Yuliia Starodubtseva

Yuliia Starodubtseva
Starodubtseva at the 2023 US Open
Full nameYuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva
Native nameЮлія Володимирівна Стародубцева
Country (sports) Ukraine
Born (2000-02-17) 17 February 2000
Kakhovka, Ukraine
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CollegeOld Dominion
Prize money$ 1,163,518
Singles
Career record125–83
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 67 (9 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 68 (16 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024, 2025)
French Open3R (2025)
Wimbledon2R (2024, 2025)
US Open1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record45–28
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 144 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 340 (16 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (2025)
Wimbledon1R (2025)
Last updated on: 16 June 2025.

Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva (Ukrainian: Юлія Володимирівна Стародубцева; born 17 February 2000) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 67 by the WTA, achieved on 9 June 2025, and peaked at No. 144 in the WTA doubles rankings on 9 May 2024. She became the first woman in the Open Era to qualify for all Grand Slams in a single season.[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]

2024-25: Major, WTA 1000 debuts & quarterfinal, top 75

Starodubtseva reached the top 150 in the singles rankings on 15 January 2024. She made her major debut at the Australian Open after qualifying,[7][8][4] but lost in the first round to sixth seed Ons Jabeur.[5][9]

Starodubtseva made her French Open debut as a qualifier, but lost in straight sets to Cristina Bucșa.[10]

Starodubtseva recorded her first main-draw major win at the Wimbledon, as a qualifier, over Alison Van Uytvanck, on her debut.[11] In the second round, she lost to fellow qualifier Lulu Sun.[12]

Ranked No. 146, Starodubtseva made her debut at the US Open, after qualifying into the main draw but lost to 20th seed Victoria Azarenka, in three sets.[13] 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 2024 Jasmin Open by defeating Suzan Lamens[14] and third seed Diane Parry,[15][16] before losing to Sonay Kartal.[17] 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.[18] 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 on 7 October 2024.[19][20][1]

At the 2025 French Open as the top seed,[2] Yulia Starodubtseva lost to teenager Sára Bejlek in straight sets in the last round of qualifying, ending a 14-match winning streak in Grand Slam qualifying.[21] Despite losing in the final round of qualifying, Starodubtseva entered the main draw as a lucky loser replacing Romanian Sorana Cîrstea. She defeated Tamara Korpatsch from Germany, also a qualifier,[22] and Anastasia Potapova to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career.[23][24] As a result she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 67 on 9 June 2025.[25] At the same tournament Starodubtseva also entered the doubles draw as an alternate pair with Anastasia Dețiuc. They defeated their first round opponents, the French wildcard duo Émeline Dartron and Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah.[26]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# 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.
Tournament 2024 2025 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
French Open 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2
Wimbledon 2R 0 / 1 1–1
US Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 1–4 2–2 0 / 6 3–6

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, United States W25 Hard Maria Mateas 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 2023 Naples Open, United States W60 Clay Caroline Dolehide 5–7, 5–7
Win 2–1 Jun 2023 Palmetto Pro Open, United States W60 Hard Karman Thandi 6–7(5), 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Jul 2023 Evansville Classic, United States W60 Hard Karman Thandi 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win 3–2 Jul 2023 Dallas Summer Series, United States W60 Hard (i) Wang Yafan 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–2 Oct 2023 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States W60 Hard 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 Anastasiia Gevel Lisa-Marie Brunnemann
Diana Popescu
6–3, 0–6, [7–10]
Loss 0–2 Mar 2023 ITF Spring, United States W25 Hard Sofia Johnson Maria Mateas
Clervie Ngounoue
4–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Win 1–2 Apr 2023 ITF Zephyrhills, United States W25 Clay Maria Kononova Jada Hart
Rasheeda McAdoo
7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Jun 2023 Palmetto Pro Open, United States W60 Hard McCartney Kessler Maria Mateas
Anna Rogers
4–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]
Loss 1–4 Jun 2023 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W25 Clay Ana Sofía Sánchez María Herazo González
Ksenia Laskutova
6–2, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 1–5 Jul 2023 Evansville Classic, United States W60 Hard McCartney Kessler Maria Kononova
Veronika Miroshnichenko
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win 2–5 Aug 2023 Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States W100 Hard Sophie Chang Olivia Gadecki
Mai Hontama
w/o
Win 3–5 Oct 2023 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States W60 Hard Makenna Jones Tatiana Prozorova
Madison Sieg
6–3, 4–6, [10–6]

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

  • She has a 0–3 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 Ons Jabeur No. 6 Australian Open, Australia Hard 1R 3–6, 1–6 No. 150 0–1
Loss 0–2 Coco Gauff No. 6 China Open, China Hard QF 6–2, 2–6, 2–6 No. 115 0–1
Loss 0–3 Jasmine Paolini No. 4 French Open, France Hard 3R 4–6, 1–6 No. 81

References

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  2. ^ a b "Starodubtseva: I want to be more consistent like Svitolina". 21 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Yuliia Starodubtseva - Women's Tennis 2021-22". Old Dominion Athletics.
  4. ^ a b "From unranked to Australian Open, Starodubtseva is ready to shine". Women's Tennis Association. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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  10. ^ "Roland-Garros: Bucsa reaches second round". Tennis Majors. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Wimbledon: Starodubtseva moves into second round". Tennis Majors. July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Wimbledon: Qualifier Sun moves into third round with win over Starodubtseva". Tennis Majors. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  13. ^ "US Open: Azarenka comes back from a set down to reach second round". Tennis Majors. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Jasmin Open: Starodubtseva advances to second round". Tennis Majors. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  15. ^ "WTA roundup: France's Clara Burel, Diane Parry fall in Tunisia". Reuters. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Jasmin Open: Starodubtseva moves into quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Jasmin Open: Kartal advances to last 4". Tennis Majors. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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