Julia Efremova Explained

Julia Efremova
Residence:Moscow
Birth Date:1985 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Kursk, Soviet Union
Turnedpro:2001
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$45,025
Singlestitles:1 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 285 (14 November 2005)
Doublestitles:10 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 193 (20 February 2006)

Julia Efremova née Vorobieva (born 14 February 1985) is a former Russian tennis player. She played under her maiden name of Vorobieva (aka Vorobeva) until February 2006. She married her coach Alexey Efremov and returned to the circuit in March 2007.

In her career, Efremova won eleven titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, one in singles and ten in doubles.

Career

She has played on the qualifying draws of WTA Tour tournaments on many occasions. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 285, which she achieved on 14 November 2005, and her highest doubles ranking No. 193, achieved on 20 February 2006.

In 2003, Julia tried to qualify for her first WTA Tour event in Moscow but fell to Anastasia Rodionova in the first round. In 2005, she played the qualifying draws of five tournaments (Pattaya, Hyderabad, Beijing, Guangzhou and Tashkent) but was unsuccessful in each.

In 2006, she tried to qualify into the Bangalore Open but was overpowered in round one by Daniela Kix. In 2007, she fell in the qualifying draws of Kolkata and Moscow, losing to Sandy Gumulya and Oxana Lyubtsova, respectively.

Julia's biggest title of her career was winning the Busan Challenger doubles event in 2005, partnering with Wynne Prakusya and defeating Seiko Okamoto and Ayami Takase in the final. Her only singles title came in 2004 at Jakarta where she won a $10k event.

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.21 July 2002ITF Algiers, AlgeriaClay Aleksandra Kostikova Susanne Filipp
Andrea Masaryková
6–2, 6–4
Win2.13 April 2003ITF Mumbai, IndiaHard Ludmila Richterová Akgul Amanmuradova
Khoo Chin-bee
7–5, 7–5
Loss1.8 June 2003ITF Ankara, TurkeyClay Gabriela Velasco Andreu Svetlana Mossiakova
Olga Lazarchuk
4–6, 1–6
Win3.27 June 2004ITF Protvino, RussiaHard Vasilisa Bardina6–3, 6–2
Loss2.4 July 2004ITF Krasnoarmeysk, RussiaHard Vasilisa Bardina6–7(4), 0–6
Loss3.2 August 2004ITF Vigo, SpainHard Sandra Volk Andrea Benítez
Estefanía Craciún
5–7, 4–6
Loss4.13 December 2004ITF Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Yoo Mi Ayu Fani Damayanti
Septi Mende
6–4, 0–6, 5–7
Win4.19 December 2004ITF Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Yoo Mi Chang Kyung-mi
Lee Ye-ra
6–3, 6–3
Win5.7 March 2005ITF Benalla, AustraliaGrass Yuan Meng Lauren Cheung
Lisa D'Amelio
6–4, 6–3
Win6.20 March 2005ITF Yarrawonga, AustraliaGrass Lara Picone Emily Hewson
Nicole Kriz
6–4, 6–3
Win7.9 April 2005ITF Mumbai, IndiaHard Chan Chin-wei Sanaa Bhambri
Mihaela Buzărnescu
6–2, 6–1
Win8.4 July 2005ITF Krasnoarmeysk, RussiaHard Anna Bastrikova Ekaterina Lopes
Elena Chalova
6–2, 7–6(3)
Win9.21 August 2005ITF Nanjing, ChinaHard Xie Yanze Tomoko Sugano
Akiko Yonemura
6–4, 6–3
Win10.6 November 2005Busan Challenger, KoreaHard Wynne Prakusya Seiko Okamoto
Ayami Takase
6–4, 6–7(6), 6–1
Loss5.4 May 2008ITF Adana, TurkeyClay Diana Isaeva Hülya Esen
Lütfiye Esen
7–5, 1–6, [4–10]