Lina Glushko Explained

Lina Glushko
Birth Date:12 January 2000
Residence:Modiin, Israel
Birth Place:Israel
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:US$ 129,526
Singlestitles:3 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 211 (1 August 2022)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 336 (10 June 2024)
Usopenresult:Q1 (2022)
Doublestitles:5 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 296 (22 May 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 633 (10 June 2024)
Team:yes
Updated:15 June 2024

Lina Glushko (Hebrew: לינה גלושקו; born 12 January 2000) is an Israeli tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 211 in singles and No. 296 in doubles.[1]

She also represents Israel in the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win–loss record of 17–15 (as of June 2024).

Biography

Glushko's USSR-born parents Sergio and Olga, sister Julia, and brother Alex immigrated to Israel from Ukraine in 1999, one year before she was born in Israel.[2] She graduated from Ironi Gimel High School in Modiin, Israel.[2]

She served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).[2]

She is the younger sister of Julia Glushko (10 years older), who was also a professional tennis player (ranked as high as No. 79 in the world), and with whom she has teamed as a doubles partner.[2] She was coached first by her father, and then by her brother.[2]

Career

In September 2017, Glushko won the inaugural Anna and Michael Kahan Family Prize in Ramat Hasharon, claiming NIS 100,000 in support; Glushko was able to use the money to purchase equipment and to travel abroad for tournaments and training camps.[3] In 2018, she won the $15k Akko hardcourt tournament.[4]

In 2021, she won the $25k Kiryat Motzkin hardcourt event.[4] In doubles, Glushko and Alicia Barnett won the $15k Sharm El Sheikh hardcourt tournament, and she and Shavit Kimchi won the $25k Netanya hardcourt event.[5]

In July 2022, at the $25k Corroios-Seixal hardcourt tournament, while ranked 268, Glushko upset No. 116 Vitalia Diatchenko.[6]

Glushko made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg.[7]

In 2023, she and Emina Bektas won the $25k Pretoria hardcourt and the $60k Fukuoka carpet tournament.[5]

She entered the main draw of the WTA 500, the 2024 Monterrey Open as a lucky loser making her debut at this level and defeated fellow qualifier Kateryna Volodko.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg.

Tournament20222023Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA0 / 00–0
French OpenA0 / 00–0
WimbledonA0 / 00–0
US OpenQ10 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00 / 00–0
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar OpenA0 / 00–0
Indian Wells OpenA0 / 00–0
Miami OpenA0 / 00–0
Madrid OpenA0 / 00–0
Italian OpenA0 / 00–0
Canadian OpenQ10 / 00–0
Cincinnati OpenA0 / 00–0
Guadalajara OpenA0 / 00–0
Wuhan OpenNH0 / 00–0
China OpenNH0 / 00–0-->
Career statistics
2022Win %
Tournaments1Career total: 1
Titles0Career total: 0
Finals0Career total: 0
Hard win–loss0–00 / 00–0
Clay win–loss0–10 / 10–1
Grass win–loss0–00 / 00–0
Overall win–loss0–10 / 10–1
Win %Career total:
Year-end ranking293296$86,153

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W40/50 tournaments (1–1)
W25 tournaments (1–3)
W15 tournaments (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 2018ITF Akko, Israel W15Hard Caroline Werner6–3, 6–3
Loss1–1Sep 2019ITF Sajur, Israel W15Hard Chanel Simmonds5–7, 0–6
Loss1–2May 2021ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel W15Hard Valentina Ryser5–7, 1–6
Win2–2Oct 2021ITF Kiryat Motzkin, Israel W25Hard Joanne Züger6–3, 6–4
Loss2–3Feb 2022ITF Cancún, MexicoW25Hard Darja Semenistaja6–4, 6–7(5), 2–6
Loss2–4Apr 2022ITF Pretoria, South AfricaW60Hard Anastasia Tikhonova7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Loss2–5Jul 2022ITF Corroios, PortugalW25Hard Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove4–6, 4–6
Loss2–6Mar 2023ITF Pretoria, South AfricaW25Hard Emina Bektas6–3, 3–6, 6–7(6)
Win3–6Feb 2024ITF Pretoria, South Africa W50Hard Manon Léonard6–3, 7–5
Loss3–7Apr 2024ITF Lopota, GeorgiaW50Hard Evialina Laskevich4–6, 1–6

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

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (2–1)
W15 tournaments (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1June 2019ITF Netanya, IsraelW15Hard Shelly Bereznyak Yekaterina Dmitrichenko
Anastasia Zakharova
0–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Dec 2019ITF Heraklion, GreeceW15Clay Darya Astakhova Ilinca Dalina Amariei
Alessia Beatrice Ciucă
3–6, 3–6
Loss0–3Dec 2019ITF Heraklion, GreeceW15Clay Oleksandra Oliynykova Dorka Drahota-Szabó
Laura Svatíková
2–6, 4–6
Win1–3Apr 2021ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15Hard Alicia Barnett Elena-Teodora Cadar
Olivia Gadecki
6–4, 6–2
Loss1–4May 2021ITF Ramat HaSharon, IsraelW15Hard Shavit Kimchi Jenny Dürst
Nina Stadler
6–1, 4–6, [6–10]
Win2–4Oct 2021ITF Netanya, IsraelW25Hard Shavit Kimchi Linda Nosková
Fanny Östlund
6–4, 6–2
Loss2–5Feb 2022ITF Cancún, MexicoW25Hard Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Kateryna Bondarenko
Carol Zhao
5–7, 7–6(5), [7–10]
Win3–5Mar 2023ITF Pretoria, South AfricaW25Hard Emina Bektas Tímea Babos
Georgina García Pérez
6–3, 4–6, [13–11]
Win4–5May 2023Fukuoka International, JapanW60Carpet Emina Bektas Ma Yexin
Alana Parnaby
7–5, 6–3
Win5–5Feb 2024ITF Pretoria, South AfricaW50Hard Gabriela Knutson Sofia Costoulas
Hanne Vandewinkel
7–6(5), 7–6(4)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lina Glushko | Player Stats & More – WTA Official. Women's Tennis Association.
  2. Web site: Israeli sisters double up to join elite group of tennis-playing sibs. Howard. Blas. Times of Israel. August 2, 2018.
  3. Web site: Rising tennis stars Glushko, Patael claim lucrative Kahan prize. The Jerusalem Post. Allon Sinai. September 28, 2017.
  4. https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/lina-glushko/800349940/isr/wt/s/titles/#pprofile-info-tabs
  5. https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/lina-glushko/800349940/isr/wt/d/titles/
  6. Web site: Tennis Abstract: Lina Glushko WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis. www.tennisabstract.com.
  7. Web site: October 6, 2022 . Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes . 24 October 2022 . WTA Tennis.