Evgenia Linetskaya
Evgenia Simonovna Linetskaya (Russian: Евгения Симоновна Линецкая, Hebrew: יבגניה לינצקיה; born 30 November 1986) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.Linetskaya made it to the fourth round of the 2005 Australian Open, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo.Linetskaya was born in Moscow, and is Jewish and plays with a Star of David necklace around her neck.Her mother introduced her to tennis at age 6; she hit balls against school building for practice.Her father's Simon Linetsky is a professor of mathematics with a black belt in karate,[2] and her mother Maria is an artist.