Elina Svitolina is a Ukrainian tennis player who has won 13 WTA singles titles and has scored victories over the likes of Grand Slam champions Ivanovic, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Angelique Kerber, Garbine Muguruza, Caroline Wozniacki, Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Francesca Schiavone, Flavia Pennetta, and Sloane Stephens. She reached her career-high ranking of world No. 3 on 11 September 2017.
ELINA SVITOLINA AIMING FOR ANOTHER GRAND SLAM FIRST AT US OPEN
Elina Svitolina has a new attitude when it comes to the Grand Slams. The Ukrainian has reached the second week at Flushing Meadows and is coming off her first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon.
“I feel good now. I'm enjoying playing on the court,” she said of the US Open. “Enjoying the atmosphere maybe a little bit more. I have a little bit less pressure now. That's maybe what's changed. For the rest not much. I've been playing on Armstrong last year a lot, as well. That's nice. I like that court. I think I haven't lost a match on that court yet. I have a perfect record.”
Svitolina will face Madison Keys on Ashe stadium in the fourth round. Keys is playing very well, winning Cincinnati two weeks ago. But Svitolina beat Keys in three sets in their the fourth-round meeting at the Australian Open.“I think it's going to be another big challenge for me. Each time I play against her, it's a tough battle,” Svitolina said. “I have to prepare well. For me important just to stay focused on what I have to do on the court. It's the fourth round, so I have to enjoy. Have to be ready for her big shots.”
Svitolina says she's not going around a lot on her off days. "Since I'm with Gael, it's more focus, saving energy. Not much. I know the restaurants, few restaurants around the hotel. That's pretty much it," she said. "Emotionally maybe I'm feeling a little bit fresher and that's why I'm more relaxed. Maybe that's why it works."
Famous for
- Ukrainian Tennis Player.
- Her 13 WTA single titles.
- Being number 1 player in Ukraine and Number 3 in the world.
Early life of Elina Svitolina
Elina Svitolina was born on 12 September 1994 in Odessa, Ukraine. She holds Ukrainian nationality with European ethnicity and his birth sign is Virgo. She was born to her father Mikhaylo Svitolin who was a former wrestler and mother Olena Svitolina who was a former competitive rower. She also has an older brother named Yulian. She started playing tennis from an early age of five after being inspired by her brother who was also a tennis player. Svitolina and her family moved to Kharkiv when she was 13 years old where businessmen Yuriy Sapronov had become her sponsor after being impressed by her play at one of his children's tournaments when she was aged 12. Furthermore, her educational information will be updated soon.
How tall is Elina Svitolina?
Tennis player Elina Svitolina stands the height of 5ft 9in tall with a weight of 60 kg. Additionally, she has a slim athletic body physique with an attractive personality including Hazel eyes and golden-brown hair color.
Career of Elina Svitolina
- Svitolina started her tennis career from an early age with the greatest achievement as a junior was winning the French Open girls event in 2010.
- She reached her first professional singles final at the $25,000 tournament in Kharkiv in May 2010.
- She won the WTA 125K Royal Indian Open title in Pune, defeating Andreja Klepac, Rutuja Bhosale, Luksika Kumkhum, the 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.
- She won her first WTA title at the Baku Cup by beating Shahar Pe'er and became the first teenager to win a WTA tournament since February 2012.
- At the Australian Open 2014, Svitolina defeated two-time Grand Slam champion and three-time Australian Open quarterfinalist Svetlana Kuznetsova in the opening round in straight sets.
- Svitolina reached her first Premier-5 semifinal in the first edition of the WTA tournament in Wuhan.
- At the Australian Open 2015, Svitolina reached the third round and won the first set against world No. 1 and eventual champion Serena Williams.
- She continued her successful start to the clay-court season by winning her third career title and first on clay in Marrakech.
- Svitolina's grass-court season was significantly less successful, losing in three sets in the second round of Eastbourne to Heather Watson
- She began her American hard-court season with a run to the semifinals in Stanford, losing in straight sets to eventual champion Angelique Kerber.
- Despite this disappointing end to her season 2015, Svitolina's consistency throughout the year earned her a spot as the eighth seed at the inaugural WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai.
- Svitolina began her season 2016 at the Hopman Cup, representing Ukraine with Alexandr Dolgopolov.
- At the Sydney International, Svitolina lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber.
- At the Malaysian Open, she defeated Miyu Kato, Risa Ozaki, Kristína Kucova, and Zhu Lin en route to the final where she beat a resurgent Eugenie Bouchard in a rain-interrupted marathon to win her fourth WTA title.
- 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.
- Svitolina began her 2017 season with a strong showing in Brisbane, defeating world No. 1, Angelique Kerber, in the quarterfinals.
- Svitolina won her fifth career title at the Taiwan Open, defeating Peng Shuai in the final.
- She began the clay-court season by capturing her third title of the year in İstanbul.
- She then started her campaign at the French Open as one of the favorites to win the tournament.
- After defeating two top-5 players she became a career-high of No. 6 in the singles rankings, as well as to the top spot in the Race to Singapore.
- She entered the US Open to claim the world-number-one ranking for the first time but got defeated by eventual runner-up Madison Keys.
- Svitolina began her 2018 season by capturing the Brisbane International title, defeating qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final.
- Svitolina's 11th career title came after a successful defense of her crown in Dubai, where she defeated Daria Kasatkina in the final.
- She enjoyed moderate success during the US Open Series, reaching the semifinals in Montreal, where she was the defending champion and the quarterfinals of Cincinnati
- She Won WTA finals, winning the biggest title of her career and Svitolina ended the year as the world No. 4.
- Svitolina opened the 2019 season with an unsuccessful title defense in Brisbane; she lost her first match to the previous year's finalist, Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
- At the Miami Open, she suffered a surprise defeat in her opening match against Wang Yafan due to struggling with knee pain for several weeks.
- After losing in her opening round at both Birmingham and Eastbourne, Svitolina proceeded to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon with victories over Daria Gavrilova, Margarita Gasparyan, Maria Sakkari, Petra Martic, and Karolína Muchová, becoming the first Ukrainian ever to do so
- Entering the 2019 US Open as the No. 5 seed, Svitolina defeated Whitney Osuigwe, Venus Williams, Dayana Yastremska and Madison Keys to reach her first US Open quarterfinal.
Who is Elina Svitolina dating?
Elina Svitolina is currently dating ATP tennis player Gael Monfils since 2019. But previously, she was in a relationship with a cricketer Reece Topley. The couple met in London for the first time. Further updates will be added soon.
Birthday of Elina Svitolina
Tennis player Elina Svitolina celebrates her birthday on the 12th of September with her friends and family.
Net worth of Elina Svitolina
Elina Svitolina is earning a considerable amount of money from her career as a tennis player. She has an annual salary of $100,000 and has a net worth of $9 Million and expected to grow more in the coming years as she is very active in her career.
