Julia Schruff (born 16 August 1982) is a retired professional German tennis 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 at the 2005 Qatar Total German Open and Elena Dementieva at the 2006 Australian Open. She also has notched wins against top players such as Jelena Janković, Katarina Srebotnik, Flavia Pennetta, Jelena Dokić, Elena Likhovtseva and Alona Bondarenko.
Schruff has won her first ITF tournament in Latina, Lazio, where she defeated fellow German Andrea Petkovic in the final.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (0-1) Legend (singles) Grand Slam (0) Tour Championships (0) Tier I Event (0) Tier II Event (0) Tier III Event (0) Tier IV-V Event (1) ITF Circuit (2) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. Apr 2003 Estoril, Portugal Clay Magüi Serna 4–6, 1–6
Doubles: 2 (0-2) Legend (pre/post 2009)Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)WTA Tour Championships (0–0)Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)Tier II / Premier (0–1)Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. Oct 2004 Filderstadt, Germany Hard (i) Anna-Lena Grönefeld Rennae Stubbs Cara Black 3–6, 2–6Runner-up 2. Feb 2008 Vina del Mar, Chile Clay Mariya Koryttseva Alicja Rosolska Līga Dekmeijere 5–7, 3–6
ITF finals Singles (2-5) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. 1 July 2001 Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay Lotty Seelen 0–6, 3–6Runner-up 2. 26 August 2001 Cuneo, Italy Clay Yasmin Angeli 3–6, 6-7(7)Runner-up 3. 20 March 2005 Orange, United States Hard Cho Yoon-jeong 6–7(3), 1–6Winner 4. 5 April 2009 Latina, Italy Clay Andrea Petkovic 7–5, 7–6(0)Runner-up 5. 31 May 2009 Grado, Italy Clay Karolína Plíšková 6–7(2), 5–7Runner-up 6. 18 July 2010 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Vitalia Diatchenko 4–6, 7–5, 4–6Winner 7. 13 September 2010 Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands Clay Irena Pavlovic 6–0, 6–3
Doubles (5–5) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 30 August 1999 Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay Caroline Raba Rewa Hudson Shelley Stephens 7–6(9), 3–6, 0–6Winner 2. 26 March 2001 Bari, Italy Clay Rita Tarjan Eva Fislová Zuzana Hejdová 3–6, 7–5, 6–4Winner 3. 26 August 2001 Cuneo, Italy Clay Andrea Masaryková Yasmin Angeli Monica Scartoni 6–2, 7–6(4)Runner-up 4. 19 December 2004 Bergamo, Italy Hard Lenka Němečková Giulia Casoni Francesca Lubiani 2–6, 3-6Runner-up 5. 18 September 2005 Bordeaux, France Clay Jasmin Wöhr María José Martínez Sánchez Conchita Martínez Granados 5–7, 2-6Winner 6. 11 September 2006 Bordeaux, France Clay Stéphanie Foretz Kira Nagy Jasmin Wöhr 7–6, 7–5 Runner-up 7. 8 September 2008 Athens, Greece Clay Kristina Barrois Sorana Cîrstea Galina Voskoboeva 2–6, 4–6Winner 8. 5 April 2009 Latina, Italy Clay Alberta Brianti Marina Shamayko Emily Stellato 6–1, 6–4Winner 9. 7 May 2010 Florence, Italy Clay Maret Ani Lu Jingjing Polina Pekhova 6–3, 6–4Runner-up 10. 8 August 2010 Hechingen, Germany Clay Erika Sema Irina-Camelia Begu Anaïs Laurendon 2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
External links
Julia Schruff's official website