Julia Schruff

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	Template:Flagicon 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)	Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs Template:Flagicon Cara Black	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	Feb 2008	Vina del Mar, Chile	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mariya Koryttseva	Template:Flagicon Alicja Rosolska Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Lotty Seelen	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	26 August 2001	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yasmin Angeli	3–6, 6-7(7)
Runner-up	3.	20 March 2005	Orange, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cho Yoon-jeong	6–7(3), 1–6
Winner	4.	5 April 2009	Latina, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrea Petkovic	7–5, 7–6(0)
Runner-up	5.	31 May 2009	Grado, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Karolína Plíšková	6–7(2), 5–7
Runner-up	6.	18 July 2010	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Vitalia Diatchenko	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	7.	13 September 2010	Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Caroline Raba	Template:Flagicon Rewa Hudson Template:Flagicon Shelley Stephens	7–6(9), 3–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	26 March 2001	Bari, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rita Tarjan	Template:Flagicon Eva Fislová Template:Flagicon Zuzana Hejdová	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	3.	26 August 2001	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrea Masaryková	Template:Flagicon Yasmin Angeli Template:Flagicon Monica Scartoni	6–2, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	4.	19 December 2004	Bergamo, Italy	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lenka Němečková	Template:Flagicon Giulia Casoni Template:Flagicon Francesca Lubiani	2–6, 3-6
Runner-up	5.	18 September 2005	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jasmin Wöhr	Template:Flagicon María José Martínez Sánchez Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Granados	5–7, 2-6
Winner	6.	11 September 2006	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stéphanie Foretz	Template:Flagicon Kira Nagy Template:Flagicon Jasmin Wöhr	7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	8 September 2008	Athens, Greece	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kristina Barrois	Template:Flagicon Sorana Cîrstea Template:Flagicon Galina Voskoboeva	2–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	5 April 2009	Latina, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alberta Brianti	Template:Flagicon Marina Shamayko Template:Flagicon Emily Stellato	6–1, 6–4
Winner	9.	7 May 2010	Florence, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Maret Ani	Template:Flagicon Lu Jingjing Template:Flagicon Polina Pekhova	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	8 August 2010	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Erika Sema	Template:Flagicon Irina-Camelia Begu Template:Flagicon Anaïs Laurendon	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]

External links

• Julia Schruff's official website
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