Viktorija Golubic

Viktorija Golubic (Serbian: Викторија Голубић / Viktorija Golubić,[1] pronounced [ʋǐktoːrija ɡolǔbitɕ]; born 16 October 1992, in Zürich) is a Swiss tennis player. Golubic has won one singles title on the WTA tour, as well as nine 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.

Viktorija Golubic
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)
Record 6–6 (50.0%)
Last updated on: 25 June 2020.

Professional career

2008–15: ITF Circuit

Golubic started playing on the ITF Women's Circuit at the $10K event in Budapest in June 2008.[2] She played her first two WTA qualifying tournaments at the Hungarian Ladies Open and Gastein Ladies in 2010. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Gastein Ladies in 2013, where she recorded her first WTA win and reached second round. However, all of her attempts to qualify for a Grand Slam failed.[3]

2016: Breakthrough, WTA title, top 100
Golubic at the 2016 US Open

After winning her eighth ITF title at the $25K event in Hong Kong,[2] 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.[3] She then reached the quarterfinals of another ITF event before failing to reach the main draw of her next three tournaments.[2][3] 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.[3]

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.[3] After a quarterfinal appearance at the $50K Saint-Gaudens,[2] she entered French Open 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.[3]

Golubic started her grass-court season at the Rosmalen Championships, 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.[3] She also lost in the first round of her next ITF tournament in Budapest.[2]

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.[4] She then defeated third seed Kiki Bertens to lift her first WTA trophy.[3] With the title, Golubic entered the top 100 for the first time.[5] Golubic reached another final at the Linz Open, in which she was defeated by Dominika Cibulková.[6] On her way to the final, she made her first top 10 win, defeating world No. 6 Garbiñe Muguruza in the quarterfinal.[3] She ended the season as No. 57 in the WTA Rankings.[5]

2017–20: Struggled with form, ups and downs, WTA 125K title
Golubic at the 2018 French Open

In 2017, Golubic could not emulate her results of the previous year. Despite winning only four matches in the first half of the season,[3] she reached her career-highest singles ranking of place 51 in April 2017. After that, she started to fall on the ranking and dropped out of the top 100 again.[5] However, she started to produced good results again in the late season. In October, she reached semifinal of the Linz Open, but then lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková. It was her first WTA singles semifinal since October 2016.[3] She then came at the WTA Challenger Tour, where she reached two semifinals, at the Hua Hin Championships and Taipei Challenger.[3][7]

Golubic's most significant results during season of 2018 came at the ITF Women's Circuit and WTA Challenger Tour. In the early season, she reached 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][3] In October she won $80K Poitiers, defeating Natalia Vikhlyantseva in the final. [2]In June 2018, Golubic returned to top 100, after almost one year spending outside top 100. After then, multiple times she dropped out the top 100 and returned back, but finished year as world No. 92.[5]

In the early season, Golubic reached quarterfinal of the Hua Hin Championships, where she lost to Tamara Zidanšek. She then 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.[3] At Wimbledon, she reached her first Grand Slam third round, after defeating Iga Świątek and Yulia Putintseva,[8] but then lost to Dayana Yastremska.[3] In September, she reached quarterfinal of the Jiangxi Open, losing there to Elena Rybakina.[9] She followed this with semifinal of the Guangzhou Open, where she lost to Samantha Stosur.[10]

Golubic struggle with both form and results during season of 2020. Her most significant result came at the $80K Cagnes-sur-mer in September, when she reached quarterfinal, but then lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo.[2] She made first round losses at the Australian Open and US Open, while she failed in qualifications of the French Open.[3] During the season, Golubic started to fall on the rankings, getting out the top 100 in late February. She then continued to fall on the ranking and finished year as world No. 137.[5]

National representation

Playing for Switzerland at the Fed Cup, Golubic has a win–loss record of 6–6. At the 2016 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.[11]

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/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[12]

Singles

Current after the 2020 season.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q2 0 / 5 0–5 0%
French Open A Q1 A 2R 1R 1R 1R Q1 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 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–4 0–3 2–4 0–2 0–0 0 / 16 4–16 20%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A PO PO SF SF 1R PO 0 / 3 4–5 44%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[2] A A A A 2R A A Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Indian Wells Open A A A Q1 1R Q1 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami Open A A A A 2R 1R 1R NH 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Madrid Open A A A A 1R A Q1 NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A 1R A A Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[3] A A A A A 2R A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 12 17 10 14 3 0 Career total: 58
Titles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 2
Overall Win–Loss 1–1 1–1 0–0 19–11 9–19 3–12 13–15 0–3 0–0 1 / 58 46–62 43%
Win (%) 50% 50%  –  63% 32% 20% 46% 0%  –  Career total: 43%
Year-end ranking 193 227 178 57 128 92 81 $1,749,145

Notes

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, 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)
Finals 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, 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 Indian Wells Challenger, United States Hard Jennifer Brady 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (9 titles, 10 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 (6–7)
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 GB Pro-Series Foxhills, 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 Waco Showdown, United States 50,000 Hard Nicole Gibbs 6–2, 6–1
Loss 7–8 Nov 2015 Scottsdale Challenge, 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 Burnie International, Australia 60,000 Hard Marta Kostyuk 4–6, 3–6
Win 9–9 Oct 2018 Internationaux de la Vienne, France 80,000 Hard (i) Natalia Vikhlyantseva 3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss 9–10 Jan 2021 ITF Fujairah City, UAE 25,000 Hard Clara Tauson 0–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 31 (15 titles, 16 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 (7–9)
Clay (7–6)
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 GB Pro-Series Bath, UK 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 Open de Limoges, France 50,000 Hard (i) Magda Linette Nicole Clerico
Nikola Fraňková		 6–4, 6–4
Win 6–5 May 2014 Wiesbaden Open, 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 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK 25,000 Hard (i) Nicola Geuer Richèl Hogenkamp
Lesley Kerkhove		 6–2, 5–7, [8–10]
Win 9–7 Feb 2015 St. Petersburg Trophy, 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 Bredeney Open, Germany 25,000 Clay Nicola Geuer Carolin Daniels
Antonia Lottner		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 12–8 Oct 2015 Open de Touraine, France 50,000 Hard (i) Alice Matteucci Alexandra Cadanțu
Cristina Dinu		 5–7, 3–6
Win 13–8 Oct 2015 Classic of Macon, United States 50,000 Hard Jan Abaza Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Sanaz Marand		 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss 13–9 Nov 2015 Scottsdale Challenge, U.S. 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 Open 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 Open Saint-Gaudens, France 50,000 Clay Nicola Geuer Demi Schuurs
Renata Voráčová		 1–6, 2–6
Loss 14–12 Jun 2017 Southsea Trophy, 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 Central Coast Open, United States 60,000 Hard Amra Sadiković Kaitlyn Christian
Giuliana Olmos		 5–7, 3–6
Loss 14–15 Oct 2018 Internationaux de la Vienne, France 80.000 Hard (i) Arantxa Rus Anna Blinkova
Alexandra Panova		 1–6, 1–6
Loss 14–16 Sep 2020 L'Open de Saint-Malo, France 60,000 Clay Magdalena Fręch Paula Kania
Katarzyna Piter		 2–6, 4–6
Win 15–16 Jan 2021 ITF Fujairah City, UAE 25,000 Hard Çağla Büyükakçay Liang En-shuo
You Xiaodi		 5–7, 6–4, [10–4]

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.

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