Viktorija Golubic

Viktorija Golubic

Golubic at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Born	(1992-10-16) 16 October 1992 Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Robert Orlik
Prize money	US$ 1,672,958
Official website	viktorijagolubic.com
Singles
Career record	319–216 (59.6%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 51 (3 April 2017)
Current ranking	No. 123 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
French Open	2R (2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2019)
US Open	1R (2016, 2017, 2019)
Doubles
Career record	166–125 (57.0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 63 (15 January 2018)
Current ranking	No. 148 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2017, 2018)
French Open	2R (2017, 2018)
Wimbledon	1R (2017, 2018)
US Open	2R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	SF (2016, 2017) Record 6–6 (50.0%)
Last updated on: 25 June 2020.

Viktorija Golubic (Serbian: Викторија Голубић / Viktorija Golubić, pronounced [ʋǐktoːrija ɡolǔbitɕ]; born 16 October 1992, in Zürich) is a Swiss tennis player. Golubic has won one singles title on the WTA tour, as well as nine singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit so far. On 3 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 51. On 15 January 2018, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings.

Professional career

2008–15: ITF Circuit

Golubic started playing on the ITF Women's Circuit at the $10K event in Budapest in June 2008. She played her first two WTA qualifying tournaments at the Hungarian Ladies Open and Gastein Ladies in 2010. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Gastein Ladies in 2013, where she recorded her first WTA win and reached second round. However, all of her attempts to qualify for a Grand Slam failed.

2016: Breakthrough, WTA title, top 100

Golubic at the 2016 US Open

After winning her eighth ITF title at the $25K event in Hong Kong, Golubic reached her first Grand Slam main draw at the Australian Open through qualifying and lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round of the tournament. She then reached the quarterfinals of another ITF event before failing to reach the main draw of her next three tournaments. At the Katowice Open, Golubic entered the main draw as a qualifier and beat Paula Kania in the first round before losing to Tímea Babos.

Prior to the French Open, Golubic played in the qualifying of the WTA Prague Open, where she lost to Viktória Kužmová in the first round. After a quarterfinal appearance at the $50K Saint-Gaudens, she entered French Open through qualifying and earned her first Grand Slam main-draw win with a three-set victory over Alison Riske. She lost to Lucie Šafářová in round two.

Golubic started her grass-court season at the Rosmalen Championships, entering the main draw as a qualifier and defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam and Risa Ozaki en route to her first WTA quarterfinal, losing to Belinda Bencic. Her next two tournaments (the Mallorca Open and Wimbledon) ended in qualifying. She also lost in the first round of her next ITF tournament in Budapest.

At the inaugural Ladies Championship Gstaad, Golubic beat No. 7 seed Mona Barthel, Evgeniya Rodina, Carina Witthöft and Rebeka Masarova en route to her first WTA final. She then defeated third seed Kiki Bertens to lift her first WTA trophy. With the title, Golubic entered the top 100 for the first time. Golubic reached another final at the Linz Open, in which she was defeated by Dominika Cibulková. On her way to the final, she made her first top 10 win, defeating world No. 6 Garbiñe Muguruza in the quarterfinal. She ended the season as No. 57 in the WTA Rankings.

2017–20: Struggled with form, ups and downs, WTA 125K title

Golubic at the 2018 French Open

In 2017, Golubic could not emulate her results of the previous year. Despite winning only four matches in the first half of the season, she reached her career-highest singles ranking of place 51 in April 2017. After that, she started to fall on the ranking and dropped out of the top 100 again. However, she started to produced good results again in the late season. In October, she reached semifinal of the Linz Open, but then lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková. It was her first WTA singles semifinal since October 2016. She then came at the WTA Challenger Tour, where she reached two semifinals, at the Hua Hin Championships and Taipei Challenger.

Golubic's most significant results during season of 2018 came at the ITF Women's Circuit and WTA Challenger Tour. In the early season, she reached final of the $60K Burnie International, losing there to Marta Kostyuk. Later, she reached quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Challenger, $100K Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, Bol Open and Manchester Trophy. In October she won $80K Poitiers, defeating Natalia Vikhlyantseva in the final. In June 2018, Golubic returned to top 100, after almost one year spending outside top 100. After then, multiple times she dropped out the top 100 and returned back, but finished year as world No. 92.

