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)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 29 July 2001 | Warsaw Open, Poland | Clay | Anastasia Rodionova | Joannette Kruger Francesca Schiavone | 6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 1. | 12 October 2003 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | Hard | Tatiana Poutchek | Ting Li Sun Tiantian | 6–3, 7–6 |
Winner | 2. | 7 July 2005 | Internazionali di Modena, Italy | Clay | Mervana Jugić-Salkić | Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková | 6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 24 September 2006 | Sunfeast Open, India | Hard | Yuliana Fedak | Liezel Huber Sania Mirza | 6–4, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 3. | 15 February 2009 | Pattaya Open, Thailand | Hard | Vitalia Diatchenko | Tamarine Tanasugarn Yaroslava Shvedova | 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 13 April 2014 | Katowice Open, Poland | Hard | Olga Savchuk | Klára Koukalová Monica Niculescu | 6–4, 5–7, |
Runner-up | 4. | 8 March 2015 | Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur | Hard | Olga Savchuk | Liang Chen Wang Yafan | 6–4, 3–6, |
ITF finals
Singles (12–8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 8 4 2000 | Makarska, Croatia | Clay | Zuzana Ondrášková | 2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 15 7 2001 | Sezze, Italy | Clay | Romana Tedjakusuma | 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 10 2 2002 | Lecce, Italy | Clay | Eszter Molnár | 6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 31 3 2002 | Amiens, France | Clay | Amandine Dulon | 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 19 5 2002 | Szczecin, Poland | Clay | Alena Vašková | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 4 5 2003 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro | 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 22 3 2004 | Orange, United States | Hard | Evgenia Linetskaya | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 2 10 2005 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Giulia Gabba | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 6 11 2005 | Minsk, Belarus | Carpet | Agnieszka Radwańska | 7–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 8. | 30 7 2006 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Kirsten Flipkens | 5–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 12 11 2006 | Opole, Poland | Carpet | Ana Vrljić | 6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 6 2007 | Périgueux, France | Clay | Eva Hrdinová | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 10. | 2 10 2010 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard | Emma Laine | 7–6, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 4. | 10 10 2010 | Limoges, France | Hard | Ivana Lisjak | 0–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 11. | 19 2 2012 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Liana Ungur | 7–5, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 5. | 22 4 2012 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | María Teresa Torró Flor | 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 15 9 2013 | Trabzon, Turkey | Hard | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | 27 10 2013 | Herzlia, Israel | Hard | Kristína Kučová | 6–3, 4–6, 5–2 ret. |
Runner-up | 7. | 23 2 2014 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Wang Qiang | 1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 27 4 2014 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Denisa Allertová | 2–6, 3–6 |
Doubles (35–23)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 25 3 2001 | Cholet, France | Clay | Anastasia Rodionova | Eleni Daniilidou Germana Di Natale | 6–1, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 1. | 15 4 2001 | Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy | Clay | Evgenia Subbotina | Pavlina Slitrova Renata Voráčová | 3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 3 6 2001 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay | Liudmila Nikoyan | Martina Babáková Lenka Snajdrova | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 27 1 2002 | Courmayeur, Italy | Hard | Jolanda Mens | Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Maria Kondratieva | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 3 2 2002 | Urtijëi, Italy | Carpet | Anastasia Rodionova | Angelika Bachmann Patricia Wartusch | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 10 2 2002 | Lecce, Italy | Clay | Eszter Molnár | Eva Erbova Tina Hergold | 7–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 30 3 2002 | Amiens, France | Clay | Marianna Yuferova | Natalia Gussoni Tessy van de Ven | 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 13 4 2002 | Dinan, France | Clay | Patty Van Acker | Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit | 3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 8 9 2002 | Denain, France | Clay | Claudine Schaul | Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Chmelinová | 3–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 20 4 2003 | Biarritz, France | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova | Lucie Ahl Selima Sfar | 1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 3 5 2003 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova | Vera Dushevina Galina Voskoboeva | 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 13 7 2003 | Vittel, France | Clay | Tatiana Poutchek | Eva Birnerová Libuše Průšová | 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 18 8 2003 | Bronx, United States | Hard | Tatiana Poutchek | Mara Santangelo Selima Sfar | 6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 8. | 14 9 2003 | Denain, France | Clay | Tatiana Poutchek | Mara Santangelo Antonella Serra Zanetti | 5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 2 11 2003 | Poitiers, France | Hard | Tatiana Poutchek | Caroline Dhenin Bianka Lamade | 5–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 7. | 3 10 2004 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | Anousjka van Exel | Sara Errani Joana Pangaio Pereira | 7–5, 6–0 |
