Viktorija Golubic

2008–2015: ITF circuit

Golubic started playing on the ITF circuit in 2008 in Hungary and played her first two WTA qualifying tournaments in Budapest and Bad Gastein in 2010. She played her first match in the main draw of a WTA event in Bad Gastein in 2013, reaching the second round. However, all of her attempts to qualify for a Grand Slam failed.

2016: Fed Cup campaign; breakthrough

After winning her eighth ITF title, Golubic reached her first Grand Slam main draw at the Australian Open through qualifying and lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round of the tournament. She then reached the quarterfinals of another ITF event before failing to reach the main draw of her next three tournaments. At the Katowice Open, Golubic entered the main draw as a qualifier and beat Paula Kania in the first round before losing to Tímea Babos.

At the Fed Cup semifinals, Golubic earned surprising wins over Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová, defeating both in three sets. Although it was not enough for Switzerland to beat the Czech Republic, Golubic was praised for her performance.^[2]

Prior to the French Open, Golubic played in the qualifying of the WTA Prague Open, where she lost to Viktória Kužmová in the first round. After a quarterfinal appearance in Saint-Gaudens, she entered Roland Garros through qualifying and earned her first Grand Slam main-draw win with a three-set victory over Alison Riske. She lost to Lucie Šafářová in round two.

Golubic started her grass-court season at the Ricoh Open, entering the main draw as a qualifier and defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam and Risa Ozaki en route to her first WTA quarterfinal, losing to Belinda Bencic. Her next two tournaments (the Mallorca Open and Wimbledon) ended in qualifying. She also lost in the first round of her next ITF tournament in Budapest.

At the inaugural Ladies Championship Gstaad, Golubic beat No. 7 seed Mona Barthel, Evgeniya Rodina, Carina Witthöft and Rebeka Masarova en route to her first WTA final. She then defeated third seed Kiki Bertens to lift her first WTA trophy. With the title, Golubic entered the top 100 for the first time.^[3] Golubic reached another final at the Linz Open, in which she was defeated by Dominika Cibulková. She ended the season as No. 57 in the WTA Rankings.

2017: Setback

In 2017, Golubic could not emulate her results of the previous year. She won only four matches in the first half of the season and subsequently dropped out of the top 100 again.

Singles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2016	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International	Clay	Kiki Bertens	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 2016	Linz Open, Austria	International	Hard (i)	Dominika Cibulková	3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2017	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International	Clay	Nina Stojanović	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [7–10]

Singles (8–9)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 May 2011	$10,000	Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	12 September 2011	$10,000	Lleida, Spain	Clay	Lucía Cervera Vázquez	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	3.	1 April 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Ellen Allgurin	6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	8 April 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Katharina Lehnert	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	3 June 2013	$25,000	Brescia, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	24 June 2013	$25,000	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Laura Siegemund	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	2.	20 January 2014	$25,000	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	An-Sophie Mestach	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	14 July 2014	$25,000	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Andreea Mitu	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	1 September 2014	$25,000	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Carina Witthöft	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	27 October 2014	$25,000	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Barbora Krejčíková	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	8 June 2015	$25,000	Essen, Germany	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Winner	6.	24 August 2015	$25,000	Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Katy Dunne	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	28 September 2015	$25,000	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Hard (i)	Polina Leykina	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	2 November 2015	$50,000	Waco, United States	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	9 November 2015	$50,000	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	Samantha Crawford	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	8.	4 January 2016	$25,000	Victoria Park, Hong Kong	Hard	Risa Ozaki	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	3 February 2018	$60,000	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Marta Kostyuk	4–6, 3–6

Doubles (14–14)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 May 2011	$10,000	Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain	Clay	Nina Zander	Eva Fernández Brugués Inés Ferrer Suárez	3–6, 7–6(7–3), [4–10]
Runner-up	2.	12 September 2011	$10,000	Lleida, Spain	Clay	Arabela Fernández Rabener	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Isabel Rapisarda Calvo	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	1.	21 November 2011	$10,000	La Vall d'Uixó, Spain	Clay	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Arabela Fernández Rabener	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	3.	14 May 2012	$25,000	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Aleksandra Krunić	Katarzyna Piter Romana Tabak	2–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	14 January 2013	$10,000	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	Olga Doroshina Julia Valetova	6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	21 January 2013	$10,000	Kaarst, Germany	Carpet (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	Anja Prislan Jasmin Steinherr	6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	4.	11 March 2013	$15,000	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	Nicola Geuer Lisa Whybourn	3–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	1 April 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Katharina Lehnert	Martina Borecká Petra Krejsová	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	5.	27 May 2013	$25,000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Yurika Sema Zhou Yimiao	6–1, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner	5.	14 October 2013	$50,000	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Magda Linette	Nicole Clerico Nikola Fraňková	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	28 April 2014	$25,000	Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Julia Glushko Mandy Minella	6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	23 June 2014	$25,000	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Laura Siegemund	Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus	6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	14 July 2014	$25,000	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Carolin Daniels Laura Schaeder	5–7, 6–2, [10–3]
Runner-up	6.	1 September 2014	$25,000	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Alizé Lim Carina Witthöft	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	15 September 2014	$25,000	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Nicola Geuer	Richèl Hogenkamp Lesley Kerkhove	6–2, 5–7, [8–10]
Winner	9.	23 February 2015	$50,000	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Stéphanie Foretz Ana Vrljić	6–4, 7–5
Winner	10.	27 April 2015	$25,000	Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Carolin Daniels	Cindy Burger Veronika Kapshay	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Winner	11.	25 May 2015	$25,000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Sharon Fichman Katarzyna Piter	6–3, 6–2
Winner	12.	8 June 2015	$25,000	Essen, Germany	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Carolin Daniels Antonia Lottner	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	19 October 2015	$50,000	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Alice Matteucci	Alexandra Cadanțu Cristina Dinu	5–7, 3–6
Winner	13.	26 October 2015	$50,000	Macon, United States	Hard	Jan Abaza	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Sanaz Marand	7–6(7–3), 7–5
Runner-up	9.	9 November 2015	$50,000	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	Stephanie Vogt	Julia Glushko Rebecca Peterson	6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
Winner	14.	4 January 2016	$25,000	Victoria Park, Hong Kong	Hard	Stephanie Vogt	Hsu Ching-wen Emma Laine	6–2, 1–6, [10–4]
Runner-up	10.	25 January 2016	$50,000	Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Xenia Knoll	Elise Mertens An-Sophie Mestach	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Runner-up	11.	9 May 2016	$50,000+H	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	30 June 2017	$100,000+H	Southsea, United Kingdom	Grass	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	13.	24 September 2017	$80,000	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Amra Sadiković	Conny Perrin Tara Moore	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	14.	1 October 2017	$60,000	Templeton, United States	Hard	Amra Sadiković	Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos	5–7, 3–6