40 Facts About Elina Svitolina

1. Elina Svitolina's reached career-high rankings of world No 3 in singles and 108 in doubles.

2. Elina Svitolina produced her best performances at a major in 2019, having reached her two Grand Slam semifinals at the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open.

3. In 2021, Elina Svitolina won the Olympic bronze medal in the women's singles tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics and became the first Olympian to win a medal in tennis for Ukraine.

4. Elina Svitolina was born in Odesa to Ukrainian parents Mikhaylo Svitolin and Olena Elina Svitolina (a former competitive rower).

5. Elina Svitolina reached the final of the girls' singles event at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, where she lost to Eugenie Bouchard.

6. Elina Svitolina's won the WTA 125 Royal Indian Open title in Pune, defeating Andreja Klepac, Rutuja Bhosale, Luksika Kumkhum, former top-10 player Andrea Petkovic, and Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in the final.

7. Elina Svitolina's went on to reach the third round, losing to Sloane Stephens in straight sets.

8. Elina Svitolina's began the new season at the Brisbane International where she reached the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Maria Sharapova.

9. At the Australian Open, Elina Svitolina reached the third round, and won the first set against world No 1 and eventual champion, Serena Williams, before losing in three sets.

10. Elina Svitolina's fell in the second round in both Dubai and Doha, losing in tight three-set matches to Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka, respectively.

11. Elina Svitolina rose to No 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.

12. Elina Svitolina concluded her warm up for the US Open in New Haven, where she retired from her first-round match against Madison Keys.

13. Elina Svitolina's progressed to the third round of the US Open, defeating Elizaveta Kulichkova and Kaia Kanepi, before losing to 13th seed Ekaterina Makarova for the third time this year.

14. Elina Svitolina failed to repeat her success from the previous year in Wuhan, losing in the third round to Karolina Pliskova.

15. Similarly disappointing results ensued for Elina Svitolina, losing in the second round of Beijing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and the first round of Tianjin to Elena Vesnina.

16. Elina Svitolina's was drawn into Group B with second seed Carla Suarez Navarro and Andrea Petkovic.

17. Elina Svitolina began her season at the Hopman Cup, representing Ukraine with Alexandr Dolgopolov.

18. At the Indian Wells Open, 17th-seed Elina Svitolina defeated Annika Beck, before losing in straight sets to ninth-seed Roberta Vinci.

19. At the Rio Olympics, Elina Svitolina scored her first win over defending champion and then-world No 1, Serena Williams, in the third round to reach the quarterfinals, defeating the out-of-sorts American in straight sets.

20. Elina Svitolina's 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 Kvitova.

21. Elina Svitolina's equalled her best showing in Melbourne, reaching the third round with victories over Galina Voskoboeva and Julia Boserup, before losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

22. Elina 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.

23. Elina Svitolina continued her strong start to the season in Dubai, where she defeated Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets in the final to capture her first title at Premier 5-level.

24. Elina Svitolina progressed through her first three matches with relative ease, defeating Yaroslava Shvedova, Tsvetana Pironkova and Magda Linette respectively.

25. Elina Svitolina's faced Simona Halep in a rematch of the Italian Open final.

26. Elina Svitolina's entered the US Open knowing that a run to the semifinals would see her claim the world-number-one ranking for the first time.

27. Elina Svitolina's overcame Katerina Siniakova in a rain-interrupted three-set encounter, before easing past Evgeniya Rodina and Elina Svitolina'slby Rogers to reach the round of 16 at the US Open for the first time.

28. Rebounding from a second-round loss in Madrid to Suarez Navarro, Elina 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.

29. Elina Svitolina's defeated Kiki Bertens in three sets, and in the final, she came from a set down to beat Sloane Stephens, winning the biggest title of her career.

30. Elina Svitolina opened the season with an unsuccessful title defense in Brisbane; she lost her first match to the previous year's finalist, Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

31. At the French Open, Elina Svitolina was defeated in the third round by the 2016 champion, Garbine Muguruza.

32. Elina Svitolina topped her group, winning all three matches without dropping a set.

33. The swing ended at the French Open, where fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina lost in the third round to eventual champion, Barbora Krejcikova, in straight sets.

34. Grass swing, second-seeded Elina Svitolina attended her first tournament at the German Open in Berlin and had a rough start after she was ousted in her first match there; her loss to Ekaterina Alexandrova, in straight sets, marked her first loss to the Russian in their four-match head-to-head record.

35. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Elina Svitolina embarked on her second Olympics appearance and entered into the singles tennis tournament as the fourth seed.

36. At the Canadian Open, third-seeded Elina Svitolina was defeated in her first match by Johanna Konta in a three-set loss, despite having won the first set.

37. On 31 March 2022 Elina Svitolina announced that she was taking a temporary break from competition.

38. Guardian described Elina Svitolina's playing style as "deceptively casual", but being capable of "brilliant displays" when in good form.

39. Elina Svitolina is capable of turning defense into offense when given the chance, and is capable of hitting low-risk winners from defensive positions.

40. In late 2016, Elina Svitolina announced that Gabriel Urpi would be her new coach, with Thierry Ascione replacing Henin as her new coaching consultant.