Viktorija Golubic

2008–15: ITF Circuit

Golubic started playing on the ITF Women's Circuit at the $10k event in Budapest in June 2008.^[2] She played her first two WTA qualifying tournaments at the Hungarian Open and Gastein Ladies in 2010. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Gastein Ladies in 2013, where she recorded her first WTA win and reached second round. However, all of her attempts to qualify for a major failed.^[3]

2016: Breakthrough, WTA Tour title, top 100

After winning her eighth ITF title at the $25k event in Hong Kong,^[2] Golubic reached her first Grand Slam main draw at the Australian Open through qualifying and lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round of the tournament.^[3] She then reached the quarterfinals of another ITF event before failing to reach the main draw of her next three tournaments.^[2][3] At the Katowice Open, Golubic entered the main draw as a qualifier and beat Paula Kania in the first round before losing to Tímea Babos.^[3]

Prior to the French Open, Golubic played in the qualifying of the WTA Prague Open but lost to Viktória Kužmová in the first round.^[3] After a quarterfinal appearance at the $50k Open Saint-Gaudens,^[2] she entered French Open through qualifying and earned her first Grand Slam main-draw win with a three-set victory over Alison Riske. She lost to Lucie Šafářová in round two.^[3]

Golubic started her grass-court season at the Rosmalen Championships, entering the main draw as a qualifier and defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam and Risa Ozaki en route to her first WTA quarterfinal, before losing to Belinda Bencic. Her next two tournaments (the Mallorca Open and Wimbledon) ended in qualifying.^[3] She also lost in the first round of her next ITF tournament in Budapest.^[2]

At the inaugural Ladies Championship Gstaad, Golubic beat No. 7 seed Mona Barthel, Evgeniya Rodina, Carina Witthöft and Rebeka Masarova en route to her first WTA tournament final.^[4] She then defeated third seed Kiki Bertens to lift her first WTA trophy.^[3] With the title, Golubic entered the top 100 for the first time.^[5] Golubic reached another final at the Linz Open, in which she was defeated by Dominika Cibulková.^[6] On her way to the final, she made her first top-10 win by defeating world No. 6, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the quarterfinal.^[3] She ended the season as No. 57 in the WTA rankings.^[5]

2017–20: Struggle with form, first Grand Slam 3rd round, WTA 125 title

In 2017, Golubic could not emulate her results of the previous year. Despite winning only four matches in the first half of the season,^[3] she reached a new career-high singles ranking of 51, in April 2017. After that, she started to fall in the ranking and dropped out of the top 100 again.^[5] However, she had good results again in the late season. In October, she reached semifinals of the Linz Open, before losing to Magdaléna Rybáriková. It was her first singles semifinal on WTA Tour since October 2016.^[3] She then played on the WTA Challenger Tour, where she reached two semifinals, at the Hua Hin Championships and the Taipei Challenger.^[3][7]

Golubic's most significant results in 2018 came at the ITF Circuit and WTA Challenger Tour. In the early season, she reached the final of the $60k Burnie International, losing there to Marta Kostyuk.^[2] Later, she reached quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Challenger, $100k Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, Bol Open and Manchester Trophy.^[2][3] In October, she won the $80k Poitiers event, defeating Natalia Vikhlyantseva in the final.^[2] In June 2018, Golubic after almost one year reentered the top 100. She finished the year as world No. 92.^[5]

In the early 2019 season, Golubic reached the quarterfinal of the Thailand Open, where she lost to Tamara Zidanšek. She then won her biggest title since 2016 at the Indian Wells Challenger, saving a championship point against Jennifer Brady in the final.^[8] On her way to the title, she knocked out top seed Wang Qiang to mark her first top-20 win since October 2016.^[3]

At Wimbledon, she reached the third round of a major for the first time by defeating Iga Świątek and Yulia Putintseva,^[9] but then lost to Dayana Yastremska.^[3]

In September, she reached quarterfinals of the Jiangxi International Open, losing there to Elena Rybakina.^[10] She followed this with a semifinal appearance at the Guangzhou International Open, before losing to Samantha Stosur.^[11]

Golubic struggled with form during the following season. Her most significant result came at the $80k Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer in September, when she reached quarterfinals and lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo.^[2] She suffered first-round losses at the Australian Open and US Open, while she failed in the qualifying of the French Open.^[3] Golubic fell out of the top 100 in late February and finished the year as world No. 137.^[5]

