Biography
Elina Svitolin is a professional Ukrainian tennis player, who goes to the conquest of Tennis Olympus: as of March 2018, he entered the first five rating of the women's tennis association. On the page in Facebook, the athlete is called a talented daughter Odessa-Mom and the best player in the world. Fans like the determination of Elina and a positive attitude for each match.Childhood and youth
Ealina was born in September 1994 in Odessa in a swimmer's family and a fighter. The name of the daughter was given in honor of the actress Elina Bystritsky. Initially, the parents of Elena and Mikhail planned to send Tennis Senior Brother Girls - Juliana. Training started at seven in the morning, Elina, so as not to leave the house one, took with them. Now Julian lives and works in Los Angeles.
In addition to studying in high school, the future champion was acting as an acting skill, and the racket took into the hands of 5 years. The baby seriously stated that he also wants to play and would be better than his brother. When the daughter turned 13, in search of prospects for children, the family moved to Kharkov.
Change the location suggested a businessman Yuri Sarrons, who looked in a small participant in one tournament of hardworking and immutable passion. A man believes that business is obliged to look for new stars and open the horizons in front of them, because the money requires money, and not every parent pulls such expenses. And personally it is important to prove that Ukraine is able to give the world of the top player.
According to Mother, Ealina was late for training only once, but overall the hard routine observed: every day for three hours of physical training and twice - tennis. At eight years, the young athlete abandoned meals, because he considered himself Tolstoy, Elena recalled with a smile.
Ealina admits that being a tennis player in Ukraine is very difficult, there are few clubs and as such a sport for many simply inaccessible. However, Svitolin arrives rarely - workouts, tournaments, trips. If you manage to wrap in Odessa to my grandmother - it is always a grand holiday.
Tennis
The very first winning tournament of Elina - Competitions included in the ITF cycle in Kharkov in October 2008, on which the girl has reached compatriot Valentina Ivakhnenko.
Serious sports biography of Elina Svitolina began with the victory in the Junior France championship in 2010. After a couple of years already performed for the flag of Ukraine at the Cup of the Federation, debuted in the US Open Championship, reached the final of the Junior Wimbledon.
In 2013, the 18-year-old tennis player celebrated the hundredth victory in tournaments, the event had to meet with the Baku Cup. In addition, it was its first title under the auspices of the women's tennis association. In the same year, first reached the court of the Open Championship of Australia, but lost in the first circle.
The second trophy WTA came to Azerbaijan again. The third title at the main competitions of the Association was the Grand Prix of Lall Merry in Morocco. In 2015, the victory in the quarterfinals of the Open Championship of France allowed Svitolina to enter the top 20.
In 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Ealina celebrated the 200th victory. Then Ukrainian stated that he sets the goal to enter the top ten of the best tennis players of the planet, and for this you need to work and believe in success. At the Olympics, Rio Svitolin sensationally beat the first racket of the world Serena Williams.
According to experts, Ealina has stably progresses. The path from the first victory to the 100th took four and a half athletes. Between the 100th and 200th passed a little over 2.5 years, and the 300th came in two years.
Personal life
Elina's heart for more than a year was occupied by a UK citizen, a player in a cricket rice drowns. Young people met in 2016 in the gym. Rice - Personality in England Popular. As Svitolina says, she knew her in a foggy albion as a girlfriend, and on tennis courts everyone knew that rice was her boyfriend.
In the first place both remained sports, met with free time. Another "on the shore" Elina and Rice agreed that while young people need to develop a career. Everyone tried to play what another side owns. The drinkers have mastered basketball, football and golf, and tennis has not yet obeyed. However, in February 2018, Elina reported that an end came a romantic relationship.
Elina is carefully monitored and always looks great. The day of the Ukrainian athlete begins with scrambled eggs, porridge and yogurt. However, your favorite cuisine is Mexican. The girl admits that Drito and Nachos can eat every day.
A pretty blonde with an increase in 174 cm with a weight of 60 kg regularly comes on advertising contracts. Svitolin - the face of the brand "Nike" and the Italian clothing manufacturer of ELLESSE. On the page in "Instagram" among the photos from training and tournaments there are elevated liftoluki and selfie, frames from trips and images of the beloved peel.
Tennis player loves to travel, with special pleasure visits Odessa, Kharkov, London, Paris and Monaco.
Preferred view of the rest for Elina - switch. Previously, the athlete worked with a psychologist, now copes independently, reads books on psychology, analyzes the game.
It is useful to memorize every state during the match, especially if it lasts a long time. Then everyone's thoughts climb into mind, and it is necessary to understand which of them are needed. It is important to find something new, be able to concentrate, emphasizes the tennis player.
Elina wants to open the National Tennis Center in Kiev so that everyone can learn. Answering the question of how to achieve such dizzying success, Svitolina responds that the advice of parents. And during their lives they said that the events should not be treated and step by step. If at some point it became difficult - not to succumb to pressure, but just go ahead
Elina Svitolina now
In February 2018, Elina won in the tournament of the APR series in Dubai with a prize fund of $ 2.6 million. In the quarter-finals, Ukrainian defeated Naomi Osaka from Japan, in the semifinals, in the semifinals, he beat Angelik Kerber in the semifinals.
After the victory over the Japanese woman, which occupied 48 row in the WTA rating, Elina said that he was pleased with the game, although he did not show something outstanding, but at the right moments turned out to be at the height. In addition, it was shared by the details of the preparation for the season: All prizes earned over the past year spent on their team out of five people, hired a nutritionist and physiotherapist. Money leaves a lot, but the result is visible.
In the decisive match, Svitolin met with 24 racket of the world at that time, Russian Darya Raskin. As a reward for the victory in Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, which became the seventh consecutive finals in his career and the second title in the season, the athlete received $ 651 thousand.
A few days later, Svitolin became the Tie Break Tens of the Tie Break Tens exhibition tournament on the Tai Break system for the first time organized in the United States. Besides Elina, Sisters Williams came to the court, Marion Bartoli.
In early March, 2018, Elina won the 300th victory in adult competitions. It happened in the match of the second round of the PREMIER MANDATORY category tournament in American Indian Wells. At a press conference, Ukrainian tennis player remembered the first match of the WTA level, which took place in 2011 in Paris. She really wanted to win, but he lost to Australian Elena Dokich.
In the third round of the tournament, Indian Wells Masters Svitolin met with Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro. Prior to that, the account of personal meetings rivals was 3: 2 in favor of Elina, the bookmakers on her side were in the match. But the first racket of Ukraine lost both sets.
At the end of the same month, Elina received the fourth seeded room in Miami Open. In the quarterfinal confrontation with Elena Ostapenko from Latvia, the victory was given to a representative of the Baltic state.
Awards
- 2010 - Winner of the Open Championship of France among girls
- 2012 - Winner of the Qnet Open Tournament in India
- 2013 - Winner Vanessa Phillips Women's Tournament in Israel, Cup Baku in Azerbaijan
- 2016 - Winner of the Open Championship Malaysia
- 2017 - Winner of the Open Championship Taiwan, Dubai Tennis Championships
- 2018 - Prime Minister's Winner in Brisbane