Julia Görges

Julia Görges

Julia Görges at the 2018 Roland Garros
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Bad Oldesloe, Germany
Born	(1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 Bad Oldesloe, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$829,553
Singles
Career record	196–119
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	29 (25 April 2011)
Current ranking	29 (25 April 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	2R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	93–65
Career titles	3 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	33 (31 January 2011)
Current ranking	33 (21 February 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	QF (2010)
US Open	3R (2010)
Last updated on: 21 February 2011.

Julia Görges (born November 2, 1988 in Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein) is a professional tennis player from Germany. Görges reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 29 on April 25, 2011 and a doubles ranking of 33 on January 31, 2011. She has won one WTA singles title and three doubles titles as of September 2010.

Personal life

Julia Görges was born in Bad Oldesloe to Klaus and Inge Görges, both of whom work in insurance. She has one half-sister named Maike, who also works in insurance. She attended the Klaus-Groth-Schule in Bad Oldesloe from 1995 to 2005, and completed the mittlere Reife (Realschulabschluss). She began playing tennis around the age of 5 when her parents began taking her to the local club. Her tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis, and she is also a fan of Roger Federer. She is coached by Sascha Nensel, former coach of fellow German player Nicolas Kiefer. The surfaces she prefers are hard and grass courts, and her favorite tournament is the Australian Open.

Career

2005

In 2005 she began her career on the ITF Women's Circuit, playing in only seven tournaments and losing in the first round in five of them.

2006–2007

In 2006 and 2007 she continued to play mostly ITF Women's Circuit tournaments. In 2006 she won the Wahlstedt and Bielefeld tournaments. In 2007 she won tournaments in Antalya and Bucharest and made her first WTA Tour main draw appearances, the highlight of which was a semifinals achievement in Stockholm. There she lost to Vera Dushevina in three sets. Görges made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2007 US Open, losing to Severine Beltrame in the first round in straight sets.

2008

In 2008 Görges continued to play in a mix of ITF Women's Circuit and WTA Tour events. Her best performances were reaching the semifinals of the 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, where she lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues 3–6, 6–2, 4-6, and a quarterfinals loss to Olga Govortsova in the 2008 Cellular South Cup 6–7(5), 2–6. She made her top 100 debut in the rankings after the French Open. She won her first Grand Slam main draw match at Wimbledon, where she upset no. 23 seed Katarina Srebotnik 4-6, 7-6(6), 16-14 in a three-hour, forty-one minute first round match. However, she bowed out in the second round to Marina Erakovic in straight sets.

2009

In 2009 Görges began to play in WTA events more exclusively. It was the first season that she played in the main draw of all four Grand Slam events. She began her season at the 2009 Brisbane International, where she lost in qualifying to Anna-Lena Grönefeld 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–7(4). At the 2009 Australian Open she lost in the first round to Ana Ivanović 5–7, 3–6. At the 2009 Open GDF Suez she lost in qualifying to Karolina Šprem 6–7(5), 5–7. At the 2009 BNP Paribas Open she lost in the first round in qualifing to Evgeniya Rodina 4–6, 2–6. At the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open she reached the second round, losing to Jie Zheng 4–6, 2–6. At the 2009 Warsaw Open she lost in the second round to Ioana Raluca Olaru 3–6, 6–0, 6–7(3). At the 2009 French Open she retired in the first round to Iveta Benešová 5–7, 1–4 because of heat illness. At the 2009 AEGON Classic she lost in the third round to Urszula Radwańska 6–7(3), 3–6. At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships she lost in the first round to Jelena Janković 4–6, 6–7(0). At the 2009 Banka Koper Slovenia Open she lost in the first round to Ksenia Pervak 4–6, 6–4, 2-6. At the 2009 Istanbul Cup she lost in the second round to Lucie Hradecká 6-2, 4–6, 1–6. At the 2009 US Open she lost in the first round to Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–6, 2–6. At the 2009 Bell Challenge she managed to reach the semifinals, before losing to Lucie Šafářová 3–6, 2–6. At the 2009 Generali Ladies Linz she lost in the second round to Ioana Raluca Olaru 6–3, 2-6, 5-7. In her last WTA tournament of 2009 at the 2009 BGL Luxembourg Open, she lost in qualifying to Laura Robson 3–6, 2–6.

