Yuliya Beygelzimer


Yuliya Markovna Beygelzimer is a retired 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 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 Women's Circuit.
She also won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour: the Tashkent Open in 2003 with Tatiana Poutchek, 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 at 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

Yuliya Beygelzimer currently resides in her hometown Donetsk. Coached by father, Emmanuil. Mother is Victoria. 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 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 titles, 4 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.29 July 2001Warsaw Open, PolandClay Anastasia Rodionova Joannette Kruger
Francesca Schiavone
6–4, 6–0
Winner1.12 October 2003Tashkent Open, UzbekistanHard Tatiana Poutchek Ting Li
Sun Tiantian
6–3, 7–6
Winner2.7 July 2005Internazionali di Modena, ItalyClay Mervana Jugić-Salkić Gabriela Navrátilová
Michaela Paštiková
6–2, 6–0
Runner-up2.24 September 2006Sunfeast Open, IndiaHard Yuliana Fedak Liezel Huber
Sania Mirza
6–4, 6–0
Runner-up3.15 February 2009Pattaya Open, ThailandHard Vitalia Diatchenko Tamarine Tanasugarn
Yaroslava Shvedova
6–3, 6–2
Winner3.13 April 2014Katowice Open, PolandHard Olga Savchuk Klára Koukalová
Monica Niculescu
6–4, 5–7,
Runner-up4.8 March 2015Malaysian Open, Kuala LumpurHard Olga Savchuk Liang Chen
Wang Yafan
6–4, 3–6,

ITF finals

Singles (12–8)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.8 4 2000Makarska, CroatiaClay Zuzana Ondrášková2–6, 3–6
Winner1.15 7 2001Sezze, ItalyClay Romana Tedjakusuma6–2, 6–3
Winner2.10 2 2002Lecce, ItalyClay Eszter Molnár6–2, 6–1
Winner3.31 3 2002Amiens, FranceClay Amandine Dulon7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Winner4.19 5 2002Szczecin, PolandClay Alena Vašková2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up2.4 5 2003Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceClay Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro4–6, 3–6
Winner5.22 3 2004Orange, United StatesHard Evgenia Linetskaya6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Winner6.2 10 2005Biella, ItalyClay Giulia Gabba6–2, 6–4
Winner7.6 11 2005Minsk, BelarusCarpet Agnieszka Radwańska7–6, 6–1
Winner8.30 7 2006Pétange, LuxembourgClay Kirsten Flipkens5–7, 7–6, 6–4
Winner9.12 11 2006Opole, PolandCarpet Ana Vrljić6–2, 6–0
Runner-up3.30 6 2007Périgueux, FranceClay Eva Hrdinová6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner10.2 10 2010Helsinki, FinlandHard Emma Laine7–6, 6–0
Runner-up4.10 10 2010Limoges, FranceHard Ivana Lisjak0–6, 3–6
Winner11.19 2 2012Antalya, TurkeyClay Liana Ungur7–5, 7–5
Runner-up5.22 4 2012Civitavecchia, ItalyClay María Teresa Torró Flor6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up6.15 9 2013Trabzon, TurkeyHard Anna-Lena Friedsam6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Winner12.27 10 2013Herzlia, IsraelHard Kristína Kučová6–3, 4–6, 5–2 ret.
Runner-up7.23 2 2014New Delhi, IndiaHard Wang Qiang1–6, 3–6
Runner-up8.27 4 2014Istanbul, TurkeyHard Denisa Allertová2–6, 3–6

