Viktorija Golubic

Viktorija Golubic (; ; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. On 28 February 2022, she reached her career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 35. On 17 April 2023, she peaked at No. 61 in the doubles rankings. She is the current No. 2 Swiss player.

Golubic has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, five singles WTA Challenger titles, as well as 12 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit so far.

Career 2008–15: WTA Tour debut and first win Golubic started playing on the ITF Women's Circuit at the $10k event in Budapest in June 2008. before losing in the second round to Andrea Hlaváčková in three sets.

2016: Maiden WTA Tour title, top 100

After winning her eighth ITF title at the $25k event in Hong Kong, Golubic reached her first major main draw at the Australian Open through qualifying and lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round of the tournament. 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. before losing 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 tour quarterfinal, before losing to Belinda Bencic.

At the inaugural Ladies Championship Gstaad, Golubic defeated third seed Kiki Bertens in the final to win her first WTA title. With the title, Golubic entered the top 100 for the first time. She reached another final at the Linz Open, in which she was defeated by Dominika Cibulková. On her way to the final, she gained her first top-10 win by defeating world No. 6, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the quarterfinal, albeit by withdrawal when her opponent pulled out in the third set after spraining her ankle. She ended the season as No. 57 in the WTA rankings. She then played on the WTA Challenger Tour, where she reached two semifinals, at the Hua Hin Championships and the Taipei Challenger.

Golubic's most significant results in 2018 came at the ITF Circuit and WTA Challenger Tour. In the early season, she reached the final of the $60k Burnie International, losing there to Marta Kostyuk.

She then won her first WTA 125 title at the Indian Wells Challenger, saving a championship point against Jennifer Brady in the final. On her way to the title, she knocked out top seed Wang Qiang in the semifinals to mark her first top-20 win since October 2016.

At Wimbledon, she reached the third round of a major for the first time by defeating Iga Świątek and Yulia Putintseva, but then lost to Dayana Yastremska.

In September, she reached quarterfinals of the Jiangxi International Open, losing there to Elena Rybakina. She followed this with a semifinal appearance at the Guangzhou International Open, before losing to Samantha Stosur.

Golubic struggled with form during the following season. Her most significant result came at the $80k Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer in September, when she reached quarterfinals and lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo. Greet Minnen and second seed Fiona Ferro to make it through to the final. She lost the championship match to fellow qualifier Clara Tauson. Two weeks later, again as a qualifier, at the Monterrey Open, she overcame fellow qualifier Anna Kalinskaya in the quarterfinals and eighth seed Ann Li in the last four, before losing to Leylah Fernandez in the final.

In May, Golubic won the title at the WTA 125 Saint Malo Open, defeating Jasmine Paolini in the final.

Moving onto the grass-court season, she made it into the quarterfinals at Eastbourne, where she lost to Anett Kontaveit in three sets. Ranked world No. 66 at Wimbledon, Golubic reached her first major quarterfinal, defeating 23rd seed Madison Keys in the fourth round to set up a last eight match against eighth seed Karolína Plíšková which she lost in straight sets. Having won 43 matches already in 2021, Golubic guaranteed herself a top 50 debut with this breakthrough run, moving 18 places to world No. 48 on 12 July 2021, having never passed the third round of this major before.

In October at the rescheduled event in Indian Wells, she overcame sixth seed Maria Sakkari in the second round, only to lose her next match to qualifier Anna Kalinskaya.

2022–23: Indian Wells fourth round Golubic began her 2022 season at Melbourne, where she made the quarterfinals but lost to second seed and eventual champion Simona Halep.

At the 2022 Indian Wells Open, she reached the fourth round at a WTA 1000-level for the first time in her career, but lost to Elena Rybakina.

Seeded ninth, Golubic defeated lucky loser Yana Morderger and Fiona Ferro to make it into the quarterfinals at the 2022 Strasbourg Open, losing in the last eight to Océane Dodin.

A win via retirement over second seed Emma Raducanu, followed by successes against Heather Watson and fifth seed Ajla Tomljanović, saw Golubic reach the semifinals at the 2022 Nottingham Open, at which point her run was ended by sixth seed Alison Riske. She was runner-up at the 2022 WTA 125 Rouen Open, losing to Maryna Zanevska in the final.

At the 2023 Nottingham Open, she defeated Jil Teichmann and fourth seed Donna Vekić to make it through to the quarterfinals, where she lost to qualifier Heather Watson. Golubic won the 2023 WTA 125 Rouen Open, defeating Erika Andreeva in the final.

