Starodubtseva at the 2023 US Open | |
Full name | Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva |
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Native name | Юлія Володимирівна Стародубцева |
Country (sports) | Ukraine |
Born | (2000-02-17) 17 February 2000 (age 24) Kakhovka, Ukraine |
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, 2025) |
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.
Career
2023: First ITF Circuit title
Starodubtseva won her first $60k tournament in June 2023 in Sumter, South Carolina, defeating Indian player Karman Thandi.
2024: Major, WTA 1000 debuts & quarterfinal, top 100
Starodubtseva reached the top 150 in the singles rankings on 15 January 2024. She made her major debut at the Australian Open after qualifying, but lost in the first round to sixth seed Ons Jabeur.
Starodubtseva made her French Open debut as a qualifier, but lost in straight sets to Cristina Bucșa.
She recorded her first main-draw major win at the Wimbledon, as a qualifier, over Alison Van Uytvanck, on her debut. In the second round, she lost to fellow qualifier Lulu Sun.
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. She became the first woman in the Open era to qualify for all four majors in a single season.
In September, Starodubtseva reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the 2024 Jasmin Open by defeating Suzan Lamens and third seed Diane Parry, before losing to Sonay Kartal. 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. 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.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Tournament | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
French Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
Wimbledon | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||
US Open | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
Win–loss | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 |
ITF Circuit finals
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, 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, |
Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2023 | ITF Spring, United States | W25 | Hard | Sofia Johnson | Maria Mateas Clervie Ngounoue |
4–6, 6–2, |
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, |
Loss | 1–4 | Jun 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | W25 | Clay | Ana Sofía Sánchez | María Herazo González Ksenia Laskutova |
6–2, 4–6, |
Loss | 1–5 | Jul 2023 | Evansville Classic, United States | W60 | Hard | McCartney Kessler | Maria Kononova Veronika Miroshnichenko |
3–6, 6–2, |
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, |
Head-to-head records
Record against top 10 players
- 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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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
- "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". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- "Wimbledon: Starodubtseva moves into second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- "Wimbledon: Qualifier Sun moves into third round with win over Starodubtseva". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- "US Open: Azarenka comes back from a set down to reach second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "'I learned my lesson': Starodubtseva's path from tough coaching to Top 100". WTATennis. 1 October 2024.
- "Jasmin Open: Starodubtseva advances to second round". Tennis Majors. 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". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- "Jasmin Open: Kartal advances to last 4". Tennis Majors. 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.
External links
- Yuliia Starodubtseva at the Women's Tennis Association
- Yuliia Starodubtseva at the International Tennis Federation
Women's Tennis Association: Top Ukrainian female singles tennis players | |
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Women's Tennis Association: Top Ukrainian female doubles tennis players | |
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