Julia Glushko
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| Country (sports) |  Israel |
|---|---|
| Residence | Tel-Aviv, Israel |
| Born | January 4, 1990 Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Turned pro | 2007 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | US$ 60,114 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 121 - 96 |
| Career titles | 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No.188 (March 21, 2011) |
| Current ranking | No.188 (March 21, 2011) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 56 - 61 |
| Career titles | 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 332 (March 21 , 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 332 (March 21, 2011) |
| Last updated on: February 13, 2011. | |
Julia Glushko (born April 1, 1990, in Donetsk, Ukraine) is a right-handed Israeli tennis player who resides in Tel Aviv.
Her junior ranking as of June 2007, when she was 17 years old, was # 10 in the world.[1]
Tennis career
She started playing tennis at the age of 3. Her parents are tennis instructors.[2]
Shahar Pe'er beat her in the women's final of the 2006 Israel National Championships.
Junior career
She has won 4 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 Asuncion 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 (Israel).
Her best result on the professional level has been a semifinal appearance at the ITF event in Antalya-Serik (Turkey) in May 2006, where she lost to Cagla Buyukakcay (Turkey).
In November 2007, she won her first ITF title an event in Mallorca, Spain, beating Diana Enache (Romania) 6–0; 6–0 in the final.
Glushko's singles ranking in the WTA world rankings peaked at # 233 on January 10, 2011.
In 2008, she won three ITF titles in doubles competitions with different partners. She celebrated her maiden title at Albufeira, Portugal alongside Marina Melnikova (Russia) in February, beating Babakova (Slovakia) and Chalova (Russia) in the finals; followed by the victory at Porto Rafti, Greece with Dominice Ripoll (Germany) in March, and a third tournament win in May at Raanana, Israel where Glushko teamed up with Manana Shapakidze (Georgia).
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.
Federation Cup
Glushko made her Fed Cup debut with the Israeli team on April 22, 2007, in Kamloops, Canada. She lost 1–6, 1–6, to # 195-ranked Marie-Eve Pelletier (Canada), after Israel had already clinched the match, which it won 3–2. In July she played # 580-ranked Melanie Klaffner (Austria) after Israel had already clinched the match, which it won 4–1, and lost 4–6, 3–6.
In the 2011 games, which were held in Eilat, Israel, she won 3 out of her 4 singles games - against Anne Kremer of Luxembourg, Magda Linette of Poland and Elitsa Kostova of Bulgaria. She lost to Monica Niculescu of Romania. Glushko also won 2 out of 3 doubles matches, together with Shahar Pe'er - against Luxembourg and Romania. They lost to Poland.
Maccabiah Games
Competing in the 17th Maccabiah Games in 2005, in the semifinals she lost to Sharon Fichman of the USA, the eventual gold medal winner, 6–4, 6–0.
Career statistics
ITF Circuit singles finals (4–0)
| $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 |
| Winner | 1. | May 30, 2010 | Ra'anana, Israel
|
Hard | Keren Shlomo
|
6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | October 24, 2010 | Akko, Israel
|
Hard |  Julia Kimmelmann
|
6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 3. | November 7, 2010 |  Kalgoorlie, Australia
|
Hard | Isabella Holland
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6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | November 28, 2010 | Traralgon, Australia
|
Hard |  Sacha Jones
|
2–6, 7–5, 7–6(4) |
See also
References
- ^ Talshir, Uri (April 2, 2008). "Tennis / Generation Next". Haaretz. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ^ MIRIAM ABRAMOWITZ SHAVIV (09/06/2006). "Magazine". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
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- ^ Arfa, Orit (December 25, 2010). "Weintraub, Pe'er take national championships". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved January 8, 2011.