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Yuliya Beygelzimer

Yuliya Beygelzimer
Юлія Бейгельзимер
Beygelzimer at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceDonetsk, Ukraine
Born (1983-10-20) 20 October 1983 (age 41)
Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$896,574
Singles
Career record482–371
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 83 (25 September 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2007)
French Open1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2013)
Wimbledon1R (2004)
US Open1R (2003, 2006)
Doubles
Career record339–244
Career titles3 WTA, 35 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 56 (3 April 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2004, 2005)
French Open1R (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledon2R (2004, 2005)
US Open2R (2003)
Team competitions
Fed Cup18–13

Yuliya Emanuilivna Beygelzimer[a] (Ukrainian: Юлія Емануїлівна Бейгелзимер; born 20 October 1983) is a former tennis player from Ukraine.

Career

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Yuliya at Wimbledon, 2015

She is perhaps best known for nearly defeating Jennifer Capriati at the 2004 French Open where she was down three games to love in the second set but then swept nine of ten games. She lost the match, having led three games to love in the final set after winning the second 6–4.[1]

On 25 September 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 83. On 3 April 2006, she peaked at No. 56 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won 12 singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She also won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour: at the Tashkent Open in 2003 with Tatiana Poutchek, the 2005 Internazionali di Modena with Mervana Jugić-Salkić, and the 2014 Katowice Open with Olga Savchuk.

She was also runner-up in doubles finals at the Warsaw Open with Anastasia Rodionova 2001, Sunfeast Open with Yuliana Fedak 2006, Pattaya Open with Vitalia Diatchenko 2009, Malaysian Open with Olga Savchuk 2015.

Beygelzimer has competed for Ukraine both at the Olympics and in Fed Cup. Playing for Ukraine Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 18–13.

Personal life

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Yuliya Beygelzimer currently resides in her hometown Donetsk.[citation needed] She was coached by her father, Emmanuil. Mother Victoria is engineer. Yuliya was introduced to tennis at the age of seven when father took her to a local club. After her professional years, Yuliya wrote articles for Ukrainian Tennis Magazine.

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Before 2009 Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I Premier M
Tier II Premier 5
Tier III (0–2) Premier
Tier IV & V (2–0) International (1–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Jul 2001 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Australia Anastasia Rodionova South Africa Joannette Kruger
Italy Francesca Schiavone
4–6, 0–6
Win 1. Oct 2003 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Belarus Tatiana Poutchek China Ting Li
China Sun Tiantian
6–3, 7–6(0)
Win 2. Jul 2005 Internazionali di Modena, Italy Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
6–2, 6–0
Loss 2. Sep 2006 Sunfeast Open, India Hard Ukraine Yuliana Fedak South Africa Liezel Huber
India Sania Mirza
4–6, 0–6
Loss 3. Feb 2009 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Russia Vitalia Diatchenko Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
3–6, 2–6
Win 3. Apr 2014 Katowice Open, Poland Hard (i) Ukraine Olga Savchuk Czech Republic Klára Koukalová
Romania Monica Niculescu
6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 4. Mar 2015 Malaysian Open Hard Ukraine Olga Savchuk China Liang Chen
China Wang Yafan
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 20 (12–8)

