Viktorija Golubic

Viktorija Golubic (Serbian: Викторија Голубић / Viktorija Golubić,[1] pronounced [ʋǐktoːrija ɡolǔbitɕ]; born 16 October 1992, in Zürich) is a Swiss tennis player.

Viktorija Golubic
Golubic at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)  Switzerland
Born (1992-10-16) 16 October 1992
Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed
(one-handed backhand)
CoachRobert Orlik
Prize moneyUS$ 1,672,958
Official websiteviktorijagolubic.com
Singles
Career record319–216 (59.6%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 51 (3 April 2017)
Current rankingNo. 123 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
French Open2R (2016)
Wimbledon3R (2019)
US Open1R (2016, 2017, 2019)
Doubles
Career record166–125 (57.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 63 (15 January 2018)
Current rankingNo. 148 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2017, 2018)
French Open2R (2017, 2018)
Wimbledon1R (2017, 2018)
US Open2R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed CupSF (2016, 2017)
W–L record: 6–6
Last updated on: 25 June 2020.

Golubic has won one singles title on the WTA tour, as well as eight singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit so far. On 3 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 51. On 15 January 2018, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Switzerland at the Fed Cup, Golubic has a win–loss record of 6–6.

Career

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.

2019: First WTA 125k title

Golubic won her biggest title since 2016 at the Indian Wells Challenger, saving a championship point against Jennifer Brady in the finals. On her way to the title round, she knocked out top seed Wang Qiang to mark her first Top 20 win since October 2016.

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

Singles

This table is current through the 2020 Australian Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 0–5 0%
French Open A Q1 A 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon A Q1 A Q2 2R 1R 3R NH 0 / 3 3–3 50%
US Open Q2 Q1 A 1R 1R Q2 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–4 0–3 2–4 0–1 0 / 15 4–15 21%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A A Q1 1R Q1 1R P 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami Open A A A A 2R 1R 1R P 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Madrid Open A A A A 1R A Q1 P 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open[2] A A A A 2R A A Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A Q2 P 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A 1R A A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[3] A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 12 17 10 14 2 Career total: 57
Titles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Career total: 2
Overall Win–Loss 1–1 1–1 0–0 19–11 9–19 3–12 3–15 0–2 1 / 57 36–61 37%
Win (%) 50% 50%  –  63% 32% 20% 17% 0% Career total: 37%
Year-end ranking 193 227 178 57 128 92 81 $1,578,541

Notes

  • 1 WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  • 2 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
  • 3 In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Legend
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad, 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)
Winner — Legend
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland International Clay Nina Stojanović Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson		 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [7–10]

