Julia Glushko
Glushko at the 2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
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| Full name | Julia Glushko |
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| Country (sports) | Israel |
| Residence | Modi'in, Israel |
| Born |
4 January 1990 Artemivsk, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
| Prize money | US$ 774,751 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 307–261 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 79 (23 June 2014) |
| Current ranking | 193 (6 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2014) |
| French Open | 3R (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2014) |
| US Open | 3R (2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 145–136 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 109 (4 November 2013) |
| Current ranking | 208 (6 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2013) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 16–17 |
| Last updated on: 6 February 2017. | |
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. 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.
She started playing tennis at the age of 4. Her parents are tennis instructors.
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.
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.
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.
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