Gail Brodsky

Gail Brodsky (born June 5, 1991) is an American professional tennis player.

Gail Brodsky
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBrooklyn, United States
Born (1991-06-05) June 5, 1991
Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$179,263
Singles
Career record188–136 (58.0%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 182 (March 19, 2012)
Current rankingNo. 727 (February 3, 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
French OpenQ1 (2012)
WimbledonQ1 (2012)
US Open1R (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record47–73 (39.2%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 348 (May 2, 2011)
Current rankingNo. 661 (February 3, 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open1R (2008, 2009)
Last updated on: February 4, 2020.

Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 182, reached on March 19, 2012. Her career-high doubles ranking is 348, reached on May 2, 2011.[1] On the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won six singles titles and two doubles titles.[1]

Career

Brodsky was born in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, to Eduard and Julia, moved to Ocean Parkway across the street from Coney Island Hospital in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, when she was six, and is Jewish.[2][3][4][1] As a youth, she trained on public courts in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn.[5] She and her husband and two children live in Kirkland, Washington.[4]

She won the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s national title, defeating both Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, and CoCo Vandeweghe, the 2017 US Open semifinalist, at 17 years of age.[3][4] She thus earned a wild card to the 2008 US Open, where she lost in the first round, 7–5, 6–3, to world number 14 Agnes Szavay.[4][5] She was also given a wild card into the 2009 US Open, where she lost in the first round, 6–4, 6–4, to Anabel Medina Garrigues.

She said: “I grew up with a lot of pressure and not a lot of passion for the sport.” Her parents were strict about here diet and other aspects of her life; it was only after she broke all contact with them (she says: “it wasn’t a healthy situation”), at age 17, that she tasted her first French fry.[6]

She won the 2010 $10,000 Porto (CL), 2011 $10,000 Gosier (H) and $25,000 La Coruna (H), 2015 $10,000 Victoria, BC (IH), and 2018 $15,000 Victoria, BC (IH) and $60,000 Ashland, KY (H) singles titles.[1]

She has also won the 2010 $10,000 Landisville, PA (H) - w/A. Mueller and 2018 $15,000 Victoria, BC (IH) - w/B. Boren doubles titles.[1]

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 Runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2010 ITF Gausdal, Norway $10,000 Hard Victoria Larrière 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2010 ITF Porto, Portugal $10,000 Clay Karolina Nowak 7–5, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jan 2011 ITF Gosier, France $10,000 Hard Sachia Vickery 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win 3–1 Jul 2011 ITF A Coruña, Spain $25,000 Clay Alexandra Panova 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Jan 2012 ITF Palm Harbor, United States $25,000 Hard Grace Min 6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Jan 2012 ITF Plantation, United States $25,000 Clay Lauren Davis 4–6, 1–6
Win 4–3 Jun 2015 ITF Victoria, Canada $10,000 Hard (i) Naomi Totka 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win 5–3 Jun 2018 ITF Victoria, Canada $10,000 Hard (i) Maegan Manasse 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–3 Jul 2018 ITF Ashland, United States $60,000 Hard Maegan Manasse 4–6, 6–1, 6–0

Doubles (2–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 23 May 2010 Landisville, United States Hard Alexandra Mueller Dianne Hollands
Tiffany Welford		 4–6, 7–5, [10–2]
Runner-up 1. 2 October 2010 Porto, Portugal Clay Alexandra Riley Ulrikke Eikeri
Lena-Marie Hofmann		 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Winner 2. 24 June 2018 Victoria, Canada Hard (i) Brynn Boren Safiya Carrington
Alana Smith		 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 23 June 2019 Denver, United States Hard Brynn Boren Vladica Babić
Hayley Carter		 2–6, 3–6
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See also

References
  1. "Gail BRODSKY"
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  3. "Former Jewish phenom Brodsky back in the swing of things" - Diaspora - Jerusalem Post
  4. Tennis - "American Gail Brodsky trying to put herself back on the tennis map"
  5. "Despite loss, Brooklyn tennis phenom takes heart in U.S. Open debut"
  6. "Ex-tennis phenom from Brooklyn launches improbable comeback at US Open"
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