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2019 WTA Indian Wells, United States Hard Jennifer Brady 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2011 ITF Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain 10,000 Clay Inés Ferrer Suárez 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Sep 2011 ITF Lleida, Spain 10,000 Clay Lucía Cervera Vázquez 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win 3–0 Apr 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Ellen Allgurin 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–0 Apr 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Katharina Lehnert 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–0 Jun 2013 ITF Brescia, Italy 25,000 Clay Anastasia Grymalska 6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–1 Jun 2013 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Laura Siegemund 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 5–2 Jan 2014 ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard (i) An-Sophie Mestach 1–6, 4–6
Loss 5–3 Jul 2014 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Andreea Mitu 2–6, 1–6
Loss 5–4 Sep 2014 ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard (i) Carina Witthöft 2–6, 4–6
Loss 5–5 Nov 2014 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Barbora Krejčíková 1–6, 4–6
Loss 5–6 Jun 2015 ITF Essen, Germany 25,000 Clay Pauline Parmentier 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 6–6 Aug 2015 ITF Woking, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard Katy Dunne 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–7 Oct 2015 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France 25,000 Hard (i) Polina Leykina 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 7–7 Nov 2015 ITF Waco, United States 50,000 Hard Nicole Gibbs 6–2, 6–1
Loss 7–8 Nov 2015 ITF Scottsdale, United States 50,000 Hard Samantha Crawford 3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 8–8 Jan 2016 ITF Victoria Park, Hong Kong 25,000 Hard Risa Ozaki 6–3, 6–3
Loss 8–9 Feb 2018 ITF Burnie, Australia 60,000 Hard Marta Kostyuk 4–6, 3–6
Win 9–9 Oct 2018 ITF Poitiers, France 80,000 Hard (i) Natalia Vikhlyantseva 3–6, 6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 29 (14 titles, 15 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–9)
Clay (7–5)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2011 ITF Santa Coloma de Farners,
Spain		 10,000 Clay Nina Zander Eva Fernández Brugués
Inés Ferrer Suárez		 3–6, 7–6(7–3), [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Sep 2011 ITF Lleida,
Spain		 10,000 Clay Arabela Fernández
Rabener		 Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Isabel Rapisarda Calvo		 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–2 Nov 2011 ITF La Vall d'Uixó,
Spain		 10,000 Clay Magdalena Kiszczyńska Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Arabela Fernández Rabener		 7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 1–3 May 2012 ITF Caserta,
Italy		 25,000 Clay Aleksandra Krunić Katarzyna Piter
Romana Tabak		 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Jan 2013 ITF Stuttgart,
Germany		 10,000 Hard (i) Julia Kimmelmann Olga Doroshina
Julia Valetova		 6–4, 6–1
Win 3–3 Jan 2013 ITF Kaarst,
Germany		 10,000 Carpet (i) Julia Kimmelmann Anja Prislan
Jasmin Steinherr		 6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss 3–4 Mar 2013 ITF Bath,
United Kingdom		 15,000 Hard (i) Julia Kimmelmann Nicola Geuer
Lisa Whybourn		 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–4 Apr 2013 ITF Antalya,
Turkey		 10,000 Hard Katharina Lehnert Martina Borecká
Petra Krejsová		 5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 4–5 May 2013 ITF Grado,
Italy		 25,000 Clay Diāna Marcinkēviča Yurika Sema
Zhou Yimiao		 6–1, 5–7, [7–10]
Win 5–5 Oct 2013 ITF Limoges,
France		 50,000 Hard (i) Magda Linette Nicole Clerico
Nikola Fraňková		 6–4, 6–4
Win 6–5 May 2014 ITF Wiesbaden,
Germany		 25,000 Clay Diāna Marcinkēviča Julia Glushko
Mandy Minella		 6–4, 6–3
Win 7–5 Jun 2014 ITF Stuttgart,
Germany		 25,000 Clay Laura Siegemund Lesley Kerkhove
Arantxa Rus		 6–3, 6–3
Win 8–5 Jul 2014 ITF Darmstadt,
Germany		 25,000 Clay Nicola Geuer Carolin Daniels
Laura Schaeder		 5–7, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss 8–6 Sep 2014 ITF Barnstaple,
United Kingdom		 25,000 Hard (i) Diāna Marcinkēviča Alizé Lim
Carina Witthöft		 2–6, 1–6
Loss 8–7 Sep 2014 ITF Shrewsbury,
United Kingdom		 25,000 Hard (i) Nicola Geuer Richèl Hogenkamp
Lesley Kerkhove		 6–2, 5–7, [8–10]
Win 9–7 Feb 2015 ITF Saint Petersburg,
Russia		 50,000 Hard (i) Aliaksandra Sasnovich Stéphanie Foretz
Ana Vrljić		 6–4, 7–5
Win 10–7 May 2015 ITF Wiesbaden,
Germany		 25,000 Clay Carolin Daniels Cindy Burger
Veronika Kapshay		 6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 11–7 May 2015 ITF Grado,
Italy		 25,000 Clay Beatriz Haddad Maia Sharon Fichman
Katarzyna Piter		 6–3, 6–2
Win 12–7 Jun 2015 ITF Essen,
Germany		 25,000 Clay Nicola Geuer Carolin Daniels
Antonia Lottner		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 12–8 Oct 2015 ITF Joué-lès-Tours,
France		 50,000 Hard (i) Alice Matteucci Alexandra Cadanțu
Cristina Dinu		 5–7, 3–6
Win 13–8 Oct 2015 ITF Macon,
United States		 50,000 Hard Jan Abaza Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Sanaz Marand		 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss 13–9 Nov 2015 ITF Scottsdale,
United States		 50,000 Hard Stephanie Vogt Julia Glushko
Rebecca Peterson		 6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
Win 14–9 Jan 2016 ITF Victoria Park,
Hong Kong		 25,000 Hard Stephanie Vogt Hsu Ching-wen
Emma Laine		 6–2, 1–6, [10–4]
Loss 14–10 Jan 2016 ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon,
France		 50,000 Hard (i) Xenia Knoll Elise Mertens
An-Sophie Mestach		 4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 14–11 May 2016 ITF Saint-Gaudens,
France		 50,000 Clay Nicola Geuer Demi Schuurs
Renata Voráčová		 1–6, 2–6
Loss 14–12 Jun 2017 ITF Southsea,
United Kingdom		 100,000 Grass Lyudmyla Kichenok Shuko Aoyama
Yang Zhaoxuan		 7–6(9–7), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 14–13 Sep 2017 ITF Albuquerque,
United States		 80,000 Hard Amra Sadiković Conny Perrin
Tara Moore		 3–6, 3–6
Loss 14–14 Oct 2017 ITF Templeton,
United States		 60,000 Hard Amra Sadiković Kaitlyn Christian
Giuliana Olmos		 5–7, 3–6
Loss 14–15 Oct 2018 ITF Poitiers,
France		 80.000 Hard (i) Arantxa Rus Anna Blinkova
Alexandra Panova		 1–6, 1–6

Top 10 wins
Season20162017Total
Wins101
# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score
2016
1. Garbiñe Muguruza No. 6 Linz Open, Austria Hard (i) Quarterfinal 5–7, 6–3, 4–4 ret.

References
  1. Ozmo, Saša (19 January 2016). "Dete SFRJ na WTA turu: Hoćemo li na našem? Naravno!". B92 (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. "World Group semi final". fedcup.com. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. "Ranking Watch: Viktorija in Europe". Women's Tennis Association. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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