Julia Glushko

Julia Glushko (or Yulia, Her best results at a Grand Slam tournament were reaching the third round of the US Open in 2013, and the French Open in 2014 in singles.

On 23 June 2014, Glushko reached her best singles ranking of world No. 79. On 4 November 2013, she peaked at No. 109 in the doubles rankings. She won the 2011 Israeli National Women's Singles Championship. Playing for Israel in the Fed Cup, she had a win–loss record of 29–29. She started playing tennis at the age of four. Her parents, Sergei and Olga, are tennis instructors. Glushko and her family immigrated to Israel from Ukraine when she was nine years old, initially living in the Katamon neighborhood of the city of Jerusalem for three years, and then in the city of Ramat HaSharon. She served in the Israel Defense Forces for over two years.

Tennis career

Junior years 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 Glushko's career. At 17 years of age she was ranked 10th in the world junior tennis rankings.

At the US Open in September 2007, Glushko won her first two junior singles matches, and her first-round junior doubles match with Tyra Calderwood.

Professional

Glushko made her professional debut in March 2004 at an ITF 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 to that point was a semifinal appearance at an ITF event in Antalya in May 2006, where Glushko lost to Çağla Büyükakçay.

In November 2007, Glushko won her first ITF title an event in Mallorca, beating Diana Enache in the final.

In 2008, she won three ITF titles in doubles competitions with different partners. Glushko celebrated her maiden title at Albufeira, Portugal, alongside Marina Melnikova in February, beating Martina Babáková and Elena 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 November 2010, she defeated top-seeded world No. 42, Jarmila Wolfe, at the $25k event in Traralgon, Australia, which she won.

In December 2010, Glushko lost the final of the Israeli championships to Shahar Pe'er, in three sets.

In January 2011, she played her first Grand Slam qualifying match, for the Australian Open, 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 event, 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.

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 2013 US Open and, after qualifying to the main draw, beat 20th-seeded world No. 23, Nadia Petrova. The WTA subsequently reinstated them.

At the 2018 US Open, Glushko hurt her left knee during play, but had it taped and won her match against Monica Niculescu. She then lost to Naomi Osaka as she played taped calf to quad and hobbled, and learned, however, that she had a fracture in her left knee, and once it healed she had surgery to clean the meniscus.

She played her final professional tournament in Israel in September 2019, when she lost in the first round singles, and quarterfinals with doubles partner, sister Lina Glushko. On 24 December 2019, she retired from competitive tennis at 29 years of age.

Fed Cup Playing for Israel in the Fed Cup, Glushko's record was 29-29.

Glushko made her debut with the Israel Fed Cup 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. Israel lost to Poland.

At the 2012 Fed Cup, 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, she and Pe'er lost to Koehler and Michelle Larcher de Brito from Portugal, but defeated Schoofs and Michaëlla Krajicek from the Netherlands.

At the 2013 Fed Cup, Glushko won all four of her singles rubbers, but won neither of her two doubles games with Pe'er.

Maccabiah Games Competing at the 2005 Maccabiah Games, Glushko lost to Sharon Fichman of Canada in the semifinals.

