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Intro | Ukrainian tennis player | ||||
Places | Ukraine | ||||
is | Athlete Tennis player | ||||
Work field | Sports | ||||
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Birth | 20 October 1983, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast | ||||
Age | 41 years | ||||
Star sign | Libra | ||||
Residence | Donetsk | ||||
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Biography
Yuliya Markovna Beygelzimer (Ukrainian: Юлія Марківна Бейгельзимер, born 20 October 1983) is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine.
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 3 games to love in the final set after winning the second 6-4.
The winner of twelve singles and thirty five doubles ITF Circuit titles. On 25 September 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world no. 83. On 3 April 2006, she peaked at world no. 56 in the doubles rankings.
She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, Tashkent Open where she won with Tatiana Poutchek in 2003, She won 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 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 life
Yuliya Beygelzimer currently resides in her hometown Donetsk. Coached by father, Emmanuil. Mother is Victoria (engineer). Introduced to tennis at age 7 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 (3–4)
Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0/0) | |
WTA Championships (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 | Orange Warsaw Open, Sopot, Poland | Clay | Anastasia Rodionova | Joannette Kruger Francesca Schiavone | 6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 1. | 12 October 2003 | Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | Tatiana Poutchek | Ting Li Sun Tiantian | 6–3, 7–6(0) |
Winner | 2. | 7 July 2005 | Internazionali di Modena, Modena, Italy | Clay | Mervana Jugić-Salkić | Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková | 6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 24 September 2006 | Sunfeast Open, Kolkata, India | Hard | Yuliana Fedak | Liezel Huber Sania Mirza | 6–4, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 3. | 15 February 2009 | Pattaya Women's Open, Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Vitalia Diatchenko | Tamarine Tanasugarn Yaroslava Shvedova | 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 13 April 2014 | BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Katowice, Poland | Hard (i) | Olga Savchuk | Klára Koukalová Monica Niculescu | 6–4, 5–7, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 4. | 8 March 2015 | BMW Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard | Olga Savchuk | Liang Chen Wang Yafan | 6–4, 3–6, [4–10] |
ITF circuit finals
Singles (12–8)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 000000002000-04-09-00009 April 2000 | Makarska, Croatia | Clay | Zuzana Ondrášková | 2–6 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 000000002001-07-16-000016 July 2001 | Sezze, Italy | Clay | Romana Tedjakusuma | 6–2 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 000000002002-02-10-000010 February 2002 | Lecce, Italy | Clay (i) | Eszter Molnár | 6–2 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 000000002002-03-30-000030 March 2002 | Amiens, France | Clay (i) | Armandine Dulon | 7–5 3–6 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 000000002002-05-19-000019 May 2002 | Szczecin, Poland | Clay | Alena Vašková | 2–6 6–3 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 000000002003-05-01-00001 May 2003 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | 4–6 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 000000002004-03-22-000022 March 2004 | Orange, United States | Hard | Evgenia Linetskaya | 6–3 2–6 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 000000002005-10-02-00002 October 2005 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Giulia Gabba | 6–2 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 000000002005-11-08-00008 November 2005 | Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | Agnieszka Radwańska | 7–6(7) 6–1 |
Winner | 8. | 000000002006-07-30-000030 July 2006 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Kirsten Flipkens | 5–7 7–6(8) 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 000000002006-11-13-000013 November 2006 | Opole, Poland | Carpet (i) | Ana Vrljić | 6–2 6–0 |
Runner-up | 3. | 000000002007-07-01-00001 July 2007 | Périgueux, France | Clay | Eva Hrdinová | 6–3 3–6 4–6 |
Winner | 10. | 000000002010-10-03-00003 October 2010 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | Emma Laine | 7–6(9) 6–0 |
Runner-up | 4. | 000000002010-10-10-000010 October 2010 | Limoges, France | Hard | Ivana Lisjak | 0–6 3–6 |
Winner | 11. | 000000002012-02-19-000019 February 2012 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Liana Ungur | 7–5 7–5 |
Runner-up | 5. | 000000002012-04-22-000022 April 2012 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | María Teresa Torró Flor | 6–3 5–7 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 000000002013-09-15-000015 September 2013 | Trabzon, Turkey | Hard | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 6–4 3–6 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | 000000002013-10-27-000027 October 2013 | Herzlia, Israel | Hard | Kristína Kučová | 6–3 4–6 5–2 ret. |
