Yuliia Starodubtseva

Yuliia Starodubtseva
Starodubtseva at the 2023 US Open
Full nameYuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva
Native name
Юлія Володимирівна Стародубцева
Country (sports) Ukraine
Born (2000-02-17) 17 February 2000
Kakhovka, Ukraine
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CollegeOld Dominion
Prize moneyUS$ 2,478,820
Singles
Career record162–122
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 53 (6 April 2026)
Current rankingNo. 74 (24 August 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024, 2025, 2026)
French Open3R (2025, 2026)
Wimbledon2R (2024, 2025)
US Open1R (2024, 2025)
Doubles
Career record51–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 144 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 190 (24 August 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (2025, 2026)
Wimbledon2R (2026)
US Open1R (2025)
Last updated on: 24 August 2026.

Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva (Ukrainian: Юлія Володимирівна Стародубцева; born 17 February 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved on 6 April 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 144, reached on 6 May 2024.[1][2]

Starodubtseva has won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

She played college tennis at Old Dominion University.[3][4][5]

Career

2023: First ITF Circuit title

Starodubtseva won her first $60k tournament in June 2023 in Sumter, South Carolina, defeating Indian player Karman Thandi.[6]

2024: Major debut, WTA 1000 quarterfinal

Starodubtseva made her major debut at the Australian Open after qualifying,[7][4] but lost in the first round to sixth seed Ons Jabeur.[5][8] She also qualified for the French Open, but again lost in the first round, this time to Cristina Bucșa.[9]

As a qualifier once more, Starodubtseva recorded her first main-draw major win at Wimbledon, defeating Alison Van Uytvanck.[10] In the second round, she lost to fellow qualifier Lulu Sun.[11]

Ranked No. 146, Starodubtseva made her debut at the US Open, after qualifying into the main-draw but lost in the first round to 20th seed Victoria Azarenka in three sets.[12] Starodubtseva became the first woman in the Open Era to qualify for all four majors in a single season.[1]

In September, Starodubtseva reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the Jasmin Open by defeating Suzan Lamens[13] and third seed Diane Parry,[14][15] before losing to Sonay Kartal.[16]

At the China Open, Starodubtseva recorded, after qualifying, her first main-draw WTA 1000-level wins over Laura Siegemund,[17] 27th seed Kateřina Siniaková,[18] Elina Avanesyan[19] and 10th seed Anna Kalinskaya to reach the quarterfinals.[20] Despite losing to sixth seed Coco Gauff in the last eight,[21] Starodubtseva entered the top-100 in the singles rankings on 7 October 2024.[1]

2025: French Open third round, top 70

At the French Open Starodubtseva lost to Sára Bejlek in straight sets in the last round of qualifying, ending a 14-match winning streak in Grand Slam qualifying.[22] However, she entered the main-draw as a lucky loser and defeated qualifier Tamara Korpatsch,[23] and Anastasia Potapova to reach the third round of a major for the first time,[24] at which point her run was ended by fourth seed Jasmine Paolini.[25] As a result of her performance at Roland Garos, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 67 on 9 June 2025.[26]

At the Ningbo Open where Starodubtseva qualified for the main-draw, she overcame Yulia Putintseva to make it into the second round,[27] where she pushed sixth seed Belinda Bencic to three sets in what was the longest match of the 2025 season to that point, lasting three hours and 33 minutes.[28] As a result, she moved 19 positions up to No. 112 on 20 October 2025.[29]

2026: First WTA final

In March, Starodubtseva qualified for the main draw at the Miami Open, defeated Eva Lys[30] and 30th seed Cristina Bucșa,[31] before losing to sixth seed Amanda Anisimova in the third round.[32]

At the Charleston Open, she recorded wins over Zhang Shuai,[33] lucky loser Ekaterine Gorgodze,[34] Renata Zarazúa,[35] McCartney Kessler[36] and fifth seed Madison Keys to reach her first WTA Tour final.[37] She lost the championship match to top seed and defending champion, Jessica Pegula, in straight sets.[38] Despite the defeat, Starodubtseva moved up to a new career-high ranking of world No. 53 on 6 April 2026.[39]

At the French Open, Starodubtseva defeated Anna Blinkova[40] and second seed Elena Rybakina to reach the third round for the second consecutive year,[41] at which point she lost to qualifier Wang Xiyu.[42]

In August at the Monterrey Open, she recorded wins over Lilli Tagger[43] and seventh seed Janice Tjen to make it into the quarterfinals,[44] where she lost to second seed Elise Mertens.[45]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2026 Charleston Open.

