Gail Brodsky
Brodsky at the 2011 Open Cagnes-sur-Mer | |
Native name | Гейл Бродскі |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Brooklyn, United States |
Born | (1991-06-05) June 5, 1991 (age 33) Zaporizhia, Ukraine |
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 2007 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $179,263 |
Singles | |
Career record | 188–136 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 182 (March 19, 2012) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | Q1 (2012) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2012) |
US Open | 1R (2008, 2009) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 47–73 |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 348 (May 2, 2011) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2008, 2009) |
Gail Brodsky (Ukrainian: Гейл Бродскі, romanized: Heil Brodski; born June 5, 1991 in Zaporizhia, Ukraine) is an American former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 182, reached on March 19, 2012. On May 2, 2011, she peaked at No. 348 in the doubles rankings.[1] On the ITF Circuit, she has won six singles titles and two doubles titles.[1] She won the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s national title.[2]
Career
Brodsky was born in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, to Eduard and Julia, moved to Ocean Parkway across the street from Coney Island Hospital in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, when she was six, and is Jewish.[3][2][4][1] As a youth, she trained on public courts in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn.[5] She and her husband and two children live in Kirkland, Washington.[4]
She won the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s national title, defeating Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, and CoCo Vandeweghe, the 2017 US Open semifinalist, at 17 years of age.[2][4] She thus earned a wild card to the 2008 US Open, where she lost in the first round, 5–7, 3–6, to world No. 14, Agnes Szavay.[4][5] She was also given a wildcard into the 2009 US Open,[6] where she lost in the first round 4–6, 4–6 to Anabel Medina Garrigues.[7]
She said: “I grew up with a lot of pressure and not a lot of passion for the sport.” Her parents were strict about her diet and other aspects of her life; it was only after she broke all contact with them (she says: “it wasn’t a healthy situation”), at age 17, that she tasted her first French fry.[8]
In 2007 and 2010, she won the Ojai Tennis Tournament in women's singles.[9] She also won the 2010 $10k Porto, 2011 $10k Gosier and $25k La Coruna, 2015 $10k Victoria, and 2018 $15k Victoria and $60k Ashland singles titles.[1]
She has also won the 2010 Landisville (w/A. Mueller) and the 2018 Victoria (w/B. Boren) doubles titles.[1]
ITF Circuit finals
Legend |
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$60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10/15,000 tournaments |
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2010 | ITF Gausdal, Norway | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Oct 2010 | ITF Porto, Portugal | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 2–1 | Jan 2011 | ITF Gosier, France | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Win | 3–1 | Jul 2011 | ITF La Coruña, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2012 | Clay Court Championships, U.S. | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | 6–2, 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–3 | Jan 2012 | ITF Plantation, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 4–3 | Jun 2015 | ITF Victoria, Canada | 10,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(3) |
Win | 5–3 | Jun 2018 | ITF Victoria, Canada | 10,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 6–3 | Jul 2018 | Ashland Classic, United States | 60,000 | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 6–1, 6–0 |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | 23 May 2010 | ITF Landisville, United States | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 7–5, [10–2] |
Loss | 1–1 | 2 October 2010 | ITF Porto, Portugal | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(4), 6–7(5), [5–10] |
Win | 2–1 | 24 June 2018 | ITF Victoria, Canada | 15,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | 23 June 2019 | ITF Denver, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e ""Gail BRODSKY"". Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Former Jewish phenom Brodsky back in the swing of things". The Jerusalem Post. September 3, 2018.
- ^ x, csjl.org.
- ^ a b c d "Gail Brodsky trying to put herself back on the tennis map". ESPN. August 1, 2018.
- ^ a b GRACE, MELISSA (August 26, 2008). "Despite loss, Brooklyn tennis phenom takes heart in U.S. Open debut". nydailynews.com.
- ^ "Glatch, King, and McHale receive 2009 US Open Wild Cards - Tennis Industry news". www.tennisindustrymag.com. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ Tennis.com. "The Coney Island Kid". Tennis.com. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ Lewak, Doree (August 22, 2018). "Former tennis phenom launches improbable comeback at US Open". New York Post.
- ^ Past Championsjaitourney.org December 2012 Archived March 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Gail Brodsky at the Women's Tennis Association
- Gail Brodsky at the International Tennis Federation
- Gail Brodsky at ESPN.com
- Gail Brodsky on Instagram