Sofya Zhuk

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Andreyevna and the family name is Zhuk.
Sofya Zhuk
Софья Жук
Full name Sofya Andreyevna Zhuk
Country (sports)  Russia
Residence Moscow, Russia
& Ottignies, Belgium
Born (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999
Moscow, Russia
Coach(es) Olivier Jeunehomme
Prize money $2,257
Singles
Career record 14–4
Career titles 4 ITF
Highest ranking 792 (4 May 2015)
Current ranking —
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open Junior 2R (2015)
Wimbledon Junior W (2015)
US Open Junior QF (2015)
Doubles
Career record 2–2
Career titles 0 ITF
Highest ranking —
Current ranking —
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon Junior 1R (2015)
Last updated on: 10 July 2015.

Sofya Andreyevna Zhuk (Russian: Софья Андреевна Жук, born 1 December 1999) is a Russian junior tennis player. She won the 2015 Wimbledon Junior Girls title.

Career

Zhuk trains at the Justine Henin Academy in Belgium and her coach is Olivier Jeunehomme.[1]

In 2015, Zhuk competed as an unseeded 15-year-old at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships where she won the Junior Girls title against fellow Russian and No.12 ranked junior Anna Blinkova in 7–5, 6–4 sets. Zhuk did not drop a set in the whole Wimbledon tournament.[2] Zhuk became only the second Russian to win Junior Wimbledon Girl's title, following the 2002 final when Vera Dushevina defeated compatriot Maria Sharapova.

She made her WTA singles main draw debut at the 2016 Miami Open, where she received a wildcard into the main draw. She lost in straight sets to Zhang Shuai in the first round.

ITF finals (3–2)

Singles (4–2)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 11 October 2014 Shymkent, Kazakhstan Clay Russia Margarita Lazareva 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 7 February 2016 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Hard Germany Julia Wachaczyk 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 14 February 2016 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Hard Bulgaria Julia Terziyska 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 3 April 2016 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Hard Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze 3–6, 5–7
Winner 3. 27 August 2016 Cali, Colombia Clay France Harmony Tan 6–2, 6–4
Winner 4. 30 October 2016 Tampico, Mexico Hard Russia Varvara Flink 6–4, 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2015 Wimbledon Grass Russia Anna Blinkova 7–5, 6–4

Awards

2015

References

  1. ↑ "Justine Henin tennis academy graduate Sofya Zhuk comes of age to clinch Wimbledon girls' singles title". Dailymail.
  2. ↑ "Unseeded Zhuk claims girls' singles title". Wimbledon.
  3. ↑ «Русский Кубок». Триумф командного тенниса [The "Russian Cup". Triumph in Team Tennis] (in Russian). Championat.com. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
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