122 Facts About Svitolina

Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina is a Ukrainian professional tennis player.

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

Svitolina has won 16 WTA Tour singles titles and finished runner-up three times.

Svitolina first broke into the world's top 50 in July 2013, reached the top 20 in June 2015, and then the top 10 in May 2017, making her the first Ukrainian woman to reach the top 10 in rankings after surpassing compatriot Alona Bondarenko.

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

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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.

In 2021, 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.

Svitolina was born in Odesa to Ukrainian parents Mikhaylo Svitolin and Olena Svitolina.

Svitolina has said that in her early career she turned down offers to change her citizenship in exchange for "large financial sums".

Svitolina has been actively learning the Ukrainian language since the COVID-19 quarantine at the 2021 Australian Open.

Svitolina reached her first professional singles final at the $25k tournament in Kharkiv in May 2010.

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

Svitolina was defeated in the first round by 12th seed and eventual quarterfinalist Ana Ivanovic.

Svitolina 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.

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

Svitolina 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.

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 went on to reach the third round, losing to Sloane Stephens in straight sets.

Svitolina proceeded to reach her first quarterfinal at Premier-5 level, eventually losing to Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.

Svitolina reached her first Premier-5 semifinal in the first edition of the WTA tournament in Wuhan, defeating Camila Giorgi, Sabine Lisicki, Garbine Muguruza via walkover, and Angelique Kerber before losing to Petra Kvitova in the semifinals.

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

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

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

Svitolina reached the semifinals in doubles with compatriot Olga Savchuk.

The following week in Madrid, after easily dispatching Daniela Hantuchova, Svitolina lost to Ana Ivanovic for the sixth time in her career.

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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.

Svitolina began US hardcourt season with a run to the semifinals in Stanford, losing in straight sets to eventual champion Angelique Kerber.

Svitolina bettered her performance from the previous year in Cincinnati, defeating Alison Riske, Eugenie Bouchard and Caroline Garcia to reach the quarterfinals, before defeating Lucie Safarova for the second time this year to progress to her second Premier-5 semifinal, where she lost to Serena Williams.

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

Svitolina 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.

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

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

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

Svitolina topped the group by winning both her matches, advancing to the semifinals where she lost to Karolina Pliskova.

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

Svitolina was undefeated in her singles matches in the round-robin stage, defeating Victoria Duval, Karolina Pliskova, and Jarmila Wolfe.

Svitolina subsequently lost in the first round in Doha to Denisa Allertova.

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

Svitolina subsequently lost in the fourth round to Ekaterina Makarova, who beat her at the same tournament the prior year.

Svitolina began her clay-court season with a disappointing first-round loss to Alexandra Panova in Bogota, followed by a second-round loss to Daria Gavrilova in Madrid, and a first-round loss to qualifier Monica Puig in Rome.

Svitolina then lost in the fourth round to world No 1, defending champion, and eventual finalist Serena Williams.

At the Rio Olympics, 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.

Svitolina failed to follow up her landmark victory in the next round losing to eventual bronze medalist Petra Kvitova.

At the US Open, Svitolina reached the third round for the second consecutive year with wins over Mandy Minella and Lauren Davis, but she lost to Petra Kvitova .

Svitolina 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.

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Svitolina began her 2017 season with a strong showing in Brisbane, defeating world No 1, Angelique Kerber, in the quarterfinals, before losing to eventual champion Karolina Pliskova in the following round.

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

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

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.

Svitolina next competed in Ukraine's Fed Cup tie against Australia, where she won both of her singles rubbers to help Ukraine set up a play-off against Germany.

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.

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.

Svitolina began the clay-court season by capturing her third title of the year in Istanbul.

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.

Svitolina then started her campaign at the French Open as one of the favourites to win the tournament.

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

Svitolina then overcame qualifier Petra Martic in a tight three set encounter to advance to her second major quarterfinal.

Svitolina faced Simona Halep in a rematch of the Italian Open final.

Svitolina then eased past Francesca Schiavone and Carina Witthoft, before bowing out to 13th seed and French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets.

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

Svitolina overcame Katerina Siniakova 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.

Svitolina was then defeated by eventual runner-up Madison Keys in three sets.

Svitolina was drawn into the Red Group at the WTA Finals, alongside Halep, Wozniacki and Caroline Garcia.

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

Svitolina then competed at the Australian Open as the fourth seed.

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Svitolina faced qualifier Ivana Jorovic and won in straight sets.

Svitolina then had two straight-sets wins over qualifier and compatriot Marta Kostyuk and Denisa Allertova to advance to her first Australian Open quarterfinal where she was upset by Elise Mertens in straight sets.

Rebounding from a second-round loss in Madrid to Suarez 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.

At the French Open, Svitolina posted wins against Ajla Tomljanovic and Viktoria Kuzmova, before being upset in the third round by Mihaela Buzarnescu.

Svitolina began her grass-court season with a run to the quarterfinals of Birmingham, losing again to Buzarnescu.

