Yuliia Volodymyrivna Starodubtseva (; born 17 February 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved on 6 April 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 144, reached on 6 May 2024.
Starodubtseva has won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
She played college tennis at Old Dominion University.
Career 2023: First ITF Circuit title Starodubtseva won her first $60k tournament in June 2023 in Sumter, South Carolina, defeating Indian player Karman Thandi.
2024: Major debut, WTA 1000 quarterfinal Starodubtseva made her major debut at the Australian Open after qualifying, but lost in the first round to sixth seed Ons Jabeur. She also qualified for the French Open, but again lost in the first round, this time to Cristina Bucșa.
As a qualifier once more, Starodubtseva recorded her first main-draw major win at Wimbledon, defeating Alison Van Uytvanck. In the second round, she lost to fellow qualifier Lulu Sun.
Ranked No. 146, Starodubtseva made her debut at the US Open after qualifying into the main-draw, but lost in the first round to 20th seed Victoria Azarenka in three sets. Starodubtseva became the first woman in the Open Era to qualify for all four majors in a single season.
In September, Starodubtseva reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the Jasmin Open by defeating Suzan Lamens and third seed Diane Parry, before losing to Sonay Kartal.
At the China Open, Starodubtseva recorded, after qualifying, her first main-draw WTA 1000-level wins over Laura Siegemund, 27th seed Kateřina Siniaková, Elina Avanesyan and 10th seed Anna Kalinskaya to reach the quarterfinals. Despite losing to sixth seed Coco Gauff in the last eight, Starodubtseva entered the top-100 in the singles rankings on 7 October 2024.
2025: French Open third round, top 70 At the French Open Starodubtseva lost to Sára Bejlek in straight sets in the last round of qualifying, ending a 14-match winning streak in Grand Slam qualifying. However, she entered the main-draw as a lucky loser and defeated qualifier Tamara Korpatsch, and Anastasia Potapova to reach the third round of a major for the first time, at which point her run was ended by fourth seed Jasmine Paolini. As a result of her performance at Roland Garos, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 67 on 9 June 2025.
At the Ningbo Open where Starodubtseva qualified for the main-draw, she overcame Yulia Putintseva to make it into the second round, where she pushed sixth seed Belinda Bencic to three sets in what was the longest match of the 2025 season to that point, lasting three hours and 33 minutes. As a result, she moved 19 positions up to No. 112 on 20 October 2025.
2026: First WTA final In March, Starodubtseva qualified for the main draw at the Miami Open, defeating Eva Lys and 30th seed Cristina Bucșa, before losing to sixth seed Amanda Anisimova in the third round.
At the Charleston Open, she recorded wins over Zhang Shuai, lucky loser Ekaterine Gorgodze, Renata Zarazúa, McCartney Kessler and fifth seed Madison Keys to reach her first WTA Tour final. She lost the championship match to top seed and defending champion, Jessica Pegula, in straight sets. Despite the defeat, Starodubtseva moved up to a new career-high ranking of world No. 53 on 6 April 2026.
At the French Open, Starodubtseva defeated Anna Blinkova and second seed Elena Rybakina to reach the third round for the second consecutive year, at which point she lost to qualifier Wang Xiyu.
In August at the Monterrey Open, she recorded wins over Lilli Tagger and seventh seed Janice Tjen to make it into the quarterfinals, where she lost to second seed Elise Mertens. At the US Open, Starodubtseva defeated Ella Seidel and 32nd seed Maria Sakkari to reach the third round of this major for the first time, at which point her run was ended by world No. 2 Elena Rybakina.
Performance timeline
Singles Current through the 2026 US Open.
Tournament2023202420252026SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenA1R1R1R0 / 30–3 French OpenA1R3R3R0 / 34–3 WimbledonA2R2R1R0 / 32–3 US OpenQ11R1R3R0 / 32–3Win–loss0–01–43–44–40 / 128–12
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 500 (0–1)Finals by surfaceClay (0–1)
ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLossCharleston Open, USWTA 500Clay Jessica Pegula2–6, 2–6
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW60 tournaments (3–2)W25 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Mar 2023ITF Spring, USW25 Hard Maria Mateas 6–3, 2–6, 6–2Loss 1–1 May 2023Naples Open, USW60 Clay Caroline Dolehide 5–7, 5–7Win 2–1 Jun 2023Palmetto Pro Open, USW60 Hard Karman Thandi 6–7(5), 7–5, 6–4Loss 2–2 Jul 2023Evansville Classic, USW60 Hard Karman Thandi 5–7, 6–4, 1–6Win 3–2 Jul 2023Dallas Summer Series, USW60 Hard (i) Wang Yafan 3–6, 6–2, 6–2Win 4–2 Rancho Santa Fe Open, USW60 Hard Lulu Sun 7–5, 6–3
Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–0)W60 tournaments (1–2)W25 tournaments (1–2)10K tournaments (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (1–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Dec 2016ITF Cairo, Egypt10K Clay Anastasiia Gevel Lisa-Marie Brunnemann Diana Popescu 6–3, 0–6, [7–10]Loss 0–2 Mar 2023ITF Spring, USW25 Hard Sofia Johnson Maria Mateas Clervie Ngounoue 4–6, 6–2, [4–10]Win 1–2 Apr 2023ITF Zephyrhills, USW25 Clay Maria Kononova Jada Hart Rasheeda McAdoo 7–5, 6–3Loss 1–3 Jun 2023Palmetto Pro Open, USW60 Hard McCartney Kessler Maria Mateas Anna Rogers 4–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]Loss 1–4 Jun 2023ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW25 Clay Ana Sofía Sánchez María Herazo González Ksenia Laskutova 6–2, 4–6, [9–11]Loss 1–5 Jul 2023Evansville Classic, USW60 Hard McCartney Kessler Maria Kononova Veronika Miroshnichenko 3–6, 6–2, [8–10]Win 2–5 Aug 2023Landisville Tennis Challenge, USW100 Hard Sophie Chang Olivia Gadecki Mai Hontama walkoverWin 3–5 Oct 2023Rancho Santa Fe Open, USW60 Hard Makenna Jones Tatiana Prozorova Madison Sieg 6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Wins over top 10 players
No.PlayerEventSurfaceScoreYears1 Elena Rybakina2French Open, FranceClay2R3–6, 6–1, 7–6(10–4)552026
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