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Country (sports) | ![]() ![]() |
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Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
Born | Yalta, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | 10 July 1983
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 1998 |
Retired | 2011 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $869,480 |
Singles | |
Career record | 282–191 |
Career titles | 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 32 (19 November 2007) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2007) |
French Open | 3R (2003, 2006) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2005) |
US Open | 4R (2007) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 16–37 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 136 (9 February 2004) |
Julia Olehivna Vakulenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Оле́гівна Вакуленко; born 10 July 1983) is a Ukraine-born former tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of No. 32 in November 2007.
In April 2008, Vakulenko renounced her Ukrainian citizenship, and then announced her decision to acquire the citizenship of Spain where she's lived for the last ten years.[1][2]
Career
At the 2006 French Open, Vakulenko reached the third round. At the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, she withdrew during the first round due to injury.
Julia became Kim Clijsters' last opponent in her professional career (before Clijsters' return in 2009). Vakulenko won 7–6(3), 6–3 in the second round of J&S Cup in Warsaw, Poland on 3 May 2007. This earned her the nickname "Kimmie Killer".
A week later, Julia defeated world No. 3, Amélie Mauresmo, at the German Open in Berlin, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 (her career best), and then defeated Dinara Safina, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3, before retiring in the first set in the semifinals to eventual champion Ana Ivanovic due to an injury.
On 28 August 2007, in the first round of the US Open, Julia defeated ninth seed Daniela Hantuchová, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1. She eventually reached the fourth round, her best performance at a major, before falling to Ágnes Szávay.
At the final event of the season, the Bell Challenge held in Quebec City, Vakulenko reached the first WTA Tour final of her career. En route, she beat Rossana de los Ríos, home favourite Stéphanie Dubois, Olga Govortsova and Julie Ditty. In the final, she lost 4–6, 1–6 to three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport, who was playing in only her third event since giving birth.
After changing of her citizenship from Ukraine to Spain in April 2008, she planned to play for Spain in the Fed Cup, but wasn't able to compete in the 2008 Olympics due to lack of time to be included in Spain's application.[1]
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Winner – Legend |
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Grand Slam |
Tier I |
Tier II |
Tier III, IV & V (0–1) |
Outcome | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 4 November 2007 | Bell Challenge, Canada | Tier III | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6 |
ITF finals
Legend |
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$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (7–6)
Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 28 September 1998 | Lerida, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2. | 6 December 1998 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 3. | 3 April 2000 | Dinan, France | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4. | 18 June 2000 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 6–7 |
Loss | 5. | 10 July 2000 | Getxo, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 6. | 5 August 2001 | Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 7. | 17 November 2002 | Deauville, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 8. | 3 December 2002 | Daytona Beach, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 9. | 29 September 2003 | Girona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 2–0 ret. |
Win | 10. | 8 February 2009 | Rancho Mirage, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–1 |
Loss | 11. | 16 February 2009 | Surprise, United States | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(0), 3–6, 3–4 ret. |
Win | 12. | 27 June 2009 | Périgueux, France | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 13. | 10 August 2009 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Doubles (0–1)
Result | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 23 November 2003 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Career W-L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
Australian Open | Q1 | A | Q3 | 2R | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | Q1 | 2–3 |
French Open | A | Q2 | 3R | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | 4–5 |
Wimbledon | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | 1–6 |
US Open | Q3 | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | 4R | 1R | Q1 | A | 5–4 |
GS Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 12–18 |
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 | |||
Tier II tournaments | |||||||||||
Amelia Island1 | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | - | 1–1 | |||
Warsaw1 | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | - | 4–3 | |||
Stanford1 | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | - | 0–1 | |||
Los Angeles1 | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | - | 0–1 | |||
Luxembourg1 | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | - | 0–1 | |||
Stuttgart1 | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | - | 1–1 | |||
Linz1 | A | A | A | A | A | QF | - | 3–1 | |||
Tier III tournaments | |||||||||||
Birmingham1 | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | - | 2–1 | |||
Tier IV tournaments | |||||||||||
Hyderabad1 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | - | 0–1 | |||
Tier V tournaments | |||||||||||
Casablanca1 | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | - | 0–1 | |||
Year-end ranking | 209 | 73 | 129 | 185 | 120 | 32 | N/A |
Head-to-head record
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.
- Dinara Safina 1–1
- Jelena Kostanić 1–0
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
- Flavia Pennetta 2–1
- Daniela Hantuchová 1–1
- Elena Dementieva 0–1
- Patty Schnyder
- Francesca Schiavone
- Anna Chakvetadze 1–0
- Maria Sharapova 0–1
- Ai Sugiyama 1–0
- Jelena Janković 1–1
- Amélie Mauresmo 1–1
- Kim Clijsters 1–1
- Caroline Wozniacki 0–1
- Anna Kournikova 0–1
- Lindsay Davenport 0–1
- Ana Ivanovic 0–1
- Justine Henin 0–1
- Serena Williams 0–1
- Petra Kvitová 0–1
- Mary Pierce 0–1
- Kimiko Date-Krumm
- Paola Suárez
- Alicia Molik
- Marion Bartoli 0–1
Top 10 wins
Season | 2007 | Total |
Wins | 3 | 3 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | JVR |
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2007 | |||||||
1. | ![]() |
No. 4 | Warsaw Open | Clay | 2nd round | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | No. 61 |
2. | ![]() |
No. 3 | German Open | Clay | 3rd round | 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 | No. 53 |
3. | ![]() |
No. 10 | German Open | Clay | Quarterfinals | 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 | No. 53 |