Julia Schruff (born 16 August 1982) is a retired professional German
tennis
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player.
Career
Her career high
WTA-ranking was attained on 17 April 2006, when she reached No. 52. Her highest doubles ranking was reached on 2 October 2006, when she reached No. 99.
She enjoyed her breakthrough in 2003 when she reached the final at the
Estoril Open in Portugal as a qualifier.
During her career, she has beaten two Top 10-ranked players so far –
Anastasia Myskina
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at the
2005 Qatar Total German Open and
Elena Dementieva
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at the
2006 Australian Open
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Marat Safin could not defend his 2005 title, due to an injury he suffered in late 2005. Roger Federer won his second Australian Open title, defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the fin ...
. She also has notched wins against top players such as
Jelena Janković
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,
Katarina Srebotnik
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,
Flavia Pennetta
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,
Jelena Dokić
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,
Elena Likhovtseva
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Together with Mahesh Bhupathi she won the Wimbledon Mixed doubles in 20 ...
and
Alona Bondarenko
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Her career-high singles ranking is No. 19, achieved on 14 April 2008. Alo ...
.
Schruff has won her first ITF tournament in
Latina, Lazio, where she defeated fellow German
Andrea Petkovic
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in the final.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (0-1)
Doubles: 2 (0-2)
ITF finals
Singles (2-5)
Doubles (5–5)
External links
Julia Schruff's official website*
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1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Augsburg
Tennis players from Swabia (Bavaria)
German female tennis players
21st-century German sportswomen
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