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Eva Lys

Eva Lys (born 12 January 2002) is a German professional tennis player. Lys reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 105 on 23 September 2024. She has won three singles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Eva Lys
Lys at the 2024 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports) Germany
Born (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 22)[1]
Kyiv, Ukraine
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$793,578
Singles
Career record143–92
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 105 (23 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 130 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US Open2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record4–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 768 (28 November 2022)
Team competitions
BJK Cup1R (2024), RR (2023)
Last updated on: 15 November 2024.

Personal life

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She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and moved to Germany at the age of 2.[2] Her father Vladimir is a former tennis player who was a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team,[3] and currently is a coach in Hamburg.[4] Lys' older sister Lisa Matviyenko is also a tennis player.[5] She went to school at the Sportgymnasium Alter Teichweg in Hamburg, from where Marvin Möller and Carina Witthöft also graduated.[5] She still has family in Ukraine, and after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine she complained of some Russian players' "disrespectful" behaviour.[6]

Career

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2020: Grand Slam qualifying

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As a junior she participated in the Australian Open, winning in the qualifiers but losing in the first round.

2021: WTA Tour doubles debut

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Lys made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Hamburg European Open when she received a wild card into the doubles draw, partnering Noma Noha Akugue. They lost to Mona Barthel and Mandy Minella in the first round.[7]

2022: WTA Tour singles debut

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Lys made her WTA Tour singles debut at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, coming through the qualifying.[8] She beat Viktorija Golubic in the first round,[9] before losing to world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in the second.[10]

2023–2024: Major and WTA 1000 debuts & first win, three WTA semifinals

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Lys made her Grand Slam debut at the 2023 Australian Open,[11] losing in the first round to Cristina Bucșa in three sets.[12]

Having qualified for the main draw, she recorded her first Grand Slam win at the 2023 US Open on her debut there over wildcard Robin Montgomery.[13] She lost in the second round to Lucia Bronzetti.[14]

Lys reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the 2023 Transylvania Open in Cluj, Romania,[15] but lost to eventual champion, fellow German Tamara Korpatsch.[16]

In July, she qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making her debut at this Grand Slam although she went out in the opening round to Clara Burel.[17] In mid-July, Lys reached her second WTA Tour semifinal at the 2024 Budapest Grand Prix with wins over sixth seed Nadia Podoroska,[18] Bernarda Pera[19] and finally Rebecca Šramková in the quarterfinals[20] before losing to top seed Diana Shnaider.[21] As a result she reached a new career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 108 on 22 July 2024.[22]

Ranked No. 113, she also qualified for the main draw of the 2024 US Open for a second consecutive year, and lost in the first round in a close three-setter to Marie Bouzková.[23]

At the 2024 Jasmin Open, Lys reached her fourth career quarterfinal, defeating Lesia Tsurenko[24] and upsetting top seed and two-time defending champion Elise Mertens, her fourth career top 50 win, following a comeback from 1–6, 0–2 15–40 to win in three sets.[25][26] Next she defeated Zeynep Sönmez to reach her third WTA Tour semifinal,[27][28] which she lost to Sonay Kartal when she retired due to illness, while trailing in the first set.[29][30] As a result, she reached No. 105 in the singles rankings, on 23 September 2024.

Singles performance timeline

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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.

Only WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slams) main-draw and Billie Jean King Cup results are considered in the career statistics.

Current through the 2024 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R Q3 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open Q3 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
Win–loss 0–0 1–2 0–3 0 / 5 1–5
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup PO RR 1R 0 / 2 1–1
WTA 1000 tournaments
Dubai Open NTI A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Indian Wells Open A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
China Open NH 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 3 7 7 17
Overall win–loss 3–3 8–8 9–7 20–18
Year-end ranking 123 130 130 53%

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2020 AK Ladies Open, Germany W25 Carpet (i)   Bibiane Schoofs 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 2021 ITF Istanbul, Turkey W25 Hard (i)   Indy de Vroome 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–0 Oct 2022 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia W60 Hard (i)   Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 3–1 Nov 2022 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom W100 Hard (i)   Markéta Vondroušová 5–7, 2–6

References

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  1. ^ "Eva Lys". www.tennisexplorer.com.
  2. ^ "Tennis - Eva Lys: Zwischen Spitzentennis und der Sorge um die Ukraine". sportschau.de (in German).
  3. ^ "Vladimir Lys kommt für Herwig Maurach". abendblatt.de (in German). 2 April 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Eva Lys at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix: 'It's a dream come true'". Tennisnet. 15 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Eva Lys vom Club an der Alster". themenwelten.abendblatt.de (in German).
  6. ^ Mesic, Dzevad (5 March 2022). "Eva Lys: Many Russian players laugh and make fun of the Ukraine war". Tennis World.
  7. ^ "Lys/Noha Akugue vs. Barthel/Minella". WTA Tennis. 8 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Jabeur overcomes Vondrousova in Stuttgart; Lys wins memorable debut". WTA Tennis. 19 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Swiatek bests Lys in Stuttgart to notch 20th straight victory". WTA Tennis. 20 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Brenda Fruhvirtova, Shnaider, Bejlek qualify for Australian Open". WTA Tennis. 12 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Bucsa Sets Round 2 Clash with Andreescu at Australian Open". Tennis Majors. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  13. ^ "US Open: Lys powers into second round". Tennis Majors. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  14. ^ "US Open: Bronzetti through to third round in straight sets, to meet Zheng next". Tennis Majors. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Lys sweeps into first WTA semifinal of career". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Korpatsch moves past Lys into first career singles final". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Wimbledon: Burel beat Lys to move into second round". Tennis Majors. July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Hungarian Open: Lys moves into second round". Tennis Majors. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Hungarian Open: Lys reaches quarter-finals as Pera retires". Tennis Majors. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Hungarian Open: Lys through to semi-finals". Tennis Majors. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  21. ^ "No.1 seed Shnaider and unseeded Sasnovich advance to Budapest final". Women's Tennis Association. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Eva Lys Rankings History". Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  23. ^ "US Open: Bouzkova narrowly avoids first-round slip up". Tennis Majors. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Jasmin Open: Lys moves into second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  25. ^ @JTweetsTennis (12 September 2024). "Quite the comeback from Eva Lys against the red hot Elise Mertens. Mertens led 6-1, *2-0 40-15 game points (this after losing 2 games last round)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  26. ^ "2024 Monastir; Lys dethrones defending champion Mertens in seesaw Monastir three-setter". 12 September 2024.
  27. ^ "2024 Monastir; Lys overcomes Sonmez in Monastir to make second WTA semifinal of 2024". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Jasmin Open: Lys continues fine run to reach semi-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  29. ^ "First-time finalists Sramkova and Kartal to face off for Monastir title". WTATennis. 14 September 2024.
  30. ^ "Sonay Kartal reaches first career WTA final after Eva Lys retirement at Jasmin Open". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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