"Julia Görges"

Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988 in Bad Oldesloe) is a professional tennis player from Germany. Görges reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of number 15 on 5 March 2012 and a doubles ranking of 26 on 24 September 2012. To date, she has won two WTA singles titles and four doubles titles.

Julia Görges was born in Bad Oldesloe to Klaus and Inge Görges, both of whom work in insurance. She has one half-sister named Maike, who also works in insurance. She attended the Klaus-Groth Schule and Theodor-Mommsen Schule in Bad Oldesloe from 1995 to 2005, and completed the mittlere Reife (Realschulabschluss).

She began playing tennis around the age of five when her parents began taking her to the local club. Her tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis, and she is also a fan of Roger Federer. She is coached by Sascha Nensel, former coach of fellow German player Nicolas Kiefer. The surfaces she prefers are hard and grass courts, and her favorite tournament is the Australian Open.

In 2005 she began her career on the ITF Women's Circuit, playing in seven tournaments and losing in the first round in five of them.

In 2006 and 2007 she continued to play mostly ITF Women's Circuit tournaments. In 2006 she won the Wahlstedt and Bielefeld tournaments. In 2007 she won tournaments in Antalya and Bucharest and made her first WTA Tour main draw appearances, the highlight of which was a semifinals achievement in Stockholm. There she lost to Vera Dushevina in three sets. Görges made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2007 US Open, losing to Justine Henin in the first round in straight sets.

In 2008 Görges continued to play in a mix of ITF Women's Circuit and WTA Tour events. Her best performances were reaching the semifinals of the 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, where she lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues, and a quarterfinals loss to Olga Govortsova in the 2008 Cellular South Cup.

She made her top-100 debut in the rankings after the French Open. She won her first Grand Slam main-draw match at Wimbledon, where she upset 23rd seed Katarina Srebotnik, 4–6, 7–6, 16–14, in a three-hour, 41-minute first-round match. However, she bowed out in the second round to Marina Erakovic in straight sets.

In 2009, Görges began to play in WTA events more exclusively. It was the first season that she played in the main draw of all four Grand Slam events. She began her season at the 2009 Brisbane International, where she lost in qualifying to Anna-Lena Grönefeld.

Görges competed at the Australian Open, the Open GDF Suez, and the Warsaw Open, losing before the third round of each. She retired in the first round of the French Open in a match against Iveta Benešová, due to heat exhaustion.

Görges reached the third round of the AEGON Classic, falling to Urszula Radwańska, 6–7, 3–6. She went on to play against Jelena Janković in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, losing 4–6, 6–7. She lost prior to the third round at the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, the Istanbul Cup, and the US Open (where she faced Svetlana Kuznetsova).

At the Bell Challenge, she managed to reach the semifinals, before losing to Lucie Šafářová. She was defeated by Ioana Raluca Olaru in the second round of the 2009 Generali Ladies Linz.

In 2009, Görges began to play in WTA events more exclusively. It was the first season that she played in the main draw of all four Grand Slam events. She began her season at the 2009 Brisbane International, where she lost in qualifying to Anna-Lena Grönefeld.

Görges competed at the Australian Open, the Open GDF Suez, and the Warsaw Open, losing before the third round of each. She retired in the first round of the French Open in a match against Iveta Benešová, due to heat exhaustion.

Görges reached the third round of the AEGON Classic, falling to Urszula Radwańska, 6–7, 3–6. She went on to play against Jelena Janković in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, losing 4–6, 6–7. She lost prior to the third round at the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, the Istanbul Cup, and the US Open (where she faced Svetlana Kuznetsova).

At the Bell Challenge, she managed to reach the semifinals, before losing to Lucie Šafářová. She was defeated by Ioana Raluca Olaru in the second round of the 2009 Generali Ladies Linz.

Seeded 5th at the 2012 ASB Classic, she defeated defending champion Gréta Arn 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, before falling to compatriot Angelique Kerber in straight sets. Görges experienced more success in doubles reaching the final with Flavia Pennetta before falling to the Czech duo of Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in a third-set super tiebreak. After retiring in the first round of the 2012 Apia International Sydney to Jelena Janković, she achieved her best Australian Open to date by reaching the fourth round. Görges defeated Polona Hercog 6–3, 7–6 Eleni Daniilidou 6–2, 2–0 retired, Romina Oprandi 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, before being dominated by eighth seed Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 6–1. Playing in the Fed Cup for Germany, she lost to Petra Kvitová in an extremely tight three-setter, 6–3, 3–6, 8–10. Partnering with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, they lost to Iveta Benešová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 3–6, 6–7. Germany lost to Czech Republic 1–4.

Ranked 21st and seed 6th, she reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 Open GDF Suez, falling to Klára Zakopalová in 3 sets. Görges then fell in the second round of Qatar to Varvara Lepchenko, before reaching the final of Dubai. She defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, Casey Dellacqua, Daniela Hantuchová, before scoring a 7–6, 7–5 win over third seed Caroline Wozniacki, before falling to Agnieszka Radwańska again. This time it was a tight two-setter, the score being 7–5, 6–4 to Radwańska. Due to her good result at the 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships, she achieved a career high ranking of 15.

Seeded 14th at the 2012 BNP Paribas Open, she advanced to the fourth round in straight sets, before becoming another victim of undefeated Victoria Azarenka 3–6, 1–6. After receiving another bye into the second round, Görges was defeated by 4-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters 2–6, 5–7.

At Roland Garros Görges was seeded 25th. She reached the third round, winning from Lucie Hradecká in two sets 7–67–1, 6–4 and Heather Watson with 6–3, 6–4. She lost in the third round to Arantxa Rus 6–7, 6–2, 2–6, ending the match with two double faults. At the end of the third set Görges complained of lack of light, which was set aside by the head supervisor. After this she asked for a medical time-out and asked again to suspend the match, which again was denied by the umpire. In the women doubles she lost in the first round with partner Samantha Stosur.

She was the number one seed in Bad Gastein but lost in three sets to the Dutch qualifier Richèl Hogenkamp. Hogenkamp, ranked 211 at the time, won her first WTA match 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.

She reached the second round of Sony Swedish Open, Bastad losing to Polona Hercog, 6–7 2–6.

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