Yulia Putintseva Biography

Yulia Antonovna Putintseva (born on 7 January 1995) is a Kazakh professional tennis player of Russian origin. Her highest WTA singles ranking was 31, which she reached on 16 January 2017.

Personal life

Yulia Putintseva was born to Anton Putintsev and Anna Putintseva, and has a brother named Ilya. She was born on 7 January 1995 in Moscow, Russia, but she currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida. Her favourite surface is clay. She speaks English and Russian fluently. As of the start of June 2012, Putintseva represents Kazakhstan.

Tennis career

Junior career

In 2009, she played the second round of 2009 US Open in Girls' Singles, and the first round of Girls' Doubles event, partnering Tamara ?urovi?. Putintseva also won three junior tournaments. She wins 17th International Junior Tournament Citta' Di Prato 2009 in Italy, 31st International Junior Tournament Citta Di Santa Croce also in Italy and 15th ITF Junior Open in Austria.

In 2010, she lost in the second round of the girls' singles event at the 2010 Australian Open. Putintseva advanced to the semi-final at Wimbledon and represented Russia in the Youth Olympic Games in August, where she lost in the semi-final. In the last junior grand slam of this season the US Open she reached the final but lost to Daria Gavrilova in straight sets.

Pro career

2012

In 2012, she won another ITF tournament in Australia. She also received a wildcard to the 2012 e-Boks Open where she won her first round match, but lost in the second round to former World No. 1 Jelena Jankovi? 6-3, 6-1. In May Putintseva won the 2012 Open GDF SUEZ de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes a $100,000 tournament in France as a qualifier. She jumped to World No. 122 as a result.

2013

At the 2013 Australian Open, Putintseva defeated the American Christina McHale in three sets. She then lost to Carla Surez Navarro in three tight sets. At the next grand slam, the 2013 French Open, she stomped the world No. 44, Ayumi Morita. Her next opponent was the 2012 French Open finalist, Sara Errani, who defeated her in straight sets.

2014

At the PTT Pattaya Open, Putintseva was defeated in the first round by a qualifier, Alexandra Dulgheru, in three sets. Putintseva reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open, losing to Jana Cepelov, and of the Japan Women's Open, losing to Samantha Stosur.

2015

Putintseva reached the second round at the French Open and Wimbledon, losing to eventual quarterfinalist Elina Svitolina and to Venus Williams, respectively.

2016: First Grand Slam quarterfinal

At the 2016 Australian Open, Putintseva upset former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the first round, winning in three sets. She lost in the third round to Margarita Gasparyan. Putintseva reached semifinals in Kaohsiung, where she lost to the eventual winner Venus Williams. At her next tournament, the Qatar Open, Putintseva earned a straight sets win over Anna Karolna Schmiedlov, but lost to Timea Bacsinszky in the following match. At Indian Wells, Putintseva defeated Shuai Peng and earned another upset in 2016 by defeating World No. 27 Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets. She then lost to Serena Williams.

At the 2016 French Open, Putinseva beat Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round in straight-sets, before going on to beat the No.28 seed Andrea Petkovic and Italy's Karin Knapp en route to the fourth round, where she upset World No. 14 and No. 12 seed Carla Surez Navarro before losing to eventual finalist and World No.1 Serena Williams in three sets in her first Grand slam quarterfinal.

Prior to Wimbledon, she played at the inaugural Mallorca Open and the Eastbourne International, losing both in the first round. At the third Grand Slam of the year, Putintseva was defeated in round 2 by the hard hitting Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. The following week, Putintseva was chosen as part of the Kazakhstan Olympic Tennis team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

To start off the US Open series tournaments, Putintseva started with a semifinal run at the 2016 Citi Open. Seeded 6th, she lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Yanina Wickmayer. She lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round of the 2016 Rogers Open. Putintseva was scheduled to compete at the 2016 Brasil Tennis Cup, but withdrew because of injury. This would also cause her to miss the 2016 Olympics.

