Elina Svitolina is a Ukrainian professional tennis player with a career-high WTA Ranking of Number 3, which she achieved in September 2017. She has 16 singles tour-level titles to her name and in the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the Bronze in women’s tennis.
Player Profile
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina was born on September 12, 1994, in Odesa, Ukraine. She currently splits her time between London, England, and her hometown. She stands 174 cm tall, plays right-handed, and has a two-handed backhand.
She has been coached by Raemon Sluiter since 2023. As of the start of July 2023, she has earned more than US$22,600,000 in prize money, which places her 19th in all-time rankings.
Career
As a singles player, she has 17 professional titles. Svitolina has made it to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open (2018 and 2019) and the French Open (2015, 2017, and 2020). In 2017, she won the WTA Tour Finals. In 2019, she was in the semifinals of both Wimbledon and the US Open.
She reached her career-high WTA Ranking of Number 3 on September 11, 2017, after she had a spectacular showing at Roland Garros, finishing in the quarter-finals. Adding to that, she won 5 titles that year, including the Taiwan Open.
She managed to sustain her momentum and in 2019, she was in the semifinals of both the French Open and the US Open.
In 2021, she represented Ukraine in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she won the bronze medal for women’s tennis. Svitolina has also represented her country in the Fed Cup and the Hopman Cup.
In 2022, she announced she was pregnant and took time off playing. She returned to active play at the Charleston Open in April 2023.
In a remarkable return to play in 2023, Svitolina made the French Open quarters before she went on an excellent run at Wimbledon, knocking out former Grand Slam winners Venus Williams, Sofia Kenin, Victoria Azarenka and Iga Swiatek on her way to the semi-finals where she was beaten by eventual winner Marketa Vondrousova.
Career Record
Singles
Career Titles: 17
- Highest Ranking: No. 3 (September 11, 2017)
- Current ranking: No. 27 (July 2023)
Best Grand Slam Performances
- Australian Open - QF (2018, 2019)
- French Open - QF (2015, 2017, 2020, 2023)
- Wimbledon - SF (2019, 2023)
- US Open - SF (2019)
Other tournaments
- Tour Finals - W (2018)
- Olympic Games - Bronze (2020)
Doubles
Career Titles: 2
- Highest Ranking: No. 108 (May 4, 2015)
Best Grand Slam Doubles Performances
- Australian Open - 1R (2014, 2016)
- French Open - 2R (2014)
- Wimbledon - 2R (2016)
- US Open - 2R (2014)
Other Doubles Tournaments
- Olympic Games - 1R (2016, 2020)
Best Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Performances
- Australian Open - SF (2017)
- French Open - 2R (2015, 2017)
- Wimbledon - 3R (2014)
- US Open - 2R (2018)
Team Competitions
- Fed Cup - 14–10 (58.3%)
- Hopman Cup - F (2016)