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Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (7–4)
Carpet (2–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 8 April 2000 ITF Makarska, Croatia Clay Czech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková 2–6, 3–6
Win 1. 15 July 2001 ITF Sezze, Italy Clay Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma 6–2, 6–3
Win 2. 10 February 2002 ITF Lecce, Italy Clay (i) Hungary Eszter Molnár 6–2, 6–1
Win 3. 31 March 2002 ITF Amiens, France Clay (i) France Amandine Dulon 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4. 19 May 2002 ITF Szczecin, Poland Clay Czech Republic Alena Vašková 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2. 4 May 2003 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay France Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro 4–6, 3–6
Win 5. 22 March 2004 ITF Orange, United States Hard Israel Evgenia Linetskaya 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win 6. 2 October 2005 ITF Biella, Italy Clay Italy Giulia Gabba 6–2, 6–4
Win 7. 6 November 2005 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 7–6(7), 6–1
Win 8. 30 July 2006 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Belgium Kirsten Flipkens 5–7, 7–6(8), 6–4
Win 9. 12 November 2006 ITF Opole, Poland Carpet (i) Croatia Ana Vrljić 6–2, 6–0
Loss 3. 30 June 2007 ITF Périgueux, France Clay Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 10. 2 October 2010 ITF Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) Finland Emma Laine 7–6(9), 6–0
Loss 4. 10 October 2010 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Croatia Ivana Lisjak 0–6, 3–6
Win 11. 19 February 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Romania Liana Ungur 7–5, 7–5
Loss 5. 22 April 2012 ITF Civitavecchia, Italy Clay Spain María Teresa Torró Flor 6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 6. 15 September 2013 Trabzon Cup, Turkey Hard Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win 12. 27 October 2013 ITF Herzlia, Israel Hard Slovakia Kristína Kučová 6–3, 4–6, 5–2 ret.
Loss 7. 23 February 2014 ITF New Delhi, India Hard China Wang Qiang 1–6, 3–6
Loss 8. 27 April 2014 Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey Hard Czech Republic Denisa Allertová 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 58 (35–23)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (12–8)
Clay (20–15)
Carpet (3–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 25 March 2001 ITF Cholet, France Clay (i) Australia Anastasia Rodionova Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Italy Germana di Natale
6–1, 7–6(7)
Runner-up 1. 15 April 2001 ITF Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy Clay Belarus Evgenia Subbotina Czech Republic Pavlina Slitrová
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 3 June 2001 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Armenia Liudmila Nikoyan Slovakia Martina Babáková
Czech Republic Lenka Snajdrová
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 27 January 2002 ITF Courmayeur, Italy Hard (i) Netherlands Jolanda Mens Russia Goulnara Fattakhetdinova
Russia Maria Kondratieva
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 3 February 2002 ITF Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i) Australia Anastasia Rodionova Germany Angelika Bachmann
Austria Patricia Wartusch
6–4, 6–2
Winner 3. 10 February 2002 ITF Lecce, Italy Clay (i) Hungary Eszter Molnár Czech Republic Eva Erbová
Slovenia Tina Hergold
7–6(7), 6–4
Winner 4. 30 March 2002 ITF Amiens, France Clay (i) Russia Marianna Yuferova Argentina Natalia Gussoni
Netherlands Tessy van de Ven
6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 13 April 2002 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) Belgium Patty Van Acker France Caroline Dhenin
France Émilie Loit
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 8 September 2002 Open Denain, France Clay Luxembourg Claudine Schaul Czech Republic Olga Vymetálková
Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 6. 20 April 2003 Open de Biarritz, France Clay Ukraine Anna Zaporozhanova United Kingdom Lucie Ahl
Tunisia Selima Sfar
1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 7. 3 May 2003 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Ukraine Anna Zaporozhanova Russia Vera Dushevina
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
3–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 13 July 2003 ITF Vittel, France Clay Belarus Tatiana Poutchek Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
Czech Republic Libuše Průšová
6–3, 6–2
Winner 6. 18 August 2003 Bronx Open, US Hard Belarus Tatiana Poutchek Italy Mara Santangelo
Tunisia Selima Sfar
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 8. 14 September 2003 Open Denain, France Clay Belarus Tatiana Poutchek Italy Mara Santangelo
Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 9. 2 November 2003 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i) Belarus Tatiana Poutchek France Caroline Dhenin
Germany Bianka Lamade
5–7, 2–6
Winner 7. 3 October 2004 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Netherlands Anousjka van Exel Italy Sara Errani
Portugal Joana Pangaio Pereira
7–5, 6–0
Winner 8. 13 February 2005 Midland Tennis Classic, US Hard (i) United States Kelly McCain Russia Anna Bastrikova
France Iryna Brémond
6–2, 6–4
Winner 9. 27 February 2005 ITF Saint Paul, US Hard (i) Germany Sandra Klösel Canada Mélanie Marois
United States Sarah Riske
6–2, 6–1
Winner 10. 27 March 2005 ITF Redding, US Hard Canada Stéphanie Dubois New Zealand Leanne Baker
Italy Francesca Lubiani
6–4, 6–7(1), 6–3
Runner-up 10. 10 April 2005 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) Germany Sandra Klösel Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
5–7, 5–7
Winner 11. 30 April 2005 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Germany Sandra Klösel France Caroline Dhenin
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Winner 12. 5 June 2005 ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Italy Mara Santangelo Czech Republic Dája Bedáňová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Winner 13. 3 July 2005 ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany Clay Germany Vanessa Henke Germany Kristina Barrois
Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
7–6(7), 6–1
