Elina Svitolina

Elina Svitolina
Еліна Світоліна

Elina Svitolina at the 2013 French Open
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Kharkiv, Ukraine
Born	(1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 Odessa, Ukraine
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Coach	Sébastien Mathieu (2013–2014) Iain Hughes (2014–present) Justine Henin (2016-present)
Prize money	$ 2,498,305
Singles
Career record	192–120
Career titles	3 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 15 (10 August 2015)
Current ranking	No. 21 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2014, 2015)
French Open	QF (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	3R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	44–43
Career titles	2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 108 (4 May 2015)
Current ranking	No. 168 (8 February 2016)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2014)
US Open	1R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	7–8
Hopman Cup	F (2016)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Elina Mykhaylivna Svitolina (Template:Lang-uk; born 12 September 1994) is a professional Ukrainian tennis player. As of 8 February 2016, she is ranked world no. 21 and is currently the highest-ranked Ukrainian player.

Svitolina has three WTA titles to her name. She won her maiden title at the 2013 Baku Cup and successfully defended the title in 2014. She then earned her first Top 10 career victory when she defeated Petra Kvitová in the round of 16 in Cincinnati. In 2015, she made her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the French Open where she lost to Ana Ivanovic. That same year, she also won her third WTA title in Marrakech.

Tennis career

Early career

Svitolina's best achievement as a junior is winning the Roland Garros girls event in 2010, beating Tunisian Ons Jabeur in the final. She reached her first professional singles final at the ITF $25,000 tournament in Kharkiv in May 2010. Svitolina also reached the final of the girl's singles event at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships where she lost to future Top 10 player Eugenie Bouchard. Svitolina qualified for the 2012 US Open. She was defeated in the first round by 12th seed and eventual quarter-finalist Ana Ivanovic of Serbia. She won the WTA 125K 2012 Royal Indian Open title in Pune, defeating Andreja Klepač, Rutuja Bhosale, Luksika Kumkhum, former Top 10 player Andrea Petkovic, and Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in the final.

2013

Svitolina gained direct entry into the 2013 Australian Open, where she was defeated by fifth seed Angelique Kerber in the first round. She won her first WTA title in at the 2013 Baku Cup by beating Shahar Pe'er; in doing so, Svitolina became the first teenager (she was 18 years old at the time) to win a WTA tournament since February 2012. The victory also translated into a jump of 32 spots in the WTA Rankings, landing her at No. 49 in the rankings of 29 July 2013.

2014

At the 2014 Australian Open, Svitolina defeated two-time Grand Slam champion and three-time Australian Open quarter-finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova in the opening round in straight sets. She went on to reach the third round, losing to Sloane Stephens in straight sets.

At the Western & Southern Open later in the year, Svitolina recorded the first top ten victory of her career, defeating recently crowned Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová in the second round. She proceeded to reach her first quarter-final at Premier Mandatory/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, Garbiñe Muguruza via walkover, and Angelique Kerber before losing to Petra Kvitová in the semifinals.

2015: First Grand Slam quarterfinal

Svitolina began her 2015 season at the 2015 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 number one and eventual champion Serena Williams before losing in three sets. She fell in the second round in both Dubai and Doha, losing in tight three set matches to Petra Kvitová and Victoria Azarenka respectively.

As the 23rd seed in Indian Wells, she defeated Alison Van Uytvanck and Lucie Šafářová, before losing in the fourth round to Timea Bacsinszky. The following week in Miami, she defeated Bojana Jovanovski, before losing in the third round to the eighth seed Ekaterina Makarova. As the top seed at a tournament for the first time in Bogotá, Svitolina reached the semifinals, defeating Louisa Chirico, Danka Kovinić and Irina Falconi, before losing to eventual champion Teliana Pereira.

