Results

WTA Jiujiang 10/28 04:00 25 [92] Yuliia Starodubtseva v Arantxa Rus [83] 4-6,7-6,3-6
WTA Guangzhou 10/20 03:00 14 [91] Yuliia Starodubtseva v Elena Pridankina [182] 3-6,1-6
WTA Ningbo 10/12 03:00 14 [79] Yuliia Starodubtseva v Xiaodi You [279] 6-7,6-7
WTA Wuhan 10/06 05:35 19 [115] Yuliia Starodubtseva v Anna Bondar [90] 6-7,4-6
WTA Wuhan 10/05 09:20 14 [69] Laura Siegemund v Yuliia Starodubtseva [115] 6-4,3-6,3-6
WTA Beijing 10/03 10:00 27 [115] Yuliia Starodubtseva v Coco Gauff [6] 6-2,2-6,2-6
WTA Beijing 10/01 08:00 26 [115] Yuliia Starodubtseva v Anna Kalinskaya [14] 7-5,6-0
WTA Beijing 09/29 05:00 25 [47] Elina Avanesyan v Yuliia Starodubtseva [115] 3-6,1-6
WTA Beijing 09/27 03:00 24 [115] Yuliia Starodubtseva v Katerina Siniakova [37] 6-2,6-2
WTA Beijing 09/25 04:45 23 [115] Yuliia Starodubtseva v Laura Siegemund [69] 6-4,7-6
WTA Beijing 09/24 03:00 15 [115] Yuliia Starodubtseva v Su Jeong Jang [230] 6-0,6-2
WTA Beijing 09/23 03:00 14 [115] Yuliia Starodubtseva v Carol Zhao [234] 6-2,6-2

Wikipedia - Yuliia Starodubtseva

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.

History

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

She reached the top 150 in the singles rankings on 15 January 2024. She made her major debut at the 2024 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 Championships, 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.