Doubles (35–23)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.25 3 2001Cholet, FranceClay Anastasia Rodionova Eleni Daniilidou
Germana Di Natale
6–1, 7–6
Runner-up1.15 4 2001Quartu Sant'Elena, ItalyClay Evgenia Subbotina Pavlina Slitrova
Renata Voráčová
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.3 6 2001Warsaw, PolandClay Liudmila Nikoyan Martina Babáková
Lenka Snajdrova
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.27 1 2002Courmayeur, ItalyHard Jolanda Mens Goulnara Fattakhetdinova
Maria Kondratieva
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Winner2.3 2 2002Urtijëi, ItalyCarpet Anastasia Rodionova Angelika Bachmann
Patricia Wartusch
6–4, 6–2
Winner3.10 2 2002Lecce, ItalyClay Eszter Molnár Eva Erbova
Tina Hergold
7–6, 6–4
Winner4.30 3 2002Amiens, FranceClay Marianna Yuferova Natalia Gussoni
Tessy van de Ven
6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up4.13 4 2002Dinan, FranceClay Patty Van Acker Caroline Dhenin
Émilie Loit
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up5.8 9 2002Denain, FranceClay Claudine Schaul Olga Vymetálková
Gabriela Chmelinová
3–6, 0–6
Runner-up6.20 4 2003Biarritz, FranceClay Anna Zaporozhanova Lucie Ahl
Selima Sfar
1–6, 1–6
Runner-up7.3 5 2003Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceClay Anna Zaporozhanova Vera Dushevina
Galina Voskoboeva
3–6, 4–6
Winner5.13 7 2003Vittel, FranceClay Tatiana Poutchek Eva Birnerová
Libuše Průšová
6–3, 6–2
Winner6.18 8 2003Bronx, United StatesHard Tatiana Poutchek Mara Santangelo
Selima Sfar
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up8.14 9 2003Denain, FranceClay Tatiana Poutchek Mara Santangelo
Antonella Serra Zanetti
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up9.2 11 2003Poitiers, FranceHard Tatiana Poutchek Caroline Dhenin
Bianka Lamade
5–7, 2–6
Winner7.3 10 2004Porto, PortugalClay Anousjka van Exel Sara Errani
Joana Pangaio Pereira
7–5, 6–0
Winner8.13 2 2005Midland, United StatesHard Kelly McCain Anna Bastrikova
Iryna Brémond
6–2, 6–4
Winner9.27 2 2005St. Paul, United StatesHard Sandra Klösel Mélanie Marois
Sarah Riske
6–2, 6–1
Winner10.27 3 2005Redding, United StatesHard Stéphanie Dubois Leanne Baker
Francesca Lubiani
6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up10.10 4 2005Dinan, FranceClay Sandra Klösel Michaëlla Krajicek
Ágnes Szávay
5–7, 5–7
Winner11.30 4 2005Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceClay Sandra Klösel Caroline Dhenin
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Winner12.5 6 2005Prostějov, Czech RepublicClay Mara Santangelo Dája Bedáňová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Winner13.3 7 2005Vaihingen, GermanyClay Vanessa Henke Kristina Barrois
Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
7–6, 6–1
Winner14.23 7 2005Pétange, LuxembourgClay Sandra Klösel Claire Curran
Kim Kilsdonk
6–4, 6–0
Winner15.18 3 2006Fuerteventura, SpainHard Angelika Rösch Angelika Bachmann
Kristina Barrois
6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up11.25 3 2006St. Petersburg, RussiaHard Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Yulia Solonitskaya
1–6, 4–6
Winner16.22 7 2006Vittel, FranceClay Ágnes Szávay Mădălina Gojnea
Ekaterina Makarova
6–2, 7–5
Winner17.18 11 2006Deauville, FranceClay Yuliana Fedak Silvia Disderi
Tzipora Obziler
7–5, 6–4
Winner18.26 11 2006Poitiers, FranceHard Yuliana Fedak Darya Kustova
