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Viktorija Golubic
Swiss tennis player (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Viktorija Golubic (Serbian: Викторија Голубић, romanized: Viktorija Golubić;[1] pronounced [ʋǐktoːrija ɡolǔbitɕ]; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. On 28 February 2022, she reached her career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 35. On 17 April 2023, she peaked at No. 61 in the doubles rankings. She is the current No. 2 Swiss player.
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Golubic has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, four singles WTA Challenger titles, as well as 12 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit so far.
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2008–15: ITF Circuit
Golubic started playing on the ITF Women's Circuit at the $10k event in Budapest in June 2008.[2] She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Gastein Ladies in 2013, where she recorded her first WTA Tour win over Kiki Bertens,[3] before losing in the second round to Andrea Hlaváčková in three sets.[4]
2016: Maiden WTA Tour title, top 100
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After winning her eighth ITF title at the $25k event in Hong Kong,[2] Golubic reached her first major main draw at the Australian Open through qualifying and lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round of the tournament.[5] 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.[5]
She qualified for the French Open and earned her first major main-draw win with a three-set victory over Alison Riske,[6] before losing to Lucie Šafářová in round two.[7]
Golubic started her grass-court season at the Rosmalen Championships, entering the main-draw as a qualifier and defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam[8] and Risa Ozaki[9] en route to her first tour quarterfinal, before losing to Belinda Bencic.[10]
At the inaugural Ladies Championship Gstaad, Golubic defeated third seed Kiki Bertens in the final to win her first WTA title.[11][12] With the title, Golubic entered the top 100 for the first time.[13] She reached another final at the Linz Open, in which she was defeated by Dominika Cibulková.[14] On her way to the final, she gained her first top-10 win by defeating world No. 6, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the quarterfinal, albeit by withdrawal when her opponent pulled out in the third set after spraining her ankle.[15] She ended the season as No. 57 in the WTA rankings.[13]
2017–20: Wimbledon third round, WTA 125 title
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In 2017, Golubic could not emulate her results of the previous year. Despite winning only four matches in the first half of the season,[5] she reached a new career-high singles ranking of 51, in April 2017. After that, she started to fall in the ranking and dropped out of the top 100 again.[13] However, she had good results again in the late season. In October, she reached semifinals of the Linz Open, before losing to Magdaléna Rybáriková.[16] She then played on the WTA Challenger Tour, where she reached two semifinals, at the Hua Hin Championships and the Taipei Challenger.[5][17]
Golubic's most significant results in 2018 came at the ITF Circuit and WTA Challenger Tour. In the early season, she reached the final of the $60k Burnie International, losing there to Marta Kostyuk.[2] Later, she reached quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Challenger, $100k Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, Bol Open and Manchester Trophy.[2][5] In October, she won the $80k Poitiers event, defeating Natalia Vikhlyantseva in the final.[2] In June 2018, Golubic after almost one year reentered the top 100. She finished the year as world No. 92.[13]
In the early 2019 season, Golubic reached the quarterfinal of the Thailand Open, where she lost to Tamara Zidanšek.[citation needed] She then won her first WTA 125 title at the Indian Wells Challenger, saving a championship point against Jennifer Brady in the final.[18][19] On her way to the title, she knocked out top seed Wang Qiang in the semifinals to mark her first top-20 win since October 2016.[20]
At Wimbledon, she reached the third round of a major for the first time by defeating Iga Świątek[21] and Yulia Putintseva,[22] but then lost to Dayana Yastremska.[23]
In September, she reached quarterfinals of the Jiangxi International Open, losing there to Elena Rybakina.[24] She followed this with a semifinal appearance at the Guangzhou International Open, before losing to Samantha Stosur.[25]
Golubic struggled with form during the following season. Her most significant result came at the $80k Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer in September, when she reached quarterfinals and lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo.[2] She suffered first-round losses at the Australian Open and US Open, while she failed to qualify for the French Open.[5] Golubic fell out of the top 100 in late February and finished the year as world No. 137.[13]
2021: Wimbledon quarterfinal & top 50
After qualifying for the main-draw at the Lyon Open in March, Golubic defeated Vera Lapko,[citation needed] Caroline Garcia,[26] Greet Minnen[27] and second seed Fiona Ferro to make it through to the final.[28] She lost the championship match to fellow qualifier Clara Tauson.[29] Two weeks later, again as a qualifier, at the Monterrey Open, she overcame fellow qualifier Anna Kalinskaya in the quarterfinals[30] and eighth seed Ann Li in the last four,[31] before losing to Leylah Fernandez in the final.[32]