Svitolina continued her successful start to the clay court season by winning her third career title and first on clay in Marrakech, recovering from 2–5 down in the opening set to defeat Tímea Babos in straight sets. The victory propelled her to a career high ranking of 21. She also reached the semifinals in doubles with compatriot Olga Savchuk. The following week in Madrid, after easily dispatching Daniela Hantuchová, Svitolina lost to Ana Ivanovic for the sixth time in her career. A similar scenario occurred in Rome, where she defeated Flavia Pennetta in straight sets before losing to Venus Williams.

At the French Open, after comfortably seeing off Yanina Wickmayer in her opening match, Svitolina had to recover from 0–3 in the second set and 1–4 in the final set to beat Yulia Putintseva in a match that lasted over three hours. Another tight three set victory ensued in the third round against Annika Beck, before Svitolina defeated Alizé Cornet in a rain-interrupted fourth round encounter to set up a maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal against seventh seed Ana Ivanovic, which she lost in straight sets. Svitolina rose to number 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's grass court season was significantly less successful, losing in three sets in the second round of Eastbourne to Heather Watson. As the 17th seed at Wimbledon, she came from a set down to beat Misaki Doi, who beat her at the same stage the previous year, before again losing in the second round to Australian Casey Dellacqua. Despite losing in the first round of İstanbul to Magdaléna Rybáriková, Svitolina successfully defended her doubles title from the previous year, this time partnering Daria Gavrilova.

Svitolina began her American hard court season with a run to the semifinals in Stanford, losing in straight sets to eventual champion Angelique Kerber. At the Rogers Cup, Svitolina lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka. 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 Šafářová 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. She 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.

The Asian hard court swing began in Tokyo for Svitolina, where she lost in the second round to eventual champion Agnieszka Radwańska. Svitolina failed to repeat her success from the previous year in Wuhan, losing in the third round to Karolína Plíšková. 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.

Despite this disappointing end to her season, Svitolina's consistency throughout the year earned her a spot as the eighth seed at the inaugural WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai. She was drawn into Group B with second seed Carla Suárez Navarro and Andrea Petkovic. Svitolina topped the group by winning both her matches, advancing to the semifinals where she lost to Karolína Plíšková. Svitolina's last match of the season was against Pauline Parmentier in the first round of the 125K event in Limoges, which she lost on a final set tiebreak.

2016

Svitolina began her season at the 2016 Hopman Cup, representing Ukraine with Alexandr Dolgopolov. She was undefeated in her singles matches in the round robin stage, defeating Victoria Duval, Karolína Plíšková and Jarmila Wolfe. Svitolina and Dolgopolov were the winners of their group, and advanced to the final, where the Australian pairing of Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova defeated them 2-0, with Svitolina losing her singles match in straight sets. At the Sydney International, Svitolina lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber. She then competed at the 2016 Australian Open, where she defeated Victoria Duval in straight sets but fell to Japanese qualifer Naomi Osaka.

In her first tournament with Justine Henin acting as a coaching consultant, Svitolina advanced to the semifinals in Dubai, defeating qualifer Jana Čepelová, earning her first top 10 win of the year by defeating second seed Garbiñe Muguruza, and battling past Coco Vandeweghe in three sets, before losing to eventual champion Sara Errani. Svitolina subsequently lost in the first round in Doha to Denisa Allertová.

Coaches

Svitolina is currently being coached by Iain Hughes. In February 2016, Svitolina appointed former world no. 1 Justine Henin as a member of her coaching team.

Personal life

Elina Svitolina was born to Olena Svitolina and Mikhaylo Svitolin and has a brother named Yulian. She resides at Kharkiv, Ukraine, and started playing tennis at age 5, when she was introduced to the sport by her family. Her favourite surfaces are grass and clay.

