Julia Efremova
Country (sports) |
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Residence | Moscow, Russia |
Born |
Kursk, Soviet Union | 14 February 1985
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 2001 |
Plays | Right-handed (double-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 45,025 |
Singles | |
Career record | 88–90 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No.285 (14 November 2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 78–59 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 10 ITF |
Highest ranking | No.193 (20 February 2006) |
Last updated on: 15 April 2012. |
Julia Efremova (born 14 February 1985 in Kursk) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has won 11 ITF Women's Circuit titles in her career, of which 1 is in singles and 10 in doubles.
Biography
She has played on the qualifying draws of WTA Tour tournaments on many occasions. Her career high singles ranking is No.285, which she achieved on the 14th of November 2005; and her highest doubles ranking is No.193, achieved on the 20th of February 2006.
In 2003, Julia tried to qualify for her first WTA event in Moscow, but fell to Anastasia Rodionova in the first round. In 2005, she played the qualifying draws of five tournaments; at Pattaya, Hyderabad, Beijing, Guangzhou and Tashkent; but was unsuccessful in each.
In 2006, she tried qualifying in Bangalore, but was overpowered in round one by Daniela Kix. On the tour in 2007, she fell in the qualifying draws of Kolkata and Moscow, losing to Sandy Gumulya and Oxana Lyubtsova, respectively.
Julia's biggest title of her career is winning the Busan Challenger doubles event in 2005 in Busan. She won the title with Wynne Prakusya, defeating Seiko Okamoto and Ayami Takase 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–1 in the final. Her only singles came at Jakarta in 2004 where she won an ITF $10,000 event.
Career statistics
Singles finals: 1 (1–0)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1. | 19 December 2004 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
3-6 6-1 6-3 |
Doubles Finals: 15 (10–5)
Outcome | NO | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | 21 July 2002 | Algiers, Algeria | Clay | ![]() |
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6-2 6-4 |
Winner | 2. | 13 April 2003 | Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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7-5 7-5 |
Runner–up | 3. | 8 June 2003 | Ankara, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
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4-6 1-6 |
Winner | 4. | 27 June 2004 | Protvino, Russia | Hard | ![]() |
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6-3 6-2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 4 July 2004 | Krasnoarmeisk, Russia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(4) 0–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 2 August 2004 | Vigo, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 13 December 2004 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
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6-4 0-6 5-7 |
Winner | 8. | 19 December 2004 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
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6-3 6-3 |
Winner | 9. | 7 March 2005 | Benalla, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4 6–3 |
Winner | 10. | 20 March 2005 | Yarrawonga, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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6-4 6-3 |
Winner | 11. | 9 April 2005 | Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6-2 6-1 |
Winner | 12. | 4 July 2005 | Krasnoarmeysk, Russia | Hard | ![]() |
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6-2 7-6(3) |
Winner | 13. | 21 August 2005 | Nanjing, China | Hard | ![]() |
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6-4 6-3 |
Winner | 14. | 6 November 2005 | Busan, Korea | Hard | ![]() |
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6-4 6-7(6) 6-1 |
Runner-up | 15. | 4 May 2008 | Adana, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
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7-5 1-6 [4-10] |