32 Facts About Elina Svitolina

1. Elina Svitolina has not made an appearance in any theatrical film yet.

2. Elina Svitolina played her debut match at Trofeul D Sturdza, Chisinau, Moldova in 2008.

3. Elina Svitolina is a Ukrainian professional tennis player known for reaching a ranking of No 3 in 2017.

4. Elina Svitolina is a professional Ukrainian tennis player who achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No 3 on 11 September 2017.

5. Elina Svitolina became the first Ukrainian player to win the season-ending WTA Finals trophy, beating Sloane Stephens to secure the biggest title of her career on Sunday.

6. Elina Svitolina was born on 12th September 1994 in Odessa, Ukraine.

7. Elina Svitolina is a popular and well known Ukrainian professional Tennis player.

8. Elina Svitolina announced she had split with Ascione after the US Open.

9. Elina Svitolina will take on Kiki Bertens in the other semi-final after Bertens' opponent Naomi Osaka was forced to retire from their group match due to a thigh injury.

10. Elina Svitolina might be one of our readers, because shortly after she demolished Petra Kvitova in her opening match, she dedicated the win to those detractors.

11. Elina Svitolina qualified for a second consecutive WTA Finals this year only because her Dutch opponent on Saturday failed to reach the Moscow semifinals.

12. Elina Svitolina is chasing her fourth title this season, having already won at Brisbane, Dubai and Rome.

13. Elina Svitolina uses Wilson racquets and is sponsored by Nike, having previously been sponsored by Italian sports apparel company Ellesse and French apparel Lacoste.

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

15. Elina Svitolina was then upset in the first round of Wimbledon by recent Mallorca champion Tatjana Maria.

16. Elina Svitolina began her 2018 season by capturing the Brisbane International title, defeating qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final.

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

18. Elina Svitolina failed to carry her momentum into the American hard-court swing, losing in the fourth round of Indian Wells to Garbine Muguruza, and the second round of Miami to Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. Elina Svitolina was seeded 11th at the Australian Open, her highest seeding to date.

22. Elina Svitolina concluded her season as the fourth seed in Zhuhai.

23. 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.

24. At the Sydney International, Elina Svitolina lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber.

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

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

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

28. At the Rogers Cup, Elina Svitolina lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka.

29. 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.

30. Elina Svitolina gained direct entry into the Australian Open, where she was defeated by fifth seed Angelique Kerber in the first round.

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

32. In doubles, Elina Svitolina has won two titles, both at the Istanbul Cup, in 2014 and 2015.