History of Elina Svitolina in Timeline

Elina Svitolina is a professional tennis player from Ukraine. She achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles. Svitolina has secured 18 WTA Tour singles titles, highlighted by her victory at the 2018 WTA Finals. She has also reached the semifinals in three major singles tournaments, demonstrating her consistent performance at the highest levels of professional tennis.

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September 1994: Elina Svitolina's Birth

On September 1994, Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina was born. She is a Ukrainian professional tennis player.

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1999: Third player in the Open Era

In 1999, Serena Williams defeated major champions at the US Open. Svitolina became the third player in the Open Era to defeat four former major champions in a single Grand Slam tournament after Serena Williams.

2003: Yulian Svitolin Coaching Career

In 2003, Yulian Svitolin began his full time coaching career as the head coach of his younger sister, Elina Svitolina.

2005: Defeating Four Champions

Svitolina became the third player in the Open Era to defeat four former major champions in a single Grand Slam tournament after Justine Henin at Roland Garros in 2005.

May 2010: First Professional Singles Final

In May 2010, Elina Svitolina reached her first professional singles final at the $25k tournament in Kharkiv.

February 2012: Teenager WTA tournament win

In February 2012, Elina Svitolina became the first teenager to win a WTA tournament.

2012: Wimbledon Championships Final

In 2012, Elina Svitolina reached the final of the girls' singles event at the Wimbledon Championships, where she lost to Eugenie Bouchard.

2012: First title since 2012

In 2012, this was the first time since 2012 that Svitolina failed to win a title during the year.

July 2013: Top 50 Ranking

In July 2013, Elina Svitolina broke into the world's top 50 tennis rankings.

2013: Svitolina coached by Sébastien Mathieu

In 2013, Sébastien Mathieu coached Elina Svitolina.

2014: İstanbul Cup Doubles Titles

In 2014, Elina Svitolina secured one of her two doubles titles at the İstanbul Cup.

2014: Istanbul Title

In 2014, Svitolina captured her third title of the year in İstanbul.

2014: Svitolina coached by Sébastien Mathieu

In 2014, Sébastien Mathieu coached Elina Svitolina.

June 2015: Top 20 Ranking

In June 2015, Elina Svitolina reached the top 20 in the world tennis rankings.

February 2016: Justine Henin joins Svitolina's coaching team

In February 2016, former world No. 1 Justine Henin joined Elina Svitolina's coaching team.

November 2016: Svitolina splits with coach Iain Hughes

In November 2016, Elina Svitolina chose to split from her coach Iain Hughes, after working together for two and a half years.

2016: French Open Defeat

At the 2016 French Open, Elina Svitolina was defeated in the third round by Garbiñe Muguruza.

2016: Premier Mandatory Semifinal

In 2016, Elina Svitolina reached her first Premier Mandatory semifinal since 2016 at Indian Wells, losing to Bianca Andreescu.

2016: Svitolina endorses Nike for clothing and shoes

Since 2016, Elina Svitolina had been endorsed by Nike for clothing and shoes, after previously being sponsored by Ellesse and Lacoste.

May 2017: Top 10 Ranking

In May 2017, Elina Svitolina became the first Ukrainian woman to reach the top 10 in the world tennis rankings.

May 2017: Defeats since top 10

Since May 2017, Svitolina had her sixth defeat to a player ranked outside the top 30 at a major event since she had become ranked within the top 10.

2017: Strong Showing in Brisbane

In 2017, Elina Svitolina started her season with a strong showing in Brisbane, defeating world No. 1, Angelique Kerber, in the quarterfinals, before losing to eventual champion Karolína Plíšková in the following round.

2018: WTA Finals Victory

In 2018, Elina Svitolina achieved a significant career milestone by winning the WTA Finals.

2018: Brisbane International Title

In 2018, Elina Svitolina began her season by capturing the Brisbane International title, defeating qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final.

2018: Ascione coaches Svitolina until the 2018 US Open

Thierry Ascione coached Elina Svitolina until the 2018 US Open, followed by a brief stint with Nick Saviano.

