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Julia Olegovna Vakulenko ((ウクライナ語:Юлія Оле́гівна Вакуленко)) (born July 10, 1983 in Yalta) is a retired Ukraine-born female tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of No. 31 on January 14, 2008. In April, 2008, Vakulenko renounced her Ukrainian citizenship announcing her decision to acquire the citizenship of Spain where she's lived for the last ten years.〔(Известная теннисистка отказалась от украинского гражданства ), ''korrespondent.net'', April 23, 2008〕〔(Tennis - One of Ukraine's top players, Yulia Vakulenko, has opted to take out Spanish citizenship ), ''Reuters'', Apr 23, 2008〕 ==Career== At the 2006 French Open, Vakulenko reached the third round. At Wimbledon 2006, she had to pull out during the first round due to injury. Julia became Kim Clijsters' last opponent in her professional career (before Clijsters' return in 2009). Julia won 7–6(3), 6–3 in the second round of J&S Cup in Warsaw, Poland on May 3, 2007. This earned her the nickname "Kimmie Killer". A week later, Julia defeated World No. 3 Amélie Mauresmo at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 (her career best) and then defeated Dinara Safina 6–3, 5–7, 6–3, before retiring in the first set in the semi-finals to eventual champion Ana Ivanovic due to an injury. On August 28, 2007, in the first round of the US Open, Julia defeated number nine seed Daniela Hantuchová 6–4, 3–6, 6–1. She eventually reached the fourth round, her best performance at a major yet, before falling to Ágnes Szávay. At the final event of the season, the Bell Challenge held in Quebec City, Canada, Julia reached the first WTA final of her career. En route she beat Rossana de los Ríos, home favourite Stéphanie Dubois, Olga Govortsova and surprise package Julie Ditty. In the final, she lost to three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–1, who was playing in only her third event since giving birth. After changing of her citizenship from Ukrainian to Spanish in April, 2008, she plans to play for the Spain in the Fed Cup but she wasn't able to compete in 2008 Olympics due to lack of time to be included in Spain's application.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julia Vakulenko」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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