Katie Volynets

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Katie Volynets
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Volynets at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2001-12-31) December 31, 2001 (age 22)
Walnut Creek, California
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2018 [1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,317,650
Singles
Career record165–121 (57.7%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 74 (March 6, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 110 (April 1, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2023)
French Open 2R (2022)
Wimbledon 1R (2021, 2023)
US Open 1R (2019, 2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record13–17 (43.3%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 447 (May 9, 2022)
Current rankingNo. 757 (April 1, 2024)
Last updated on: 1 April 2024.

Katie Volynets (born December 31, 2001) is an American tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 74 by the WTA on 6 March 2023.

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Early life

Volynets was born in Walnut Creek, California. Her parents had emigrated from Ukraine, and she still has extended family in Kyiv and Dnipro.

Career

2019: Grand Slam debut

On August 11, 2019, Volynets won the USTA Girls 18s National Championships final over Emma Navarro, earning her a wildcard entry into the singles main draw of the US Open. [2] She lost in the first round to Bianca Andreescu, who went on to win the tournament.

2021: WTA 1000 and Wimbledon debut

In May, she won her first singles title on the ITF Circuit, at the $100k event in Bonita Springs. [3]

She qualified for the Wimbledon Championships for the first time at this major.

Volynets received a wildcard into the singles main draw of the US Open.

In October, she made her debut at the WTA 1000 level in Indian Wells, also receiving a wildcard.

2022: Top 150 debut, first major win

Volynets played in Indian Wells again as a wildcard where she recorded her first win at the WTA 1000-level against Arantxa Rus. She won the USTA Wildcard Challenge for the French Open [4] where she recorded her first Grand Slam match win over Viktorija Golubic. At the Nottingham Open, she lost to Heather Watson in the first round. [5]

2023: Major third round, first WTA Tour semifinal, top 75

In January, she qualified for the main draw of Auckland Open, where she lost in the first round to Venus Williams, in straight sets. [6]

She reached the Australian Open third round defeating two Russian players Evgeniya Rodina and world No. 9, Veronika Kudermetova, for her first top-10 win, and becoming the first American qualifier to reach the women's singles third round at the Australian Open since Jennifer Brady in 2017. [7] [8] [9] [10] As a result, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 96 on 30 January 2023.

At the ATX Open, she rallied from 5–0 down and a match point in the third set to win her match against third seed Anastasia Potapova and reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal. [11] [12] Next, she defeated wildcard Peyton Stearns to reach her first semifinal. [13] As a result, her ranking rose to world No. 74, on 6 March 2023.

She qualified for the US Open [14] but lost in the first round to Wang Xinyu.

2024: WTA 1000 third round

At the 2024 ATX Open, she reached again the second round as a wildcard defeating Renata Zarazúa.

At the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open, she received a wildcard and defeated Mirra Andreeva and sixth seed Ons Jabeur, both in straight sets to reach the third round for the first time at this level. [15] She lost to wildcard Caroline Wozniacki. Next, she qualified for the 2024 Miami Open, making her debut at this WTA 1000, and recorded a first-round win over another American, former Grand Slam champion Sofia Kenin.

She qualified for the 2024 Credit One Charleston Open and defeated Arantxa Rus in 3 hours 43 minutes with two tiebreaks, saving four match points, in the longest WTA match for the season thus far. [16] [17]

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 main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup / Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records. [18]

Singles

Current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA 1R 3R 0 / 22–250%
French Open AAA 2R 1R 0 / 21–233%
Wimbledon ANH 1R Q2 1R 0 / 20–20%
US Open 1R A 1R Q1 1R 0 / 30–30%
Win–loss0–10–00–21–22–40 / 93–925%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open [lower-alpha 1] AAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Dubai [lower-alpha 1] AAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Indian Wells Open ANH 1R 2R 1R 0 / 31–325%
Miami Open ANHAA Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Madrid Open ANHAA 1R 0 / 10–10%
Italian Open AAAA 1R 0 / 10–10%
Canadian Open ANHAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Cincinnati Open A Q2 Q1 AA0 / 00–0 – 
China Open ANHA0 / 00–0 – 
Wuhan Open ANH0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–11–10–30 / 51–517%
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SRW–LWin%
Tournaments216612Career total: 27
Titles00000Career total: 0
Finals00000Career total: 0
Overall win–loss0–21–10–62–66–120 / 279–2725%
Year-end ranking [lower-alpha 2] 438315178110109$1,019,886

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2019ITF Malibu, United States25,000Hard Flag of Italy.svg Bianca Turati 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win1–1 May 2021 ITF Bonita Springs, U.S.100,000Clay Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bara 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–1
Win2–1 Apr 2022 Clay Court Championships, U.S.100,000Clay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiyu 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 2020ITF Prague, Czech Republic25,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Sewing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Anastasia Dețiuc
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Johana Marková 		2–6, 1–6

Top 10 wins

Season20232024Total
Wins112
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreKVR
2023
1.Flag placeholder.svg Veronika Kudermetova No. 9 Australian Open Hard2R6–4, 2–6, 6–2No. 113
2024
2. Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur No. 6 Indian Wells Hard2R6–4, 6–4No. 131

Notes

  1. 1 2 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ↑ 2018: WTA ranking–743.

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  16. ↑ https://twitter.com/WTA/status/1774935129070145625
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  18. ↑ "Katie Volynets [USA]| Australian Open". ausopen.com.

Junior success

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