Viktorija Golubic (Serbian: Викторија Голубић, romanized: Viktorija Golubić;[1]pronounced[ʋǐktoːrijaɡolǔbitɕ]; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. On 28 February 2022, she reached her career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 35. On 17 April 2023, she peaked at No. 61 in the doubles rankings. She is the current No. 1 Swiss player.
Golubic has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, three singles WTA Challenger titles, as well as 12 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit so far.
Career
2008–15: ITF Circuit
Golubic started playing on the ITF Women's Circuit at the $10k event in Budapest in June 2008.[2] She played her first two WTA Tour qualifying tournaments at the Hungarian Open and Gastein Ladies in 2010, and made her main-draw debut at the Gastein Ladies in 2013, where she recorded her first WTA Tour win and reached the second round. However, all of her attempts to qualify for a major failed.[3]
2016: Maiden WTA Tour title, top 100
Golubic at the 2016 US Open
After winning her eighth ITF title at the $25k event in Hong Kong,[2] Golubic reached her first Grand Slam main draw at the Australian Open through qualifying and lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round of the tournament.[3] She then reached the quarterfinals of another ITF event before failing to reach the main draw of her next three tournaments.[2][3] At the Katowice Open, Golubic entered the main draw as a qualifier and beat Paula Kania in the first round before losing to Tímea Babos.[3]
Golubic started her grass-court season at the Rosmalen Championships, entering the main draw as a qualifier and defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam and Risa Ozaki en route to her first tour quarterfinal, before losing to Belinda Bencic. Her next two tournaments (the Mallorca Open and Wimbledon) ended in qualifying.[3] She also lost in the first round of her next ITF tournament in Budapest.[2]
In 2017, Golubic could not emulate her results of the previous year. Despite winning only four matches in the first half of the season,[3] she reached a new career-high singles ranking of 51, in April 2017. After that, she started to fall in the ranking and dropped out of the top 100 again.[5] However, she had good results again in the late season. In October, she reached semifinals of the Linz Open, before losing to Magdaléna Rybáriková. It was her first singles semifinal on WTA Tour since October 2016.[3] She then played on the WTA Challenger Tour, where she reached two semifinals, at the Hua Hin Championships and the Taipei Challenger.[3][7]
In the early 2019 season, Golubic reached the quarterfinal of the Thailand Open, where she lost to Tamara Zidanšek. She then won her biggest title since 2016 at the Indian Wells Challenger, saving a championship point against Jennifer Brady in the final.[8] On her way to the title, she knocked out top seed Wang Qiang to mark her first top-20 win since October 2016.[3]
Golubic struggled with form during the following season. Her most significant result came at the $80k Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer in September, when she reached quarterfinals and lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo.[2] She suffered first-round losses at the Australian Open and US Open, while she failed in the qualifying of the French Open.[3] Golubic fell out of the top 100 in late February and finished the year as world No. 137.[5]
2021: Wimbledon quarterfinal & top 50
Ranked world No. 66 at Wimbledon, Golubic reached a quarterfinal of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time defeating en-route two seeded players, 23rd seed American Madison Keys in the fourth round and 29th seed Veronika Kudermetova, plus two more Americans, Danielle Collins and Madison Brengle, respectively. Having won 43 matches already in 2021, Golubic guaranteed herself a top-50 debut with this breakthrough run, moving 18 places to world No. 48 on 12 July 2021, having never passed the third round of this major before.[12][13]
2022–24: Australian Open third round, WTA Tour title
At the 2024 Jiangxi Open, she secured wins over qualifier You Xiaodi,[22] fourth seed Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro[23] and sixth seed Arantxa Rus to reach her first WTA Tour singles semifinal in more than two years.[24][25] She defeated top seed Marie Bouzková to advance to her fifth career final and first since 2021.[26][27] In the final, Golubic defeated second seed Rebecca Šramková in straight sets to claim her second WTA title and first since 2016 and move up to No. 105 in the rankings on 4 November 2024. Having been ranked No. 168 at the beginning of the tournament she became the lowest-ranked champion of the 2024 season.[28][29][30]
National representation
Fed Cup
Playing for Switzerland at the Fed Cup, Golubic has a win–loss record of 11–11 (as of September 2024). During the 2016 Fed Cup semifinals, Golubic earned surprising wins over Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová, defeating both in three sets. Although Switzerland was not able to beat the Czech Republic, Golubic was praised for her performance.[31]
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[33]
^Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
^ abThe first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
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