Julia Glushko (or Yulia,[2] Hebrew: יוליה גלושקו; born 4 January 1990) is an Israeli former tennis player.
[3] Glushko was born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, and is fluent in Hebrew, Russian, and English.
Her best result on the professional level to that point was a semifinal appearance at an ITF event in Antalya in May 2006, where Glushko lost to Çağla Büyükakçay.
In November 2007, Glushko won her first ITF title an event in Mallorca, beating Diana Enache in the final.
Glushko celebrated her maiden title at Albufeira, Portugal, alongside Marina Melnikova in February, beating Martina Babáková and Elena Chalova in the final, followed by the victory at Porto Rafti, Greece, with Dominice Ripoll in March, and a third tournament win in May at Ra'anana, where Glushko teamed up with Manana Shapakidze.
[16] In January 2011, she played her first Grand Slam qualifying match, for the Australian Open, reaching the second round after losing to Nuria Llagostera Vives.
In 2012, Glushko made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the US Open, after she defeated Zheng Saisai in the qualifying competition.
In May 2013, Glushko played her second Grand Slam event, the French Open, after she defeated Anastasia Rodionova from Australia in the qualifying competition.
[15] In 2017, the Women’s Tennis Association deleted reference to Glushko's nationality and Israeli flag from her profile on their website ahead of her scheduled participation at the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, when event organizers requested all references to her being Israeli be removed from the WTA website in order for her to be allowed to take part in the event.
[18] On 29 July 2018, she won the $60k singles title at Granby, Canada, defeating top-seeded Arina Rodionova of Australia in the final.
[19] At the 2018 US Open, Glushko hurt her left knee during play, but had it taped and won her match against Monica Niculescu.
[20] She then lost to Naomi Osaka as she played taped calf to quad and hobbled, and learned, however, that she had a fracture in her left knee, and once it healed she had surgery to clean the meniscus.
[20][21] She played her final professional tournament in Israel in September 2019, when she lost in the first round singles, and quarterfinals with doubles partner, sister Lina Glushko.
At the 2011 Fed Cup held in Eilat, Glushko won three out of her four singles rubbers – against Anne Kremer of Luxembourg, Magda Linette of Poland, and Elitsa Kostova of Bulgaria; she lost to Monica Niculescu of Romania.
In doubles, she and Pe'er lost to Koehler and Michelle Larcher de Brito from Portugal, but defeated Schoofs and Michaëlla Krajicek from the Netherlands.