Introduction
Gail Brodsky (born June 5, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player.
Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 182, reached on March 19, 2012. On May 2, 2011, she peaked at No. 348 in the doubles rankings. On the ITF Circuit, she has won six singles titles and two doubles titles. She won the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s national title.
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. As a youth, she trained on public courts in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. She and her husband and two children live in Kirkland, Washington.
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. 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. 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.
In 2007 and 2010, she won the Ojai Tennis Tournament in women's singles. 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.
She has also won the 2010 Landisville (w/A. Mueller) and the 2018 Victoria (w/B. Boren) doubles titles.
ITF Circuit finals
| Legend |
|---|
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10/15,000 tournaments |
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Jul 2010 | ITF Gausdal, Norway | 10,000 | Hard | Victoria Larrière | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | Oct 2010 | ITF Porto, Portugal | 10,000 | Clay | Karolina Nowak | 7–5, 6–1 | |
| Win | Jan 2011 | ITF Gosier, France | 10,000 | Hard | Sachia Vickery | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 | |
| Win | Jul 2011 | ITF La Coruña, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Alexandra Panova | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | Jan 2012 | Clay Court Championships, U.S. | 25,000 | Hard | Grace Min | 6–2, 2–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Jan 2012 | ITF Plantation, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Lauren Davis | 4–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | Jun 2015 | ITF Victoria, Canada | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Naomi Totka | 3–6, 6–2, 7–6 | |
| Win | Jun 2018 | ITF Victoria, Canada | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Maegan Manasse | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Win | Jul 2018 | Ashland Classic, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Maegan Manasse | 4–6, 6–1, 6–0 |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 23 May 2010 | ITF Landisville, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Alexandra Mueller | Dianne Hollands Tiffany Welford | 4–6, 7–5, [10–2] | |
| Loss | 2 October 2010 | ITF Porto, Portugal | 10,000 | Clay | Alexandra Riley | Ulrikke Eikeri Lena-Marie Hofmann | 7–6, 6–7, [5–10] | |
| Win | 24 June 2018 | ITF Victoria, Canada | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Brynn Boren | Safiya Carrington Alana Smith | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 23 June 2019 | ITF Denver, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Brynn Boren | Vladica Babić Hayley Carter | 2–6, 3–6 |