Gail Brodsky

Gail Brodsky (born June 5, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. She won the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s national title.

Gail Brodsky
Brodsky at the 2011 Open Cagnes-sur-Mer
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBrooklyn, United States
Born (1991-06-05) June 5, 1991
Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$179,263
Singles
Career record188–136 (58.0%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 182 (March 19, 2012)
Current rankingNo. 775 (February 22, 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ1 (2012)
WimbledonQ1 (2012)
US Open1R (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record47–73 (39.2%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 348 (May 2, 2011)
Current rankingNo. 717 (February 22, 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2008, 2009)
Last updated on: February 22, 2021.

Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 182, reached on March 19, 2012. Her career-high doubles ranking is 348, reached on May 2, 2011.[1] On the ITF Circuit, she has won six singles titles and two doubles titles.[1]

Career

Brodsky was born in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, to Eduard and Julia, moved to Ocean Parkway across the street from Coney Island Hospital in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, when she was six, and is Jewish.[2][3][4][1] As a youth, she trained on public courts in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn.[5] She and her husband and two children live in Kirkland, Washington.[4]

She won the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s national title, defeating Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, and CoCo Vandeweghe, the 2017 US Open semifinalist, at 17 years of age.[3][4] She thus earned a wild card to the 2008 US Open, where she lost in the first round, 5–7, 3–6, to world No. 14, Agnes Szavay.[4][5] She was also given a wildcard into the 2009 US Open, where she lost in the first round 4–6, 4–6 to Anabel Medina Garrigues.

She said: “I grew up with a lot of pressure and not a lot of passion for the sport.” Her parents were strict about her diet and other aspects of her life; it was only after she broke all contact with them (she says: “it wasn’t a healthy situation”), at age 17, that she tasted her first French fry.[6]

In 2007 and 2010, she won the Ojai Tennis Tournament in women's singles.[7] She also won the 2010 $10k Porto, 2011 $10k Gosier and $25k La Coruna, 2015 $10k Victoria, and 2018 $15k Victoria and $60k Ashland singles titles.[1]

She has also won the 2010 Landisville (w/A. Mueller) and the 2018 Victoria (w/B. Boren) doubles titles.[1]

ITF Circuit finals
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2010 ITF Gausdal, Norway 10,000 Hard Victoria Larrière 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2010 ITF Porto, Portugal 10,000 Clay Karolina Nowak 7–5, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jan 2011 ITF Gosier, France 10,000 Hard Sachia Vickery 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win 3–1 Jul 2011 ITF La Coruña, Spain 25,000 Clay Alexandra Panova 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Jan 2012 ITF Palm Harbor, U.S. 25,000 Hard Grace Min 6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Jan 2012 ITF Plantation, U.S. 25,000 Clay Lauren Davis 4–6, 1–6
Win 4–3 Jun 2015 ITF Victoria, Canada 10,000 Hard (i) Naomi Totka 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(3)
Win 5–3 Jun 2018 ITF Victoria, Canada 10,000 Hard (i) Maegan Manasse 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–3 Jul 2018 ITF Ashland, United States 60,000 Hard Maegan Manasse 4–6, 6–1, 6–0

Doubles: 4 (2–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 23 May 2010 ITF Landisville, United States Hard Alexandra Mueller Dianne Hollands
Tiffany Welford		 4–6, 7–5, [10–2]
Runner-up 1. 2 October 2010 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Alexandra Riley Ulrikke Eikeri
Lena-Marie Hofmann		 7–6(4), 6–7(5), [5–10]
Winner 2. 24 June 2018 ITF Victoria, Canada Hard (i) Brynn Boren Safiya Carrington
Alana Smith		 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 23 June 2019 ITF Denver, United States Hard Brynn Boren Vladica Babić
Hayley Carter		 2–6, 3–6

See also

References
  1. "Gail BRODSKY"
  2. x, csjl.org.
  3. "Former Jewish phenom Brodsky back in the swing of things". The Jerusalem Post.
  4. "Gail Brodsky trying to put herself back on the tennis map". ESPN. August 1, 2018.
  5. GRACE, MELISSA. "Despite loss, Brooklyn tennis phenom takes heart in U.S. Open debut". nydailynews.com.
  6. Lewak, Doree (August 22, 2018). "Former tennis phenom launches improbable comeback at US Open". New York Post.
  7. http://ojaitourney.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Past_Champions-070513.pdf
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