Olga Fridman
At the 2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Full nameOlga Olehivna Fridman
Native nameОльга Фрідман
אולגה פרידמן
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceKyiv, Ukraine
Born (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998
Kyiv
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$30,397
Singles
Career record83–37
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 231 (23 May 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2013)
French Open Junior1R (2014)
US Open Junior3R (2014)
Doubles
Career record3–4
Career titles0
Highest ranking–
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2015)
French Open Junior1R (2014)
US Open JuniorQF (2014)
Last updated on: 20 May 2021.

Olga Olehivna Fridman (Ukrainian: Ольга Олегівна Фрідман; Hebrew: אולגה פרידמן; born 30 September 1998) is an inactive Ukrainian-Israeli tennis player and the 2015 female Israeli tennis champion.

As a junior, Fridman has a career-high world ranking of 12, achieved on 24 March 2014. Fridman has a career-high singles ranking of 231 by the WTA, achieved on 23 May 2016. She has won two ITF singles titles.

Early and personal life

Friedman was born to a wealthy family in Kyiv, the daughter of Ukrainian-Israeli oligarch Oleg Fridman.[1][2] Although she represents Ukraine internationally, Fridman also holds Israeli citizenship.[2]

Tennis career

Fridman has a career-high juniors ranking of 12, achieved on 24 March 2014.

Fridman made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Baku Cup in the doubles event, partnering Elizaveta Ianchuk.

She became the 2015 champion of Israel at the age of 17, beating world No. 126, Julia Glushko, 6–2, 6–2 in the final of the Israeli championship.[2]

In December 2015, she had lived in Israel in recent years, and said: "I’d really like to represent Israel, but at the moment it depends on my parents. I really love the country and I believe it will eventually happen."[2]

In January 2016, she made it to the final of the $25k event in Daytona Beach, where she was defeated by Tunisia's Ons Jabeur, 0–6, 6–2, 6–4.[3]

The last tournament she played was a $25k event in Florida, in January 2017.

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 2 August 2014 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard China Ye Qiuyu 7–5, 6–4
Loss 1. 13 December 2014 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Russia Marta Paigina 1–6, 6–2, 6–7(3)
Win 2. 25 October 2015 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 2. 17 January 2016 ITF Daytona Beach, United States Clay Tunisia Ons Jabeur 6–0, 2–6, 4–6
Fridman at the 2015 Israeli championship

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 4 July 2014 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia Clay Ukraine Elizaveta Ianchuk North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
Australia Alexandra Nancarrow		 4–6, 6–7(5)

References

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