# Lina Glushko

Lina Glushko (Hebrew: לינה גלושקו; born 12 January 2000) is an Israeli tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 201 in singles and No. 296 in doubles.
She also represents Israel in the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win–loss record of 17–15 (as of June 2024).

## Biography

Glushko's USSR-born parents Sergio and Olga, sister Julia, and brother Alex immigrated to Israel from Ukraine in 1999, one year before she was born in Israel. She graduated from Ironi Gimel High School in Modiin, Israel.
She served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
She is the younger sister of Julia Glushko (10 years older), who was also a professional tennis player (ranked as high as No. 79 in the world), and with whom she has teamed as a doubles partner. She was coached first by her father, and then by her brother.

## Career

In September 2017, Glushko won the inaugural Anna and Michael Kahan Family Prize in Ramat Hasharon, claiming NIS 100,000 in support; Glushko was able to use the money to purchase equipment and to travel abroad for tournaments and training camps. In 2018, she won the $15k Akko hardcourt tournament.
In 2021, she won the $25k Kiryat Motzkin hardcourt event. In doubles, Glushko and Alicia Barnett won the $15k Sharm El Sheikh hardcourt tournament, and she and Shavit Kimchi won the $25k Netanya hardcourt event.
In July 2022, at the $25k Corroios-Seixal hardcourt tournament, while ranked 268, Glushko upset No. 116 Vitalia Diatchenko.
Glushko made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg, losing to Kaja Juvan in the first round.
In 2023, she and Emina Bektas won both the $25k Pretoria hardcourt tournament and the $60k Fukuoka carpet tournament.
In February 2024, she won the W50 Pretoria hardcourt, winning all five of her matches in straight sets, and also won the doubles title, with Gabriela Knutson, without dropping a set.
Having made it through qualifying at the WTA 125 2024 Polish Open, Glushko defeated sixth seed Kateryna Baindl and Carole Monnet to reach the quarterfinals, where her run was ended by Leonie Küng.
She entered the main draw of the WTA 500, the 2024 Monterrey Open as a lucky loser making her debut at this level and defeated qualifier Kateryna Volodko, before losing in the second round to ninth seed Magdalena Fręch in three sets.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

### Singles

Current through the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg.
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| WTA 1000 ||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Open | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Italian Open | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Canadian Open | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Open | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Guadalajara Open | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Career statistics ||||||
| | 2022 | | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Tournaments | 1 | | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 |
| Titles | 0 | | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Finals | 0 | | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Hard win–loss | 0–0 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Clay win–loss | 0–1 | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win % | – | | Career total: 0% | Career total: 0% | Career total: 0% |
| Year-end ranking | 293 | 296 | $86,153 | $86,153 | $86,153 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)

* Legend
* W60 tournaments (0–1)
* W40/50 tournaments (1–1)
* W25 tournaments (1–3)
* W15 tournaments (1–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–7)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | ITF Akko, Israel | W15 | Hard | Caroline Werner | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2019 | ITF Sajur, Israel | W15 | Hard | Chanel Simmonds | 5–7, 0–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | May 2021 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | W15 | Hard | Valentina Ryser | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Oct 2021 | ITF Kiryat Motzkin, Israel | W25 | Hard | Joanne Züger | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Feb 2022 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W25 | Hard | Darja Semenistaja | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Apr 2022 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | W60 | Hard | Anastasia Tikhonova | 7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jul 2022 | ITF Corroios, Portugal | W25 | Hard | Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Mar 2023 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | W25 | Hard | Emina Bektas | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7$^{(6)}$ |
| Win | 3–6 | Feb 2024 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | W50 | Hard | Manon Léonard | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Apr 2024 | ITF Lopota, Georgia | W50 | Hard | Evialina Laskevich | 4–6, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* W60/75 tournaments (1–0)
* W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
* W25 tournaments (2–1)
* W15 tournaments (1–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (5–3)
* Clay (0–2)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | June 2019 | ITF Netanya, Israel | W15 | Hard | Shelly Bereznyak | Yekaterina Dmitrichenko Anastasia Zakharova | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Dec 2019 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | W15 | Clay | Darya Astakhova | Ilinca Dalina Amariei Alessia Beatrice Ciucă | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Dec 2019 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | W15 | Clay | Oleksandra Oliynykova | Dorka Drahota-Szabó Laura Svatíková | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Apr 2021 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Alicia Barnett | Elena-Teodora Cadar Olivia Gadecki | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–4 | May 2021 | ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel | W15 | Hard | Shavit Kimchi | Jenny Dürst Nina Stadler | 6–1, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 2–4 | Oct 2021 | ITF Netanya, Israel | W25 | Hard | Shavit Kimchi | Linda Nosková Fanny Östlund | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Feb 2022 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W25 | Hard | Jacqueline Cabaj Awad | Kateryna Bondarenko Carol Zhao | 5–7, 7–6$^{(5)}$, [7–10] |
| Win | 3–5 | Mar 2023 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | W25 | Hard | Emina Bektas | Tímea Babos Georgina García Pérez | 6–3, 4–6, [13–11] |
| Win | 4–5 | May 2023 | Fukuoka International, Japan | W60 | Carpet | Emina Bektas | Ma Yexin Alana Parnaby | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–5 | Feb 2024 | ITF Pretoria, South Africa | W50 | Hard | Gabriela Knutson | Sofia Costoulas Hanne Vandewinkel | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 7–6$^{(4)}$ |
| Win | 6–5 | Sep 2024 | ITF Féminin Le Neubourg, France | W75 | Hard | Anastasia Tikhonova | Julia Avdeeva Ekaterina Maklakova | 6–3, 6–1 |