Evgenia Linetskaya

Evgenia Linetskaya
Евгения Симоновна Линецкая

Full name	Evgenia Simonovna Linetskaya
Country (sports)	Russia (2001–2007) Israel (2007–present)
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1986-11-30) 30 November 1986 Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$333,645
Singles
Career record	117 – 56
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (4 July 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2005)
French Open	1R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	2R (2004), (2005)
Doubles
Career record	13–19
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 283 (20 February 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2006)
French Open	2R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	1R (2005)

Evgenia Simonovna Linetskaya (Russian: Евгения Симоновна Линецкая, Hebrew: יבגניה לינצקאיה; born 30 November 1986) is a Russian-born Israeli female professional tennis player.

Linetskaya has won seven singles and one doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 4 July 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 35. On 20 February 2006, she peaked at world number 283 in the doubles rankings.

Linetskaya made it to the fourth round of the 2005 Australian Open where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo.

Biography

Coached by George Akopian. Mother introduced her to tennis at age 6; hit balls against school building for practice. FatherÆs name is Simon Linetsky, mother is Maria (an artist). Studied psychology for three years at Moscow University and plans to receive online education to receive an MBA. Speaks Russian, English and some Dutch. Favorites include dark blue, the movie Troy, pop music, TolstoyÆs War and Peace and apple juice. Relaxes by walking in forests or visiting theme parks. Finds something good in every city she visits. Superstitious about stepping on court lines. Pet peeves include rainy weather, dishonest people and gossip. In tennis, most admires Martina Hingis and Steffi Graf.

Tennis career

Early success

In February 2005 Linetskaya beat World No. 11 Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–2 in Thailand. In March she defeated World No. 2 Amélie Mauresmo 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 third round in Indian Wells.

Problems

In late November 2005, Linetskaya's coach Joe Giuliano was barred for life by the WTA Tour for violating Section 14, part IV, of the WTA code of conduct, which bars coaches from "non-consensual sexual contact". Her father, Simon Linetskiy, was suspended for two years. The bans resulted from events incidents at La Costa's Acura Classic in August 2005. Linetskiy was charged with suspicion of battery after his daughter had injuries treated at hospital.

She did not play between January 2006 and February 2007. She dropped off the rankings computer altogether.

Comeback

In February 2007 she won the Montechoro, Portugal tournament. The following month she won both the Ramat HaSharon 2 and the Raanana tournaments in Israel, without dropping a set in either tournament.

Heritage

Linetskaya, who is Jewish, plays with a Star of David necklace around her neck.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles Finals: 12 (7–5)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	16 July 2001	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Camilla Kremer	1–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	29 October 2002	Minsk, Belarus	Carpet	Anastasiya Yakimova	6–2, 6–1
Winner	3.	24 March 2003	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Tatsiana Uvarova	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	22 September 2003	Batumi, Georgia	Hard	Elena Tatarkova	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	22 March 2004	Orange, United States	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner	6.	12 April 2004	Jackson, United States	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	20 April 2004	Dothan, United States	Clay	Peng Shuai	2–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	17 August 2004	Bronx, United States	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	11 February 2007	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Liana Ungur	6–7, 2–6
Winner	10.	16 February 2007	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Yuliya Kalabina	6–2, 6–0
Winner	11.	12 March 2007	Ramat Hasharon, Israel	Hard	Martina Babáková	6–3, 7–6
Winner	12.	19 March 2007	Raanana, Israel	Hard	Tereza Hladíková	6–4, 6–4

Doubles Finals: 2 (1-1)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 July 2002	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Irina Bulykina	Alberta Brianti Michelle Summerside	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	19 March 2007	Raanana, Israel	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Martina Babáková Veronica Spiegel	6–1, 6–2

External links

• Evgenia Linetskaya at the Women's Tennis Association
• Interview, 3/13/05