Tournament 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3
French Open A 1R 3R 3R 0 / 3 4–3
Wimbledon A 2R 2R 1R 0 / 3 2–3
US Open Q1 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Win–loss 0–0 1–4 3–4 2–3 0 / 11 6–11

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (0–1)
WTA 250 (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2026 Charleston Open, US WTA 500 Clay United States Jessica Pegula 2–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (3–2)
W25 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2023 ITF Spring, US W25 Hard United States Maria Mateas 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 2023 Naples Open, US W60 Clay United States Caroline Dolehide 5–7, 5–7
Win 2–1 Jun 2023 Palmetto Pro Open, US W60 Hard India Karman Thandi 6–7(5), 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jul 2023 Evansville Classic, US W60 Hard India Karman Thandi 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win 3–2 Jul 2023 Dallas Summer Series, US W60 Hard (i) China Wang Yafan 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–2 Oct 2023 Rancho Santa Fe Open, US W60 Hard Switzerland Lulu Sun 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W60 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (1–2)
10K tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016 ITF Cairo, Egypt 10K Clay Ukraine Anastasiia Gevel Germany Lisa-Marie Brunnemann
Romania Diana Popescu		 6–3, 0–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Mar 2023 ITF Spring, US W25 Hard United Kingdom Sofia Johnson United States Maria Mateas
United States Clervie Ngounoue		 4–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Win 1–2 Apr 2023 ITF Zephyrhills, US W25 Clay Maria Kononova United States Jada Hart
United States Rasheeda McAdoo		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Jun 2023 Palmetto Pro Open, US W60 Hard United States McCartney Kessler United States Maria Mateas
United States Anna Rogers		 4–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]
Loss 1–4 Jun 2023 ITF Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic		 W25 Clay Mexico Ana Sofía Sánchez Colombia María Herazo González
Ksenia Laskutova		 6–2, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 1–5 Jul 2023 Evansville Classic, US W60 Hard United States McCartney Kessler Maria Kononova
Ukraine Veronika Miroshnichenko		 3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win 2–5 Aug 2023 Landisville Tennis Challenge, US W100 Hard United States Sophie Chang Australia Olivia Gadecki
Japan Mai Hontama		 walkover
Win 3–5 Oct 2023 Rancho Santa Fe Open, US W60 Hard United States Makenna Jones Tatiana Prozorova
United States Madison Sieg		 6–3, 4–6, [10–6]

Wins over top-10 players

Season 2026 Total
Wins 1 1
# Opponent Rk Event Surface Rd Score Rk Ref
2026
1. Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 2 French Open, France Clay 2R 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(10–4) 55

References

  1. 1 2 3 "'I learned my lesson': Starodubtseva's path from tough coaching to Top 100". WTATennis. 1 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Starodubtseva: I want to be more consistent like Svitolina". 21 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Yuliia Starodubtseva - Women's Tennis 2021-22". Old Dominion Athletics.
  4. 1 2 "From unranked to Australian Open, Starodubtseva is ready to shine". Women's Tennis Association. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  5. 1 2 "2024 Australian Open: Yuliia Starodubtseva's journey from unranked collegiate player to Melbourne main draw". 15 January 2024.
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  7. ↑ "Zarazua, Korneeva, Yastremska qualify for Australian Open". Women's Tennis Association.
  8. ↑ "Jabeur eases past Starodubtseva into second round in Melbourne". Reuters. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Roland-Garros: Bucsa reaches second round". Tennis Majors. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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  11. ↑ "Wimbledon: Qualifier Sun moves into third round with win over Starodubtseva". Tennis Majors. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "US Open: Azarenka comes back from a set down to reach second round". Tennis Majors. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "Jasmin Open: Starodubtseva advances to second round". Tennis Majors. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  14. ↑ "WTA roundup: France's Clara Burel, Diane Parry fall in Tunisia". Reuters. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  15. ↑ "Jasmin Open: Starodubtseva moves into quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  16. ↑ "Jasmin Open: Kartal advances to last 4". Tennis Majors. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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  29. ↑ "Rankings Watch Paolini and Rybakina climb while Valentova continues her rise". WTA. 20 October 2025.
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