Country (sports) Russia Prize money US$ 45,025 Turned pro 2001 | Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Residence Moscow, Russia Name Julia Efremova | |
Born 14 February 1985 (age 39)
Kursk, Soviet Union ( 1985-02-14 ) Plays Right-handed (double-handed backhand) | ||
Julia Efremova née Vorobieva (born 14 February 1985 in Kursk) is a Russian professional tennis player. She played under her maiden name of Vorobieva (aka Vorobeva) until February 2006. She married her coach Alexey Efremov and returned to the ITF circuit in March 2007.
She has won 11 ITF Women's Circuit titles in her career, of which 1 is in singles and 10 in doubles.
Biography
She has played on the qualifying draws of WTA Tour tournaments on many occasions. Her career high singles ranking is No.285, which she achieved on 14 November 2005; and her highest doubles ranking is No.193, achieved on 20 February 2006.
In 2003, Julia tried to qualify for her first WTA event in Moscow, but fell to Anastasia Rodionova in the first round. In 2005, she played the qualifying draws of five tournaments; at Pattaya, Hyderabad, Beijing, Guangzhou and Tashkent; but was unsuccessful in each.
In 2006, she tried qualifying in Bangalore, but was overpowered in round one by Daniela Kix. On the tour in 2007, she fell in the qualifying draws of Kolkata and Moscow, losing to Sandy Gumulya and Oxana Lyubtsova, respectively.
Julia's biggest title of her career is winning the Busan Challenger doubles event in 2005 in Busan. She won the title with Wynne Prakusya, defeating Seiko Okamoto and Ayami Takase 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–1 in the final. Her only singles came at Jakarta in 2004 where she won an ITF $10,000 event.