WTA Challenger finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Dalian Open, China Hard Zheng Saisai 6–2, 1–6, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Royal Indian Open, India Hard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Nina Bratchikova Oksana Kalashnikova 0–6, 6–4, [6–10]Loss 0–2 Zhengzhou Open, China Hard Jacqueline Cako Han Xinyun Zhu Lin 5–7, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (11 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 32 (14–18) Legend$100,000 tournaments$75/80,000 tournaments$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 11 November 2007 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Charlene Vanneste Marina Melnikova Sylwia Zagórska 4–6, 4–6Runner-up 2. 24 November 2007 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Keren Shlomo Iryna Kurianovic Mika Urbančič 4–6, 1–6Winner 1. 17 February 2008 ITF Albufeira, Portugal Hard Marina Melnikova Martina Babáková Elena Chalova 6–3, 0–6, [11–9]Winner 2. 23 March 2008 ITF Porto Rafti, Greece Hard Dominice Ripoll Nicole Clerico Mika Urbančič 1–6, 7–5, [10–7]Winner 3. 24 May 2008 ITF Ra'anana, Israel Hard Manana Shapakidze Chen Astrogo Marcella Koek 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]Runner-up 3. 14 September 2008 ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Çağla Büyükakçay Alberta Brianti Polona Hercog 4–6, 5–7Winner 4. 29 May 2010 ITF Ra'anana, Israel Hard Keren Shlomo Efrat Mishor Anna Rapoport 3–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–3]Runner-up 4. 26 June 2010 ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay Pemra Özgen Mervana Jugić-Salkić Emma Laine 2–6, 3–6Winner 5. 18 July 2010 ITF Atlanta, United States Hard Kristy Frilling Irina Falconi Maria Sanchez 6–2, 2–6, [10–7]Winner 6. 23 October 2010 ITF Akko, Israel Hard Janina Toljan Gally De Wael Zuzana Linhová 6–2, 6–2Runner-up 5. 29 October 2011 ITF Netanya, Israel Hard Nicole Clerico Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen 5–7, 3–6Runner-up 6. 29 April 2012 Charlottesville Classic, United States Clay Elena Bovina Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 7. 18 May 2012 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Naomi Broady Vesna Dolonc Irina Khromacheva 2–6, 0–6Runner-up 8. 29 July 2012 Lexington Challenger, United States Hard Olivia Rogowska Shuko Aoyama Xu Yifan 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [4–10]Winner 7. 5 August 2012 Vancouver Open, Canada Hard Olivia Rogowska Jacqueline Cako Natalie Pluskota 6–4, 5–7, [10–7]Winner 8. 18 May 2013 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Paula Ormaechea Stéphanie Dubois Kurumi Nara 7–5, 7–6(13–11)Runner-up 9. 15 June 2013 Nottingham Open, UK Grass Erika Sema Julie Coin Stéphanie Foretz Gacon 2–6, 4–6Runner-up 10. 27 July 2013 Lexington Challenger, United States Hard Chanel Simmonds Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech 6–7(4–7), 3–6Runner-up 11. 4 May 2014 ITF Wiesbaden, Germany Clay Mandy Minella Viktorija Golubic Diāna Marcinkēviča 4–6, 3–6Runner-up 12. 12 April 2015 Open Medellín, Colombia Clay Mariana Duque Lourdes Domínguez Lino Mandy Minella 5–7, 6–4, [5–10]Winner 9. 15 May 2015 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Mariana Duque Beatriz Haddad Maia Nicole Melichar 1–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–4]Runner-up 13. 7 November 2015 Waco Showdown, United States Hard Rebecca Peterson Vania King Nicole Gibbs 4–6, 4–6Winner 10. 15 November 2015 Scottsdale Challenge, 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, 6–4Runner-up 14. 6 August 2016 Challenger de Granby, Canada Hard Olga Govortsova Jamie Loeb An-Sophie Mestach 4–6, 4–6Runner-up 15. 1 October 2016 Brisbane QTC International, Australia Hard Liu Fangzhou Naiktha Bains Abigail Tere-Apisah 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [3–10]Winner 12. 1 April 2017 ITF Mornington, Australia Clay Barbora Krejčíková Jessica Moore Varatchaya Wongteanchai 6–4, 2–6, [11–9]Runner-up 16. 6 May 2017 Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan Hard Katy Dunne Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato 4–6, 2–6Winner 13. 3 June 2017 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy Clay Priscilla Hon Tereza Mrdeža Conny Perrin 7–5, 6–2Winner 14. 10 June 2017 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy Clay Priscilla Hon Montserrat González Ilona Kremen 2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–8]Runner-up 17. 16 June 2017 Barcelona Women World Winner, Spain Clay Priscilla Hon Montserrat González Sílvia Soler Espinosa 4–6, 3–6Runner-up 18. 14 July 2018 ITF Winnipeg, Canada Hard Sanaz Marand Akiko Omae Victoria Rodríguez 6–7(2–7), 3–6

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