[31] She has been known to struggle with volleying at the net, but has good reactions and can accelerate well across the court to deal with short balls. Svitolina subsequently lost in the fourth round to Ekaterina Makarova, who beat her at the same tournament the prior year. Seeded sixth at the Australian Open, she defeated qualifier Viktorija Golubic, Viktória Kužmová, Zhang Shuai, and 17th seed Madison Keys to make her second consecutive quarterfinal at the Australian Open. She overcame Kateřina Siniaková in a rain-interrupted three-set encounter, before easing past Evgeniya Rodina and Shelby Rogers to reach the round of 16 at the US Open for the first time. She then started her campaign at the French Open as one of the favourites to win the tournament. Rybakina grabbed a break in the sixth game when Hibino netted a forehand, confirming the advantage with an ace and sealing the opener with a hold at love in game nine for a 6-3 after 37 minutes. She also has six wins over a world No. At the Australian Open, Svitolina reached the third round, and won the first set against world No. Svitolina reached her first Premier-5 semifinal in the first edition of the WTA tournament in Wuhan, defeating Camila Giorgi, Sabine Lisicki, Garbiñe Muguruza via walkover, and Angelique Kerber before losing to Petra Kvitová in the semifinals. Elina Svitólina (en ucraniano: Еліна Світоліна, Odesa, 12 de septiembre de 1994) es una tenista ucraniana. By continuing to browse our website, you agree to our use of cookies. Top 10 players Elina Svitolina, Kiki Bertens opt out of US Open The WTA's No. The win propelled her to a career high of No. 1 to her name, three over Kerber, two over Halep and one over Serena Williams. STRASBOURG, France-- No.2 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine claimed a spot in her second WTA singles final of the season with a hard-fought 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win over No.4 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus at the Internationaux de Strasbourg on an overcast Friday. The victory over Kerber signified her third win over a number-one-ranked player in five months. Es hija de Mijailo Svitolin y Elena, y tiene un hermano, Julian. Her favourite surfaces are grass and clay,[5] although she is yet to reach a singles final on grass. She began her grass-court season with a run to the quarterfinals of Birmingham, losing again to Buzărnescu. At Wimbledon, she beat Naomi Broady in straight sets before being upset by Yaroslava Shvedova. As the 17th seed at Wimbledon, she came from a set down to beat Misaki Doi, who had beaten her at the same stage the previous year, before again losing in the second round to Australian Casey Dellacqua. Her good form continued at the last Premier event of the season in Moscow, where she reached the semifinals, her third in four tournaments, before bowing out to eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. After losing in her opening round at both Birmingham and Eastbourne, Svitolina proceeded to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon with victories over Daria Gavrilova, Margarita Gasparyan, Maria Sakkari, Petra Martić and Karolína Muchová, becoming the first Ukrainian ever to do so. She subsequently returned to her career-high ranking position of number three. Rankings History for Svitolina reached her third consecutive semifinal of the year at Indian Wells. Svitolina finished the season ranked 14th, with an impressive 13–5 win-loss record following the US Open. [7] She has said that in her early career she turned down offers to change her citizenship in exchange for "large financial sums".[4]. Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (Ukrainian: Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, pronounced [eˈl⁽ʲ⁾inɐ s⁽ʲ⁾wiˈtɔl⁽ʲ⁾inɐ], svih-TOH-lih-nah;[2] born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Svitolina qualified for the US Open. In the absence of the top seed Karolina Pliskova, who withdrew from this WTA International event after reaching the final at the Italian Open, World No. Get the latest Player Stats on Elina Svitolina including her videos, highlights, and more at the official Women's Tennis Association website. Svitolina's clay-court season began with back-to-back opening round losses to Pauline Parmentier in Madrid and to Victoria Azarenka in Rome, where she was the two-time defending champion and had held a match point leading in the final set. In doubles, Svitolina has won two titles, both at the İstanbul Cup, in 2014 and 2015. Ranking WTA. We use cookies to provide our services and for analytics and marketing. Svitolina led by a set and 5–1 and held a match point against the 2014 finalist, but lost in three sets (the third set at love). She began the new season at the Brisbane International where she reached the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Maria Sharapova. WTA Live Scores. Her serve improved in 2016 and 2017, and she became one of the leaders of service points won in 2018. She won the WTA 125K Royal Indian Open title in Pune, defeating Andreja Klepač, Rutuja Bhosale, Luksika Kumkhum, former top 10 player Andrea Petkovic, and Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in the final. The victory propelled her to a career high ranking of 21. At the Australian Open, Svitolina defeated two-time Grand Slam champion and three-time Australian Open quarterfinalist Svetlana Kuznetsova in the opening round in straight sets. Svitolina has a 33–37 (47%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10 as of November 3, 2019. Svitolina's 11th career title came after a successful defence of her crown in Dubai, where she brushed aside Daria Kasatkina in the final. She faced qualifier Ivana Jorović and won in straight sets. Playing on a high level, Aryna had the advantage in set number two, serving well and earning a break in game seven following a massive forehand error from Svitolina. 