Yuliia Starodubtseva
Full name | Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva |
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Native name | Юлія Володимирівна Стародубцева |
Country (sports) | Ukraine |
Born | Kakhovka, Ukraine | 17 February 2000
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
College | Old Dominion |
Prize money | $699,122 |
Singles | |
Career record | 113–64 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 79 (7 October 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 92 (28 October 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2024) |
French Open | 1R (2024) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2024) |
US Open | 1R (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 43–26 |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 144 (6 May 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 250 (28 October 2024) |
Last updated on: 28 October 2024. |
Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva (Ukrainian: Юлія Володимирівна Стародубцева; born 17 February 2000) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 79 by the WTA, achieved on 7 October 2024, and peaked at No. 144 in the WTA doubles rankings on 9 May 2024.
Starodubtseva has won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
She played college tennis at Old Dominion University.[1]
Career
[edit]2023: First ITF Circuit title
[edit]Starodubtseva won her first $60k tournament in June 2023 in Sumter, South Carolina, defeating Indian player Karman Thandi.[2]
2024: Major, WTA 1000 debuts & quarterfinal, top 100
[edit]She reached the top 150 in the singles rankings on 15 January 2024. She made her major debut at the 2024 Australian Open after qualifying,[3][4][5] but lost in the first round to sixth seed Ons Jabeur.[6]
Starodubtseva made her French Open debut as a qualifier, but lost in straight sets to Cristina Bucșa.[7]
She recorded her first main-draw major win at the Wimbledon Championships, as a qualifier, over Alison Van Uytvanck, on her debut.[8] In the second round, she lost to fellow qualifier Lulu Sun.[9]
Ranked No. 146, she made her debut at the US Open, after qualifying into the main draw but lost to 20th seed Victoria Azarenka, in three sets.[10] She became the first woman in the Open era to qualify for all four majors in a single season.[11]
In September, Starodubtseva reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the 2024 Jasmin Open by defeating Suzan Lamens[12] and third seed Diane Parry,[13][14] before losing to Sonay Kartal.[15] At the China Open, she recorded, after qualifying, her first two main-draw WTA 1000-level wins over Laura Siegemund and 27th seed Kateřina Siniaková, her first top 50 win.[16] Next, she defeated Elina Avanesyan and tenth seed Anna Kalinskaya to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 for the first time in her career. As a result, she entered the top 100 in the singles rankings.[17][18][11]
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Tournament | 2024 | SR | W–L | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||
Australian Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
French Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Wimbledon | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
US Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Win–loss | 1–4 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2023 | ITF Spring, United States | W25 | Hard | Maria Mateas | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–1 | May 2023 | Naples Open, United States | W60 | Clay | Caroline Dolehide | 5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 2–1 | Jun 2023 | Palmetto Pro Open, United States | W60 | Hard | Karman Thandi | 6–7(5), 7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2023 | Evansville Classic, United States | W60 | Hard | Karman Thandi | 5–7, 6–4, 1–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2023 | Dallas Summer Series, United States | W60 | Hard (i) | Wang Yafan | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 4–2 | Oct 2023 | Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States | W60 | Hard | Lulu Sun | 7–5, 6–3 |
Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2016 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W10 | Clay | Anastasiia Gevel | Lisa-Marie Brunnemann Diana Popescu | 6–3, 0–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2023 | ITF Spring, United States | W25 | Hard | Sofia Johnson | Maria Mateas Clervie Ngounoue | 4–6, 6–2, [4–10] |
Win | 1–2 | Apr 2023 | ITF Zephyrhills, United States | W25 | Clay | Maria Kononova | Jada Hart Rasheeda McAdoo | 7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–3 | Jun 2023 | Palmetto Pro Open, United States | W60 | Hard | McCartney Kessler | Maria Mateas Anna Rogers | 4–6, 7–6(3), [6–10] |
Loss | 1–4 | Jun 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | W25 | Clay | Ana Sofía Sánchez | María Herazo González Ksenia Laskutova | 6–2, 4–6, [9–11] |
Loss | 1–5 | Jul 2023 | Evansville Classic, United States | W60 | Hard | McCartney Kessler | Maria Kononova Veronika Miroshnichenko | 3–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
Win | 2–5 | Aug 2023 | Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States | W100 | Hard | Sophie Chang | Olivia Gadecki Mai Hontama | w/o |
Win | 3–5 | Oct 2023 | Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States | W60 | Hard | Makenna Jones | Tatiana Prozorova Madison Sieg | 6–3, 4–6, [10–6] |
Head-to-head records
[edit]Record against top 10 players
[edit]- She has a 0–2 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result | W–L | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | Rank | H2H |
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2024 | |||||||||
Loss | 0–1 | Ons Jabeur | No. 6 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 1R | 3–6, 1–6 | No. 150 | 0–1 |
Loss | 0–2 | Coco Gauff | No. 6 | China Open, China | Hard | QF | 6–2, 2–6, 2–6 | No. 115 | 0–1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Yuliia Starodubtseva – 2021–22 – Women's Tennis".
- ^ "ITF 60 Sumter Draws".
- ^ "Zarazua, Korneeva, Yastremska qualify for Australian Open". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Aussie Open 2024's Slam debuts: Korneeva, Seidel, Starodubtseva and more". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "From unranked to Australian Open, Starodubtseva is ready to shine". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Jabeur eases past Starodubtseva into second round in Melbourne". Reuters. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Roland-Garros: Bucsa reaches second round". TennisMajors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Wimbledon: Starodubtseva moves into second round". TennisMajors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Wimbledon: Qualifier Sun moves into third round with win over Starodubtseva". TennisMajors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "US Open: Azarenka comes back from a set down to reach second round". TennisMajors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ a b "'I learned my lesson': Starodubtseva's path from tough coaching to Top 100". WTATennis. 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Jasmin Open: Starodubtseva advances to second round". TennisMajors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "WTA roundup: France's Clara Burel, Diane Parry fall in Tunisia". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ "Jasmin Open: Starodubtseva moves into quarter-finals". TennisMajors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Jasmin Open: Kartal advances to last 4". TennisMajors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 Beijing; Starodubtseva upsets Siniakova in Beijing second round for first Top 50 win". WTATennis. 27 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 Beijing; Starodubtseva tops Avanesyan in Beijing, makes first WTA 1000 Round of 16". WTATennis. 28 September 2024.
- ^ @TennisChannel (1 October 2024). "Shining like a star ⭐️ Yulia Starodubtseva clinches her first WTA 1000 Quarterfinal, defeating Kalinskaya 7-5, 6-0.#ChinaOpen" (Tweet) – via Twitter.