In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Volodymyrivna and the family name is 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.[1]

Career

2023: First ITF Circuit title

Starodubtseva won her first $60k tournament in June 2023 in Sumter, South Carolina, defeating Indian player Karman Thandi.[2]

2024: Major, WTA 1000 debuts & quarterfinal, top 100

Starodubtseva reached the top 150 in the singles rankings on 15 January 2024. She made her major debut at the Australian Open after qualifying,[3][4][5] but lost in the first round to sixth seed Ons Jabeur.[6]

Starodubtseva made her French Open debut as a qualifier, but lost in straight sets to Cristina Bucșa.[7]

She recorded her first main-draw major win at the Wimbledon, as a qualifier, over Alison Van Uytvanck, on her debut.[8] In the second round, she lost to fellow qualifier Lulu Sun.[9]

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.[10] She became the first woman in the Open era to qualify for all four majors in a single season.[11]

In September, Starodubtseva reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the 2024 Jasmin Open by defeating Suzan Lamens[12] and third seed Diane Parry,[13][14] before losing to Sonay Kartal.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17][18][11]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.
Tournament 2024 2025 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
French Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon 2R 0 / 1 1–1
US Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 1–4 0–1 0 / 5 1–5

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, United States W25 Hard United States Maria Mateas 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 2023 Naples Open, United States W60 Clay United States Caroline Dolehide 5–7, 5–7
Win 2–1 Jun 2023 Palmetto Pro Open, United States W60 Hard India Karman Thandi 6–7(5), 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jul 2023 Evansville Classic, United States W60 Hard India Karman Thandi 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win 3–2 Jul 2023 Dallas Summer Series, United States W60 Hard (i) China Wang Yafan 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–2 Oct 2023 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States 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)
W10 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 W10 Clay Ukraine Anastasiia Gevel Germany Lisa-Marie Brunnemann
Romania Diana Popescu 		6–3, 0–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Mar 2023 ITF Spring, United States 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, United States W25 Clay Russia Maria Kononova United States Jada Hart
United States Rasheeda McAdoo 		7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Jun 2023 Palmetto Pro Open, United States 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, United States W60 Hard United States McCartney Kessler Russia Maria Kononova
Ukraine Veronika Miroshnichenko 		3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win 2–5 Aug 2023 Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States W100 Hard United States Sophie Chang Australia Olivia Gadecki
Japan Mai Hontama 		w/o
Win 3–5 Oct 2023 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States W60 Hard United States Makenna Jones Russia Tatiana Prozorova
United States Madison Sieg 		6–3, 4–6, [10–6]

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

  • She has a 0–2 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2024
Loss 0–1 Tunisia Ons Jabeur No. 6 Australian Open, Australia Hard 1R 3–6, 1–6 No. 150 0–1
Loss 0–2 United States Coco Gauff No. 6 China Open, China Hard QF 6–2, 2–6, 2–6 No. 115 0–1

References

  1. ^ "Yuliia Starodubtseva – 2021–22 – Women's Tennis".
  2. ^ "ITF 60 Sumter Draws".
  3. ^ "Zarazua, Korneeva, Yastremska qualify for Australian Open". Women's Tennis Association.
  4. ^ "Aussie Open 2024's Slam debuts: Korneeva, Seidel, Starodubtseva and more". Women's Tennis Association.
  5. ^ "From unranked to Australian Open, Starodubtseva is ready to shine". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Jabeur eases past Starodubtseva into second round in Melbourne". Reuters. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Roland-Garros: Bucsa reaches second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Wimbledon: Starodubtseva moves into second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Wimbledon: Qualifier Sun moves into third round with win over Starodubtseva". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  10. ^ "US Open: Azarenka comes back from a set down to reach second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  11. ^ a b "'I learned my lesson': Starodubtseva's path from tough coaching to Top 100". WTATennis. 1 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Jasmin Open: Starodubtseva advances to second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  13. ^ "WTA roundup: France's Clara Burel, Diane Parry fall in Tunisia". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  14. ^ "Jasmin Open: Starodubtseva moves into quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Jasmin Open: Kartal advances to last 4". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  16. ^ "2024 Beijing; Starodubtseva upsets Siniakova in Beijing second round for first Top 50 win". WTATennis. 27 September 2024.
  17. ^ "2024 Beijing; Starodubtseva tops Avanesyan in Beijing, makes first WTA 1000 Round of 16". WTATennis. 28 September 2024.
  18. ^ @TennisChannel (1 October 2024). "Shining like a star ⭐️ Yulia Starodubtseva clinches her first WTA 1000 Quarterfinal, defeating Kalinskaya 7-5, 6-0.#ChinaOpen" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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