Olga Fridman

Olga Fridman
	At the 2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Full name	Olga Olehivna Fridman
Native name	Ольга Фрідман ; אולגה פרידמן
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Kyiv, Ukraine
Born	30 September 1998 (age 26); Kyiv
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$30,397
Singles
Career record	83–37
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 231 (23 May 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2013)
French Open Junior	1R (2014)
US Open Junior	3R (2014)
Doubles
Career record	3–4
Career titles	0
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2015)
French Open Junior	1R (2014)
US Open Junior	QF (2014)

Olga Olehivna Fridman (Ukrainian: Ольга Олегівна Фрідман; Hebrew: אולגה פרידמן; born 30 September 1998) is a Ukrainian-Israeli former professional tennis player and the 2015 female Israeli tennis champion.

As a junior, Fridman has a career-high world ranking of 12, achieved on 24 March 2014. She has a career-high singles ranking of 231 by the WTA, achieved on 23 May 2016, and she won two singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Early and personal life

Fridman was born to a wealthy family in Kyiv, the daughter of Ukrainian-Israeli oligarch Oleg Fridman.^[1]^[2] Although she represented Ukraine internationally, Fridman also holds Israeli citizenship.^[2]

In December 2015, she had lived in Israel in recent years, and said: "I’d really like to represent Israel, but at the moment it depends on my parents. I really love the country and I believe it will eventually happen."^[2]

Tennis career

Fridman made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Baku Cup in the doubles event, partnering Elizaveta Ianchuk.

She became the 2015 national champion at the age of 17, beating world No. 126, Julia Glushko, 6–2, 6–2 in the final of the Israeli championship.^[2]

In January 2016, she made it to the final of the $25k event in Daytona Beach, where she was defeated by Ons Jabeur, in three sets.^[3]

The last tournament Fridman played was a $25k event in Florida, in January 2017.

ITF finals

Singles (2–2)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	2 August 2014	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Ye Qiuyu	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1.	13 December 2014	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Marta Paigina	1–6, 6–2, 6–7⁽³⁾
Win	2.	25 October 2015	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	2.	17 January 2016	ITF Daytona Beach, United States	Clay	Ons Jabeur	6–0, 2–6, 4–6