Evgenia Linetskaya
Евгения Симоновна Линецкая
Full nameEvgenia Simonovna Linetskaya
Country (sports) Russia (2001–2007)
 Israel (2007–present)
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1986-11-30) 30 November 1986
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro2001
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$333,645
Singles
Career record117–56 (67.6%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 35 (4 July 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2005)
French Open1R (2005)
Wimbledon1R (2005)
US Open2R (2004), (2005)
Doubles
Career record13–19 (40.6%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 283 (20 February 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2006)
French Open2R (2005)
Wimbledon1R (2005)
US Open1R (2005)

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

She won seven singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 4 July 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. On 20 February 2006, she peaked at No. 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.

Tennis career

Early success

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

Problems

In late November 2005, her 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.[4] 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.[5][6]

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

Comeback

In February 2007, she won the Montechoro tournament in Portugal.[7] The following month, she won both the Ramat HaSharon 2 and the Raanana tournaments in Israel, without dropping a set in either tournament.[7] In doubles, she won at Raanana with Tzipora Obziler.[7]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 12 (7–5)

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

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 15 July 2002 ITF Frinton, United Kingdom Grass Russia Irina Bulykina Italy Alberta Brianti
Australia Michelle Summerside		 3–6, 4–6
Win 2. 19 March 2007 ITF Raanana, Israel Hard Israel Tzipora Obziler Slovakia Martina Babáková
Argentina Veronica Spiegel		 6–1, 6–2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Player Profile - LINETSKAYA, Evgenia (ISR)". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Jewish tennis star abused by father". Ynetnews. 28 November 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Wechsler, Bob (21 September 2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Barring of coach, father stems from La Costa incident". San Diego Union Tribune. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "'THE COACH FROM HELL'. Tennis players say alleged sex offender Joe Giuliano is". Daily News. New York. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ Kaplan, Daniel (16 January 2006). "After Coach Is Barred, Oversight Becomes Issue". The New York Times.
  7. 1 2 3 "Evgenia Linetskaya Bio | Bio & Career – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
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