2010

Görges started the 2010 season at the 2010 ASB Classic, losing in the first round to Yanina Wickmayer 3–6, 5–7. At the 2010 Medibank International Sydney, she lost in the first round of qualifying to Jill Craybas 7–6(8), 1-6, 3-6. At the 2010 Australian Open she beat Tamira Paszek in the first round 6–0, 3–6, 6–3, but then lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the second round 3–6, 1–6. At the 2010 PTT Pattaya Open she beat Anna Gerasimou 6–4, 6–4 but lost in the second round to Sesil Karatantcheva 2–6, 1–6. At the 2010 Monterrey Open she lost in the first round to no. 5 seed Ágnes Szávay 6-3, 3-6, 3–6. At the WTA Premier Mandatory tournament, the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, she lost in the second round to Yanina Wickmayer 2–6, 4–6. In the second WTA Premier Mandatory tournament, the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, she lost in the second round to Elena Vesnina 3–6, 4–6. At the 2010 MPS Group Championships she lost in the second round to Elena Vesnina 3–6, 2–6. At the WTA Premier tournament 2010 Family Circle Cup she lost in the first round to Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7–6(1), 1–6, 4–6. At the WTA Premier tournament 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix she lost in the first round to Justine Henin 6–7(3), 1–6. At the 2010 Estoril Open she lost in the second round to Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–3, 5–7, 2–6. At the 2010 Internationaux de Strasbourg she lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Sharapova 6–7(2), 1–6. At the 2010 French Open she beat Melinda Czink in the first round before losing to world no. 1 Serena Williams 1–6, 1–6 in the second round. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships she lost in the first round to Marion Bartoli 4–6, 3–6. At the 2010 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo she lost in the semifinals to Flavia Pennetta 0–6, 4–6. At the 2010 Gastein Ladies she won her first career WTA singles title by defeating Timea Bacsinszky in the final 6–1, 6–4. She made her top 50 debut in the rankings afterward. At the 2010 e-Boks Danish Open she reached the quarterfinals, but was unable to take advantage of a 5-3 third-set lead over no. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki, eventually falling 6-3, 0-6, 6-7(3). At the 2010 U.S. Open she defeated Romina Oprandi in the first round in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. She fell to no. 15 seed Yanina Wickmayer in the second round 4-6, 5-7. At the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, she scored her first win over a former no.1 player in the first round, defeating Dinara Safina 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. In the next round she defeated no. 4 seed Samantha Stosur 7-5, 6-2 for her first win over a top 10 player. However, she was defeated by Coco Vandeweghe 3-6 0-6 in the quarterfinals. At the 2010 Generali Ladies Linz she reached the quarterfinals, but fell to eventual champion Ana Ivanović 6-7(6), 2-6. In her final tournament of the season, the 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open, she won a quarterfinals rematch with Ana Ivanović, defeating her 6-3, 6-1. She eventually reached her second career WTA final, falling to Roberta Vinci.

2011

Beginning her season at the 2011 ASB Classic once again, Görges lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Gréta Arn 6-7(3), 3-6. At the 2011 Australian Open, she defeated Edina Gallovits-Hall 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the first round. In her second round match, Julia upset no. 20 seed Kaia Kanepi 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Her third round match against the 2008 Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova was a three-set battle, which Julia eventually lost 6-4, 4-6, 4-6. This is her best performance in a Grand Slam to-date, and she was rewarded by achieving a career-high no. 34 singles ranking on January 31, 2011. On February 5–6, she helped Germany defeat Slovenia in Fed Cup competition by clinching the tie with a straight-sets win over Maša Zec Peškirič, her first career win in Fed Cup competition. Seeded no. 1, she then lost in the second rounds of Bogota and Acapulco. Switching to hard-court, she then lost in the first round of Monterrey to Ksenia Pervak 1-6, 5-7. She continued to struggle at the BNP Paribas Open and the Sony Ericsson Open, losing in the 2nd and 1st round, respectively. In the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, however, she got back on track with a quarterfinal appearance on the green clay, losing to Elena Vesnina in three sets. Heading to Stuttgart for Fed Cup, she won a rubber for Germany against Melanie Oudin, whom she lost to earlier in Miami. Staying in Stuttgart for the Porsche Tennis Open, she achieved her best Premier-level result by reaching the final, upsetting Samantha Stosur along the way and benefiting from the retirement of Victoria Azarenka. She became the first German to reach the final since Anke Huber in 1996 and will make her top 30 debut. She is due to play world no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the final.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (1–1)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	25 July 2010	Bad Gastein	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	24 October 2010	Luxembourg City	Hard (i)	Roberta Vinci	6–3, 6–4
Pending	2/2.	24 April 2011	Stuttgart	Clay	Caroline Wozniacki

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (3–2)
ITF Circuit (5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	20 July 2009	Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Camille Pin Klára Zakopalová	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	27 July 2009	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Patty Schnyder	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Runner-up	2.	12 July 2010	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Jill Craybas	Alberta Brianti Sara Errani	6–4, 6–1
Winner	2.	2 August 2010	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Vitalia Diatchenko Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	26 September 2010	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Polona Hercog	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–3, 6–4

Singles Performance Timeline

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	3R	3–3
French Open	A	A	1R	2R		1–2
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	1R		1–3
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R		1–4
Win-Loss	0–1	1–2	0–4	3–4	2–1	4–11
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A		0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	LQ	LQ	2R	3R	2–2
Key Biscayne	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2–3
Madrid	Not Held		A	A		0–0
Beijing	No Tier I		A	1R		0–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	A	A	1R	A	A	0–1
Rome	A	A	A	A		0–0
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A		0–0
Montreal/Toronto	A	A	A	A		0–0
Tokyo	A	A	A	3R		2–1
Year End Ranking	131	102	76	40		N/A

External links

• Official website
• Julia Görges at the Women's Tennis Association
• Template:ITF junior profile
• Julia Görges at the Billie Jean King Cup