Eva Lys

Eva Lys
Lys at the 2022 Wiesbaden Open
Country (sports) 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$458,645
Singles
Career record115–77 (59.9%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 112 (17 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 140 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
US Open2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record4–8 (33.3%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 768 (28 November 2022)
Team competitions
BJK CupRR (2023)
Last updated on: 23 January 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.

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 singles debut at the 2022 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, coming through the qualifying. She beat Viktorija Golubic in the first round,[8] before losing to world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in the second.[9]

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.[10] 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  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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 Australian Open qualifying.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R Q3 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A Q3 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0 / 2 1–2
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A PO RR 0 / 1 1–1
WTA 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
China Open NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 3 7 0 10
Overall win–loss 0–0 3–3 8–8 0–0 11–11
Year-end ranking 340 123 130 50%

ITF Circuit finals

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

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2020 ITF Altenkirchen, Germany 25,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 2021 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i) Netherlands Indy de Vroome 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–0 Oct 2022 ITF Trnava, Slovakia 60,000 Hard (i) Slovakia Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 3–1 Nov 2022 ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom 100,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic 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.[11]

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Poland Iga Świątek 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2022 Stuttgart
Number 2 ranked players
Russia Vera Zvonareva 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–4, 6–1) at 2023 Miami
Number 5 ranked players
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–2, 3–6, 2–6) at 2023 Beijing
Number 6 ranked players
Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (5–7, 2–6) at 2022 Shrewsbury
Number 9 ranked players
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 1–1 50% 1–1 – – Won (6–0, 6–2) at 2023 US Open
Number 10 ranked players
France Kristina Mladenovic 1–0 100% – – 1–0 Won (6–0, 7–5) at 2023 Wimbledon
Total 3–4 43% 2–3 0–1 1–0 Statistics correct as of 12 January 2024.

References

  1. ^ "Eva Lys". www.tennisexplorer.com.
  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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Jabeur overcomes Vondrousova in Stuttgart; Lys wins memorable debut". WTA. 19 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Swiatek bests Lys in Stuttgart to notch 20th straight victory". WTA. 20 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Brenda Fruhvirtova, Shnaider, Bejlek qualify for Australian Open".
  11. ^ "Head to Head". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

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