Julia Efremova

Julia Efremova

Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 Kursk, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) (6'0")
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 45,025
Singles
Career record	88-90
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No.285 (14 November 2005)
Doubles
Career record	78 - 59
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No.193 (20 February 2006)
Last updated on: 15 April 2012.

Julia Efremova (born 14 February 1985 in Kursk) is a Russian professional tennis player.

She has won 11 ITF Women's Circuit titles in her career, of which 1 is in singles and 10 in doubles.

Biography

She has played on the qualifying draws of WTA Tour tournaments on many occasions. Her career high singles ranking is No.285, which she achieved on the 14th of November 2005; and her highest doubles ranking is No.193, achieved on the 20th of February 2006.

In 2003, Julia tried to qualify for her first WTA event in Moscow, but fell to Anastasia Rodionova in the first round. In 2005, she played the qualifying draws of five tournaments; at Pattaya, Hyderabad, Beijing, Guangzhou and Tashkent; but was unsuccessful in each.

In 2006, she tried qualifying in Bangalore, but was overpowered in round one by Daniela Kix. On the tour in 2007, she fell in the qualifying draws of Kolkata and Moscow, losing to Sandy Gumulya and Oxana Lyubtsova, respectively.

Julia's biggest title of her career is winning the Busan Challenger doubles event in 2005 in Busan. She won the title with Wynne Prakusya, defeating Seiko Okamoto and Ayami Takase 6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 6–1 in the final. Her only singles came at Jakarta in 2004 where she won an ITF $10,000 event.

Career statistics

Singles Finals: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	19 December 2004	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Yoo-Mi Jung	3-6 6-1 6-3

Doubles Finals: 15 (10–5)

Outcome	NO	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	21 July 2002	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Aleksandra Kostikova	Susanne Filipp Andrea Masaryková	6-2 6-4
Winner	2.	13 April 2003	Mumbai, India	Hard	Ludmila Richterová	Akgul Amanmuradova Chin Bee Khoo	7-5 7-5
Runner–up	3.	08 June 2003	Ankara, Turkey	Clay	Gabriela Velasco Andreu	Svetlana Mossiakova Olga Lazarchuk	4-6 1-6
Winner	4.	27 June 2004	Protvino, Russia	Hard	Vasilisa Bardina	Maria Gugel Elena Chalova	6-3 6-2
Runner-up	5.	4 July 2004	Krasnoarmeisk, Russia	Hard	Vasilisa Bardina	Ekaterina Bychkova Vailiisa Davydova	6–7(4) 0–6
Runner-up	6.	2 August 2004	Vigo, Spain	Hard	Sandra Volk	Andrea Benítez Estefanía Craciún	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	13 December 2004	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Yoo Mi	Ayu Fani Damayanti Septi Mende	6-4 0-6 5-7
Winner	8.	19 December 2004	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Yoo Mi	Kyung-Mi Chang Lee Ye-ra	6-3 6-3
Winner	9.	7 March 2005	Benalla, Australia	Grass	Yuan Meng	Lauren Cheung Lisa D'Amelio	6–4 6–3
Winner	10.	20 March 2005	Yarrawonga, Australia	Grass	Lara Picone	Emily Hewson Nicole Kriz	6-4 6-3
Winner	11.	9 April 2005	Mumbai, India	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Sanaa Bhambri Mihaela Buzărnescu	6-2 6-1
Winner	12.	04 July 2005	Krasnoarmeysk, Russia	Hard	Anna Bastrikova	Ekaterina Lopes Elena Chalova	6-2 7-6(3)
Winner	13.	21 August 2005	Nanjing, China	Hard	Xie Yan-ze	Tomoko Sugano Akiko Yonemura	6-4 6-3
Winner	14.	06 November 2005	Busan, Korea	Hard	Wynne Prakusya	Seiko Okamoto Ayami Takase	6-4 6-7(6) 6-1
Runner-up	15.	04 May 2008	Adana, Turkey	Clay	Diana Isaeva	Hülya Esen Lütfiye Esen	7-5 1-6 [4-10]

References

• ITF Player Profile
• WTA Player Profile