Equipment

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

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (3–0)

Titles by surface Hard (2–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Winner	1.	July 28, 2013	Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	July 27, 2014	Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Bojana Jovanovski	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	3.	May 2, 2015	Marrakech Grand Prix, Marrakesh, Morocco	Clay	Tímea Babos	7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (2–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (2–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	20 July 2014	İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Misaki Doi	Oksana Kalashnikova Paula Kania	6–4, 6–0
Winner	2.	26 July 2015	İstanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Daria Gavrilova	Çağla Büyükakçay Jelena Janković	5–7, 6–1, [10–4]

ITF Circuit finals

ITF Circuit singles finals: 8 (6–2)

$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	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Lyudmyla Kichenok	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Winner	1.	August 16, 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Anja Prislan	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–0
Winner	2.	October 17, 2011	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Donna Vekić	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	2.	December 26, 2011	Tyumen, Russia	Hard	Yulia Putintseva	2–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	March 19, 2012	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Winner	4.	September 24, 2012	Telavi, Georgia	Clay	Lesia Tsurenko	6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	February 3, 2013	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	6.	August 3, 2013	Donetsk, Ukraine	Hard	Tímea Babos	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(11–9)

ITF Circuit doubles finals: 5 (2–3)

Challenger (125's) tournaments

$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	Kateryna Kozlova	Kateryna Avdiyenko Maria Zharkova	7–6(7–3), 3–6, [9–11]
Runner–up	2.	May 3, 2010	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Kateryna Kozlova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	July 19, 2010	Kharkiv, Ukraine	Clay	Kateryna Kozlova	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Alyona Sotnikova	6–3, 7–5
Runner–up	3.	April 18, 2011	Tessenderlo, Belgium	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Tatjana Malek	5–7, 3–6
Winner	2.	January 28, 2013	Eilat. Israel	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Corinna Dentoni Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–1, 6–3

Team finals: 1 (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 January 2016	Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia	Hard (i)	Alexandr Dolgopolov	Daria Gavrilova Nick Kyrgios	0–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Junior Grand Slam singles finals: 2 (1–1)

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

Junior Grand Slam doubles finals: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	2010	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Irina Khromacheva	Tímea Babos Sloane Stephens	7–6(9–7), 2–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

Singles

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	3R	3R	2R	0 / 4	5–4
French Open	Q1	Q2	2R	2R	QF		0 / 3	6–3
Wimbledon	A	Q1	1R	1R	2R		0 / 3	1–3
US Open	A	1R	2R	1R	3R		0 / 4	3–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	2–4	3–4	9–4	1–1	0 / 14	15–14
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	2R	4R		0 / 3	3–3
Miami	A	A	Q2	4R	3R		0 / 2	4–2
Madrid	A	A	A	1R	2R		0 / 2	1–2
Beijing	A	A	1R	2R	2R		0 / 2	0–2
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai / Doha[1]	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2
Rome	A	A	A	1R	2R		0 / 2	1–2
Canada	A	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati	A	A	A	QF	SF		0 / 2	7–2
Tokyo / Wuhan[2]	A	A	2R	SF	3R		0 / 2	5–2
Career Statistics	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	No.
Tournaments Played	0	3	19	25	19	1
Titles	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Finals Reached	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–3	13–19	35–24	32–18	1–1	81–65
Year-End Ranking	269	156	40	29	19

Notes

• ¹ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status.
• ² In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

Doubles

Tournament	2013	2014	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open		1R	0–1
French Open		2R	1–1
Wimbledon		1R	0–1
US Open	1R	2R	1–2
Win–Loss	0–1	2–4	2–5

Wins over top 10 players

No.	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2014
1.	Petra Kvitová	No. 3	Cincinnati, US	Hard	3rd Round	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2.	Angelique Kerber	No. 8	Wuhan, China	Hard	Quarterfinals	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2015
3.	Angelique Kerber	No. 9	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Quarterfinals	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
4.	Lucie Šafářová	No. 7	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Quarterfinals	6–4, 2–6, 6–0
2016
5.	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 5	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	2nd Round	7-6(7-3), 6–3

External links

• Elina Svitolina at the Women's Tennis Association
• Template:ITF junior profile
• Elina Svitolina at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Elina Svitolina at the Ukrainian Tennis Portal
• Elina Svitolina pictures gallery