Yuliia Starodubtseva Explained

Yuliia Starodubtseva
Fullname:Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva
Native Name:Юлія Володимирівна Стародубцева
Birth Date:2000 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Kakhovka, Ukraine
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
College:Old Dominion
Careerprizemoney:US$ 389,407
Singlestitles:4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 123 (15 July 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 151 (5 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:1R (2024)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2024)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2024)
Usopenresult:Q3 (2024)
Doublestitles:3 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 144 (6 May 2024)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 157 (5 August 2024)
Updated:5 August 2024

Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva (Ukrainian: Юлія Володимирівна Стародубцева; born 12 February 2000) is a Ukrainian tennis player.On 15 July 2024, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 123. On 9 May 2024, she peaked at No. 144 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Starodubtseva has won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

She plays college tennis at Old Dominion University.[1]

Career

2023

Starodubtseva won her first $60k tournament in June 2023 in Sumter, South Carolina, defeating Indian player Karman Thandi.[2]

2024: Major debuts and first win, top 125

She reached the top 150 in the singles rankings on 15 January 2024. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Australian Open after qualifying,[3] [4] [5] but lost in the first round to sixth seed Ons Jabeur.

Starodubtseva made her French Open debut 2024 as a qualifier.

She recorded her first main-draw major win at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships as a qualifier over Alison Van Uytvanck on her debut. In the second round, she lost to fellow qualifier Lulu Sun, who pulled off the upset against Zheng Qinwen. As a result, she reached the top 125 in the rankings on 15 July 2024.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament2024SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
style=text-align:left Australian Open1R0 / 10–1
style=text-align:left French Open1R0 / 10–1
style=text-align:left Wimbledon2R0 / 11–1
style=text-align:left US Open0 / 00–0
style=text-align:left Win–loss0–20 / 31–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (3–2)
W25 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Mar 2023ITF Spring, United StatesW25Hard Maria Mateas6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss1–1May 2023ITF Naples, United StatesW60Clay Caroline Dolehide5–7, 5–7
Win2–1Jun 2023ITF Sumter, United StatesW60Hard Karman Thandi6–7(5), 7–5, 6–4
Loss2–2Jul 2023Evansville Classic, United StatesW60Hard Karman Thandi5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win3–2Jul 2023Dallas Summer Series, United StatesW60Hard (i) Wang Yafan3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win4–2Rancho Santa Fe Open, United StatesW60Hard Lulu Sun7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W60 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (1–2)
W10 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Dec 2016ITF Cairo, EgyptW10Clay Anastasiia Gevel Lisa-Marie Brunnemann
Diana Popescu
6–3, 0–6, [7–10]
Loss0–2Mar 2023ITF Spring, United StatesW25Hard Sofia Johnson Maria Mateas
Clervie Ngounoue
4–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Win1–2Apr 2023ITF Zephyrhills, USW25Clay Maria Kononova Jada Hart
Rasheeda McAdoo
7–5, 6–3
Loss1–3Jun 2023ITF Sumter, USW60Hard McCartney Kessler Maria Mateas
Anna Rogers
4–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]
Loss1–4Jun 2023ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW25Clay Ana Sofía Sánchez María Herazo González
Ksenia Laskutova
6–2, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss1–5Jul 2023Evansville Classic, USW60Hard McCartney Kessler Maria Kononova
Veronika Miroshnichenko
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win2–5Aug 2023Landisville Tennis Challenge, USW100Hard Sophie Chang Olivia Gadecki
Mai Hontama
w/o
Win3–5Oct 2023Rancho Santa Fe Open, USW60Hard Makenna Jones Tatiana Prozorova
Madison Sieg
6–3, 4–6, [10–6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yuliia Starodubtseva – 2021–22 – Women's Tennis .
  2. Web site: ITF 60 Sumter Draws.
  3. Web site: Zarazua, Korneeva, Yastremska qualify for Australian Open.
  4. Web site: Aussie Open 2024's Slam debuts: Korneeva, Seidel, Starodubtseva and more.
  5. Web site: Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2024 .