Elina Svitolina is a Ukrainian professional tennis player born on September 12, 1994. She reached her first professional final of the 25,000 USD ITF tournament in Kharkov in May 2010. She has five WTA Tour titles – three in singles and two in pairs.
Elina Svitolina was born in the family of Elena and Mihailo and has a brother named Julian. She lives in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and is currently coached by Andrei Lutsenko. He likes to play on grass and red flooring (glue).
In 2010, Svitolina won Roland Garros for girls, defeating Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in the final. Two years later, this time at Wimbledon, Elina Svitolina again reached the final of a girls’ Grand Slam tournament, but this time she lost the title match to Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.
In 2010 at the Wimbledon tournament for girls, Elina Svitolina played a final in the doubles tournament together with the Russian Irina Khromacheva. In the final match, they lost to the pair Timea Babos and Sloane Stephens in three sets.
Elina Svitolina passed the US Open 2012 qualifiers and entered the main draw, but in the first round, she was eliminated by the 12th placed and possible quarterfinalist Ana Ivanovic.
Elina Svitolina got a place in the scheme of the Australian Open 2013 but lost in her first match of the fifth-placed Angelique Kerber. On February 18, she made her debut in the top 100 in the world, climbing to No.87 in the women’s rankings.