2019: Svitolina and Monfils begin their relationship

Elina Svitolina and ATP tennis player Gaël Monfils began their relationship in 2019.

2019: Major Semifinals

In 2019, Elina Svitolina achieved her best performances at major tournaments by reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon and the US Open.

2020: Tokyo Olympics Appearance

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Svitolina entered into the singles tennis tournament as the fourth seed, which was her second bid to earn her home country its very first medal in tennis in Olympics history.

2020: Marcos Baghdatis begins working with Svitolina

For the 2020 season, former player Marcos Baghdatis began working with Elina Svitolina as a coach.

April 2021: Svitolina and Monfils announce their engagement

On April 3, 2021, Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils announced their engagement.

July 2021: Svitolina and Monfils get married

On July 16, 2021, Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils were married.

2021: Svitolina splits with coach Andrew Bettles

Following the end of her 2021 season, Elina Svitolina split with her coach Andrew Bettles.

2021: US Open appearance

In 2021, Svitolina reached Grand Slam quarterfinal at the US Open.

2021: Olympic Bronze Medal

In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Elina Svitolina won the bronze medal in the women's singles tennis tournament, becoming the first Olympian to win a tennis medal for Ukraine.

2021: Language Learning

Since the COVID-19 quarantine at the 2021 Australian Open, Elina Svitolina has been actively learning the Ukrainian and French languages.

January 2022: Promise to master Ukrainian language

In January 2022, Elina Svitolina promised to master the Ukrainian language in an interview with Dmitry Gordon.

March 2022: Temporary Break Announcement

On 31 March 2022, Elina Svitolina announced that she was taking a temporary break from competition, citing health problems and emotional exhaustion.

May 2022: Svitolina and Monfils announce they are expecting their first child

On May 15, 2022, Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils announced that they were expecting their first child, a girl, who was born later that year.

2022: Russian Invasion Stance

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, Elina Svitolina declared she would not play against anyone representing Russia or Belarus unless they were deemed neutral athletes.

2022: Break from Tennis

In 2022, Elina Svitolina took a break from professional tennis to give birth to her first child.

2022: Svitolina takes maternity leave hiatus

In 2022, Elina Svitolina took a maternity leave hiatus from the tour.

April 2023: Svitolina returns to tour with coach Raemon Sluiter

In April 2023, Elina Svitolina returned to the tour with Raemon Sluiter as her coach, following her maternity leave.

June 2023: Returned to Top 100

On 12 June 2023, Elina Svitolina returned to the top 100.

July 2023: Svitolina supports Olga Kharlan after disqualification

In July 2023, Elina Svitolina voiced her support for Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan after she was disqualified at the World Fencing Championships for not shaking the hand of her Russian opponent. Svitolina questioned why Russians don't respect their position and called on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime to follow the WTA's lead, urging respect for Ukrainian athletes' decisions.

2023: Svitolina begins endorsing Adidas clothing and shoes

In 2023, Elina Svitolina began endorsing Adidas clothing and shoes, switching from Nike.

2023: Return to Competition

In 2023, Elina Svitolina made a strong comeback to professional tennis, winning a WTA Tour title and reaching the French Open quarterfinals and the Wimbledon semifinals.

July 2024: Svitolina splits from coach Raemon Sluiter

On July 19, 2024, Elina Svitolina announced that she had split from her coach Raemon Sluiter.

2024: Svitolina ends 2024 season early due to surgery

Elina Svitolina ended her 2024 season early in September, following her withdrawal from the China Open due to surgery.

2024: Svitolina retires from Australian Open with injury

In 2024, Elina Svitolina reached the fourth round of the Australian Open but had to retire from her match against Linda Noskova due to a back injury.

2025: Svitolina achieves 100 Grand Slam wins and reaches Australian Open quarterfinals

In 2025, Elina Svitolina became the first Ukrainian player in the Open Era with 100 main draw wins at Grand Slams after her second-round win at the Australian Open. She subsequently reached the quarterfinals, marking her third time at the tournament.