Evgenia Linetskaya

Evgenia Simonovna Linetskaya (Russian: Евгения Симоновна Линецкая, Hebrew: יבגניה לינצקאיה‎; born 30 November 1986) is an Israeli female professional tennis player.

Evgenia Linetskaya
Евгения Симоновна Линецкая

Full name	Evgenia Simonovna Linetskaya
Country (sports)	Russia (2001–2007)  Israel (2007–present)
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1986-11-30) 30 November 1986 Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$333,645
Singles
Career record	117 – 56
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (4 July 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2005)
French Open	1R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	2R (2004), (2005)
Doubles
Career record	13–19
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 283 (20 February 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2006)
French Open	2R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2005)
US Open	1R (2005)

Linetskaya has won seven singles and one doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 4 July 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 35. On 20 February 2006, she peaked at world number 283 in the doubles rankings.

Linetskaya made it to the fourth round of the 2005 Australian Open, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo.

Biography

Linetskaya was born in Moscow, and is Jewish and plays with a Star of David necklace around her neck.[1][2][3] She is coached by George Akopian. Her mother introduced her to tennis at age 6; she hit balls against school building for practice. Her father's Simon Linetsky is a professor of mathematics with a black belt in karate,[2] and her mother Maria is an artist. She studied psychology for three years at Moscow University and plans to study via online education to receive an MBA. She speaks Russian, English and some Dutch. She is superstitious about stepping on court lines.[4]

Tennis career

Early success

In February 2005 Linetskaya beat World No. 11 Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–2 in Thailand. In March she defeated World No. 2 Amélie Mauresmo 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 third round in Indian Wells.

Problems

In late November 2005, Linetskaya's coach Joe Giuliano was barred for life by the WTA Tour for violating Section 14, part IV, of the WTA code of conduct, which bars coaches from "non-consensual sexual contact". Her father, Simon Linetskiy, was suspended for two years.[5] The bans resulted from events incidents at La Costa's Acura Classic in August 2005. Linetskiy was charged with suspicion of battery after his daughter had injuries treated at a hospital.[6][7]

She did not play between January 2006 and February 2007. She dropped off the rankings computer altogether.

Comeback

In February 2007 she won the Montechoro, Portugal tournament. The following month she won both the Ramat HaSharon 2 and the Raanana tournaments in Israel, without dropping a set in either tournament.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles finals: 12 (7–5)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	16 July 2001	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Camilla Kremer	1–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	29 October 2002	Minsk, Belarus	Carpet	Anastasiya Yakimova	6–2, 6–1
Winner	3.	24 March 2003	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Tatsiana Uvarova	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	22 September 2003	Batumi, Georgia	Hard	Elena Tatarkova	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	22 March 2004	Orange, United States	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner	6.	12 April 2004	Jackson, United States	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	20 April 2004	Dothan, United States	Clay	Peng Shuai	2–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	17 August 2004	Bronx, United States	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	11 February 2007	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Liana Ungur	6–7, 2–6
Winner	10.	16 February 2007	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Yuliya Kalabina	6–2, 6–0
Winner	11.	12 March 2007	Ramat Hasharon, Israel	Hard	Martina Babáková	6–3, 7–6
Winner	12.	19 March 2007	Raanana, Israel	Hard	Tereza Hladíková	6–4, 6–4

Doubles finals: 2 (1-1)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 July 2002	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Irina Bulykina	Alberta Brianti Michelle Summerside	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	19 March 2007	Raanana, Israel	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Martina Babáková Veronica Spiegel	6–1, 6–2

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

References

1. https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100001877
2. "Jewish tennis star abused by father". Ynetnews. 28 November 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
3. Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
4. Court Of Appeal – Troubled Teen Finds Solace In Tennis
5. "Barring of coach, father stems from La Costa incident". San Diego Union Tribune. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
7. After Coach Is Barred, Oversight Becomes Issue - The New York Times

External links

• Evgenia Linetskaya at the Women's Tennis Association
• Evgenia Linetskaya at the International Tennis Federation
• Interview, 3/13/05