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2007-08 Women's Tennis

Julia Koulbitskaya

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool American Heritage (FL)
  • Hometown Locust Valley, N.Y.

Biography

2007-08: 2008 NCAA Doubles Championship qualifier with partner Ekaterina Kosminskaya ... Second-team All-Ivy in doubles with Kosminskaya ... Honorable mention All-Ivy in singles ... Went 18-8 in singles play ... Was 9-3 in the fall and 9-5 in the spring ... Played the majority of her spring matches at the No. 3 position ... Finished season 29-6 in doubles play ... Was 15-2 in the fall and 14-4 in the spring ... Played majority of her spring matches at the No. 1 position ... Went 6-1 in Ivy doubles matches ... Had an 8-6 win over #23 Karolina Soor and Kellie Schmitt of Marshall (3/22) ... Combined with Kosminskaya for two fall doubles championships ... Won the William & Mary Invitational (9/13-9/15) and the Cissie Leary Invitational (9/21-9/23) going 8-0 over the course of the two tournaments ... Advanced to the semifinals of the USTA NTC College Tennis Invitational (10/6-10/8) at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York with partner Yulia Rivelis ... Finished the fall by advancing to the semifinals of the Wilson/ITA East Regional with Kosminskaya.

2006-07: First-team All-Ivy, singles ... Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area ... Posted an overall record of 20-10 in singles, playing mostly at Nos. 2 and 3 ... Went 7-4 in the fall and 13-6 in the spring ... Had two six-match win streaks throughout the spring, from Jan. 27 to Feb. 24 and from April 6-21 ... Went 6-1 in singles Ivy play in the spring ... Posted an overall doubles record of 16-16, going 7-5 in the fall and 9-11 in the spring, playing at No. 2 ... Went 3-4 in Ivy League doubles matches ... Earned a 9-8(4) win in the first round of the NCAA Team Championship with partner Lenka Snajdrova, over Sierra Poske and Christine Simpson of 20th-ranked Wake Forest (5/11).

2005-06 - Named first-team All-Ivy in singles and doubles ... Finished the season 17-10 in singles, 11-6 in the spring and 5-2 in Ivy League play ... Played at the No. 2 position in singles ... Went 17-11 in doubles, 12-6 in the spring and 5-2 in the Ivy League ... Advanced to the semifinal of the William & Mary Invitational losing to North Carolina's Austin Smith (9/20) ... Teamed with Yulia Rivelis to advance to the final at the William and Mary Invitational (9/20) ... Paired with Rivelis to win back-to-back matches over UC Irvine (3/5) and Arizona (3/8) ... Won four consecutive Ivy matches from Apr. 8-15 ... Finished Ivy play winning three consecutive doubles matches ... Along with Rivelis, defeated opponents from Tennessee 8-4 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (5/12).

2004-05 - Named first-team All-Ivy, doubles and second-team All-Ivy, singles ... Finished with a 17-13 overall singles record and a 13-12 doubles mark ... Had an 8-11 singles record in spring play, including a 3-4 Ivy record at No. 1 and 2 ... With Shelah Chao, had a 4-2 doubles mark in Ivy League play ... Fell in singles final of the Cissie Leary Invitational, her first collegiate event ...  In doubles action, advanced to the semifinals of the USTA/NTC Invitational and the ITA Eastern Regional with fellow freshman Michelle Mitchell ... Advanced to theRound of 16 at the USTA/NTC Invitational ... Defeated three opponents for a spot in the semifinals of the ITA Eastern Regional before falling to No. 50 Courtney Bergman of Harvard ... Was ranked No. 84 after the fall season and moved to No. 81 to open the spring.

Prior to Penn - Letterwinner at American Heritage ... Received school’s Athletic Spirit Award as a senior ... Member of state championship team as a senior ... State champion in doubles and individual second position as a senior ... In 2003, ranked No. 37 in United States Tennis Association (USTA) G18, No. 6 in USTA G16, No. 1 in Eastern G18, No. 278 in International Tennis Federation singles, No. 159 ITF doubles ... Ranked No. 15 in USTA G14 in 2001 ... Winner of Bloomsburg ITA college tennis summer circuit in 2004 ... 2004 Georgetown ITA winner ... G18 doubles finalist on USTA International grass courts in 2004 ... 2003 G18 singles and doubles semifinalist, ITF G4 ... Singles Round of 16, doubles quarterfinalist at Super National Clay Court Championships, 2003 ... Doubles finalist at Condor de Plata in Bolivia in 2003 ... G18 singles semifinalist at USTA Franklin Winter Championships in 2003 ... Received English Department Award.

Personal - Daughter of Marina Koulbitskaya and Alexander Esman ... Mother and father are both professional figure skaters ... Mother is a two-time bronze medalist of the Soviet Union ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2004-05Freshman

  • 2005-06Sophomore

  • 2006-07Junior

  • 2007-08Senior