Winner 14. 23 July 2005 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Germany Sandra Klösel United Kingdom Claire Curran
Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk
6–4, 6–0
Winner 15. 18 March 2006 ITF Fuerteventura, Spain Hard Germany Angelika Rösch Germany Angelika Bachmann
Germany Kristina Barrois
6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4
Runner-up 11. 25 March 2006 ITF St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Russia Yulia Solonitskaya
1–6, 4–6
Winner 16. 22 July 2006 ITF Vittel, France Clay Hungary Ágnes Szávay Romania Mădălina Gojnea
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
6–2, 7–5
Winner 17. 18 November 2006 ITF Deauville, France Clay (i) Ukraine Yuliana Fedak Italy Silvia Disderi
Israel Tzipora Obziler
7–5, 6–4
Winner 18. 26 November 2006 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i) Ukraine Yuliana Fedak Belarus Darya Kustova
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 12. 29 June 2007 ITF Périgueux, France Clay Ukraine Yevgenia Savranska Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová
Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 13. 7 July 2007 ITF Cuneo, Italy Clay Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili Belarus Darya Kustova
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner 19. 9 March 2008 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Russia Anna Lapushchenkova Belarus Ima Bohush
Belarus Ksenia Milevskaya
6–4, 7–5
Winner 20. 29 March 2008 ITF La Palma, Spain Hard Switzerland Stefanie Vögele Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela
Spain Sílvia Soler Espinosa
7–5, 7–6(7)
Winner 21. 6 April 2008 ITF Hamburg, Germany Carpet (i) Switzerland Stefanie Vögele Czech Republic Veronika Chvojková
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
7–6(7), 6–2
Runner-up 14. 13 July 2008 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Switzerland Stefanie Vögele Estonia Maret Ani
Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 15. 21 September 2008 ITF Madrid, Spain Hard Russia Anastasia Poltoratskaya France Julie Coin
France Irena Pavlovic
3–6, 4–6
Winner 22. 21 June 2009 Open de Montpellier, France Clay Germany Laura Siegemund Switzerland Stefania Boffa
United States Story Tweedie-Yates
6–4, 6–1
Winner 23. 27 June 2009 ITF Périgueux, France Clay Russia Ksenia Lykina Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
Argentina María Irigoyen
2–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Winner 24. 5 July 2009 Bella Cup, Poland Clay Belarus Ksenia Milevskaya Poland Karolina Kosińska
Poland Aleksandra Rosolska
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 16. 10 January 2010 Blossom Cup, China Hard China Yan Zi China Liu Wanting
China Zhou Yimiao
1–6, 2–6
Winner 25. 28 March 2010 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Greece Anna Gerasimou Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
Australia Alenka Hubacek
w/o
Runner-up 17. 30 July 2010 ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan Hard United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith Uzbekistan Albina Khabibulina
Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 18. 1 October 2010 ITF Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) France Kristina Mladenovic Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 19. 9 January 2011 Blossom Cup, China Hard Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova China Liu Wanting
China Sun Shengnan
3–6, 2–6
Winner 26. 12 June 2011 ITF Zlín, Czech Republic Clay Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili Hungary Réka Luca Jani
Hungary Katalin Marosi
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Runner-up 20. 31 July 2011 ITS Cup, Czech Republic Clay Romania Elena Bogdan Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
5–7, 4–6
Winner 27. 26 February 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Belarus Ksenia Milevskaya Chinese Taipei Lee Hua-chen
Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi
6–3, 7–6(7)
Winner 28. 22 July 2012 Contrexéville Open, France Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Croatia Tereza Mrdeža
Croatia Silvia Njirić
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 21. 29 July 2012 ITS Cup, Czech Republic Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Spain Inés Ferrer Suárez
Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp
2–6, 6–7(7)
Runner-up 22. 7 July 2013 Bella Cup, Poland Clay Romania Elena Bogdan Poland Paula Kania
Poland Magda Linette
2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner 29. 13 July 2013 Open de Biarritz, France Clay Ukraine Olga Savchuk Russia Vera Dushevina
Croatia Ana Vrljić
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner 30. 3 August 2013 ITF Donetsk, Ukraine Hard Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Serbia Vesna Dolonc
Russia Alexandra Panova
6–1, 6–4
Winner 31. 7 September 2013 Trabzon Cup, Turkey Hard Ukraine Maryna Zanevska Ukraine Alona Fomina
Germany Christina Shakovets
6–3, 6–1
Winner 32. 26 October 2013 ITF Herzlia, Israel Hard Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva Turkey Başak Eraydın
Turkey Melis Sezer
6–3, 6–3
Winner 33. 20 December 2013 Ankara Cup, Turkey Hard Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
6–3, 6–3
Winner 34. 25 January 2014 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France Hard (i) Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Germany Kristina Barrois
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up 23. 8 June 2014 Open de Marseille, France Clay Ukraine Olga Savchuk Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Beatriz García Vidagany
1–6, 2–6
Winner 35. 9 May 2015 Empire Slovak Open Clay Russia Margarita Gasparyan Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Croatia Petra Martić
6–3, 6–2

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 W–L
Australian Open A Q2 Q2 Q2 Q1 1R Q2 A A Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 A 0–1
French Open A Q3 1R Q2 1R 1R A A A Q2 Q2 1R 1R Q1 Q1 0–5
Wimbledon A Q2 1R Q1 Q2 Q1 A A A Q1 Q2 A Q2 Q1 A 0–1
US Open Q2 1R Q2 Q1 1R Q2 A Q1 A Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 A Q1 0–2

Notes

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  1. ^ Transliterated as Yulia or Yuliia and Beihelzymer in accordance to the official transliteration
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