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Julia Abe

{{Short description|German tennis player (born 1976)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Julia Abe

| image =

| country_represented = {{GER}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|5|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bielefeld, West Germany

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height =

| plays = Right-handed (two-handed Backhand)

| careerprizemoney = $131,723

| singlesrecord =

| singlestitles = 0 WTA, 3 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 111 (10 January 2000)

| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (2000)

| FrenchOpenresult = 2R (2000)

| doublesrecord =

| doublestitles = 0 WTA, 4 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 139 (10 April 2000)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1999)

}}

Julia Abe (born 21 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Biography

A right-handed player from Bielefeld, Abe was coached during her career by her father Wolfgang.{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/was-haenschen-nicht-lernt-lernt-julia-nur-schwer/77610.html|title=Was Hänschen nicht lernt, lernt Julia nur schwer|date=5 May 1999|work=Tagesspiegel|language=German|accessdate=12 June 2018}}

Abe turned professional at the age of 19 and won two ITF singles titles in her first year on the ITF circuit in 1996.

Her best performances on the WTA Tour were quarterfinals appearances at the 1998 Intersport Grand Prix in Hamburg and the 1999 Nokia Cup in Prostějov, both as a qualifier.

Ranked a career best 111 in the world at the beginning of 2000, she received direct entry into the Australian Open main draw, where she lost in the first round to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/tennis/608398.stm|title=Williams survives scare|date=18 January 2000|work=BBC News|accessdate=12 June 2018}}

At the 2000 French Open she had to compete in qualifying and made her way through to the main draw. She defeated Marion Maruska in the first round, then challenged top seed Martina Hingis in the second round, before going down 4–6, 5–7, having served for the second set.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/tennis/772989.stm|title=Hingis struggles against qualifier|date=1 June 2000|work=BBC News|accessdate=12 June 2018}} This was her final appearance on tour.

ITF finals

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| $100,000 tournaments

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| $75,000 tournaments

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| $50,000 tournaments

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| $25,000 tournaments

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| $10,000 tournaments

=Singles (3–3)=

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!Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| 21 April 1996

| Gelos, France

| Clay

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Laurence Garcia-Clement

| 6–0, 6–4

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 15 July 1996

| Darmstadt, Germany

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ROU}} Raluca Sandu

| 6–2, 6–3

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3.

| 28 June 1997

| Bordeaux, France

| Clay

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuelle Curutchet

| 6–7, 3–6

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4.

| 3 August 1997

| Horb, Germany

| Clay

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Anna Földényi

| 4–6, 1–6

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5.

| 8 February 1998

| Mallorca, Spain

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Lourdes Domínguez Lino

| 2–6, 3–6

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 6.

| 3 October 1999

| Tbilisi, Georgia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|BLR}} Tatiana Poutchek

| 6–2, 6–0

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| NP

| 7.

| 10 October 1999

| Batumi, Georgia

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Katalin Marosi

| NP

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!Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| 11 February 1996

| Mallorca, Spain

| Clay

| {{flagicon|GER}} Anke Roos

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Nuria Llagostera
{{flagicon|ESP}} Laura Pena

| 6–4, 6–2

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 3 August 1997

| Horb, Germany

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Renee Reid

| {{flagicon|ROU}} Magda Mihalache
{{flagicon|ROU}} Alice Pirsu

| 6–3, 6–3

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| 23 November 1997

| Deauville, France

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Lubomira Bacheva

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Katalin Marosi
{{flagicon|GER}} Caroline Schneider

| 6–2, 6–4

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4.

| 5 July 1998

| Vaihingen, Germany

| Clay

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Lubomira Bacheva

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Laurence Courtois
{{flagicon|CRO}} Maja Murić

| 1–6, 4–6

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5.

| 2 April 2000

| Norcross, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|ISR}} Tzipora Obziler

| {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Lee
{{flagicon|RSA}} Jessica Steck

| 5–7, 7–6(4), 6–4

References

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External links

  • {{WTA}}
  • {{ITF}}

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Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:German female tennis players

Category:Sportspeople from Bielefeld

Category:Tennis players from Detmold (region)