Yuliya Beygelzimer
Yuliya Markovna Beygelzimer (Ukrainian: Юлія Марківна Бейгельзимер, born 20 October 1983) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine.
Beygelzimer at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying | |
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Donetsk, Ukraine |
Born | Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 20 October 1983
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2001 |
Retired | 2016 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $872,544 |
Singles | |
Career record | 467–351 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 12 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 83 (25 September 2006) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2007) |
French Open | 1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2013) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2004) |
US Open | 1R (2003, 2006) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 335–224 |
Career titles | 3 WTA, 35 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 56 (3 April 2006) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2005) |
French Open | 1R (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2004, 2005) |
US Open | 2R (2003) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 18–13 |
Career
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.
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: the Tashkent Open in 2003 with Tatiana Poutchek, the 2005 Internazionali di Modena with Mervana Jugić-Salkić, and 2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open with Olga Savchuk 2014.
She was also the runner-up in doubles final at Orange Warsaw Open with Anastasia Rodionova 2001, Sunfeast Open with Yuliana Fedak 2006, Pattaya Women's Open with Vitalia Diatchenko 2009, BMW Malaysian Open with Olga Savchuk 2015.
Beygelzimer has competed for Ukraine both at the Olympics and the Fed Cup.
Playing for Ukraine at the Fed Cup, Beygelzimer has a win–loss record of 18–13.
Personal
Yuliya Beygelzimer currently resides in her hometown Donetsk. Coached by father, Emmanuil. Mother is Victoria (engineer). Introduced to tennis at the age of seven when father took her to a local club. Most memorable experience was how patriotic she felt when Ukrainian national anthem was played after she won European Junior Championships in 2000; other great memories were playing Jennifer Capriati on Suzanne Lenglen at Roland Garros, representing Ukraine in Fed Cup and winning WTA doubles title in Katowice. While she was out injured wrote a book in Russian about travelling on the tour, aimed as a guide for young players; currently writes articles for Ukrainian Tennis Magazine.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | |
Tier I (0–0) | Premier Mandatory (0–0) |
Tier II (0–0) | Premier 5 (0–0) |
Tier III (0–2) | Premier (0–0) |
Tier IV & V (2–0) | International (1–2) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 29 July 2001 | Warsaw Open, Poland | Clay | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
Winner | 1. | 12 October 2003 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | Hard | 6–3, 7–6(0) | ||
Winner | 2. | 7 July 2005 | Internazionali di Modena, Italy | Clay | 6–2, 6–0 | ||
Runner-up | 2. | 24 September 2006 | Sunfeast Open, India | Hard | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
Runner-up | 3. | 15 February 2009 | Pattaya Open, Thailand | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
Winner | 3. | 13 April 2014 | Katowice Open, Poland | Hard (i) | 6–4, 5–7, [10–7] | ||
Runner-up | 4. | 8 March 2015 | Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [4–10] |
ITF finals
Singles (12–8)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 8 April 2000 | Makarska, Croatia | Clay | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Winner | 1. | 15 July 2001 | Sezze, Italy | Clay | 6–2, 6–3 | |
Winner | 2. | 10 February 2002 | Lecce, Italy | Clay (i) | 6–2, 6–1 | |
Winner | 3. | 31 March 2002 | Amiens, France | Clay (i) | 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 | |
Winner | 4. | 19 May 2002 | Szczecin, Poland | Clay | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 4 May 2003 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | 4–6, 3–6 | |
Winner | 5. | 22 March 2004 | Orange, United States | Hard | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 | |
Winner | 6. | 2 October 2005 | Biella, Italy | Clay | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Winner | 7. | 6 November 2005 | Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | 7–6(7), 6–1 | |
Winner | 8. | 30 July 2006 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | 5–7, 7–6(8), 6–4 | |
Winner | 9. | 12 November 2006 | Opole, Poland | Carpet (i) | 6–2, 6–0 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 June 2007 | Périgueux, France | Clay | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 | |
Winner | 10. | 2 October 2010 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | 7–6(9), 6–0 | |
Runner-up | 4. | 10 October 2010 | Limoges, France | Hard | 0–6, 3–6 | |
Winner | 11. | 19 February 2012 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | 7–5, 7–5 | |
Runner-up | 5. | 22 April 2012 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 | |
Runner-up | 6. | 15 September 2013 | Trabzon, Turkey | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6 | |
Winner | 12. | 27 October 2013 | Herzlia, Israel | Hard | 6–3, 4–6, 5–2 ret. | |
Runner-up | 7. | 23 February 2014 | New Delhi, India | Hard | 1–6, 3–6 | |
Runner-up | 8. | 27 April 2014 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | 2–6, 3–6 |
Doubles (35–23)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 25 March 2001 | Cholet, France | Clay (i) | 6–1, 7–6(7) | ||
