Julia Boserup

Julia Boserup
	Boserup at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Newport Beach, California
Born	September 9, 1991 (age 30); Santa Monica, California
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2006
Retired	2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$663,898
Singles
Career record	212–218212–218 (49.3%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 80 (June 26, 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	1R (2017)
Wimbledon	3R (2016)
US Open	1R (2017)
Doubles
Career record	48–7048–70 (40.7%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 218 (October 23, 2017)

Julia Boserup (born September 9, 1991) is an American retired tennis player of Danish descent.

Boserup began playing tennis at age six, after her mother, a native of Denmark, enrolled her in group tennis lessons. She was home schooled in high school, which allowed her to focus more time on her tennis career which began in 2006.^[1]

In 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 80,^[2] whilst her best doubles ranking was No. 218.^[3]^[4]

However, she suffered from injuries, and in May 2019, she announced her retirement.^[5]

Junior accomplishments[]

Boserup won the USTA Orange Bowl in 2008, outlasting fellow American Christina McHale in three sets, in the final match.^[6]

Professional career[]

In her professional career, Boserup has competed mainly on the ITF Women's Circuit where has won three singles titles and one doubles title. After qualifying, Boserup made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, where she defeated Tatjana Maria in the first round. In the second round, she triumphed over Belinda Bencic due to a second set retirement before she was beaten by Elena Vesnina. In 2011, she competed as a qualifier in the US Open, losing in the first qualifying round to Elitsa Kostova. In early 2012, she also competed as a qualifier at the Australian Open, winning two matches before falling in the third round of qualifying.^[7]

Boserup reached the third round of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and in 2017 she defeated French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the first round of the Australian Open. In 2014, Julia reached the quarterfinals of the WTA Tour event in Monterrey, Mexico, defeating world No. 24, Kirsten Flipkens, in the first round.^[8]

ITF finals[]

Singles: 6 (3–3)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 July 2011	Waterloo Challenger, Canada	Clay	Sharon Fichman	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	1.	13 September 2011	ITF Redding, United States	Hard	Olga Puchkova	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	30 October 2011	Saguenay Challenger, Canada	Hard (i)	Tímea Babos	6–7, 3–6
Winner	2.	30 January 2012	ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Lauren Davis	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	13 July 2014	Sacramento Challenger, United States	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	2–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	11 May 2015	ITF Raleigh, United States	Clay	Samantha Crawford	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (1–3)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 October 2009	ITF Kansas, United States	Hard	Laura Granville	Lilia Osterloh Anna Tatishvili	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	8 November 2010	ITF Phoenix, United States	Hard	Sloane Stephens	Tetiana Luzhanska CoCo Vandeweghe	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	4 November 2013	ITF Captiva Island, United States	Hard	Alexandra Mueller	Gabriela Dabrowski Allie Will	1–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	28 September 2015	ITF Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Sanaz Marand	6–3, 6–4