After returning from injury, Putintseva lost in the first round of the 2016 Western & Southern Open to qualifier Annika Beck. As a result of her injury before the Olympics, Putintseva was forced to play in the qualifying tournament before the 2016 Connecticut Open. Seeded number one in qualifying, she was stunned in the first round by Carina Witthft. Putintseva next competed at the 2016 US Open. She had an easy first round win over Sabine Lisicki. However, for the second week in a row, she was beaten by Carina Witthft in three sets. Had early round losses in many tournaments after the US Open. She lost in the second round of both the 2016 Toray Pan Open and the 2016 China Open. She finished her season with another second round loss to Elina Svitolina at the 2016 Kremlin Cup.

2017:First WTA final

Putintseva started her season off with a first round loss to the 2016 US Open Finalist, Karolna Plkov in Brisbane. However, she did compete at the 2016 Australian Open as the 31st seed. It was the first time she was seeded at a grand slam. She beat Lara Arruabarrena in the first round, but lost to Je?ena Ostapenko in the second. She then competed at the 2017 St. Petersburg Open, beating Johanna Larsson (who retired in the second set) and Annika Beck before beating No.3 and No.2 seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dominika Cibulkov en route to her first WTA final. Her win over Cibulkov was her first over a Top 5 player. She then lost to Kristina Mladenovic in three sets. However, her campaign in St. Petesburg ensured a career-high ranking of World no.27.

WTA Finals

Singles 1 (1 Runner-up)

Winner "? Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0-0) WTA Tour Championships (0-0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0-0) Premier (0-1) International (0-0)

Titles by Surface Hard (0-1) Grass (0-0) Clay (0-0) Carpet (0-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 February 2017	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Saint Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	6-2, 6-7 (3-7) , 6-4

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	4-5
French Open	Q2	2R	Q3	2R	QF	3R	8-4
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	2-4
US Open	Q1	A	Q2	1R	2R		1-2
Win-loss	0-0	2-3	0-1	2-4	8-4	3-3	15-15

Doubles

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	0-2
French Open	A	1R		0-1
Wimbledon	A	2R		1-1
US Open	1R	1R		0-2
Win-loss	0-1	1-4	0-1	1-6

ITF finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	16 May 2011	25,000	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	6-2, 6-1
Winner	18 July 2011	25,000	Samsun, Turkey	Hard	Marta Domachowska	7-6(8-6), 6-2
Winner	8 August 2011	50,000	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Caroline Garcia	6-4, 6-2
Winner	26 December 2011	50,000	Tyumen, Russia	Hard	Elina Svitolina	6-2, 6-4
Winner	6 February 2012	25,000	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Lesley Kerkhove	6-1, 6-3
Winner	7 May 2012	100,000	Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6-2, 6-1
Runner-up	4 November 2012	50,000	Nantes, France	Hard (i)	Monica Niculescu	2-6, 3-6
Runner-up	1 December 2012	75,000	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Kimiko Date-Krumm	1-6, 6-3, 4-6
Runner-up	7 April 2014	25,000	Pelham, United States	Clay	Laura Siegemund	1-6, 4-6
Runner-up	4 May 2014	50,000	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Taylor Townsend	1-6, 1-6
Runner-up	12 July 2015	100,000	Contrexville, France	Clay	Alexandra Dulgheru	3-6, 6-1, 5-7
Runner-up	1 November 2015	100,000	Nanjing, China	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	6-7(5-7), 6-2, 2-6

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2015
1.	Andrea Petkovic	No. 10	Nuremberg, Germany	Clay	1st Round	5-0, ret.
2016
2.	Madison Keys	No. 9	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	1st Round	6-3, 3-6, 7-6(9-7)
2017
3.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	No. 8	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Quarterfinals	6-4, 6-7(4-7), 7-5
4.	Dominika Cibulkova	No. 5	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Semifinals	3-6, 6-4, 6-4