2024: First WTA title since 2016, Major third round, back to top 100 At the Australian Open, she recorded her first wins at this major by defeating 15th seed Veronika Kudermetova and Kateřina Siniaková. She lost in the third round to 19th seed Elina Svitolina. As a result of her performance she returned to the top 75 in the rankings, at No. 71 on 29 January 2024.

Golubic defeated former champion and 24th seed Barbora Krejčíková in the first round at the French Open, but could not build on her momentum, losing her next match to Anastasia Potapova.

At the Jiangxi Open, she secured wins over qualifier You Xiaodi, fourth seed Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro and sixth seed Arantxa Rus to reach her first WTA Tour singles semifinal in more than two years. She defeated top seed Marie Bouzková to advance to her fifth career final and first since 2021. In the final, Golubic defeated second seed Rebecca Šramková in straight sets to claim her second WTA title, eight years after winning her first. Ranked No. 168, Golubic became the lowest-ranked WTA champion of the 2024 season. As a result she returned to the top 105 in the WTA singles rankings on 4 November 2024, raising more than 60 positions up.

Seeded seventh, Golubic overcame lucky loser Ekaterina Makarova, Mariam Bolkvadze, wildcard Carole Monnet, and sixth seed Nuria Parrizas-Diaz to reach the final at the Open de Limoges, where she defeated Céline Naef to take her fourth WTA 125 title. As a result, she returned to the top 100 in the WTA singles rankings, finishing the 2024 season at world No. 90 on 15 December 2024.

2025: First US Open win Seeded fourth, Golubic was runner-up at the WTA 125 Polish Open, losing to third seed Kateřina Siniaková in the final.

She defeated Lucia Bronzetti and seventh seed Katie Boulter to reach the quarterfinals at the Tennis in the Land tournament, at which point she lost to second seed Wang Xinyu in three sets. She lost to 18th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia in the second round.

Golubic won her fifth WTA 125 title at the Suzhou Open, overcoming Katie Volynets in the final. Two weeks later at the Japan Open, she defeated Bianca Andreescu and fifth seed Marie Bouzková to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to Sorana Cirstea in three sets.

Defending her title at the Jiangxi Open, she defeated qualifier Rina Saigo, lucky loser Elena Pridankina and fifth seed Yulia Putintseva to make it into the semifinals, where she lost to wildcard entrant Lilli Tagger in three sets.

2026: French Open third round, Nottingham semifinal In February, as the top seed at the WTA 125 Oeiras Indoors 2, Golubic reached the final, losing to fifth seed Daria Snigur in straight sets.

At the Italian Open, she defeated qualifier Federica Urgesi and 29th seed Maya Joint to reach the third round, where she lost to eighth seed Mirra Andreeva in three sets. Golubic reached the third round at the French Open for the first time, defeating Panna Udvardy and Alycia Parks, before losing to 15th seed Marta Kostyuk.

In June at the Nottingham Open, she overcame lucky loser Sofia Kenin in a rematch of the final qualifying round, and then recorded wins over Zeynep Sönmez and fifth seed Ann Li to make it through to the semifinals, where she lost to third seed Emma Navarro.

National representation Fed Cup Playing for Switzerland at the Fed Cup, Golubic has a win–loss record of 11–11 (as of September 2024). During the 2016 Fed Cup semifinals, Golubic earned surprising wins over Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová, defeating both in three sets. Although Switzerland was not able to beat the Czech Republic, Golubic was praised for her performance.

Olympics In her first participation at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Golubic advanced to the doubles final with Belinda Bencic by defeating Brazilian pair Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani. They took home silver medals after losing to Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in straight sets.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2026 Italian Open.

Doubles

Significant finals Summer Olympics Doubles: 1 (silver medal) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreSilver 2021 Tokyo Olympics 2020 Hard Belinda Bencic Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 5–7, 1–6

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendWTA 250 (International) (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (2–1)Indoor (0–2)

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendWTA 250 (International) (0–2) Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–2)

WTA Challenger finals Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (2–0)$80,000 tournaments (1–0) $50/60,000 tournaments (1–2)$25,000 tournaments (4–8)$10,000 tournaments (4–0)Finals by surfaceHard (9–7)Clay (3–3)

Doubles: 32 (15 titles, 17 runner–ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (0–1)$80,000 tournaments (0–2)$50/60,000 tournaments (3–6)$25,000 tournaments (8–5)$10/15,000 tournaments (4–3)Finals by surfaceHard (7–10)Clay (7–6)Grass (0–1)Carpet (1–0)

Wins against top 10 players