Julia Vakulenko

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Date of birth	July 10, 1983 (1983-07-10) (age 26)
Place of birth	Yalta, Soviet Union now Ukraine
Height	1.83m (6 ft)
Weight	69kg (152lbs)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$778,944
Singles
Career record	227–165
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 32 (November 19, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd (2004, 2007)
French Open	3rd (2003, 2006)
Wimbledon	2nd (2005)
US Open	4th (2007)
Doubles
Career record	13–31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	136 (February 9, 2004)
Last updated on: June 23, 2008.

Julia Vakulenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Вакуленко) (born July 10, 1983 in Yalta) is a professional Ukraine-born female tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of No. 31 on January 14, 2008.

In April, 2008, Vakulenko renounced her Ukrainian citizenship announcing her decision to acquire the citizenship of Spain where she's lived for the last ten years.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Career 2 Singles performance timeline 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

At the 2006 French Open, Vakulenko reached the third round.

At Wimbledon 2006, she had to pull out during the first round due to injury.

Julia became Kim Clijsters' last opponent in her professional career. Julia won 7–6(3), 6–3 in the second round of J&S Cup in Warsaw, Poland on May 3, 2007. This earned her the nickname "Kimmie Killer".

A week later, Julia defeated World No. 3 Amélie Mauresmo at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 (her career best) and then defeated Dinara Safina 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 to earn a spot in the semifinals against Ana Ivanović.

On August 28, 2007, in the first round of the US Open, Julia defeated number nine seed Daniela Hantuchová 6–4, 3–6, 6–1. She eventually reached the fourth round, her best performance at a major yet, before falling to Ágnes Szávay.

At the final event of the season, the Bell Challenge held in Quebec City, Canada, Julia reached the first WTA final of her career. En-route she beat Rossana de los Ríos, home favourite Stéphanie Dubois, Olga Govortsova and surprise package Julie Ditty. In the final, she lost to three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–1, who was playing in only her third event since giving birth.

After changing of her citizenship from Ukrainian to Spanish in April, 2008, she plans to play for the Spain in the Fed Cup but she wasn't able to compete in 2008 Olympics due to lack of time to be included in Spain's application.^[1]

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament when the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2008 French Open, which ended on June 8, 2008.

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	1R	2–3
French Open	A	3R	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	4–5
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1–6
U.S. Open	A	2R	2R	A	A	4R	1R	4–3
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0-0	3-3	2-4	1-1	2-2	4-4	0-4	12-18
WTA Tier I tournaments
Doha1	Not Tier I or Was Not Held						A	0–0
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	0–2
Miami	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	A	2–2
Charleston	1R	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	2–3
Berlin	A	A	1R	A	2R	SF	A	5–3
Rome	2R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1–2
Montreal/Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0–1
Tokyo	A	A	1R	A	A	A		0–1
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A	A		0–0
San Diego1	A	A	A	A	A	1R	-	0–1
Zurich1	A	A	A	A	A	A	-	0–0
Tournaments Won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Year End Ranking	209	73	129	185	120	32		N/A

• A = did not participate in the tournament
• ¹ Doha became a Tier I tournament in 2008, replacing San Diego and Zürich

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Julia Vakulenko profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Julia Vakulenko's official website