1. Marta Kostyuk has career-high WTA rankings of world No 16 in singles, achieved on 17 June 2024 and No 27 in doubles, achieved on 8 May 2023.
26 Facts About Marta Kostyuk
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Marta Kostyuk's father was the technical director of the Antey Cup, a junior tennis tournament in Kyiv; her mother was a professional tennis player who reached a career-high WTA ranking of No 391, and won a $10k title in her home city of Kyiv in 1994, and represented a Ukrainian tennis team.
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Marta Kostyuk is the younger sister of Mariya Marta Kostyuk, who competed for Chicago State University and Southeast Missouri State University, and a cousin of professional football players Vadym and Miro Slavov and gymnast Oksana Slavova.
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Marta Kostyuk started playing tennis at a young age at the Antey Tennis Club, on the west side of Kyiv, coached by her mother.
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Marta Kostyuk was coached by her maternal uncle Taras Beiko, who had played for the USSR and Ukraine in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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In March 2023, Marta Kostyuk announced her engagement, and in November 2023, she married her fiance Hryhoriy.
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In December 2015, Marta Kostyuk won the "14-and-under" competition at the Junior Orange Bowl in Florida.
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In January 2017, Marta Kostyuk won the girls' singles title at the Australian Open, defeating Rebeka Masarova in the final.
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On 30 October 2017, Marta Kostyuk achieved a career-high junior ranking of world No 2.
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Marta Kostyuk made her main-draw major-level debut at the Australian Open.
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Marta Kostyuk won the Burnie International, a $60k tournament in Australia, in February 2018, and reached the final of the Zhuhai Open in March, a $60k event, but did not sustain her level of success in the rest of the year.
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Marta Kostyuk won the doubles tournament in Cairo, playing with Kamilla Rakhimova.
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Marta Kostyuk then beat former semifinalist and 31st seed Anastasija Sevastova.
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Marta Kostyuk overcame a first set deficit by winning the second in a tie-breaker, but was beaten in the third.
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Marta Kostyuk reached the top 50 on 1 November 2021, her best career ranking.
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Marta Kostyuk defeated 28th seed Amanda Anisimova and Olivia Gadecki to reach the third round at the Australian Open for the third time.
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Marta Kostyuk reached her second quarterfinal in Hua Hin, Thailand.
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Marta Kostyuk reached her third quarterfinal of the season at the inaugural ATX Open in Austin, Texas defeating Dalma Galfi and Madison Brengle.
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Marta Kostyuk won her maiden title defeating another first time WTA Tour finalist, Varvara Gracheva.
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Marta Kostyuk did not shake her Russian opponent's hand, and dedicated her win "to Ukraine and to all the people who are fighting and dying right now".
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At the Miami Open, Marta Kostyuk won her first-round match against Elisabetta Cocciaretto but was defeated by Anastasia Potapova in the second, and refused to shake her opponent's hand.
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Marta Kostyuk reached a new career-high ranking of No 26 on 18 March 2024.
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Marta Kostyuk defeated third seed Coco Gauff on her eighth match point, her first top-3 win, to reach the semifinals.
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Marta Kostyuk reached her second WTA 500 final with a straight-sets win over another Grand Slam champion, sixth seed Marketa Vondrousova, her third top-10 win in three days.
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Marta Kostyuk lost the final to Elena Rybakina, in straight sets.
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Marta Kostyuk reached the top 20 two weeks later, following the Madrid Open.