Olga Fridman


Olga Olehivna Fridman is a Ukrainian-Israeli 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. Fridman has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 231, achieved on 23 May 2016. She has won two ITF singles titles.

Early and personal life

Friedman was born to a wealthy family in Kiev, the daughter of Ukrainian-Israeli oligarch Oleg Fridman. Although she represents Ukraine internationally, Fridman also holds Israeli citizenship.

Tennis career

Fridman has a career-high juniors ranking of 12, achieved on 24 March 2014.
She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 231, achieved on 23 May 2016. She has won two ITF singles titles.
Fridman made her WTA main-draw debut at the 2015 Baku Cup in the doubles event partnering Elizaveta Ianchuk.
She became the 2015 champion of Israel at the age of 17, beating world No. 126 Julia Glushko 6–2, 6–2 in the finals of the Israeli championship.
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."
In January 2016, she made it to the final of the $25,000 ITF event in Daytona Beach, where she was defeated by Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 0–6, 6–2, 6–4.
The last tournament she played was a $25,000 ITF event in Florida in January 2017.

ITF finals: 5 (2–3)

Singles: 4 (2–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.2 August 2014İstanbul, TurkeyHard Ye Qiuyu7–5, 6–4
Runner-up1.13 December 2014Tel Aviv, IsraelHard Marta Paigina1–6, 6–2, 6–7
Winner2.25 October 2015Joué-lès-Tours, FranceHard Kristýna Plíšková6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up2.17 January 2016Daytona Beach, United StatesClay Ons Jabeur6–0, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.4 July 2014Prokuplje, SerbiaClay Elizaveta Ianchuk Lina Gjorcheska
Alexandra Nancarrow		4–6, 6–7