In May, Golubic won the title at the WTA 125 Saint Malo Open, defeating Jasmine Paolini in the final.[33]
Moving onto the grass-court season, she made it into the quarterfinals at Eastbourne, where she lost to Anett Kontaveit in three sets.[34] Ranked world No. 66 at Wimbledon, Golubic reached her first major quarterfinal, defeating 23rd seed Madison Keys in the fourth round[35] to set up a last eight match against eighth seed Karolína Plíšková which she lost in straight sets.[36] Having won 43 matches already in 2021, Golubic guaranteed herself a top-50 debut with this breakthrough run, moving 18 places to world No. 48 on 12 July 2021, having never passed the third round of this major before.[37]
In October at the rescheduled event in Indian Wells, she overcame sixth seed Maria Sakkari in the second round,[38] only to lose her next match to qualifier Anna Kalinskaya.[39]
2022–25: Second WTA Tour title, Australian Open third round
Golubic began her 2022 season at Melbourne, where she made the quarterfinals but lost to second seed and eventual champion Simona Halep.[40]
At the 2022 Indian Wells Open, she reached the fourth round at a WTA 1000-level for the first time in her career,[41] before losing to Elena Rybakina.[42]
Seeded ninth, Golubic defeated lucky loser Yana Morderger[43] and Fiona Ferro[44] to make it into the quarterfinals at the 2022 Strasbourg Open, losing in the last eight to Océane Dodin.[45]
A win via retirement over second seed Emma Raducanu,[46] followed by successes against Heather Watson[47] and fifth seed Ajla Tomljanović,[48] saw Golubic reach the semifinals at the 2022 Nottingham Open, at which point her run was ended by sixth seed Alison Riske.[49]
She was runner-up at the 2022 WTA 125 Rouen Open, losing to Maryna Zanevska in the final.[50]
At the 2023 Nottingham Open, she defeated Jil Teichmann[51] and fourth seed Donna Vekić[52] to make it through to the quarterfinals, where she lost to qualifier Heather Watson.[53] Golubic won the 2023 WTA 125 Rouen Open, defeating Erika Andreeva in the final.[54]
At the 2024 Australian Open, she recorded her first wins at this major by defeating 15th seed Veronika Kudermetova[55] and Kateřina Siniaková.[56] She lost in the third round to 19th seed Elina Svitolina.[57] As a result of her performance she returned to the top 75 in the rankings, at No. 71 on 29 January 2024.[58]
Golubic defeated former champion and 24th seed Barbora Krejčíková in the first round at the 2024 French Open,[59] but could not build on her momentum, losing her next match to Anastasia Potapova.[60]
At the 2024 Jiangxi Open, she secured wins over qualifier You Xiaodi,[61] fourth seed Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro[62] and sixth seed Arantxa Rus to reach her first WTA Tour singles semifinal in more than two years.[63][64] She defeated top seed Marie Bouzková to advance to her fifth career final and first since 2021.[65][66] In the final, Golubic defeated second seed Rebecca Šramková in straight sets to claim her second WTA title, eight years after winning her first.[67][68][69]
Seeded seventh, Golubic overcame lucky loser Ekaterina Makarova,[70] Mariam Bolkvadze,[71] wildcard Carole Monnet,[72] and sixth seed Nuria Parrizas-Diaz[73][74] to reach the final at the 2024 Open de Limoges, where she defeated Céline Naef to take her fourth WTA 125 title.[75][76] As a result, she returned to the top-100 in the WTA rankings, finishing the 2024 season at world No. 90.[77]
Seeded fourth, Golubic was runner-up at the 2025 WTA 125 Polish Open, losing to third seed Kateřina Siniaková in the final.[78]
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Fed Cup
Playing for Switzerland at the Fed Cup, Golubic has a win–loss record of 11–11 (as of September 2024). During the 2016 Fed Cup semifinals, Golubic earned surprising wins over Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová, defeating both in three sets. Although Switzerland was not able to beat the Czech Republic, Golubic was praised for her performance.[79]
Olympics
In her first participation at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Golubic advanced to the doubles final with Belinda Bencic by defeating Brazilian pair Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani.[80] They took home silver medals after losing to Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in straight sets.[81]
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| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[82]
Singles
Current through the 2023 Guangzhou Open.
Doubles
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Significant finals
Summer Olympics
Doubles: 1 (silver medal)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)
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WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-up)
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ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runner–ups)
Doubles: 32 (15 titles, 17 runner–ups)
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Record against other players
Top 10 wins
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Notes
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 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. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
- In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
- The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
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