Julia Schruff

Julia Schruff
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Augsburg, Germany
Born	16 August 1982; Augsburg, West Germany
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$849,364
Singles
Career record	314–321
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	52 (17 April 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	1R (2003–2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2005–2007)
US Open	3R (2005)
Doubles
Career record	112–146
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	99 (2 October 2006)
	Last updated on: 20 February 2012.

Julia Schruff (born 16 August 1982) is a retired professional German tennis player.

Career

Her career high WTA-ranking was attained on 17 April 2006, when she reached No. 52. Her highest doubles ranking was reached on 2 October 2006, when she reached No. 99.

She enjoyed her breakthrough in 2003 when she reached the final at the Estoril Open in Portugal as a qualifier.

During her career, she has beaten two Top 10-ranked players so far – Anastasia Myskina at the 2005 Qatar Total German Open and Elena Dementieva at the 2006 Australian Open. She also has notched wins against top players such as Jelena Janković, Katarina Srebotnik, Flavia Pennetta, Jelena Dokić, Elena Likhovtseva and Alona Bondarenko.

Schruff has won her first ITF tournament in Latina, Lazio, where she defeated fellow German Andrea Petkovic in the final.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
Tier II Event (0)
Tier III Event (0)
Tier IV-V Event (1)
ITF Circuit (2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	Apr 2003	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Magüi Serna	4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (0-2)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–1)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	Oct 2004	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Rennae Stubbs Cara Black	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	Feb 2008	Vina del Mar, Chile	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Alicja Rosolska Līga Dekmeijere	5–7, 3–6

ITF finals

Singles (2-5)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 July 2001	Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Lotty Seelen	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	26 August 2001	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Yasmin Angeli	3–6, 6-7⁽⁷⁾
Runner-up	3.	20 March 2005	Orange, United States	Hard	Cho Yoon-jeong	6–7⁽³⁾, 1–6
Winner	4.	5 April 2009	Latina, Italy	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	7–5, 7–6⁽⁰⁾
Runner-up	5.	31 May 2009	Grado, Italy	Clay	Karolína Plíšková	6–7⁽²⁾, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	18 July 2010	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Vitalia Diatchenko	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	7.	13 September 2010	Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Irena Pavlovic	6–0, 6–3

Doubles (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 August 1999	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Caroline Raba	Rewa Hudson Shelley Stephens	7–6⁽⁹⁾, 3–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	26 March 2001	Bari, Italy	Clay	Rita Tarjan	Eva Fislová Zuzana Hejdová	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	3.	26 August 2001	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Andrea Masaryková	Yasmin Angeli Monica Scartoni	6–2, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Runner-up	4.	19 December 2004	Bergamo, Italy	Hard	Lenka Němečková	Giulia Casoni Francesca Lubiani	2–6, 3-6
Runner-up	5.	18 September 2005	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Jasmin Wöhr	María José Martínez Sánchez Conchita Martínez Granados	5–7, 2-6
Winner	6.	11 September 2006	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz	Kira Nagy Jasmin Wöhr	7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	8 September 2008	Athens, Greece	Clay	Kristina Barrois	Sorana Cîrstea Galina Voskoboeva	2–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	5 April 2009	Latina, Italy	Clay	Alberta Brianti	Marina Shamayko Emily Stellato	6–1, 6–4
Winner	9.	7 May 2010	Florence, Italy	Clay	Maret Ani	Lu Jingjing Polina Pekhova	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	8 August 2010	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Erika Sema	Irina-Camelia Begu Anaïs Laurendon	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]

External links

Julia Schruff's official website
Julia Schruff at the Women's Tennis Association
Julia Schruff at World Tennis
Julia Schruff at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)