Yelyzaveta Kotliar

Yelyzaveta Kotliar

Country (sports)	Ukraine
Born	(2007-02-01) 1 February 2007 (age 18) [1] Dnipro, Ukraine
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Yuriy Chornyy Anastasiya Vasylyeva
Prize money	$16,018
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 588 (5 May 2025)
Current ranking	No. 588 (5 May 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open  Junior	1R (2025)
Team competitions
Last updated on: 16 May 2025.

Yelyzaveta Kotliar (born 1 February 2007) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 588 by the WTA, achieved on 5 May 2025. ^{[2] [3]}

Early and personal life

She started playing tennis at the age of 8 years-old. Her father Konstantin was a competitive swimmer but a tennis enthusiast and encouraged her play. From the age of 11 years-old she was coached by Yuriy Chornyy and his wife Anastasiya Vasylyeva. She trained at the Maximus Tennis Club in her home city of Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after which she based herself in Poland and trained at the Olimpia Tennis Park in Poznań. ^[4]

Career

Junior career

In December 2019, as a 12 year-old, she reached the final of the U.S. Junior Orange Bowl in the United States, after she defeated Alina Korneeva from Russia in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-final before facing another Russian, Mirra Andreeva in the final. ^[5]

In October 2023, she won the J200 event in Vigo, defeating Dutchwoman Joy de Zeeuw in the final. ^[6] She played in the junior event at the 2024 Australian Open and apologised after receiving criticism from the Ukrainian Tennis Federation for shaking hands after her first-round match in the girls' singles against her Russian opponent Vlada Minchev in which she lost in straight sets, despite Ukrainian players almost uniformly refusing to shake hands of Russian or Belarusian players following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Professional career

At an ITF tournament in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at the end of August 2022, she advanced from the qualifiers to the semi-finals of the singles. ^[4]

In May 2025, she was awarded a wildcard into the main singles draw of the 2025 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Rabat. ^[10] Kotliar lost to Jaqueline Cristian in the first round. ^[11]

References

1. "Yelyzaveta Kotliar". TNT. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
2. "Yelyzaveta Kotliar". WTA. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
3. "Yelyzaveta Kotliar". ITF. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
4. "Alisiia Bodnar and Yelyzaveta Kotliar train in Poland. The war did not destroy their dreams". tenismagazyn.pl. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
5. "Tennis Player Elyzaveta Kotliar to Play in Final of U.S. Junior Orange Bowl". uatv.ua. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
6. "Vigo Tennis Open 2023". fgtenis.net. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
7. "Australian Open: Ukrainian Yelyzaveta Kotliar Apologises for Shaking Hands With Russian Rival". etvbharat.com. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
8. Sutton, Ben (24 January 2024). "Ukrainian teenager Yelyzaveta Kotliar in hot water for shaking hands with Russian opponent at Australian Open". 7news.com. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
9. Mirzabegian, Sacha (24 January 2024). "'She stands by Ukraine': Junior player from Ukraine under fire for shaking Russian opponent's hand". Nine.com.au. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
10. "GRAND PRIX SAR LA PRINCESSE LALLA MERYEM". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
11. "Rabat Open: Cristian makes second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 22 May 2025.