Runner-up | 7. | 000000002014-02-23-000023 February 2014 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Wang Qiang | 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 000000002014-04-21-000021 April 2014 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Denisa Allertová | 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. | 000000002001-03-25-000025 March 2001 | Cholet, France | Clay (i) | Anastasia Rodionova | Eleni Daniilidou Germana Di Natale | 6–1 7–6(7) |
Runner-up | 1. | 000000002001-04-15-000015 April 2001 | Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy | Clay | Evgenia Subbotina | Pavlina Slitrova Renata Voráčová | 3–6 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 000000002001-06-03-00003 June 2001 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay | Liudmila Nikoyan | Martina Babáková Lenka Snajdrova | 4–6 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 000000002002-01-27-000027 January 2002 | Courmayeur, Italy | Hard (i) | Jolanda Mens | Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva | 7–5 3–6 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 000000002002-02-03-00003 February 2002 | Urtijëi, Italy | Carpet (i) | Anastasia Rodionova | Angelika Bachmann Patricia Wartusch | 6–4 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 000000002002-02-10-000010 February 2002 | Lecce, Italy | Clay (i) | Eszter Molnár | Eva Erbova Tina Hergold | 7–6(7) 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 000000002002-03-30-000030 March 2002 | Amiens, France | Clay (i) | Marianna Yuferova | Natalia Gussoni Tessy Van De Ven | 6–2 5–7 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 000000002002-04-15-000015 April 2002 | Dinan, France | Clay (i) | Patty Van Acker | Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit | 3–6 1–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 000000002002-09-08-00008 September 2002 | Denain, France | Clay | Claudine Schaul | Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Chmelinová | 3–6 0–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 000000002003-04-20-000020 April 2003 | Biarritz, France | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova | Lucie Ahl Selima Sfar | 1–6 1–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 000000002003-05-01-00001 May 2003 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova | Vera Dushevina Galina Voskoboeva | 3–6 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 000000002003-07-13-000013 July 2003 | Vittel, France | Clay | Tatiana Poutchek | Eva Birnerová Libuše Průšová | 6–3 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 000000002003-08-18-000018 August 2003 | Bronx, United States | Hard | Tatiana Poutchek | Mara Santangelo Selima Sfar | 6–4 7–5 |
Runner-up | 8. | 000000002003-09-14-000014 September 2003 | Denain, France | Clay | Tatiana Poutchek | Mara Santangelo Antonella Serra Zanetti | 5–7 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 000000002003-11-02-00002 November 2003 | Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | Tatiana Poutchek | Caroline Dhenin Bianka Lamade | 5–7 2–6 |
Winner | 7. | 000000002004-10-03-00003 October 2004 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | Anousjka Van Exel | Sara Errani Joana Pangaio Pereira | 7–5 6–0 |
Winner | 8. | 000000002005-02-14-000014 February 2005 | Midland, United States | Hard | Kelly McCain | Anna Bastrikova Iryna Brémond | 6–2 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 000000002005-02-28-000028 February 2005 | St. Paul, United States | Hard (i) | Sandra Klösel | Melanie Marois Sarah Riske | 6–2 6–1 |
Winner | 10. | 000000002005-03-28-000028 March 2005 | Redding, United States | Hard | Stéphanie Dubois | Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani | 6–4 6–7(1) 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | 000000002005-04-11-000011 April 2005 | Dinan, France | Clay (i) | Sandra Klösel | Michaëlla Krajicek Ágnes Szávay | 5–7 5–7 |
Winner | 11. | 000000002005-05-01-00001 May 2005 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Sandra Klösel | Caroline Dhenin Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | 6–3 3–6 6–1 |
Winner | 12. | 000000002005-06-05-00005 June 2005 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Dája Bedáňová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6–1 4–6 6–2 |
Winner | 13. | 000000002005-07-03-00003 July 2005 | Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | Vanessa Henke | Kristina Barrois Kathrin Wörle-Scheller | 7–6(7) 6–1 |
Winner | 14. | 000000002005-07-25-000025 July 2005 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Sandra Klösel | Claire Curran Kim Kilsdonk | 6–4 6–0 |
Winner | 15. | 000000002006-03-20-000020 March 2006 | Fuerteventura, Spain | Hard | Angelika Roesch | Angelika Bachmann Kristina Barrois | 6–3 6–7(5) 6–4 |
Runner-up | 11. | 000000002006-03-26-000026 March 2006 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | Alla Kudryavtseva | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Yulia Solonitskaya | 1–6 4–6 |
Winner | 16. | 000000002006-07-22-000022 July 2006 | Vittel, France | Clay | Ágnes Szávay | Mădălina Gojnea Ekaterina Makarova | 6–2 7–5 |