In the early season, Golubic reached quarterfinal of the Hua Hin Championships, where she lost to Tamara Zidanšek. She then won her biggest title since 2016 at the Indian Wells Challenger, saving a championship point against Jennifer Brady in the finals. On her way to the title round, she knocked out top seed Wang Qiang to mark her first Top 20 win since October 2016. At Wimbledon, she reached her first Grand Slam third round, after defeating Iga Świątek and Yulia Putintseva, but then lost to Dayana Yastremska. In September, she reached quarterfinal of the Jiangxi Open, losing there to Elena Rybakina. She followed this with semifinal of the Guangzhou Open, where she lost to Samantha Stosur.

Golubic struggle with both form and results during season of 2020. Her most significant result came at the $80K Cagnes-sur-mer in September, when she reached quarterfinal, but then lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo. She made first round losses at the Australian Open and US Open, while she failed in qualifications of the French Open. During the season, Golubic started to fall on the rankings, getting out the top 100 in late February. She then continued to fall on the ranking and finished year as world No. 137.

National representation

Playing for Switzerland at the Fed Cup, Golubic has a win–loss record of 6–6. At the 2016 Fed Cup semifinals, Golubic earned surprising wins over Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová, defeating both in three sets. Although it was not enough for Switzerland to beat the Czech Republic, Golubic was praised for her performance.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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.

Singles

Current after the 2020 season.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q2	0 / 5	0–5	0%
French Open	A	Q1	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	Q1		0 / 4	1–4	20%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	Q2	2R	1R	3R	NH		0 / 3	3–3	50%
US Open	Q2	Q1	A	1R	1R	Q2	1R	1R		0 / 4	0–4	0%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–4	0–3	2–4	0–2	0–0	0 / 16	4–16	20%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup	A	PO	PO	SF	SF	1R	PO			0 / 3	4–5	44%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[2]	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	Q1		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	Q1	1R	Q1	1R	NH		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	NH		0 / 3	1–3	25%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	Q1	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[3]	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	0	12	17	10	14	3	0	Career total: 58
Titles	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 2
Overall Win–Loss	1–1	1–1	0–0	19–11	9–19	3–12	13–15	0–3	0–0	1 / 58	46–62	43%
Win (%)	50%	50%	–	63%	32%	20%	46%	0%	–	Career total: 43%
Year-end ranking	193	227	178	57	128	92	81			$1,749,145

Notes

• ¹ WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
• ² The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
• ³ In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Legend WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2016	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International	Clay	Kiki Bertens	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 2016	Linz Open, Austria	International	Hard (i)	Dominika Cibulková	3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Winner — Legend WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2017	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International	Clay	Nina Stojanović	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [7–10]

