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Yuliya Markovna Beygelzimer ( ua, Юлія Марківна Бейгельзимер; born 20 October 1983) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine.
She is perhaps best known for nearly defeating
Career
She is perhaps best known for nearly defeating Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she won three singles Grand Slam titles and was the gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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at the 2004 French Open
The 2004 French Open was the 108th edition of the tournament. Gastón Gaudio became the first men's Open Era Grand Slam title winner to save two match points in the final; the last time that had happened was 70 years earlier. Gaudio also became th ...
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 Circuit.
She also won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour
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: the Tashkent Open
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Since 2014, the event has been scheduled in early ...
in 2003 with Tatiana Poutchek
Tatiana Poutchek ( be, Таццяна Мікалаеўна Пучак; russian: Татьяна Николаевна Пучек; born 9 January 1979) is a retired tennis player and current captain of the Belarus Billie Jean King Cup team. Her car ...
, the 2005 Internazionali di Modena
The Internazionali di Modena was a tennis tournament held in Modena, Italy. Held once, in 2005, this WTA Tour event was played on outdoor claycourts.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
See also
* Internazionali di Tennis Emilia Romagna
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with Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a retired Bosnian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked world No. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached wor ...
, and the 2014 Katowice Open with Olga Savchuk
Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk ( uk, Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas.
Her best ...
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She was also the runner-up in doubles finals at the Warsaw Open
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with Anastasia Rodionova
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2001, Sunfeast Open
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with Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Leonidivna Fedak ( uk, Юліана Леонідівна Федак; born 8 June 1983) is a retired Ukrainian tennis player.
Fedak has a career high WTA singles ranking of 63, achieved on 18 September 2006. Fedak also has a career high W ...
2006, Pattaya Open with Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko ( rus, Виталия Анатольевна Дьяченко, , vʲɪˈtalʲɪjə dʲjɪˈtɕenkə, Ru-Vitalia_Diatchenko.ogg; born 2 August 1990) is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ...
2009, Malaysian Open with Olga Savchuk
Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk ( uk, Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas.
Her best ...
2015.
Beygelzimer has competed for Ukraine both at the Olympics and in Fed Cup
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Playing for Ukraine Fed Cup team, Beygelzimer has a win–loss record of 18–13.
Personal
Yuliya Beygelzimer currently resides in her hometownDonetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...
. 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
Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she won three singles Grand Slam titles and was the gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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on Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (; 24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World ...
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)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 20 (12–8)
Doubles: 58 (35–23)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
External links
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beygelzimer, Yuliya 1983 births Living people Ukrainian people of German descent Ukrainian female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Ukraine Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Donetsk