Julia Apostoli
| Full name |
Julia Sergeyevna Apostoli (nee Salnikova) |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |
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| Born |
13 August 1964 Moscow, Russia, USSR |
| Prize money | $38,157 |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 194 (15 October 1990) |
| Doubles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 130 (13 April 1992) |
Julia Sergeyevna Apostoli (born 13 August 1964) is a Russian-born former professional tennis player from Greece.
Biography
Apostoli was born in Moscow, the daughter of Russian football player and manager Sergei Salnikov. Her father was a member of the Soviet team which won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics and at club level he both played and managed FC Spartak Moscow.[1]
She debuted for the Soviet Union Fed Cup team in the 1980 quarter-final loss to the United States, featuring in the doubles with Olga Zaitseva, a dead rubber which they lost to the Americans. Over the next two years she competed in all ties for the Soviet Union. In 1981 she played the opening rubber in each tie and won them all, over Denmark's Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Czechoslovakia's Renáta Tomanová and Britain's Virginia Wade, the latter in the Soviet Union's quarter-final loss. She extended her singles record to five wins from five matches in 1982 when she beat her Spanish and Peruvian opponents, also appearing in a live doubles rubber to win the second round tie against Peru.[2] In the 1982 quarter-final she suffered her only singles loss, to Dianne Fromholtz, as the Soviet Union went down to Australia.[3]
At the Friendship Games in 1984, Apostoli won a gold medal in women's doubles, as well as a bronze in the singles.
She didn't feature in any international tennis for the remainder of the 1980s in order to concentrate on her studies, graduating with a journalism degree from Moscow State University in 1990.[4]
Apostoli returned to tennis in 1990 under the flag of Greece, having taken up citizenship through her marriage to Greek tennis coach Apostolos Tsitsipas. She began competing on the professional tour for the first time and played until 1992.[4]
Her eldest son, Stefanos Tsitsipas, competes on the professional tour.[5]
ITF finals
Singles: 4 (3-1)
| $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. | 12 March 1990 | Reims, France | Clay |  |
7-5, 4-6, 6-0 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 14 May 1990 | Marsa, Malta | Clay | .svg.png){kind=small} |
3-6, 2-6 |
| Winner | 3. | 6 August 1990 | Paderborn, West Germany | Clay |  |
6-1, 6-0 |
| Winner | 4. | 4 April 1994 | Athens, Greece | Clay |  |
6-0, 6-3 |
Doubles: 4 (1–3)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 21 August 1989 | Neumünster, West Germany | Clay | |
 |
6-1, 6-2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 March 1990 | Reims, France | Clay |  |
 |
2-6, 6-3, 3-6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 6 August 1990 | Paderborn, West Germany | Clay | |
|
3-6, 1-6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 8 May 1995 | Le Touquet, France | Clay | |
|
4-6, 2-6 |
References
- ↑ "Greece's tennis ace Stefanos Tsitsipas aims high". AGONAsport.com. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ↑ "Untitled". United Press International. 22 July 1982. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ↑ "Germans exploit Turnbull loss". The Age. 26 July 1982. p. 25. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Julia Salnikova: "Vi presento Tsitsipas e non solo.."". Spazio Tennis. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ↑ "Stefanos Tsitsipas a tout pour plaire au Moselle Open". Le Republicain Lorrain (in French). 19 September 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
