Yuliya Beygelzimer
Yuliya Markovna Beygelzimer (Ukrainian: Юлія Марківна Бейгельзимер; born 20 October 1983) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine.
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Residence | Donetsk, Ukraine |
Born | Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 20 October 1983
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2001 |
Retired | 2016 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $896,574 |
Singles | |
Career record | 482–371 (56.5%) |
Career titles | 12 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 83 (25 September 2006) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2007) |
French Open | 1R (2004, 2006, 2007, 2013) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2004) |
US Open | 1R (2003, 2006) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 339–244 (58.1%) |
Career titles | 3 WTA, 35 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 56 (3 April 2006) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2005) |
French Open | 1R (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2004, 2005) |
US Open | 2R (2003) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 18–13 |
Career

She is perhaps best known for nearly defeating Jennifer Capriati at the 2004 French Open where she was down three games to love in the second set but then swept nine of ten games. She lost the match, having led three games to love in the final set after winning the second 6–4.
On 25 September 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 83. On 3 April 2006, she peaked at No. 56 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won 12 singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She also won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour: the Tashkent Open in 2003 with Tatiana Poutchek, the 2005 Internazionali di Modena with Mervana Jugić-Salkić, and the 2014 Katowice Open with Olga Savchuk.
She was also runner-up in doubles finals at the Warsaw Open with Anastasia Rodionova 2001, Sunfeast Open with Yuliana Fedak 2006, Pattaya Open with Vitalia Diatchenko 2009, Malaysian Open with Olga Savchuk 2015.
Beygelzimer has competed for Ukraine both at the Olympics and in Fed Cup.
Playing for Ukraine Fed Cup team, Beygelzimer has a win–loss record of 18–13.
Personal
Yuliya Beygelzimer currently resides in her hometown Donetsk. Coached by father, Emmanuil. Mother is Victoria (engineer). Introduced to tennis at the age of seven when father took her to a local club. Most memorable experience was how patriotic she felt when Ukrainian national anthem was played after she won European Junior Championships in 2000; other great memories were playing Jennifer Capriati on Suzanne Lenglen at Roland Garros, representing Ukraine in Fed Cup and winning WTA doubles title in Katowice. While she was out injured wrote a book in Russian about travelling on the tour, aimed as a guide for young players; currently writes articles for Ukrainian Tennis Magazine.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Before 2009 | Starting in 2009 |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |
Tier I | Premier M |
Tier II | Premier 5 |
Tier III (0–2) | Premier |
Tier IV & V (2–0) | International (1–2) |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Jul 2001 | Warsaw Open, Poland |
Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 1. | Oct 2003 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan |
Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(0) |
Win | 2. | Jul 2005 | Modena, Italy |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–0 |
Loss | 2. | Sep 2006 | Sunfeast Open, India | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 3. | Feb 2009 | Pattaya Open, Thailand |
Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3. | Apr 2014 | Katowice Open, Poland | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [10–7] |
Loss | 4. | Mar 2015 | Malaysian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [4–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 20 (12–8)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 8 April 2000 | ITF Makarska, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 15 July 2001 | ITF Sezze, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 10 February 2002 | ITF Lecce, Italy | Clay (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 31 March 2002 | ITF Amiens, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
7–5, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 19 May 2002 | ITF Szczecin, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 4 May 2003 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 22 March 2004 | ITF Orange, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 2 October 2005 | ITF Biella, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 6 November 2005 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
7–6(7), 6–1 |
Winner | 8. | 30 July 2006 | ITF Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 7–6(8), 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 12 November 2006 | ITF Opole, Poland | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 June 2007 | ITF Périgueux, France | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 10. | 2 October 2010 | ITF Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7–6(9), 6–0 |
Runner-up | 4. | 10 October 2010 | Open de Limoges, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
0–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 11. | 19 February 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 5. | 22 April 2012 | ITF Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 5–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 15 September 2013 | Trabzon Cup, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 12. | 27 October 2013 | ITF Herzlia, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 5–2 ret. |
Runner-up | 7. | 23 February 2014 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 27 April 2014 | Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 58 (35–23)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 25 March 2001 | ITF Cholet, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–6(7) |
