Evgenia Linetskaya
Evgenia Simonovna Linetskaya is an Israeli female professional tennis player.
Linetskaya has won seven singles and one doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 4 July 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 35. On 20 February 2006, she peaked at world number 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. 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, 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. She is superstitious about stepping on court lines.Tennis career
Early success
In February 2005 Linetskaya beat World No. 11 Vera Zvonareva 6–4, 6–2 in Thailand. In March she defeated World No. 2 Amélie Mauresmo 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 third round in Indian Wells.Problems
In late November 2005, Linetskaya's 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. 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.She did not play between January 2006 and February 2007. She dropped off the rankings computer altogether.
Comeback
In February 2007 she won the Montechoro, Portugal tournament. The following month she won both the Ramat HaSharon 2 and the Raanana tournaments in Israel, without dropping a set in either tournament.ITF Circuit finals
Singles finals: 12 (7–5)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 16 July 2001 | Brussels, Belgium | Clay |  Camilla Kremer | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 29 October 2002 | Minsk, Belarus | Carpet |  Anastasiya Yakimova | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 24 March 2003 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Hard | Tatsiana Uvarova | 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 22 September 2003 | Batumi, Georgia | Hard |  Elena Tatarkova | 6–1, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 22 03 2004 | Orange, United States | Hard | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 12 April 2004 | Jackson, United States | Clay |  Alisa Kleybanova | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 20 April 2004 | Dothan, United States | Clay |  Peng Shuai | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 17 August 2004 | Bronx, United States | Hard |  Nuria Llagostera Vives | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 11 February 2007 | Vale do Lobo, Portugal | Hard |  Liana Ungur | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 10. | 16 February 2007 | Albufeira, Portugal | Hard | Yuliya Kalabina | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner | 11. | 12 March 2007 | Ramat Hasharon, Israel | Hard |  Martina Babáková | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Winner | 12. | 19 March 2007 | Raanana, Israel | Hard |  Tereza Hladíková | 6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles finals: 2 (1-1)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 15 July 2002 | Frinton, United Kingdom | Grass | Irina Bulykina |  Alberta Brianti Michelle Summerside | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 19 March 2007 | Raanana, Israel | Hard |  Tzipora Obziler | Martina Babáková Veronica Spiegel | 6–1, 6–2 |