2021: First Grand Slam quarterfinal, top 50 debut

Ranked world No. 66 at Wimbledon, Golubic reached a major quarterfinal for the first time defeating en-route two seeded players, 23rd seed American Madison Keys in the fourth round and 29th seed Veronika Kudermetova, plus two more Americans, Danielle Collins and Madison Brengle, respectively. Having won 43 matches already in 2021, Golubic guaranteed herself a top-50 debut with this breakthrough run, moving 18 places to world No. 48 on 12 July 2021, having never passed the third round of this major before.^[12][13]

2022–23: Indian Wells fourth round

At the 2022 Indian Wells Open, she reached the fourth round at a WTA 1000-level for the first time in her career,^[14] before losing to Elena Rybakina.^[15] Because she could not defend her points at Wimbledon, she fell out of the top 100 on 18 July 2022.

2024: First Australian Open third round

At the Australian Open, she recorded her first wins at this major defeating 15th seed Veronika Kudermetova^[16] and Kateřina Siniaková,^[17] and returned to the top 75 in the rankings at No. 71 on 29 January 2024.^[18]

Fed Cup

Playing for Switzerland at the Fed Cup, Golubic has a win–loss record of 11–8 (as of July 2023). During the 2016 Fed Cup semifinals, Golubic earned surprising wins over Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová, defeating both in three sets. Although Switzerland was not able to beat the Czech Republic, Golubic was praised for her performance.^[19]

Olympics

In her first participation at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Golubic advanced to the doubles final with Belinda Bencic by defeating Brazilian pair Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani.^[20]

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[21]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Guangzhou Open.

Doubles

Olympic Games

Doubles: 1 (silver medal)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	2021	Tokyo Olympics 2020	Hard	Belinda Bencic	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	5–7, 1–6

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2016	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International[g]	Clay	Kiki Bertens	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 2016	Linz Open, Austria	International	Hard (i)	Dominika Cibulková	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–2	Mar 2021	Lyon Open, France	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Clara Tauson	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Mar 2021	Monterrey Open, Mexico	WTA 250	Hard	Leylah Fernandez	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2017	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International	Clay	Nina Stojanović	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Jan 2023	Hobart International, Australia	WTA 250	Hard	Panna Udvardy	Kirsten Flipkens Laura Siegemund	4–6, 5–7

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2019	Indian Wells Challenger, United States	Hard	Jennifer Brady	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	2–0	May 2021	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Jasmine Paolini	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Oct 2022	Open de Rouen, France	Hard (i)	Maryna Zanevska	6–7(6–8), 1–6
Win	3–1	Oct 2023	Open de Rouen, France	Hard (i)	Erika Andreeva	6–4, 6–1

Singles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2011	ITF Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain	10,000	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–0	Sep 2011	ITF Lleida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Lucía Cervera Vázquez	6–1, 7–6(5)
Win	3–0	Apr 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Ellen Allgurin	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–0	Apr 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Katharina Lehnert	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–0	Jun 2013	Internazionali di Brescia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–1	Jun 2013	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Laura Siegemund	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(4)
Loss	5–2	Jan 2014	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	An-Sophie Mestach	1–6, 4–6
Loss	5–3	Jul 2014	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Andreea Mitu	2–6, 1–6
Loss	5–4	Sep 2014	GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Carina Witthöft	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5	Nov 2014	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Barbora Krejčíková	1–6, 4–6
Loss	5–6	Jun 2015	Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	6–3, 6–7(4), 3–6
Win	6–6	Aug 2015	ITF Woking, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Katy Dunne	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–7	Oct 2015	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Polina Leykina	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	7–7	Nov 2015	Waco Showdown, United States	50,000	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	6–2, 6–1
Loss	7–8	Nov 2015	Scottsdale Challenge, United States	50,000	Hard	Samantha Crawford	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	8–8	Jan 2016	ITF Hong Kong	25,000	Hard	Risa Ozaki	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–9	Feb 2018	Burnie International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Marta Kostyuk	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–9	Oct 2018	Internationaux de Poitiers, France	80,000	Hard (i)	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss	9–10	Jan 2021	ITF Fujairah City, U.A.E.	25,000	Hard	Clara Tauson	0–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	10–10	Feb 2021	Open de l'Isère, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Maryna Zanevska	6–1, 4–6, 7–6(2)
Win	11–10	Sep 2023	ITF Tokyo Open, Japan	100,000	Hard	Wang Xiyu	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	12–10	Oct 2023	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	100,000	Hard (i)	Amarni Banks	6–0, 6–0

