12/11/2023 0 Comments Marta kostyuk elena rybakinaShe did not shake her Russian opponent's hand, and dedicated her win "to Ukraine and to all the people who are fighting and dying right now". She won her maiden title defeating another first time WTA Tour finalist, Varvara Gracheva. Next, she defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam to reach the semifinals and forth seed American, Danielle Collins, to reach her first WTA Tour final. She reached her third quarterfinal of the season at the inaugural ATX Open in Austin, Texas defeating Dalma Gálfi and Madison Brengle. She reached her second quarterfinal in Hua Hin, Thailand.Īt the Dubai Championships, after receiving a wildcard, she lost in the second round to eighth seed Belinda Bencic in the second longest match of the season, in 3 hours and 27 minutes. In doubles at the same tournament, she reached the semifinals partnering Elena-Gabriela Ruse. She defeated 28th seed Amanda Anisimova and Olivia Gadecki to reach the third round at the Australian Open for the third time. She reached the semifinals at the Championnats de Granby where she lost to Daria Saville, after withdrawing from the match.Ģ023: Major doubles semifinal, first WTA Tour title and top 10 winĪt the WTA 500 Adelaide International 1, she went through qualifying and on to the quarterfinals, beating reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina en route. ![]() 6 and eighth seed, Paula Badosa.Īt the Eastbourne International, she defeated seventh seed Barbora Krejčíková to reach the third round. Kostyuk reached the top 50 on 1 November 2021, her best career ranking.Īt the Australian Open, she reached the third round defeating 32nd seed Sorribes Tormo, before losing to world No. In the fourth round, her best Grand Slam showing, she was defeated by the defending champion, Iga Świątek. She overcame a first set deficit by winning the second in a tie-breaker, but was beaten in the third.Ģ021: First WTA 500 semifinal, French Open fourth round, top 50 debutĪt the WTA 500 Abu Dhabi Open she reached the semifinals defeating Lucie Hradecká, Hsieh Su-wei, Tamara Zidanšek and Sara Sorribes Tormo.Īt the French Open, she defeated former French Open champion and 12th seed, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the first round, 6–1, 6–4. In the third round, she met former champion and world No. She then beat former semifinalist and 31st seed Anastasija Sevastova. ![]() Following the break in the season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, she competed in the Palermo Ladies Open qualifying, reaching the second round, and came through the qualifying to enter the main draw of the Prague Open.Īt the US Open, she beat former top-10 player Daria Kasatkina, in straight sets in the first round. She also won the Cairo doubles tournament, playing with Kamilla Rakhimova. In February, Kostyuk won the $60k Cairo Open. In 2019, she won two further ITF Circuit titles, and reached the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament at Strasbourg as a qualifier where she lost to fourth seed Caroline Garcia.Ģ020: US Open third round, French Open quarterfinal in doubles Kostyuk won the Burnie International, a $60k tournament in Australia, in February 2018, and reached the final of the Zhuhai Open in March, also a $60k event, but did not sustain her level of success in the rest of the year. However, she fell in round three to fourth seed and compatriot player Elina Svitolina. In doing this, she became the youngest player to reach the third round of a Grand Slam event since Mirjana Lučić-Baroni reached the same stage at the 1997 US Open. In the second round, she defeated Australian wildcard Olivia Rogowska in straight sets. By defeating Peng Shuai in the first round, Kostyuk became the youngest player to win a main-draw match in Melbourne since Martina Hingis in 1996. ![]() Having received a wildcard entry into the qualifying tournament, she defeated Arina Rodionova, Daniela Seguel and Barbora Krejčíková to become the first player born in 2002 to play in a Grand Slam main draw. Kostyuk made her main draw tour-level debut at the Australian Open. 2.Ģ018–2019: Grand Slam debut and first two wins, first WTA Tour quarterfinal Kostyuk at the 2019 Bella Cup On 30 October 2017, Kostyuk achieved a career-high junior ranking of world No. ![]() In October, she won the year-end junior girls tournament, the ITF Junior Masters in Chengdu, China. In September, she won the girls' doubles title at the US Open, playing with Olga Danilović. In May, she won an ITF tournament in Dunakeszi (Hungary) without dropping a set, becoming the youngest Ukrainian to win a professional singles title. In January 2017, Kostyuk won the Australian Open girls' singles championships. The following month, she won the 2016 Petits As in Tarbes, France, in both singles and doubles (with Kamilla Bartone). In December 2015, Marta won the "14-and-under" competition at the Orange Bowl in Florida.
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