Lina Glushko
Lina Glushko (Hebrew: לינה גלושקו; born 12 January 2000) is an Israeli tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 211 in singles, and 296 in doubles.
| Country (sports) |  Israel |
|---|---|
| Residence | Modiin, Israel |
| Born | 12 January 2000 Israel |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | US$122,768 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 175–119 (59.5%) |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 211 (1 August 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 358 (26 February 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| US Open | Q1 (2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 70–72 (49.3%) |
| Career titles | 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 296 (22 May 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 313 (26 February 2024) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 14–13 (51.9%) |
| Last updated on: 26 February 2024. | |
She also represents Israel in the Fed Cup, where she has a win–loss record of 14–13 (as of June 2023).
Biography
Glushko's USSR-born parents Sergio and Olga, sister Julia, and brother Alex immigrated to Israel from Ukraine in 1999, one year before she was born in Israel. She graduated from Ironi Gimel High School in Modiin, Israel.
She served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
She is the younger sister of Julia Glushko (10 years older), who was also a professional tennis player (ranked as high as No. 79 in the world), and with whom she has teamed as a doubles partner. She was coached first by her father, and then by her brother.
Career
In September 2017, Glushko won the inaugural Anna and Michael Kahan Family Prize in Ramat Hasharon, claiming NIS 100,000 in support; Glushko was able to use the money to purchase equipment and to travel abroad for tournaments and training camps. In 2018, she won the $15k Akko hardcourt tournament. In 2021, she won the $25k Kiryat Motzkin hardcourt event. In July 2022, at the $25k Corroios-Seixal hardcourt tournament, while ranked 268, she upset No. 116 Vitalia Diatchenko.
In doubles in 2021, Glushko and Alicia Barnett won the $15k Sharm El Sheikh hardcourt tournament, and she and Shavit Kimchi won the $25k Netanya hardcourt event. In 2023, she and Emina Bektas won the $25k Pretoria hardcourt and the $60k Fukuoka carpet tournament.
Glushko made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg.
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
Current after the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg.
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
| Australian Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| French Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Wimbledon | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| US Open | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| WTA 1000 | |||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Indian Wells Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Miami Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Madrid Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Italian Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Canadian Open | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Cincinnati Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Guadalajara Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Career statistics | |||||
| 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||
| Tournaments | 1 | Career total: 1 | |||
| Titles | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
| Finals | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
| Hardcourt win–loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Clay win–loss | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| Win % | – | Career total: 0% | |||
| Year-end ranking | 293 | 296 | $86,153 | ||
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | ITF Akko, Israel | W15 | Hard |  Caroline Werner | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2019 | ITF Sajur, Israel | W15 | Hard |  Chanel Simmonds | 5–7, 0–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | May 2021 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | W15 | Hard |  Valentina Ryser | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Oct 2021 | ITF Kiryat Motzkin, Israel | W25 | Hard | Joanne Züger | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Feb 2022 | ITF Cancun, Mexico | W25 | Hard |  Darja Semenistaja | 6–4, 6–7(5), 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Apr 2022 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | W60 | Hard |  Anastasia Tikhonova | 7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jul 2022 | ITF Corroios, Portugal | W25 | Hard |  Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Mar 2023 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | W25 | Hard |  Emina Bektas | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(6) |
| Win | 3–6 | Feb 2024 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | W50 | Hard |  Manon Léonard | 6–3, 7–5 |
Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | June 2019 | ITF Netanya, Israel | W15 | Hard | Shelly Bereznyak |  Yekaterina Dmitrichenko  Anastasia Zakharova | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Dec 2019 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | W15 | Clay | Darya Astakhova |  Ilinca Dalina Amariei Alessia Beatrice Ciucă | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Dec 2019 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | W15 | Clay |  Oleksandra Oliynykova |  Dorka Drahota-Szabó  Laura Svatíková | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Apr 2021 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard |  Alicia Barnett | Elena-Teodora Cadar  Olivia Gadecki | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–4 | May 2021 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | W15 | Hard | Shavit Kimchi | Jenny Dürst Nina Stadler | 6–1, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 2–4 | Oct 2021 | ITF Netanya, Israel | W25 | Hard | Shavit Kimchi |  Linda Nosková  Fanny Östlund | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Feb 2022 | ITF Cancun, Mexico | W25 | Hard | Jacqueline Cabaj Awad |  Kateryna Bondarenko  Carol Zhao | 5–7, 7–6(5), [7–10] |
| Win | 3–5 | Mar 2023 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | W25 | Hard | Emina Bektas | Tímea Babos  Georgina García Pérez | 6–3, 4–6, [13–11] |
| Win | 4–5 | May 2023 | ITF Fukuoka, Japan | W60 | Carpet | Emina Bektas |  Ma Yexin Alana Parnaby | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–5 | Feb 2024 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | W50 | Hard | Gabriela Knutson |  Sofia Costoulas Hanne Vandewinkel | 7–6(5), 7–6(4) |
