Yuliia Starodubtseva

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

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Starodubtseva at the 2023 US Open
Full name	Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva
Native name	Юлія Володимирівна Стародубцева
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Born	(2000-02-17) 17 February 2000 Kakhovka, Ukraine
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
College	Old Dominion
Prize money	$699,122
Singles
Career record	113–64
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 79 (7 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 92 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2024)
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2024)
US Open	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	43–26
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 144 (6 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 250 (28 October 2024)
Last updated on: 28 October 2024.

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.

Career

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

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

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	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	0 / 1	0–1
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 / 4	1–4

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 0–2 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	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

External links

• Yuliia Starodubtseva at the Women's Tennis Association
• Yuliia Starodubtseva at the International Tennis Federation