Tatiana Poutchek
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up12.29 6 2007Périgueux, FranceClay Yevgenia Savranska Eva Hrdinová
Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up13.7 7 2007Cuneo, ItalyClay Margalita Chakhnashvili Darya Kustova
Ekaterina Makarova
2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner19.9 3 2008Minsk, BelarusCarpet Anna Lapushchenkova Ima Bohush
Ksenia Milevskaya
6–4, 7–5
Winner20.29 3 2008La Palma, SpainHard Stefanie Vögele Estrella Cabeza Candela
Silvia Soler Espinosa
7–5, 7–6
Winner21.6 4 2008Hamburg, GermanyCarpet Stefanie Vögele Veronika Chvojková
Andrea Hlaváčková
7–6, 6–2
Runner-up14.13 7 2008Zagreb, CroatiaClay Stefanie Vögele Maret Ani
Jelena Kostanić Tošić
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up15.21 9 2008Madrid, SpainHard Anastasia Poltoratskaya Julie Coin
Irena Pavlovic
3–6, 4–6
Winner22.21 6 2009Montpellier, FranceClay Laura Siegemund Stefania Boffa
Story Tweedie-Yates
6–4, 6–1
Winner23.27 6 2009Périgueux, FranceClay Ksenia Lykina Jorgelina Cravero
María Irigoyen
2–6, 6–2,
Winner24.5 7 2009Toruń, PolandClay Ksenia Milevskaya Karolina Kosińska
Aleksandra Rosolska
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up16.10 1 2010Quanzhou, ChinaHard Yan Zi Liu Wanting
Zhou Yimiao
1–6, 2–6
Winner25.28 3 2010Antalya, TurkeyClay Anna Gerasimou Mihaela Buzărnescu
Alenka Hubacek
w/o
Runner-up17.30 7 2010Almaty, KazakhstanHard Emily Webley-Smith Albina Khabibulina
Ksenia Palkina
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up18.1 10 2010Helsinki, FinlandHard Kristina Mladenovic Kiki Bertens
Richèl Hogenkamp
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up19.9 1 2011Quanzhou, ChinaHard Oksana Kalashnikova Liu Wanting
Sheng-Nan Sun
3–6, 2–6
Winner26.12 6 2011Zlín, Czech RepublicClay Margalita Chakhnashvili Réka Luca Jani
Katalin Marosi
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up20.31 7 2011Olomouc, Czech RepublicClay Elena Bogdan Michaëlla Krajicek
Renata Voráčová
5–7, 4–6
Winner27.26 2 2012Antalya, TurkeyClay Ksenia Milevskaya Lee Hua-chen
Lee Pei-chi
6–3, 7–6
Winner28.22 7 2012Contrexéville, FranceClay Renata Voráčová Tereza Mrdeža
Silvia Njirić
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up21.29 7 2012Olomouc, Czech RepublicClay Renata Voráčová Inés Ferrer Suárez
Richèl Hogenkamp
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up22.7 7 2013Toruń, PolandClay Elena Bogdan Paula Kania
Magda Linette
2–6, 6–4,
Winner29.13 7 2013Biarritz, FranceClay Olga Savchuk Vera Dushevina
Ana Vrljić
2–6, 6–4,
Winner30.3 8 2013Donetsk, UkraineHard Renata Voráčová Vesna Dolonc
Alexandra Panova
6–1, 6–4
Winner31.7 9 2013Trabzon, TurkeyHard Maryna Zanevska Alona Fomina
Christina Shakovets
6–3, 6–1
Winner32.26 10 2013Herzlia, IsraelHard Anastasiya Vasylyeva Başak Eraydın
Melis Sezer
6–3, 6–3
Winner33.20 12 2013Ankara, TurkeyHard Çağla Büyükakçay Eleni Daniilidou
Aleksandra Krunić
6–3, 6–3
Winner34.25 January 2014Andrézieux-Bouthéon, FranceHard Kateryna Kozlova Timea Bacsinszky
Kristina Barrois
6–3, 3–6,
Runner-up23.8 June 2014Marseille, FranceClay Olga Savchuk Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Beatriz García Vidagany
1–6, 2–6
Winner35.9 May 2015Trnava, SlovakiaClay Margarita Gasparyan Aleksandra Krunić
Petra Martić
6–3, 6–2

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