Runner-up | 1. | 15 April 2001 | Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 2. | 3 June 2001 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 3. | 27 January 2002 | Courmayeur, Italy | Hard (i) | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 2. | 3 February 2002 | Urtijëi, Italy | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Winner | 3. | 10 February 2002 | Lecce, Italy | Clay (i) | 7–6(7), 6–4 | ||
Winner | 4. | 30 March 2002 | Amiens, France | Clay (i) | 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 | ||
Runner-up | 4. | 13 April 2002 | Dinan, France | Clay (i) | 3–6, 1–6 | ||
Runner-up | 5. | 8 September 2002 | Denain, France | Clay | 3–6, 0–6 | ||
Runner-up | 6. | 20 April 2003 | Biarritz, France | Clay | 1–6, 1–6 | ||
Runner-up | 7. | 3 May 2003 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 5. | 13 July 2003 | Vittel, France | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
Winner | 6. | 18 August 2003 | Bronx, United States | Hard | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
Runner-up | 8. | 14 September 2003 | Denain, France | Clay | 5–7, 3–6 | ||
Runner-up | 9. | 2 November 2003 | Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | 5–7, 2–6 | ||
Winner | 7. | 3 October 2004 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | 7–5, 6–0 | ||
Winner | 8. | 13 February 2005 | Midland, United States | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 9. | 27 February 2005 | St. Paul, United States | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
Winner | 10. | 27 March 2005 | Redding, United States | Hard | 6–4, 6–7(1), 6–3 | ||
Runner-up | 10. | 10 April 2005 | Dinan, France | Clay (i) | 5–7, 5–7 | ||
Winner | 11. | 30 April 2005 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 | ||
Winner | 12. | 5 June 2005 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 | ||
Winner | 13. | 3 July 2005 | Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | 7–6(7), 6–1 | ||
Winner | 14. | 23 July 2005 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
Winner | 15. | 18 March 2006 | Fuerteventura, Spain | Hard | 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4 | ||
Runner-up | 11. | 25 March 2006 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 16. | 22 July 2006 | Vittel, France | Clay | 6–2, 7–5 | ||
Winner | 17. | 18 November 2006 | Deauville, France | Clay (i) | 7–5, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 18. | 26 November 2006 | Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
Runner-up | 12. | 29 June 2007 | Périgueux, France | Clay | 6–3, 5–7, 1–6 | ||
Runner-up | 13. | 7 July 2007 | Cuneo, Italy | Clay | 2–6, 6–2, 2–6 | ||
Winner | 19. | 9 March 2008 | Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
Winner | 20. | 29 March 2008 | La Palma, Spain | Hard | 7–5, 7–6(7) | ||
Winner | 21. | 6 April 2008 | Hamburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | 7–6(7), 6–2 | ||
Runner-up | 14. | 13 July 2008 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
Runner-up | 15. | 21 September 2008 | Madrid, Spain | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 22. | 21 June 2009 | Montpellier, France | Clay | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
Winner | 23. | 27 June 2009 | Périgueux, France | Clay | 2–6, 6–2, [10–5] | ||
Winner | 24. | 5 July 2009 | Toruń, Poland | Clay | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
Runner-up | 16. | 10 January 2010 | Quanzhou, China | Hard | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
Winner | 25. | 28 March 2010 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | w/o | ||
Runner-up | 17. | 30 July 2010 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 18. | 1 October 2010 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
Runner-up | 19. | 9 January 2011 | Quanzhou, China | Hard | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
Winner | 26. | 12 June 2011 | Zlín, Czech Republic | Clay | 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 | ||
Runner-up | 20. | 31 July 2011 | Olomouc, Czech Republic | Clay | 5–7, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 27. | 26 February 2012 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | 6–3, 7–6(7) | ||
Winner | 28. | 22 July 2012 | Contrexéville, France | Clay | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
Runner-up | 21. | 29 July 2012 | Olomouc, Czech Republic | Clay | 2–6, 6–7(7) | ||
Runner-up | 22. | 7 July 2013 | Toruń, Poland | Clay | 2–6, 6–4, [5–10] | ||
Winner | 29. | 13 July 2013 | Biarritz, France | Clay | 2–6, 6–4, [10–8] | ||
Winner | 30. | 3 August 2013 | Donetsk, Ukraine | Hard | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 31. | 7 September 2013 | Trabzon, Turkey | Hard | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
Winner | 32. | 26 October 2013 | Herzlia, Israel | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
Winner | 33. | 20 December 2013 | Ankara, Turkey | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
Winner | 34. | 25 January 2014 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard (i) | 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] | ||
Runner-up | 23. | 8 June 2014 | Marseille, France | Clay | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
Winner | 35. | 9 May 2015 | Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | W–L |
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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 |
External links
- Yuliya Beygelzimer at the Women's Tennis Association
- Yuliya Beygelzimer at the International Tennis Federation
- Yuliya Beygelzimer at the Fed Cup
- "Amid jeers, Capriati advances at French". The Associated Press. Retrieved 15 June 2015.