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Elina Svitolina
Еліна Світоліна
Elina Svitolina US Open 2010 cropped.jpg
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceKharkiv, Ukraine
Born (1994-09-12) September 12, 1994 (age 30)
Odessa, Ukraine
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
RetiredActive
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$28,315
Singles
Career record45-25
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 170 (May 07, 2012)
Current rankingNo. 202 (January 02, 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ1 (2011)
US Open1R (2012)
Australian Open Junior1R (2010)
French Open JuniorW (2010)
Wimbledon JuniorF (2012)
US Open Junior3R (2010)
Doubles
Career record16–11
Career titles1 ITF
Highest ranking352 (April 09, 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
Juniors: 1R (2010)
French Open
Juniors: SF (2010)
Wimbledon
Juniors: F (2010)
US Open
Juniors: 1R (2009, 2010)
Last updated on: January 02, 2012.

Elina Svitolina (Ukrainian: Еліна Світоліна; born September 12, 1994) is a junior Ukrainian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 202, which she reached on January 2, 2012. Her career high in doubles is 378, achieved on November 28, 2011.[2] She reached her first professional singles final at the ITF $25,000 tournament in Kharkiv in May 2010.[3]

Svitolina best achievement so far is by winning the Roland Garros girls event in 2010, beating Tunisian Ons Jabeur in the final.[4]

Svitolina qualified for the 2012 US Open. She was defeated by Ana Ivanovic in the first round, 3–6, 2–6.

Personal life

Elina Svitolina was born to Elena Svitolina and Mikhaylo Svitolin and has a brother named Julian.[5] She resides at Kharkiv, Ukraine and is currently being coached by Andrey Lutsenko.[5] Her favourite surfaces are grass and clay.[5]

Career statistics

ITF Circuit singles finals (3-2)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. May 17, 2010 Ukraine Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Winner 2. August 16, 2011 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Hard Slovenia Anja Prislan 6-2, 6-7, 6-0
Winner 3. October 17, 2011 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Croatia Donna Vekic 6-4 6-3
Runner–up 4. December 26, 2011 Russia Tyumen, Russia Hard Russia Yulia Putintseva 6-2 6-4
Winner 5. March 19, 2012 Tunisia La Marsa, Tunisia Clay Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova 7-6 7-4 7-6 7-5

ITF Circuit doubles finals (1–2)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner–up 1. May 25, 2009 Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova Ukraine Kateryna Avdiyenko
Russia Maria Zharkova
7–6(3), 3–6, 9–11
Runner–up 2. May 3, 2010 Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiya Kichenok
4–6, 2–6
Winner 3. July 19, 2010 Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova Ukraine Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Ukraine Alyona Sotnikova
6–3, 7–5
Runner–up 4. April 18, 2011 Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay Ukraine Maryna Zanevska Germany Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Germany Tatjana Malek
5-7, 3-6

Junior Grand Slam Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2010 French Open Clay Tunisia Ons Jabeur 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 2012 Wimbledon Championships Grass Canada Eugenie Bouchard 2–6, 2–6

Junior Grand Slam doubles finals (2–1)

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner–up 2010 Wimbledon Championships Grass Russia Irina Khromacheva Hungary Tímea Babos
United States Sloane Stephens
7–6(7), 2–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ a b "Athlete Biographies". Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  2. ^ "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour". sonyericssonwtatour.com. Retrieved August 20, 2010. {{cite web}}: Text "Elina Svitolina" ignored (help); Text "Info" ignored (help); Text "Players" ignored (help)
  3. ^ "$25,000 Kharkiv Ukraine Women's Singles - Main Draw". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  4. ^ "Svitolina and Velotti take French Open junior titles". Rolland Garros. June 6, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2010. [dead link]
  5. ^ a b c {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.

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