51 Facts About Yulia Putintseva

Yulia Putintseva achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No 20 on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No 76 on 17 March 2025.

Yulia Putintseva was introduced to sport by her father; she liked it, and was practising at Spartak Tennis Club in Moscow.

Yulia Putintseva was successful as a junior; she achieved the rank of world No 3 on 21 May 2012.

Yulia Putintseva began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2008 at the age of 13.

Yulia Putintseva then played at the Grade-A Trofeo Bonfiglio, but lost to Sloane Stephens in the first round.

Yulia Putintseva continued reaching two Grade-1 singles finals winning one of them.

Yulia Putintseva played at the Grade A Orange Bowl in December 2009, where she lost in the third round to Ajla Tomljanovic.

Yulia Putintseva started the year reaching the quarterfinals of the Grade-1 Loy Yang Traralgon International.

Yulia Putintseva then reached the semifinals of the Grade-1 Canadian Open Junior Championships.

In 2011, Yulia Putintseva was not less successful than in the previous years.

Yulia Putintseva started year with the final of the Grade-1 Traralgon International, where she lost to Monica Puig.

Yulia Putintseva then had a successful grass-court season, finishing runner-up at the Grade-1 Junior International - Roehampton and as quarterfinalist of Wimbledon.

Yulia Putintseva finished year with the final of the Dunlop World Challenge, where she lost to Anett Kontaveit.

Yulia Putintseva started year with the semifinals of the Grade-1 Loy Yang Traralgon International.

Yulia Putintseva won five singles titles in total on the ITF Junior Circuit.

Yulia Putintseva's next tournament was a $10k event in Amiens in March 2010 where she reached her first semifinal.

Yulia Putintseva switched to representing Kazakhstan instead of Russia in 2012.

Yulia Putintseva then recorded her first match win on the WTA Tour, defeating Karen Barritza in the first round, but then lost to former world No 1, Jelena Jankovic.

Yulia Putintseva then made her debut in qualifying for a major at the French Open, but failed to reach the main draw.

At Indian Wells, after defeating Peng Shuai and Kristina Mladenovic, Yulia Putintseva lost to Serena Williams in the third round.

Yulia Putintseva followed this with a quarterfinal at the Morocco Open.

Yulia Putintseva then defeated world No 15 and former top 10 player, Timea Bacsinszky, at the Qatar Ladies Open but then lost to Monica Puig.

Yulia Putintseva began 2018 by reaching the second round of the Hobart International, Australian Open, Indian Wells Open and the Istanbul Cup, and the quarterfinals of the Taiwan Open.

Yulia Putintseva then defeated the top-10 player Sloane Stephens in the first round of Nuremberg Cup, but lost in the next round.

Yulia Putintseva reached another quarterfinal at the French Open, where she lost to Madison Keys.

Yulia Putintseva reached only the second round of the Australian Open and the Indian Wells Open, and the first round of the St Petersburg Trophy and the Dubai Tennis Championships.

Yulia Putintseva then reached her first Premier Mandatory round-of-16 at the Miami Open.

Yulia Putintseva lost in the early rounds at the Canadian Open, Cincinnati Open and Bronx Open.

Yulia Putintseva then reached the third round of the US Open defeating world No 13, Aryna Sabalenka, before losing to 23rd seed and eventual quarterfinalist, Donna Vekic.

Yulia Putintseva reached another WTA Tour quarterfinal later in the year, at the Tianjin Open, where she lost to Ons Jabeur.

Yulia Putintseva followed this by reaching the second round of Cincinnati Open, where she lost to Maria Sakkari.

Yulia Putintseva then reached her first US Open quarterfinal, beating world No 15, Petra Martic, en route, before she lost to Jennifer Brady.

Yulia Putintseva reached her first Premier-5 quarterfinal at the Italian Open, but then retired against the eventual champion, Simona Halep.

Yulia Putintseva finished the year with an early loss at the French Open, losing to the qualifier Nadia Podoroska in the second round.

Yulia Putintseva started her 2021 season at the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Open.

Yulia Putintseva started her 2022 season at the Australian Open ranked world No 42, and lost in the first round to Harmony Tan.

Yulia Putintseva began clay-court season at the Charleston Open where she lost in the second round to 15th seed and eventual semifinalist, Amanda Anisimova.

Yulia Putintseva lost in the semifinals to qualifier and eventual champion, Anastasia Potapova.

Yulia Putintseva lost in the third round to world No 7 and eventual finalist, Ons Jabeur.

Yulia Putintseva started her 2023 season by representing Kazakhstan at the United Cup.

Yulia Putintseva reached the third round of the French Open with wins over Maryna Zanevska and 19th seed Zheng Qinwen, before losing to Sloane Stephens.

In 2024, Yulia Putintseva started the season at the Auckland Classic where she lost in the first round to sixth seed and world No 22, Wang Xinyu.

Yulia Putintseva reached the fourth round in Indian Wells defeating Tamara Korpatsch, 15th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, and 18th seed Madison Keys, all matches in straight sets.

Yulia Putintseva again reached the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 tournament at the Madrid Open, defeating Yuan Yue, sixth seed Zheng Qinwen, Caroline Dolehide, and tenth seed Daria Kasatkina to set up an all-Kazakhstani showdown with compatriot Elena Rybakina, the first two women from Kazakhstan to make it that far at this WTA 1000.

Yulia Putintseva lost to Rybakina in three sets after having match points on Rybakina's serve.

In June 2024, Yulia Putintseva won her first grass court title at the Birmingham Classic, defeating Clara Burel, Anhelina Kalinina, lucky loser Caroline Dolehide, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, and Ajla Tomljanovic.

Yulia Putintseva continued her good form into the next month, defeating world No 1 Iga Swiatek in round three at the Wimbledon Championships, before falling to Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets.

At the US Open, Yulia Putintseva was eliminated from the tournament in the third round by Jasmine Paolini; during that match, when Yulia Putintseva was losing, she ignored two balls thrown to her by a ball girl, instead choosing to continuously stare at the girl, before catching the third ball thrown by the ball girl.

Yulia Putintseva started her 2025 season at the Brisbane International where, after receiving a bye in the first round, she defeated McCartney Kessler, before losing to world No 1 and eventual champion, Aryna Sabalenka.

Yulia Putintseva reached the semifinals at the Adelaide International, with wins over Donna Vekic, Ons Jabeur and sixth seed Diana Shnaider.

Yulia Putintseva's run was ended by top seed Jessica Pegula.