Evgenia Simonovna Linetskaya (, ; born 30 November 1986) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.
She won seven singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 4 July 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. On 20 February 2006, she peaked at No. 283 in the doubles rankings.
Linetskaya made it to the fourth round of the 2005 Australian Open, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo.
Biography Linetskaya was born in Moscow, and is Jewish and plays with a Star of David necklace around her neck. She is coached by George Akopian. Her mother introduced her to tennis at age 6; she hit balls against school building for practice. Her father's Simon Linetsky is a professor of mathematics with a black belt in karate, and her mother Maria is an artist. She studied psychology for three years at Moscow University and plans to study via online education to receive an MBA. She speaks Russian, English and some Dutch.
Tennis career Early success In February 2005, Linetskaya beat world No. 11, Vera Zvonareva, 6–4, 6–2 in Pattaya, Thailand. In March, she defeated world No. 2 Amélie Mauresmo in the third round in Indian Wells.
Problems In late November 2005, her coach Joe Giuliano was barred for life by the WTA Tour for violating section 14, part IV, of the WTA code of conduct, which bars coaches from "non-consensual sexual contact". Her father, Simon Linetskiy, was suspended for two years. The bans resulted from events incidents at La Costa's Acura Classic in August 2005. Linetskiy was charged with suspicion of battery after his daughter had injuries treated at a hospital.
Linetskaya did not play between January 2006 and February 2007. She dropped off the rankings computer altogether.
Comeback In February 2007, she won the Montechoro tournament in Portugal. The following month, she won both the Ramat HaSharon 2 and the Raanana tournaments in Israel, without dropping a set in either tournament. In doubles, she won at Raanana with Tzipora Obziler.
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Singles (7–5) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 16 July 2001 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay Camilla Kremer 1–6, 1–6Win 2. 29 October 2002 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Anastasiya Yakimova 6–2, 6–1Win 3. 24 March 2003 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Russia Hard (i) Tatsiana Uvarova 5–7, 6–4, 6–4Loss 4. 22 September 2003 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia Hard Elena Tatarkova 6–1, 4–6, 3–6Loss 5. ITF Orange, United States Hard Yuliya Beygelzimer 3–6, 6–2, 2–6Win 6. 12 April 2004 ITF Jackson, United States Clay Alisa Kleybanova 4–6, 6–2, 6–4Loss 7. 20 April 2004 Dothan Pro Classic, United States Clay Peng Shuai 2–6, 1–6Win 8. 17 August 2004 Bronx Open, United States Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 9. 11 February 2007 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard Liana Ungur 6–7, 2–6Win 10. 16 February 2007 ITF Albufeira, Portugal Hard Yuliya Kalabina 6–2, 6–0Win 11. 12 March 2007 ITF Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard Martina Babáková 6–3, 7–6Win 12. 19 March 2007 ITF Raanana, Israel Hard Tereza Hladíková 6–4, 6–4
Doubles (1–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 15 July 2002 ITF Frinton, United Kingdom Grass Irina Bulykina Alberta Brianti Michelle Summerside 3–6, 4–6Win 2. 19 March 2007 ITF Raanana, Israel Hard Tzipora Obziler Martina Babáková Veronica Spiegel 6–1, 6–2
See also List of select Jewish tennis players
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Interview, 3/13/05