Katie Volynets (born December 31, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 56 by the WTA, achieved on July 29, 2024.[2]
2023: Major third round, first WTA Tour semifinal, top 100
In January, she qualified for the main draw of Auckland Open, where she lost in the first round to Venus Williams, in straight sets.[8]
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.[9][10][11][12] As a result, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 96 on January 30, 2023.[2]
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.[13][14] Next, she defeated wildcard Peyton Stearns to reach her first semifinal.[15][16] As a result, her ranking rose to world No. 74, on March 6, 2023.[2]
She qualified for the Charleston Open and defeated Arantxa Rus in three hours 43 minutes with two tiebreaks, saving four match points.[29][30] In her next match she lost to 10th seed Emma Navarro.[31]
In June, Volynets won her maiden WTA 125 title at the Makarska International in Croatia, defeating second seed and defending champion Mayar Sherif in the final.[36][37]
Ranked No. 57 at the US Open, Volynets lost in the first round to Karolína Muchová.[41] Seeded sixth at the Thailand Open 2, she defeated Clara Tauson in the first round,[42] but lost her next match to Tamara Zidanšek, who took her revenge for the loss in the previous edition of the tournament in February.[43] At the China Open, Volynets reached her second WTA 1000 third round, defeating qualifier Dalma Gálfi[44] and 14th seed Marta Kostyuk for her third top 20 win.[45][46] She lost to Naomi Osaka in straight sets.[47] At the next WTA 1000, the 2024 Wuhan Open, she received a wildcard for the main draw for her debut at the tournament[48] but lost to Anastasia Potapova in three sets.[49]
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.
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