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. Her father Volodymyr is a former tennis player who represented Ukraine in the
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...
, and currently is a coach in
Hamburg.
Lys' older sister
Lisa Matviyenko is also a tennis player.
She went to school at the Sportgymnasium Alter Teichweg in Hamburg, from where
Marvin Möller and
Carina Witthöft also graduated.
She still has family in Ukraine, and after the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
she complained of some Russian players' "disrespectful" behaviour.
Career
As a junior she participated in the
2020 Australian Open
The 2020 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park, from 20 January to 2 February 2020. It was the 108th edition of the Australian Open, the 52nd in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the year. T ...
, winning in the qualifiers but losing in the first round.
Lys made her
WTA Tour main-draw debut at the
2021 Hamburg European Open
The 2021 Hamburg European Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 115th edition of the event for the men and the 19th edition for the women, after last tournament being held in 2002. The to ...
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. Lys then made her singles debut at the
2022 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The 2022 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor Clay court, clay courts at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 18 to 24 April 2022. It was the 44th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Pri ...
in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
, coming through the qualifying. She beat
Viktorija Golubic in the first round, before losing to world No. 1,
Iga Świątek, in the second.
She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the
2023 Australian Open
The 2023 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 16–29 January 2023. It was the 111th edition of the Australian Open, the 55th in the Open Era, and the first major of the year. The tournament con ...
.
Singles performance timeline
Only WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournament main-draw results are considered in the career statistics.
''Current through the
2023 Madrid Open qualifying.''
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
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.''
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kyiv
German female tennis players
German people of Ukrainian descent
21st-century German women