1, Angelique Kerber, in the quarterfinals, before losing to eventual champion Karolína Plíšková in the following round. Her semi-final match against Belinda Bencic was cut short when Bencic retired with a leg injury down 4–1 in the final set, meaning that Svitolina would advance to the final for the second year in succession, as well as her first final since winning the title in 2018. There, she was defeated by Caroline Garcia on a final-set tiebreak. 1 Justine Henin to her coaching team. Svitolina progressed through her first three matches with relative ease, defeating Yaroslava Shvedova, Tsvetana Pironkova and Magda Linette respectively. The 28-year-old Magda Linette also tasted title glory earlier this year, at the WTA International tournament in Hua Hin. 5 and No. [9] Svitolina also reached the final of the girls' singles event at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, where she lost to Eugenie Bouchard. As the top seed at a tournament for the first time in Bogotá, Svitolina reached the semifinals, defeating Louisa Chirico, Danka Kovinić and Irina Falconi, before losing to eventual champion Teliana Pereira. [23] Svitolina was then upset in the first round of Wimbledon by recent Mallorca champion Tatjana Maria. Career finals Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR Singles Grand Slam – – – – Summer Olympics – – – – WTA Tour Championships 1 1 2 0.50 WTA Elite Trophy This is a list of career statistics of Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina since her professional debut in 2010. [4], Svitolina officially still resides in Kharkiv but trains abroad, which limits her presence in Odessa and/or Kharkiv,[4] and also has a residence in London. Svitolina was seeded 11th at the Australian Open, her highest seeding to date. The two-time French Open quarterfinalist played her first tournament post-pandemic at the Italian capital. She continued her successful start to the clay-court season by winning her third career title and first on clay in Marrakech, recovering from 2–5 down in the opening set to defeat Tímea Babos in straight sets. The Asian swing proved to be fruitful for Svitolina, reaching the semifinals of both Tokyo, where she was defeated by Naomi Osaka, and Beijing, her first semifinal at Premier-Mandatory level, losing to eventual champion Agnieszka Radwańska. ITF Live Scores. 1 and eventual champion, Serena Williams, before losing in three sets. Svitolina would finally reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships and followed it up with a second consecutive semifinal at the 2019 US Open. The difference is that Svitolina's accuracy level is higher, and that will likely give her the edge in this match. Tennis - Svitolina battled past both Sabalenka and rain to advance ino the title clash Home Tennis News On the WTA results with The 21-year-old Elena Rybakina is … Every week receive player features, tournament news, and WTA Insider content with the WTA First Serve newsletter. She then had two straight-sets wins over qualifier and compatriot Marta Kostyuk and Denisa Allertová to advance to her first Australian Open quarterfinal where she was upset by Belgian Elise Mertens in straight sets.[20]. She failed to defend her title, however, losing in straight sets to Ashleigh Barty. 1, 2020 Roland Garros: Coco Gauff continues with her upsets, Venus Williams exits, On this day: Roger Federer loses bronze medal match in Sydney, Roland Garros 2020: Serena Williams' TRAINING SESSION for her first round match, Roland Garros 2020: Andy Murray vs Stan Wawrinka's MATCH-POINT, Rafael Nadal: 'Novak Djokovic beat me a lot of times', Rafael Nadal is “very impressive” - Halep's coach after watching him on Center Court, Petra Kvitova set to play Connecticut Open. 1, Ana Ivanovic, in straight sets. Help center. The Ukrainian was clearly nowhere near the form that brought her the trophy at Monterrey before the tour came to a standstill. After defeating two top-5 players en route in Karolína Plíšková and Garbiñe Muguruza, she faced off against Simona Halep, whom she defeated in three sets to claim the title. Will be used in accordance to our Privacy Policy. As a result, her ranking was propelled back up to 15, one place shy of her career high, and guaranteed her a place in Zhuhai for the second year running. Svitolina's struggles with form continued into the Asian swing, with back-to-back opening round losses to eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka in Wuhan, and Aleksandra Krunić in Beijing, despite opening up a 6–0, 3–0 lead in the latter match. Reside en Járkov (Ucrania). [8] She reached her first professional singles final at the $25,000 tournament in Kharkiv in May 2010. The Hobart champion claimed 21 victories in January and February before the coronavirus outbreak, regaining that form slowly and playing on a high level against the Japanese to move into the seventh WTA final in a career. [29] In late 2016, Svitolina announced that Gabriel Urpí would be her new coach, with Thierry Ascione replacing Henin as her new coaching consultant. The following week in Madrid, after easily dispatching Daniela Hantuchová, Svitolina lost to Ana Ivanovic for the sixth time in her career. She then defeated Marie Bouzková in the final in three sets, capturing her 14th singles title, and her first since her WTA Finals win over 16 months ago. At the Rogers Cup, Svitolina lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka. Her first top-10 win came over Kvitová in 2014 at the Cincinnati Open, where she reached her first semifinal at a Premier 5 tournament. Svitolina concluded her season as the fourth seed in Zhuhai. She demonstrates good movement around the court and can hit very accurate shots on the run. Rebounding from a disappointing loss to Zheng Saisai in the first round of Madrid, Svitolina then proceeded to reach her second Premier-5-level final of the year, and fourth overall, in Rome. She won her first WTA title at the Baku Cup by beating Shahar Pe'er; in doing so, Svitolina became the first teenager to win a WTA tournament since February 2012. She was drawn into Group B with second seed Carla Suárez Navarro and Andrea Petkovic. At the Rio Olympics, Svitolina scored her first win over defending champion and then world No. 3 on 11 September 2017, and again on 9 September 2019. 11–20. At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, 17th-seed Svitolina defeated Annika Beck, before losing in straight sets to ninth-seed Roberta Vinci. 49 on 29 July 2013.[11]. Svitolina failed to carry her momentum into the American hard-court swing, losing in the fourth round of Indian Wells to Garbiñe Muguruza, and the second round of Miami to Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Despite failing to reach a final during the season, Svitolina's overall consistency managed to secure her spot as the eighth seed at the WTA Finals in Shenzhen for the third successive year. [30] Ascione coached Svitolina until the 2018 US Open, and she has since begun working with Nick Saviano, whilst still being accompanied on a weekly basis by hitting partner Andrew Bettles. She equalled her best showing in Melbourne, reaching the third round with victories over Galina Voskoboeva and Julia Boserup, before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. [3][4] She has an older brother, Yulian. Svitolina's slow start to the season continued, being upset in the quarterfinals of Hua Hin by Nao Hibino, and in the first round of both Dubai by Jennifer Brady and Doha by Amanda Anisimova. At Wimbledon, she surpassed her previous performances by reaching the fourth round, defeating Birmingham finalist and potential dark horse Ashleigh Barty in the first round. To find out more about our use of cookies and how you can disable them, please see our Privacy Policy. Svitolina began her 2017 season with a strong showing in Brisbane, defeating world No. 3 on 11 September 2017, and again on 9 September 2019. Elena prevailed over Nao at Roland Garros 2019 and was more dominant today, dropping 18 points in ten service games and fending off all three break chances to mount the pressure on the other side. Rebounding from a second-round loss in Madrid to Suárez Navarro, Svitolina claimed her second straight Italian Open crown, defeating top seed Simona Halep in two sets, in a rematch of the previous year's final. She can turn defense into offense when given the chance. Svitolina opened the season with an unsuccessful title defense in Brisbane; she lost her first match to the previous year's finalist, Aliaksandra Sasnovich. [24] The next week at the Miami Open, she suffered a surprise defeat in her opening match against Wang Yafan. Best Grand Slam tournament results details, "Grand Slam performances - Singles & Doubles", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elina_Svitolina_career_statistics&oldid=980461718, Articles containing potentially dated statements from September 2020, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates, This page was last edited on 26 September 2020, at 17:21. Svitolina's grass-court season was significantly less successful, losing in three sets in the second round of Eastbourne to Heather Watson. While she did beat two experienced campaigners in Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Svitolina had no answer to last year's French Open runner-up Marketa Vondrousova who blew her away 6-3, 6-0. 