kind=small} Iryna Kurianovic  Mika Urbančič |
6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | February 17, 2008 |  Albufeira, Portugal |
Hard | Marina Melnikova |
Martina Babakova Elena Chalova |
6–3, 0–6, [11–9] |
| Winner | 4. | March 23, 2008 |  Porto Rafti, Greece |
Hard | Dominice Ripoll |
 Nicole Clerico Mika Urbančič |
1–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
| Winner | 5. | May 24, 2008 | Ra'anana, Israel |
Hard | Manana Shapakidze |
Chen Astrogo  Marcella Koek |
7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–6] |
| Runner-up | 6. | September 14, 2008 |  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Clay |  Çağla Büyükakçay |
Alberta Brianti Polona Hercog |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 7. | May 29, 2010 | Ra'anana, Israel |
Hard | Keren Shlomo |
Efrat Mishor Anna Rapoport |
3–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–3] |
| Runner-up | 8. | June 26, 2010 |  Kristinehamn, Sweden |
Clay | Pemra Özgen |
Mervana Jugić-Salkić  Emma Laine |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 9. | July 18, 2010 | Atlanta, United States |
Hard | Kristy Frilling |
Irina Falconi Maria Sanchez |
6–2, 2–6, [10–7] |
| Winner | 10. | October 23, 2010 | Akko, Israel |
Hard | Janina Toljan |
.svg.png){kind=small} Gally De Wael  Zuzana Linhová |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 11. | October 29, 2011 | Netanya, Israel |
Hard | Nicole Clerico |
Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 12. | April 29, 2012 | Charlottesville, United States |
Clay | Elena Bovina |
Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 13. | May 18, 2012 | Saint-Gaudens, France |
Clay | Naomi Broady |
 Vesna Dolonc Irina Khromacheva |
6–2, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 14. | July 29, 2012 | Lexington, United States |
Hard | Olivia Rogowska |
 Shuko Aoyama  Xu Yifan |
7–5, 6–7(4–7), [10–4] |
| Winner | 15. | August 5, 2012 | Vancouver, Canada |
Hard | Olivia Rogowska |
Jacqueline Cako Natalie Pluskota |
6–4, 5–7, [10–7] |
| Winner | 16. | May 18, 2013 | Saint-Gaudens, France |
Clay |  Paula Ormaechea |
Stéphanie Dubois Kurumi Nara |
7–5, 7–6(13–11) |
| Runner-up | 17. | June 15, 2013 | Nottingham, United Kingdom |
Grass | Erika Sema |
Julie Coin Stéphanie Foretz Gacon |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 18. | July 27, 2013 | Lexington, United States |
Hard |  Chanel Simmonds |
Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | Q1 | A | 1R | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 | A | Q3 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | Q3 | 1R | 3R | 2–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madrid | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beijing | A | A | Q1 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WTA Premier 5 tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doha | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wuhan | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 165 | 170 | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abramowitz Shaviv, Miriam (September 6, 2006). "Arrivals: From the Ukraine to Wingate". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ↑ Talshir, Uri (December 22, 2009). "Tennis / Generation Next". Haaretz. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ↑ http://itfjuniors.lawntennisnews.com/content/view/278/2/
- ↑ Sinai, Allon (December 25, 2010). "Weintraub, Pe'er take national championships". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
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