Elina Svitolina Millionaire Lifestyle

 Elina Svitolina Millionaire Lifestyle

Elina Svitolina is the highest-ranked Ukrainian tennis player. The pro player has won 15 Women Tennis Association (WTA) titles and former World No.3. Moreover, she has won against several top tennis players, including former World No.1 Serena Williams. Svitolina started her professional career when she was just 16 years old. However, she was a fan of tennis since she was a child. 

The Ukrainian player started proper training when she was 13 years old and turned pro three years later.Besides that, the former World No.3 is the first Ukrainian player to rank in the Top-10 WTA ranking. As of now, she holds the No.5 ranking. Media and critics praise her dedication to the sport generously. The young athlete is very focused and hardworking in general. Elina is also famous for dating french professional tennis player and 2005 Newcomer of the Year Gaël Monfils. 

The pair have been dating for a while and look very much in love. They show up at each other’s games to support and cheer on one another. Before getting into details about the upcoming star tennis player, here are some quick facts about her.Elina Svitolina was born in Odessa, Ukraine, to Mikhaylo Svitolina and Olena Svitolina. Both her parents were athletes, so she was encouraged to be active in sports along with academics. Mikhaylo was a professional wrestler, and his wife, Olena, was an experienced rower. The duo was very supportive of their daughter’s choices. However, during the initial stages of her professional career, the pair’s involvement in her career was a bit overwhelming for the Ukrainian player. Hence, as any supportive parents, they gave her space and let her go, for which she is very grateful. Also, Elina has an older brother named Yulian Svitolina, who used to play tennis as a child. She was most inspired to be a tennis player by the attention her brother was receiving from it. Yulian, himself, is a tennis coach and still serves as an inspiration to his little sister.Because of her tennis dedication, she was discovered by businessman Yuriy Sapronov who sponsored her when she was 13 years old. The businessman was very impressed by her skills and wanted to invest in her. 

As a result, the Svitolina family moved to Kharkiv, Ukraine, to train properly. After high-school graduation, like many tennis players, she did not attend college. The now 26-year-old has decided to focus solely on tennis and winning a Grand Slam title.Although Elina has played since she was five years old, she seriously focused on her career when she was 13 years old. When Svitolina was just 14, she won the Junior Frech Open event. Not to mention, she reached her first singles final as a professional player at the $25,000 tournament. The Ukrainian player was also a semifinalist at the 2012 Wimbledon Championship. However, she lost to a Canadian tennis player. Nevertheless, shortly after, she qualified for the US Open. Besides that, as a junior player, she has won WTA 125K Royal Indian Open after defeating several fantastic players, including a top-10 player. First WTA title, Grand Slam, And Olympic Quarterfinal (2013-2016) The London resident won her first WTA title at the 2013 Baku Cup and further became the first teenager to do so since 2012. Following her win, WTA ranked her as a No.49 player. 

Moreover, in the 2014 Australian Open, she defeated a two-time Grand Slam champion before losing in the third round. In like manner, she won the Baku Cup again along with winning the Western and Southern Open. Also, she reached the quarterfinal at the Premier-5 level for the first time in 2014. Likewise, she was also the Premier-5 semifinalist in Wuhan’s first edition of the WTA tournament.In the 2015 Australian Open, the Ukrainian player started well but eventually lost to Russian player Maria Sharapova. Nonetheless, she defeated the very well-known world No.1 American player and one of her idols Serena Williams. Later, she defeated many players in Indian Wells to upgrade her ranking to a No.21 player. After that, a successful play at the French Open landed her at No.17 in the tournament. Eli played against 2019 world No.1 Japanese player Naomi Osaka in the 2016 Australian Open but lost. Besides WTA, she also represented her country, Ukraine, at the 2016 Olympics. Svitolina played with Ukrainian player Alexandr Oleksandrovych Dolgopolov. Following a poor loss in the 2016 French Open to Serena Williams, she beat her at the Rio Olympics to become the quarterfinalist.After an average career in the 2016 WTA tournament, she brought her A-game back and won three Premier-5 titles in 2017. Elina started very strong in the Australian Open and Taiwan Open. Not to mention, in the 2018 WTA Finals, Svitolina won against 2019 world No.4 Dutch tennis layer Kiki Bertens and claimed the biggest title of her career. Furthermore, in 2019, she reached the Indian Wells semifinals. However, she before lost the highest-ranked WTA Canadian and former world No.4 player Bianca Andreescu.