Julia Schruff is a professional German tennis player. Her career high WTA-ranking was attained on 17 April 2006, when she reached No. 52. Her highest doubles ranking was reached on 2 October 2006, when she reached No. 99. She enjoyed her breakthrough in 2003 when she reached the final at the Estoril Open in Portugal as a qualifier. During her career, she has beaten two Top 10-ranked players so far ? Anastasia Myskina at the 2005 Qatar Total German Open and Elena Dementieva at the 2006 Australian Open. She also has notched wins against top players such as Jelena Jankovi?, Katarina Srebotnik, Flavia Pennetta, Jelena Doki?, Elena Likhovtseva and Alona Bondarenko. Schruff has won her first ITF tournament in Latina, Lazio, where she defeated fellow German Andrea Petkovic in the final. [More at Wikipedia]

August 16th, 1982 in Augsburg (Age 42)