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2019	Indian Wells Challenger, United States	Hard	Jennifer Brady	3–6, 7–5, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000/$80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (6–7) Clay (3–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2011	ITF Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain	10,000	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–0	Sep 2011	ITF Lleida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Lucía Cervera Vázquez	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win	3–0	Apr 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Ellen Allgurin	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–0	Apr 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Katharina Lehnert	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–0	Jun 2013	ITF Brescia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–1	Jun 2013	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Laura Siegemund	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	5–2	Jan 2014	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	An-Sophie Mestach	1–6, 4–6
Loss	5–3	Jul 2014	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Andreea Mitu	2–6, 1–6
Loss	5–4	Sep 2014	ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Carina Witthöft	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5	Nov 2014	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Barbora Krejčíková	1–6, 4–6
Loss	5–6	Jun 2015	ITF Essen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win	6–6	Aug 2015	GB Pro-Series Foxhills, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Katy Dunne	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–7	Oct 2015	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Polina Leykina	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	7–7	Nov 2015	Waco Showdown, United States	50,000	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	6–2, 6–1
Loss	7–8	Nov 2015	Scottsdale Challenge, United States	50,000	Hard	Samantha Crawford	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	8–8	Jan 2016	ITF Victoria Park, Hong Kong	25,000	Hard	Risa Ozaki	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–9	Feb 2018	Burnie International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Marta Kostyuk	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–9	Oct 2018	Internationaux de la Vienne, France	80,000	Hard (i)	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss	9–10	Jan 2021	ITF Fujairah City, UAE	25,000	Hard	Clara Tauson	0–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 31 (15 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000/$80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (7–9) Clay (7–6) Grass (0–1) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2011	ITF Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain	10,000	Clay	Nina Zander	Eva Fernández Brugués Inés Ferrer Suárez	3–6, 7–6(7–3), [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Sep 2011	ITF Lleida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Arabela Fernández Rabener	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Isabel Rapisarda Calvo	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–2	Nov 2011	ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain	10,000	Clay	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Arabela Fernández Rabener	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	1–3	May 2012	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Aleksandra Krunić	Katarzyna Piter Romana Tabak	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Jan 2013	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	Olga Doroshina Julia Valetova	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–3	Jan 2013	ITF Kaarst, Germany	10,000	Carpet (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	Anja Prislan Jasmin Steinherr	6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	3–4	Mar 2013	GB Pro-Series Bath, UK	15,000	Hard (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	Nicola Geuer Lisa Whybourn	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	Apr 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Katharina Lehnert	Martina Borecká Petra Krejsová	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	4–5	May 2013	ITF Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Yurika Sema Zhou Yimiao	6–1, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	5–5	Oct 2013	Open de Limoges, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Magda Linette	Nicole Clerico Nikola Fraňková	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–5	May 2014	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Julia Glushko Mandy Minella	6–4, 6–3
Win	7–5	Jun 2014	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Laura Siegemund	Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus	6–3, 6–3
Win	8–5	Jul 2014	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Carolin Daniels Laura Schaeder	5–7, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss	8–6	Sep 2014	ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Alizé Lim Carina Witthöft	2–6, 1–6
Loss	8–7	Sep 2014	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Nicola Geuer	Richèl Hogenkamp Lesley Kerkhove	6–2, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	9–7	Feb 2015	St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia	50,000	Hard (i)	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Stéphanie Foretz Ana Vrljić	6–4, 7–5
Win	10–7	May 2015	ITF Wiesbaden, Germany	25,000	Clay	Carolin Daniels	Cindy Burger Veronika Kapshay	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	11–7	May 2015	ITF Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Sharon Fichman Katarzyna Piter	6–3, 6–2
Win	12–7	Jun 2015	Bredeney Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Carolin Daniels Antonia Lottner	6–3, 6–3
Loss	12–8	Oct 2015	Open de Touraine, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Alice Matteucci	Alexandra Cadanțu Cristina Dinu	5–7, 3–6
Win	13–8	Oct 2015	Classic of Macon, United States	50,000	Hard	Jan Abaza	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Sanaz Marand	7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss	13–9	Nov 2015	Scottsdale Challenge, U.S.	50,000	Hard	Stephanie Vogt	Julia Glushko Rebecca Peterson	6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
Win	14–9	Jan 2016	ITF Victoria Park, Hong Kong	25,000	Hard	Stephanie Vogt	Hsu Ching-wen Emma Laine	6–2, 1–6, [10–4]
Loss	14–10	Jan 2016	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Xenia Knoll	Elise Mertens An-Sophie Mestach	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	14–11	May 2016	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová	1–6, 2–6
Loss	14–12	Jun 2017	Southsea Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	14–13	Sep 2017	ITF Albuquerque, United States	80,000	Hard	Amra Sadiković	Conny Perrin Tara Moore	3–6, 3–6
Loss	14–14	Oct 2017	Central Coast Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Amra Sadiković	Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos	5–7, 3–6
Loss	14–15	Oct 2018	Internationaux de la Vienne, France	80.000	Hard (i)	Arantxa Rus	Anna Blinkova Alexandra Panova	1–6, 1–6
Loss	14–16	Sep 2020	L'Open de Saint-Malo, France	60,000	Clay	Magdalena Fręch	Paula Kania Katarzyna Piter	2–6, 4–6
Win	15–16	Jan 2021	ITF Fujairah City, UAE	25,000	Hard	Çağla Büyükakçay	Liang En-shuo You Xiaodi	5–7, 6–4, [10–4]

Top 10 wins

Season	2016	2017	Total
Wins	1	0	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2016
1.	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 6	Linz Open, Austria	Hard (i)	Quarterfinal	5–7, 6–3, 4–4 ret.

External links

• Official website

• Viktorija Golubic at the Women's Tennis Association
• Viktorija Golubic at the International Tennis Federation
• Viktorija Golubic at the Billie Jean King Cup