Doubles: 32 (15 titles, 17 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2011	ITF Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain	10,000	Clay	Nina Zander	Eva Fernández Brugués Inés Ferrer Suárez	3–6, 7–6(3), [4–10]
Loss	0–2	Sep 2011	ITF Lleida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Arabela Fernández Rabener	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Isabel Rapisarda Calvo	2–6, 6–7(5)
Win	1–2	Nov 2011	ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain	10,000	Clay	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Arabela Fernández Rabener	7–5, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	1–3	May 2012	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Aleksandra Krunić	Katarzyna Piter Romana Tabak	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Jan 2013	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	Olga Doroshina Julia Valetova	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–3	Jan 2013	ITF Kaarst, Germany	10,000	Carpet (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	Anja Prislan Jasmin Steinherr	6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	3–4	Mar 2013	GB Pro-Series Bath, UK	15,000	Hard (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	Nicola Geuer Lisa Whybourn	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	Apr 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Katharina Lehnert	Martina Borecká Petra Krejsová	5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	4–5	May 2013	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	25,000	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Yurika Sema Zhou Yimiao	6–1, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	5–5	Oct 2013	Open de Limoges, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Magda Linette	Nicole Clerico Nikola Fraňková	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–5	May 2014	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Julia Glushko Mandy Minella	6–4, 6–3
Win	7–5	Jun 2014	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Laura Siegemund	Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus	6–3, 6–3
Win	8–5	Jul 2014	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Carolin Daniels Laura Schaeder	5–7, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss	8–6	Sep 2014	GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Alizé Lim Carina Witthöft	2–6, 1–6
Loss	8–7	Sep 2014	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Nicola Geuer	Richèl Hogenkamp Lesley Kerkhove	6–2, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	9–7	Feb 2015	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Russia	50,000	Hard (i)	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Stéphanie Foretz Ana Vrljić	6–4, 7–5
Win	10–7	May 2015	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Carolin Daniels	Cindy Burger Veronika Kapshay	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	11–7	May 2015	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	25,000	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Sharon Fichman Katarzyna Piter	6–3, 6–2
Win	12–7	Jun 2015	Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Carolin Daniels Antonia Lottner	6–3, 6–3
Loss	12–8	Oct 2015	Open de Touraine, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Alice Matteucci	Alexandra Cadanțu Cristina Dinu	5–7, 3–6
Win	13–8	Oct 2015	Tennis Classic of Macon, United States	50,000	Hard	Jan Abaza	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Sanaz Marand	7–6(3), 7–5
Loss	13–9	Nov 2015	Scottsdale Challenge, U.S.	50,000	Hard	Stephanie Vogt	Julia Glushko Rebecca Peterson	6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
Win	14–9	Jan 2016	ITF Hong Kong	25,000	Hard	Stephanie Vogt	Hsu Ching-wen Emma Laine	6–2, 1–6, [10–4]
Loss	14–10	Jan 2016	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Xenia Knoll	Elise Mertens An-Sophie Mestach	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	14–11	May 2016	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová	1–6, 2–6
Loss	14–12	Jun 2017	Southsea Trophy, UK	100,000	Grass	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan	7–6(7), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	14–13	Sep 2017	Albuquerque Championships, United States	80,000	Hard	Amra Sadiković	Conny Perrin Tara Moore	3–6, 3–6
Loss	14–14	Oct 2017	ITF Templeton Pro, United States	60,000	Hard	Amra Sadiković	Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos	5–7, 3–6
Loss	14–15	Oct 2018	Internationaux de Poitiers, France	80,000	Hard (i)	Arantxa Rus	Anna Blinkova Alexandra Panova	1–6, 1–6
Loss	14–16	Sep 2020	Open de Saint-Malo, France	60,000	Clay	Magdalena Fręch	Paula Kania Katarzyna Piter	2–6, 4–6
Win	15–16	Jan 2021	ITF Fujairah City, U.A.E.	25,000	Hard	Çağla Büyükakçay	Liang En-shuo You Xiaodi	5–7, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	15–17	Feb 2021	AK Ladies Open, Germany	25,000	Carpet (i)	Ylena In-Albon	Paula Kania Julia Wachaczyk	6–7(5), 4–6

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2016
1.	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 6	Linz Open, Austria	Hard (i)	QF	5–7, 6–3, 4–4 ret.
2021
2.	Maria Sakkari	No. 9	Indian Wells Open, U.S.	Hard	2R	5–7, 6–3, 6–2

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