Julia Glushko

Julia Glushko

Glushko at the 2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Full name	Julia Glushko
Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Modi'in, Israel
Born	(1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 Artemivsk, Ukraine
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Prize money	US$ 707,574
Singles
Career record	290–236
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	79 (23 June 2014)
Current ranking	126 (7 March 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
French Open	3R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2014)
US Open	3R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	133–127
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	109 (4 November 2013)
Current ranking	142 (7 March 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	16–17
Last updated on: 7 March 2016.

Julia Glushko (or Yulia Glushko, Hebrew: יוליה גלושקו; born 4 January 1990) is an Israeli professional tennis player.

Glushko and her family moved to Israel when she was only 9 years old.^[1] Since then, she has won eight singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 23 June 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 79. On 4 November 2013, she peaked at world number 109 in the doubles rankings.

Tennis career

She started playing tennis at the age of 4. 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.^[2]

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 semi-final 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 in three sets.^[3]

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 made her Grand Slam main draw debut at 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.

Glushko at the 2013 US Open

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 main draw match defeating Tetyana Arefyeva. In the second round she lost to Galina Voskoboeva.

In May 2014, she lost in the first round of Nürnberger to Caroline Garcia 4–6, 7–5, 5–7 after qualifying to the main draw. She played at the French Open and beat Donna Vekić in the first tound 7–5, 2–6, 6–4. In the second round she defeated Kirsten Flipkens 6–4, 3–6, 6–4. However, her run came to an end when she was heavily beaten by Sara Errani, winning only 1 game.

In June 2014, she lost in the first round of Wimbledon to Sabine Lisicki 2–6, 1–6 on the Centre Court

Fed Cup

Glushko made her Fed Cup debut with the Israeli team on 22 April 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 semi-finals.

ITF finals

Singles (8–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	11 November 2007	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Diana Buzean	6–0, 6–0
Winner	2.	30 May 2010	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Keren Shlomo	6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	24 October 2010	Akko, Israel	Hard	Julia Kimmelmann	6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	7 November 2010	Kalgoorlie, Australia	Hard	Isabella Holland	6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	28 November 2010	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Sacha Jones	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	1.	15 July 2012	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Sharon Fichman	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	29 July 2012	Lexington, United States	Hard	Johanna Konta	6–3, 6–0
Winner	7.	24 March 2013	Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, United States	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	2–6, 6–0, 6–4
Winner	8.	7 July 2013	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	13 September 2015	Dalian, China	Hard	Saisai Zheng	6–2, 1–6, 5–7

Doubles (11–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 November 2007	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Charlene Vanneste	Marina Melnikova Sylwia Zagórska	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	24 November 2007	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Iryna Kurianovic Mika Urbančič	6–4, 6–1
Winner	1.	17 February 2008	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Marina Melnikova	Martina Babáková Elena Chalova	6–3, 0–6, [11–9]
Winner	2.	23 March 2008	Porto Rafti, Greece	Hard	Dominice Ripoll	Nicole Clerico Mika Urbančič	1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	3.	24 May 2008	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Manana Shapakidze	Chen Astrogo Marcella Koek	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
Runner-up	3.	14 September 2008	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Çağla Büyükakçay	Alberta Brianti Polona Hercog	6–4, 7–5
Winner	4.	29 May 2010	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Efrat Mishor Anna Rapoport	3–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–3]
Runner-up	4.	26 June 2010	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Pemra Özgen	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Emma Laine	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	18 July 2010	Atlanta, United States	Hard	Kristy Frilling	Irina Falconi Maria Sanchez	6–2, 2–6, [10–7]
Winner	6.	23 October 2010	Akko, Israel	Hard	Janina Toljan	Gally De Wael Zuzana Linhová	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	29 October 2011	Netanya, Israel	Hard	Nicole Clerico	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	29 April 2012	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Elena Bovina	Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	18 May 2012	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Naomi Broady	Vesna Dolonc Irina Khromacheva	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	8.	29 July 2012	Lexington, United States	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	Shuko Aoyama Xu Yifan	7–5, 6–7(4–7), [10–4]
Winner	7.	5 August 2012	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	Jacqueline Cako Natalie Pluskota	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Runner-up	9.	11 November 2012	Pune, India	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	Nina Bratchikova Oksana Kalashnikova	0–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Winner	8.	18 May 2013	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Stéphanie Dubois Kurumi Nara	7–5, 7–6(13–11)
Runner-up	10.	15 June 2013	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Erika Sema	Julie Coin Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	27 July 2013	Lexington, United States	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	12.	4 May 2014	Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Mandy Minella	Viktorija Golubic Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	12 April 2015	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Mariana Duque	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Mandy Minella	5–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	9.	15 May 2015	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Mariana Duque	Beatriz Haddad Maia Nicole Melichar	1–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–4]
Runner-up	14.	7 November 2015	Waco, United States	Hard	Rebecca Peterson	Vania King Nicole Gibbs	4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	15 November 2015	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	Rebecca Peterson	Viktorija Golubic Stephanie Vogt	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Winner	11.	8 May 2016	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Jessica Pegula Maria Sanchez	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	6 August 2016	Granby, Canada	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Jamie Loeb An-Sophie Mestach	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	16.	1 October 2016	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Liu Fangzhou	Naiktha Bains Abigail Tere-Apisah	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [3–10]

Singles performance timeline

References

External links

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