Lina Glushko (Hebrew: לינה גלושקו; born 12 January 2000) is an Israeli tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 201 in singles and No. 296 in doubles.[1]

Lina Glushko
Country (sports) Israel
ResidenceModiin, Israel
Born (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 24)
Israel
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 159,326
Singles
Career record196–135
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 201 (23 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 238 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record74–73
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 296 (22 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 464 (4 November 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup17–15
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

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

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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

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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, losing to Kaja Juvan in the first round.[7]

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

In February 2024, she won the W50 Pretoria hardcourt, winning all five of her matches in straight sets, and also won the doubles title, with Gabriela Knutson, without dropping a set.[4]

Having made it through qualifying at the WTA 125 2024 Polish Open, Glushko defeated sixth seed Kateryna Baindl[8] and Carole Monnet[9] to reach the quarterfinals, where her run was ended by Leonie Küng.[10]

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 qualifier Kateryna Volodko,[11] before losing in the second round to ninth seed Magdalena Fręch in three sets.[12]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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

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Current through the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg.

Tournament 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2022 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 Career total: 1
Titles 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Clay win–loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Overall win–loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win %  –  Career total: 0%
Year-end ranking 293 296 $86,153

ITF Circuit finals

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

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Legend
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W40/50 tournaments (1–1)
W25 tournaments (1–3)
W15 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2018 ITF Akko, Israel W15 Hard   Caroline Werner 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 2019 ITF Sajur, Israel W15 Hard   Chanel Simmonds 5–7, 0–6
Loss 1–2 May 2021 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel W15 Hard   Valentina Ryser 5–7, 1–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2021 ITF Kiryat Motzkin, Israel W25 Hard   Joanne Züger 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Feb 2022 ITF Cancún, Mexico W25 Hard   Darja Semenistaja 6–4, 6–7(5), 2–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 2022 ITF Pretoria, South Africa W60 Hard   Anastasia Tikhonova 7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Jul 2022 ITF Corroios, Portugal W25 Hard   Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–6 Mar 2023 ITF Pretoria, South Africa W25 Hard   Emina Bektas 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(6)
Win 3–6 Feb 2024 ITF Pretoria, South Africa W50 Hard   Manon Léonard 6–3, 7–5
Loss 3–7 Apr 2024 ITF Lopota, Georgia W50 Hard   Evialina Laskevich 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (2–1)
W15 tournaments (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 June 2019 ITF Netanya, Israel W15 Hard   Shelly Bereznyak   Yekaterina Dmitrichenko
  Anastasia Zakharova
0–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Darya Astakhova   Ilinca Dalina Amariei
  Alessia Beatrice Ciucă
3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Dec 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Oleksandra Oliynykova   Dorka Drahota-Szabó
  Laura Svatíková
2–6, 4–6
Win 1–3 Apr 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard   Alicia Barnett   Elena-Teodora Cadar
  Olivia Gadecki
6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–4 May 2021 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel W15 Hard   Shavit Kimchi   Jenny Dürst
  Nina Stadler
6–1, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 2–4 Oct 2021 ITF Netanya, Israel W25 Hard   Shavit Kimchi   Linda Nosková
  Fanny Östlund
6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–5 Feb 2022 ITF Cancún, Mexico W25 Hard   Jacqueline Cabaj Awad   Kateryna Bondarenko
  Carol Zhao
5–7, 7–6(5), [7–10]
Win 3–5 Mar 2023 ITF Pretoria, South Africa W25 Hard   Emina Bektas   Tímea Babos
  Georgina García Pérez
6–3, 4–6, [13–11]
Win 4–5 May 2023 Fukuoka International, Japan W60 Carpet   Emina Bektas   Ma Yexin
  Alana Parnaby
7–5, 6–3
Win 5–5 Feb 2024 ITF Pretoria, South Africa W50 Hard   Gabriela Knutson   Sofia Costoulas
  Hanne Vandewinkel
7–6(5), 7–6(4)
Win 6–5 Sep 2024 ITF Féminin Le Neubourg, France W75 Hard   Anastasia Tikhonova   Julia Avdeeva
  Ekaterina Maklakova
6–3, 6–1

Notes

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  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ "Lina Glushko | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. ^ a b c d e Blas, Howard (August 2, 2018). "Israeli sisters double up to join elite group of tennis-playing sibs". Times of Israel.
  3. ^ Allon Sinai (September 28, 2017). "Rising tennis stars Glushko, Patael claim lucrative Kahan prize". The Jerusalem Post.
  4. ^ a b c https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/lina-glushko/800349940/isr/wt/s/titles/#pprofile-info-tabs [bare URL]
  5. ^ a b https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/lina-glushko/800349940/isr/wt/d/titles/ [bare URL]
  6. ^ "Tennis Abstract: Lina Glushko WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com.
  7. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  8. ^ "K. Baindl Vs L. Glushko". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Polish Open: Monnet falls to qualifier Glushko in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Polish Open: Kung books spot in semi-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Monterrey Open: Glushko makes second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Frech bests Glushko in three sets, makes first WTA 500 quarterfinal". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
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