Yulia Putintseva is a junior Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 230, which she reached on October 24, 2011.

Personal life

Yulia Putintseva was born to Anton and Anna Putintseva, and has a brother named Ilya. She was born on 7 January 1995 in Moscow, Russia, where she currently resides. Her favourite surface is Clay. She also speaks English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and Russian

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 fluently.

Junior career

In 2009 she played the second round of 2009 US Open in Girls' Singles

2009 US Open - Girls' Singles

Coco Vandeweghe was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors this year.Heather Watson won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Yana Buchina.-Seeds:# Kristina Mladenovic # Noppawan Lertcheewakarn ...

, and the first round of Girls' Doubles event

2009 US Open - Girls' Doubles

Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Sandra Roma were the defending champions, but Roma chose not to participate in the Juniors that year.Lertcheewakarn partnered with Elena Bogdan, but Valeria Solovieva and Maryna Zanevska defeated them in the final 1–6, 6–3 [10–7]....

, partnering Tamara Čurović

Tamara Čurović

Tamara Čurović is a Serbian tennis player. Although she plays junior mostly, she also competes at professional tournaments. In 2009, Čurović reached her first ITF final, in Doboj. As of 7 March 2011, Čurović is ranked World No. 686...

. This year also saw Yulia wins three junior tournaments. She wins 17th International Junior Tournament Citta' Di Prato 2009 in Italy, 31st International Junior Tournament Citta Di Santa Croce also in Italy

Italy

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 and 15th ITF Junior Open in Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

.

In 2010, she lost in the second round of the girls' singles event at the 2010 Australian Open

2010 Australian Open

The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....

. Yulia played also 2010

2010 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles

Kristýna Plíšková defeated Sachie Ishizu in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.Noppawan Lertcheewakarn was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to compete as a Junior that year.-Seeds:# Elina Svitolina...

, she lost in the semi-final and she representing Russia

Russia at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Russia participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. The Russian team consisted of 96 athletes competing in 20 sports: aquatics , archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, canoeing, fencing, gymnastics, handball, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis,...

 in the Youth Olympic Games

2010 Summer Youth Olympics

The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in the city-state of Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, in the XXIX Olympiad. They were the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, a major...

 in August she lost their in semi-final too. In the last junior grand slam of this season the US Open

2010 US Open (tennis)

The 2010 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 30 to September 13, 2010 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York City, United States....

 she reached the final but lost to Daria Gavrilova

Daria Gavrilova

Daria Gavrilova is a junior Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 347, which she reached on May 02, 2011.Daria highest junior ITF ranking is at No. 1 reached on August 23, 2010.-2010:...

. She lost the final with 6–3 and 6–2.

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