Eva Lys

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Eva Lys
Eva Lys at Wimbledon 2024 (cropped2).jpg
Lys at the 2024 Wimbledon qualifying
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$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 Open 1R (2023)
French Open 1R (2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
US Open 2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record4–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 768 (28 November 2022)
Team competitions
BJK Cup 1R (2024), RR (2023)
Last updated on: 15 November 2024.

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.

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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: Grand Slam qualifying

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

2021: WTA Tour doubles debut

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

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

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

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 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R Q3 0 / 10–1
French Open A Q1 1R 0 / 10–1
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 1R 0 / 10–1
US Open Q3 2R 1R 0 / 21–2
Win–loss0–01–20–30 / 51–5
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup PO RR 1R 0 / 21–1
WTA 1000 tournaments
Dubai Open NTIA Q2 0 / 00–0
Indian Wells Open A Q2 A0 / 00–0
Miami Open A Q2 A0 / 00–0
Madrid Open A Q1 A0 / 00–0
China Open NH 1R A0 / 10–1
Win–loss0–00–10–00 / 10–1
Career statistics
Tournaments37717
Overall win–loss3–38–89–720–18
Year-end ranking12313013053%

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 AK Ladies Open, 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 Trnava Indoor, SlovakiaW60Hard (i) Flag of Slovakia.svg Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss3–1 Nov 2022 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United KingdomW100Hard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová 5–7, 2–6

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