Gail Brodsky

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Gail Brodsky
Gail Brodsky, Cagnes.JPG
Brodsky at the 2011 Open Cagnes-sur-Mer
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Brooklyn, United States
Born (1991-06-05) June 5, 1991 (age 32)
Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$179,263
Singles
Career record188–136 (58.0%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 182 (March 19, 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q1 (2012)
Wimbledon Q1 (2012)
US Open 1R (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record47–73 (39.2%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 348 (May 2, 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open 1R (2008, 2009)

Gail Brodsky (born June 5, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player.

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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
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2010ITF Gausdal, Norway10,000Hard Flag of France.svg Victoria Larrière 3–6, 4–6
Win1–1Oct 2010ITF Porto, Portugal10,000Clay Flag of Germany.svg Karolina Nowak7–5, 6–1
Win2–1Jan 2011ITF Gosier, France10,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Sachia Vickery 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win3–1Jul 2011ITF La Coruña, Spain25,000Clay Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Panova 6–3, 6–4
Loss3–2Jan 2012 Clay Court Championships, U.S.25,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Grace Min 6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Loss3–3Jan 2012ITF Plantation, United States25,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Davis 4–6, 1–6
Win4–3Jun 2015ITF Victoria, Canada10,000Hard (i) Flag of Hungary.svg Naomi Totka3–6, 6–2, 7–6(3)
Win5–3Jun 2018ITF Victoria, Canada10,000Hard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Maegan Manasse 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win6–3 Jul 2018 Ashland Classic, United States60,000Hard Flag of the United States.svg Maegan Manasse4–6, 6–1, 6–0

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.23 May 2010ITF Landisville, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Alexandra Mueller Flag of New Zealand.svg Dianne Hollands
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tiffany Welford 		4–6, 7–5, [10–2]
Runner-up1.2 October 2010ITF Porto, PortugalClay Flag of the United States.svg Alexandra Riley Flag of Norway.svg Ulrikke Eikeri
Flag of Germany.svg Lena-Marie Hofmann		7–6(4), 6–7(5), [5–10]
Winner2.24 June 2018ITF Victoria, CanadaHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Brynn Boren Flag of the United States.svg Safiya Carrington
Flag of the United States.svg Alana Smith 		6–1, 6–2
Runner-up2.23 June 2019ITF Denver, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Brynn Boren Flag of Montenegro.svg Vladica Babić
Flag of the United States.svg Hayley Carter 		2–6, 3–6

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