Runner-up | 1. | 15 April 2001 | ITF Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 3 June 2001 | ITF Warsaw, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 27 January 2002 | ITF Courmayeur, Italy | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 3 February 2002 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 10 February 2002 | ITF Lecce, Italy | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7), 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 30 March 2002 | ITF Amiens, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 5–7, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 13 April 2002 | ITF Dinan, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 8 September 2002 | ITF Denain, France | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 20 April 2003 | Open de Biarritz, France | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 3 May 2003 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 13 July 2003 | ITF Vittel, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 18 August 2003 | Bronx Open, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 8. | 14 September 2003 | ITF Denain, France | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 2 November 2003 | ITF Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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5–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 7. | 3 October 2004 | ITF Porto, Portugal | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–0 |
Winner | 8. | 13 February 2005 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 27 February 2005 | ITF Saint Paul, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 10. | 27 March 2005 | ITF Redding, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(1), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | 10 April 2005 | ITF Dinan, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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5–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 11. | 30 April 2005 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 12. | 5 June 2005 | ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 13. | 3 July 2005 | ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7), 6–1 |
Winner | 14. | 23 July 2005 | ITF Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 15. | 18 March 2006 | ITF Fuerteventura, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4 |
Runner-up | 11. | 25 March 2006 | ITF St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 16. | 22 July 2006 | ITF Vittel, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 17. | 18 November 2006 | ITF Deauville, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 18. | 26 November 2006 | ITF Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 12. | 29 June 2007 | ITF Périgueux, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 7 July 2007 | ITF Cuneo, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
Winner | 19. | 9 March 2008 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 20. | 29 March 2008 | ITF La Palma, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6(7) |
Winner | 21. | 6 April 2008 | ITF Hamburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7), 6–2 |
Runner-up | 14. | 13 July 2008 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 15. | 21 September 2008 | ITF Madrid, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 22. | 21 June 2009 | Open de Montpellier, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 23. | 27 June 2009 | ITF Périgueux, France | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
Winner | 24. | 5 July 2009 | Bella Cup, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 16. | 10 January 2010 | Blossom Cup, China | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 25. | 28 March 2010 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Runner-up | 17. | 30 July 2010 | ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 18. | 1 October 2010 | ITF Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 19. | 9 January 2011 | Blossom Cup, China | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 26. | 12 June 2011 | ITF Zlín, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–1, [10–8] |
Runner-up | 20. | 31 July 2011 | ITS Cup, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 27. | 26 February 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7) |
Winner | 28. | 22 July 2012 | Contrexéville Open, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 21. | 29 July 2012 | ITS Cup, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–7(7) |
Runner-up | 22. | 7 July 2013 | Bella Cup, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
Winner | 29. | 13 July 2013 | Open de Biarritz, France | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Winner | 30. | 3 August 2013 | ITF Donetsk, Ukraine | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 31. | 7 September 2013 | Trabzon Cup, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 32. | 26 October 2013 | ITF Herzlia, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 33. | 20 December 2013 | Ankara Cup, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 34. | 25 January 2014 | Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
Runner-up | 23. | 8 June 2014 | Open de Marseille, France | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 35. | 9 May 2015 | Empire Slovak Open | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | A | 0–1 |
French Open | A | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 0–5 |
Wimbledon | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | 0–1 |
US Open | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0–2 |
External links
- Yuliya Beygelzimer at the Women's Tennis Association
- Yuliya Beygelzimer at the International Tennis Federation
- Yuliya Beygelzimer at the Billie Jean King Cup
- "Amid jeers, Capriati advances at French". The Associated Press. Retrieved 15 June 2015.