Eva Lys

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Eva Lys
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Lys at the 2022 Wiesbaden Open
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  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$509,635
Singles
Career record116–78 (59.8%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 112 (17 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 144 (26 February 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2023)
French Open Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon Q2 (2023)
US Open 2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record4–8 (33.3%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 768 (28 November 2022)
Team competitions
BJK Cup RR (2023)
Last updated on: 26 February 2024.

Eva Lys (born 12 January 2002) is a German professional tennis player. Lys reached a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 112 in singles on 17 April 2023. She has won three singles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

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Personal life

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

2020

As a junior she participated in the 2020 Australian Open, winning in the qualifiers but losing in the first round.

2021: WTA doubles debut

Lys made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Hamburg European Open when she received a wildcard into the doubles draw, partnering Noma Noha Akugue. They lost to Mona Barthel and Mandy Minella in the first round. [7]

2022: WTA singles debut

Lys made her WTA singles debut at the 2022 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: Major debut and first win, WTA semifinal and 1000 debut and top 115

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2023 Australian Open. [11] She reached her best career ranking of world No. 112 on 17 April 2023.

She made her main draw debut at a WTA 1000 level at the 2023 China Open after entering the qualifying competition as an alternate. She reached the semifinals of the 2023 Transylvania Open but lost to eventual champion, compatriot Tamara Korpatsch.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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 Dubai Tennis Championships.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA 1R Q3 0 / 10–1
French Open AA Q1 0 / 00–0
Wimbledon A Q1 Q2 0 / 00–0
US Open A Q3 2R 0 / 11–1
Win–loss0–00–01–20–00 / 21–2
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A PO RR 0 / 11–1
WTA 1000 tournaments
Dubai Open ANTIA Q2 0 / 00–0
Indian Wells Open AA Q2 0 / 00–0
Miami Open AA Q2 0 / 00–0
Madrid Open AA Q1 0 / 00–0
China Open NH 1R 0 / 10–1
Win–loss0–00–00–10–00 / 10–1
Career statistics
Tournaments037010
Overall win–loss0–03–38–80–011–11
Year-end ranking34012313050%

ITF Circuit finals

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

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Mar 2020 ITF Altenkirchen, GermanyW25Carpet (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bibiane Schoofs 6–2, 6–4
Win2–0Oct 2021ITF Istanbul, TurkeyW25Hard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Indy de Vroome 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win3–0 Oct 2022 ITF Trnava, SlovakiaW60Hard (i) Flag of Slovakia.svg Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss3–1 Nov 2022 ITF Shrewsbury, United KingdomW100Hard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová 5–7, 2–6

Record against top 10 players

Lys' head-to-head records against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. [12]

PlayerRecordWin %HardClayGrassLast match
Number 1 ranked players
Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 0–10%–0–1–Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2022 Stuttgart
Number 2 ranked players
Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva 1–0100%1–0––Won (6–4, 6–1) at 2023 Miami
Number 5 ranked players
Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko 0–10%0–1––Lost (6–2, 3–6, 2–6) at 2023 Beijing
Number 6 ranked players
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová 0–10%0–1––Lost (5–7, 2–6) at 2022 Shrewsbury
Number 9 ranked players
Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe 1–150%1–1––Won (6–0, 6–2) at 2023 US Open
Number 10 ranked players
Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic 1–0100%––1–0Won (6–0, 7–5) at 2023 Wimbledon
Total3–443%2–30–11–0Statistics correct as of 12 January 2024.

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References

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  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. 1 2 "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". www.wtatennis.com. 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. 19 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Swiatek bests Lys in Stuttgart to notch 20th straight victory". WTA. 20 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Brenda Fruhvirtova, Shnaider, Bejlek qualify for Australian Open".
  12. ↑ "Head to Head". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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