Winner | 8. | 13 2 2005 | Midland, United States | Hard | Kelly McCain | Anna Bastrikova Iryna Brémond | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 27 2 2005 | St. Paul, United States | Hard | Sandra Klösel | Mélanie Marois Sarah Riske | 6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 10. | 27 3 2005 | Redding, United States | Hard | Stéphanie Dubois | Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani | 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | 10 4 2005 | Dinan, France | Clay | Sandra Klösel | Michaëlla Krajicek Ágnes Szávay | 5–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 11. | 30 4 2005 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Sandra Klösel | Caroline Dhenin Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 12. | 5 6 2005 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | Mara Santangelo | Dája Bedáňová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 13. | 3 7 2005 | Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | Vanessa Henke | Kristina Barrois Kathrin Wörle-Scheller | 7–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 14. | 23 7 2005 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Sandra Klösel | Claire Curran Kim Kilsdonk | 6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 15. | 18 3 2006 | Fuerteventura, Spain | Hard | Angelika Rösch | Angelika Bachmann Kristina Barrois | 6–3, 6–7, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 11. | 25 3 2006 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard | Alla Kudryavtseva | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Yulia Solonitskaya | 1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 16. | 22 7 2006 | Vittel, France | Clay | Ágnes Szávay | Mădălina Gojnea Ekaterina Makarova | 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 17. | 18 11 2006 | Deauville, France | Clay | Yuliana Fedak | Silvia Disderi Tzipora Obziler | 7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 18. | 26 11 2006 | Poitiers, France | Hard | Yuliana Fedak | Darya Kustova Tatiana Poutchek | 7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 12. | 29 6 2007 | Périgueux, France | Clay | Yevgenia Savranska | Eva Hrdinová Marie-Ève Pelletier | 6–3, 5–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 7 7 2007 | Cuneo, Italy | Clay | Margalita Chakhnashvili | Darya Kustova Ekaterina Makarova | 2–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
Winner | 19. | 9 3 2008 | Minsk, Belarus | Carpet | Anna Lapushchenkova | Ima Bohush Ksenia Milevskaya | 6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 20. | 29 3 2008 | La Palma, Spain | Hard | Stefanie Vögele | Estrella Cabeza Candela Silvia Soler Espinosa | 7–5, 7–6 |
Winner | 21. | 6 4 2008 | Hamburg, Germany | Carpet | Stefanie Vögele | Veronika Chvojková Andrea Hlaváčková | 7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 14. | 13 7 2008 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | Stefanie Vögele | Maret Ani Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 15. | 21 9 2008 | Madrid, Spain | Hard | Anastasia Poltoratskaya | Julie Coin Irena Pavlovic | 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 22. | 21 6 2009 | Montpellier, France | Clay | Laura Siegemund | Stefania Boffa Story Tweedie-Yates | 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 23. | 27 6 2009 | Périgueux, France | Clay | Ksenia Lykina | Jorgelina Cravero María Irigoyen | 2–6, 6–2, |
Winner | 24. | 5 7 2009 | Toruń, Poland | Clay | Ksenia Milevskaya | Karolina Kosińska Aleksandra Rosolska | 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 16. | 10 1 2010 | Quanzhou, China | Hard | Yan Zi | Liu Wanting Zhou Yimiao | 1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 25. | 28 3 2010 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Anna Gerasimou | Mihaela Buzărnescu Alenka Hubacek | w/o |
Runner-up | 17. | 30 7 2010 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Hard | Emily Webley-Smith | Albina Khabibulina Ksenia Palkina | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 18. | 1 10 2010 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard | Kristina Mladenovic | Kiki Bertens Richèl Hogenkamp | 3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 19. | 9 1 2011 | Quanzhou, China | Hard | Oksana Kalashnikova | Liu Wanting Sheng-Nan Sun | 3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 26. | 12 6 2011 | Zlín, Czech Republic | Clay | Margalita Chakhnashvili | Réka Luca Jani Katalin Marosi | 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 20. | 31 7 2011 | Olomouc, Czech Republic | Clay | Elena Bogdan | Michaëlla Krajicek Renata Voráčová | 5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 27. | 26 2 2012 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Ksenia Milevskaya | Lee Hua-chen Lee Pei-chi | 6–3, 7–6 |
Winner | 28. | 22 7 2012 | Contrexéville, France | Clay | Renata Voráčová | Tereza Mrdeža Silvia Njirić | 6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 21. | 29 7 2012 | Olomouc, Czech Republic | Clay | Renata Voráčová | Inés Ferrer Suárez Richèl Hogenkamp | 2–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 22. | 7 7 2013 | Toruń, Poland | Clay | Elena Bogdan | Paula Kania Magda Linette | 2–6, 6–4, |
Winner | 29. | 13 7 2013 | Biarritz, France | Clay | Olga Savchuk | Vera Dushevina Ana Vrljić | 2–6, 6–4, |
Winner | 30. | 3 8 2013 | Donetsk, Ukraine | Hard | Renata Voráčová | Vesna Dolonc Alexandra Panova | 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 31. | 7 9 2013 | Trabzon, Turkey | Hard | Maryna Zanevska | Alona Fomina Christina Shakovets | 6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 32. | 26 10 2013 | Herzlia, Israel | Hard | Anastasiya Vasylyeva | Başak Eraydın Melis Sezer | 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 33. | 20 12 2013 | Ankara, Turkey | Hard | Çağla Büyükakçay | Eleni Daniilidou Aleksandra Krunić | 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 34. | 25 January 2014 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard | Kateryna Kozlova | Timea Bacsinszky Kristina Barrois | 6–3, 3–6, |
Runner-up | 23. | 8 June 2014 | Marseille, France | Clay | Olga Savchuk | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Beatriz García Vidagany | 1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 35. | 9 May 2015 | Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | Margarita Gasparyan | Aleksandra Krunić Petra Martić | 6–3, 6–2 |