Julia Efremova
| Country (sports) |
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|---|---|
| Residence | Moscow, Russia |
| Born |
14 February 1985 Kursk, Soviet Union |
| 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) |
Julia Efremova née Vorobieva (born 14 February 1985 in Kursk) is a former Russian tennis player. She played under her maiden name of Vorobieva (aka Vorobeva) until February 2006. She married her coach Alexey Efremov and returned to the ITF circuit in March 2007.
She has won eleven ITF Women's Circuit titles in her career, one in singles and ten in doubles.
Career
She has played on the qualifying draws of WTA Tour tournaments on many occasions. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 285, which she achieved on 14 November 2005, and her highest doubles ranking No. 193, achieved on 20 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 (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. 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 was winning the Busan Challenger doubles event in 2005 in Busan. She won the title with Wynne Prakusya, defeating Seiko Okamoto and Ayami Takase in the final. Her only singles title 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 | Score |
| 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 | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 21 July 2002 | Algiers, Algeria | Clay | |
  |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 13 April 2003 | Mumbai, India | Hard |  |
  |
7–5, 7–5 |
| Runner–up | 1. | 8 June 2003 | Ankara, Turkey | Clay |  |
 |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 27 June 2004 | Protvino, Russia | Hard | |
 |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 4 July 2004 | Krasnoarmeisk, Russia | Hard | |
|
6–7(4), 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2 August 2004 | Vigo, Spain | Hard |  |
  |
5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 13 December 2004 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | |
 |
6–4, 0–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 4. | 19 December 2004 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | |
|
6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 5. | 7 March 2005 | Benalla, Australia | Grass |  |
 |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 6. | 20 March 2005 | Yarrawonga, Australia | Grass | |
|
6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 9 April 2005 | Mumbai, India | Hard |  |
  |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 8. | 4 July 2005 | Krasnoarmeysk, Russia | Hard | |
|
6–2, 7–6(3) |
| Winner | 9. | 21 August 2005 | Nanjing, China | Hard | |
 |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 10. | 6 November 2005 | Busan, Korea | Hard | |
|
6–4, 6–7(6), 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 4 May 2008 | Adana, Turkey | Clay | |
 |
7–5, 1–6, [4–10] |