Winner | 17. | 000000002006-11-18-000018 November 2006 | Deauville, France | Clay (i) | Yuliana Fedak | Silvia Disderi Tzipora Obziler | 7–5 6–4 |
Winner | 18. | 000000002006-11-26-000026 November 2006 | Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | Yuliana Fedak | Darya Kustova Tatiana Poutchek | 7–5 6–3 |
Runner-up | 12. | 000000002007-07-01-00001 July 2007 | Périgueux, France | Clay | Yevgenia Savranska | Eva Hrdinová Marie-Ève Pelletier | 6–3 5–7 1–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 000000002007-07-09-00009 July 2007 | Cuneo, Italy | Clay | Margalita Chakhnashvili | Darya Kustova Ekaterina Makarova | 2–6 6–2 2–6 |
Winner | 19. | 000000002008-03-09-00009 March 2008 | Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | Anna Lapushchenkova | Ima Bohush Ksenia Milevskaya | 6–4 7–5 |
Winner | 20. | 000000002008-03-30-000030 March 2008 | La Palma, Spain | Hard | Stefanie Vögele | Estrella Cabeza Candela Silvia Soler Espinosa | 7–5 7–6(7) |
Winner | 21. | 000000002008-04-06-00006 April 2008 | Hamburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | Stefanie Vögele | Veronika Chvojková Andrea Hlaváčková | 7–6(7) 6–2 |
Runner-up | 14. | 000000002008-07-13-000013 July 2008 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | Stefanie Vögele | Maret Ani Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 4–6 2–6 |
Runner-up | 15. | 000000002008-09-21-000021 September 2008 | Madrid, Spain | Hard | Anastasia Poltoratskaya | Julie Coin Irena Pavlovic | 3–6 4–6 |
Winner | 22. | 000000002009-06-21-000021 June 2009 | Montpellier, France | Clay | Laura Siegemund | Stefania Boffa Story Tweedie-Yates | 6–4 6–1 |
Winner | 23. | 000000002009-06-28-000028 June 2009 | Périgueux, France | Clay | Ksenia Lykina | Jorgelina Cravero María Irigoyen | 2–6 6–2 10–5 |
Winner | 24. | 000000002009-07-05-00005 July 2009 | Toruń, Poland | Clay | Ksenia Milevskaya | Karolina Kosińska Aleksandra Rosolska | 6–1 6–4 |
Runner-up | 16. | 000000002010-01-10-000010 January 2010 | Quanzhou, China | Hard | Yan Zi | Liu Wanting Zhou Yimiao | 1–6 2–6 |
Winner | 25. | 000000002010-03-28-000028 March 2010 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Anna Gerasimou | Mihaela Buzărnescu Alenka Hubacek | W/O |
Runner-up | 17. | 000000002010-08-01-00001 August 2010 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Hard | Emily Webley-Smith | Albina Khabibulina Ksenia Palkina | 4–6 4–6 |
Runner-up | 18. | 000000002010-10-02-00002 October 2010 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | Kristina Mladenovic | Kiki Bertens Richèl Hogenkamp | 3–6 5–7 |
Runner-up | 19. | 000000002011-01-09-00009 January 2011 | Quanzhou, China | Hard | Oksana Kalashnikova | Liu Wanting Sheng-Nan Sun | 3–6 2–6 |
Winner | 26. | 000000002011-06-12-000012 June 2011 | Zlín, Czech Republic | Clay | Margalita Chakhnashvili | Réka-Luca Jani Katalin Marosi | 3–6 6–1 6–4 |
Runner-up | 20. | 000000002011-07-31-000031 July 2011 | Olomouc, Czech Republic | Clay | Elena Bogdan | Michaëlla Krajicek Renata Voráčová | 5–7 4–6 |
Winner | 27. | 000000002012-02-26-000026 February 2012 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Ksenia Milevskaya | Lee Hua-chen Lee Pei-chi | 6–3 7–6(7) |
Winner | 28. | 000000002012-07-22-000022 July 2012 | Contrexéville, France | Clay | Renata Voráčová | Tereza Mrdeža Silvia Njirić | 6–1 6–1 |
Runner-up | 21. | 000000002012-07-29-000029 July 2012 | Olomouc, Czech Republic | Clay | Renata Voráčová | Inés Ferrer Suárez Richèl Hogenkamp | 2–6 6–7(7) |
Runner-up | 22. | 000000002013-07-07-00007 July 2013 | Toruń, Poland | Clay | Elena Bogdan | Paula Kania Magda Linette | 2–6 6–4 5–10 |
Winner | 29. | 000000002013-07-14-000014 July 2013 | Biarritz, France | Clay | Olga Savchuk | Vera Dushevina Ana Vrljić | 2–6 6–4 10–8 |
Winner | 30. | 000000002013-08-04-00004 August 2013 | Donetsk, Ukraine | Hard | Renata Voráčová | Vesna Dolonc Alexandra Panova | 6–1 6–4 |
Winner | 31. | 000000002013-09-08-00008 September 2013 | Trabzon, Turkey | Hard | Maryna Zanevska | Alona Fomina Christina Shakovets | 6–3 6–1 |
Winner | 32. | 000000002013-10-27-000027 October 2013 | Herzlia, Israel | Hard | Anastasiya Vasylyeva | Başak Eraydın Melis Sezer | 6–3 6–3 |
Winner | 33. | 000000002013-12-20-000020 December 2013 | Ankara, Turkey | Hard | Çağla Büyükakçay | Eleni Daniilidou Aleksandra Krunić | 6–3 6–3 |
Winner | 34. | 25 January 2014 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard (i) | Kateryna Kozlova | Timea Bacsinszky Kristina Barrois | 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
Runner-up | 23. | 2 June 2014 | Marseille, France | Clay | Olga Savchuk | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Beatriz García Vidagany | 1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 35. | 9 May 2015 | Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | Margarita Gasparyan | Aleksandra Krunić Petra Martić | 6–3, 6–2 |
Singles performance timeline
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Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | 0–1 | |||||||||
French Open | A | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 0–5 | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | Q2 | 0–1 | ||||||||||
US Open | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 0–2 |