6 in the singles rankings, as well as to the top spot in the Race to Singapore. [27] There, she faced eventual champion Simona Halep and was defeated in two sets. [4] She started playing at age five. That fuel could possibly take her all the way to the title this week in Strasbourg. Bryson DeChambeau’s everyday diet will shake and shock you, 'If Federer doesn’t feel like he’s capable of making a deep run...', says ATP legend, Dominic Thiem: No other player can be compared to 'one of a kind' Roger Federer, 'Rafael Nadal won’t be suggesting he plays a lot of night matches', says former No. This is a list of career statistics of Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina since her professional debut in 2010. 108, which she reached on 4 May 2015. Her fifth title of the year, and third successive at Premier 5-level, came in Toronto, where she defeated four top-10 players en route in Venus Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza, Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki. She won all three of her round-robin matches, first snapping a seven-match losing streak against Kvitová, defeating her in straight sets. She enjoyed moderate success during the US Open Series, reaching the semifinals in Montréal, where she was the defending champion, and the quarterfinals of Cincinnati, losing there to eventual champion Kiki Bertens. Live ATP Live Scores. In her first Premier Mandatory semifinal since 2016, she lost in three sets to 18-year-old wildcard and eventual champion Bianca Andreescu. She was defeated in the first round by 12th seed and eventual quarterfinalist Ana Ivanovic. Despite earning her fifth career win over a number-one-ranked player by defeating Halep, Svitolina lost her other two matches, including a two-set drubbing by eventual champion Wozniacki, which ultimately placed her third in the group. Svitolina was born in Odessa to parents Mikhaylo Svitolin (a former wrestler) and Olena Svitolina (a former competitive rower), and is Jewish. SR=strike rate (events won/competed). Despite missing a large part of the Asian swing, Svitolina still secured her place at the year-end WTA Finals in Singapore, making her the first Ukrainian ever to do so. Svitolina won her fifth career title at the Taiwan Open, fending off four match points in her quarterfinal encounter with Ons Jabeur, before defeating Peng Shuai in the final. Second seed Elina Svitolina and Magda Linette meet in the second round of the Strasbourg Open on Tuesday. She was, however, afflicted by a neck and shoulder injury and was defeated by fourth seed and eventual champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets. Svitolina's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10 (as of 25 September 2020): Svitolina's record against players who have been ranked world No. LIVE-TENNIS.EU IS IN NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH, SPONSORED OR ENDORSED BY WTA TOUR, INC. WTA IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF WTA TOUR, INC. Svitolina failed to follow up her landmark victory in the next round, however, losing to eventual bronze medalist Petra Kvitová.[18]. Svitolina's North American hard-court season began at San Jose, where as the top seed, she fell to Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals. 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Svitolina rose to No. Fixture: (2) Elina Svitolina vs Magda Linette, Tournament: Internationaux de Strasbourg 2020, Match timing: Approx. Svitolina began her 2018 season by capturing the Brisbane International title, defeating qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final. Ranking ATP. The Belarusian held at 15 in game ten to seal the set, hoping for more of the same in the decider. Linette did notch up a couple of wins at the US Open, and last week in Rome she beat former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko. She topped her group by defeating Kiki Bertens and Elena Vesnina, and then came from a set down to defeat top seed Johanna Konta in the semifinals to advance to her third final of the year, where she lost to Kvitová. She remained in touch until 3-3 before Elina grabbed two breaks in games eight and ten to move over the top. Svitolina and Dolgopolov were the winners of their group, and advanced to the final, where the Australian pairing of Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova defeated them 2–0, with Svitolina losing her singles match in straight sets. Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina is a Ukrainian tennis player. Entering the French Open in poor form, Svitolina beat Romanian qualifier Sorana Cîrstea and wildcard Taylor Townsend before beating nemesis and former world No. In Birmingham, she lost in the first round to Carla Suárez Navarro. Prediction: Elina Svitolina to win in straight sets. In Melbourne, she defeated Victoria Duval in straight sets, before losing qualifier Naomi Osaka in the second round. 17 after this tournament, surpassing Alona Bondarenko as the highest-ranked Ukrainian woman in the Open Era, including women from Ukraine who played under the Soviet Union. Hibino did her best to stay in touch, suffering one break in each set to end her journey in the semis. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended. Svitolina then overcame qualifier Petra Martić in a tight three set encounter to advance to her second major quarterfinal.