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

Svitolina enjoyed moderate success during the US Open Series, reaching the semifinals in Montreal, where she was the defending champion, and the quarterfinals of Cincinnati, losing there to eventual champion Kiki Bertens.

Svitolina reached the round of 16 at the US Open for the second straight year, losing to Anastasija Sevastova in three sets.

Svitolina won all three of her round-robin matches, first snapping a seven-match losing streak against Kvitova, defeating her in straight sets.

Svitolina then defeated both Pliskova and Wozniacki in three sets to secure her place in the semifinals alongside Pliskova.

Svitolina 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.

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

Svitolina was afflicted by a neck and shoulder injury and was defeated by fourth seed and eventual champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets.

Svitolina then reached back-to-back semifinals in Doha, losing with the lead in the final set against Simona Halep, and Dubai, where she was the two-time defending champion, losing in a third-set tiebreak to eventual champion Belinda Bencic.

Svitolina reached her third consecutive semifinal of the year at Indian Wells.

Svitolina later revealed that she had been struggling with knee pain for several weeks and announced she would take a short break to recover.

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

Svitolina was then defeated in straight sets by Serena Williams.

Svitolina subsequently returned to her career-high ranking position of No 3.

Svitolina reached three consecutive quarterfinals in the season-closing Asian swing, losing to Kristina Mladenovic in Zhengzhou, eventual runner-up Alison Riske in Wuhan, and Kiki Bertens in Beijing.

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Svitolina was drawn into the Purple Group alongside Karolina Pliskova, US Open champion Bianca Andreescu, who was later replaced by Sofia Kenin, and Wimbledon champion Simona Halep.

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

Svitolina failed to defend her title losing in straight sets to Ashleigh Barty.

At her first tournament of the year in Brisbane, Svitolina lost in the first round to Danielle Collins in straight sets.

At the Australian Open, Svitolina defeated Katie Boulter and Lauren Davis, before falling to eventual runner-up Garbine Muguruza.

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.

Svitolina rebounded at the Monterrey Open, where she easily reached the final without dropping a set.

Svitolina then defeated Marie Bouzkova in the final in three sets, capturing her 14th singles title, and her first since her WTA Finals win over 16 months ago.

Svitolina next participated at Strasbourg, where she defeated Magda Linette, Jil Teichmann, and Aryna Sabalenka to reach the final.

At the French Open, where she was the third seed, Svitolina defeated Varvara Gracheva, Renata Zarazua, Ekaterina Alexandrova, and Caroline Garcia to reach the quarterfinals.

Svitolina ended her season at Ostrava, and ended the year ranked No 5.

Svitolina first entered the Qatar Open as the top seed but was defeated by an injured Victoria Azarenka in her second match of the tournament.

Svitolina was defeated by eventual champion, Ash Barty, in straight sets.

Svitolina kicked off the year's Europe clay swing at the Stuttgart Open with a strong performance after making it to the semifinals following a grueling three-set win over defending champion, Petra Kvitova, in the quarterfinals.

Svitolina experienced much less success at the Madrid Open after being upset in the first round by Jil Teichmann, but she shrugged the loss off quickly as she made it into the quarterfinals of the Italian Open the following week.

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

Grass swing, second-seeded 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.

Svitolina's woes followed her to the Eastbourne International the following week, where she was defeated in the second round by unseeded Elena Rybakina, in straight sets.

Svitolina's elimination marked the biggest upset of the year's tournament at the time.

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

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

The following week, at the Cincinnati Open, fourth-seeded Svitolina was again ousted in her first match, this time against Angelique Kerber in another three-set loss.

In New York, at the year's US Open, fifth-seeded Svitolina began her campaign with straight-set wins over Rebecca Marino and Rebeka Masarova in the first and second round, respectively.

Svitolina followed those victories with two additional straight-set wins over 25th seed Daria Kasatkina and 12th seed Simona Halep to reach her second US Open quarterfinal.

Svitolina ultimately became the third of four seeded players that Fernandez defeated while on her winning streak to reach her first Grand Slam final.

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

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

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

Svitolina's groundstrokes are very consistent and are hit with moderate power, although she is capable of hitting groundstrokes with significant power when the opportunity arises.

Svitolina's backhand is her stronger side, especially down the line and on the run, although both her forehand and her backhand penetrate deep into the court.

Svitolina's second serve is particularly weak and often exploited allowing return winners.

Svitolina has been known to struggle with volleying at the net, but she possesses good reactions, and she can accelerate well across the court to deal with short balls.

Svitolina then worked with Iain Hughes for two and a half years, and chose to split from him in November 2016.

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

Svitolina has been endorsed by Nike for clothing and shoes since 2016, having previously been sponsored by Ellesse and Lacoste.

Svitolina uses Wilson racquets, specifically endorsing the Wilson Blade range of racquets.

Svitolina does not plan on changing her surname with the ITF to Monfils while she is an active player; however, she uses "Elina Monfils" on her social media profiles.