Katie Volynets (born December 31, 2001) is an American

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player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 92 by the

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(WTA) on February 27, 2023. She won her first singles title in May 2021 on the ITF Circuit, at the $100k event in Bonita Springs.

Early life

Volynets was born in

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. Her parents had emigrated from Ukraine, and she still has extended family in

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and Dnipro.

Career

2019: Grand Slam debut

On August 11, 2019, Volynets won the

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final over

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, earning her a wildcard entry into the singles main draw of the US Open. She lost in the first round to

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, who went on to win the tournament.

2021: WTA 1000 and Wimbledon debut

She qualified for the

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for the first time at this major. In October, she also made her debut at the WTA 1000 level receiving a wildcard for the Indian Wells Open.

2022: Top 150 debut, first Major match win

Volynets played at the Indian Wells Open again as a wildcard where she recorded her first win at the WTA 1000-level against

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. She won the USTA Wildcard Challenge for the French Open where she recorded her first Grand Slam match win over

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. At the

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, she lost to

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in the first round.

2023: Australian Open third round, top 100, First WTA semifinal

In January, she qualified for the main draw of Auckland Open, where she lost in the first round to

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, in straight sets. She reached the Australian Open third round defeating world No. 9,

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, for her first top-10 win, and becoming the first American qualifier to reach the women's singles round of 32 at the Australian Open since

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in 1993. As a result, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 96 on 30 January 2023. At the 2023 ATX Open she rallied from 5-0 down and a match point in the third set to win her match against third seed

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and reach her first WTA quarterfinal. Next she defeated wildcard

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to reach her first semifinal.

Performance timeline

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup / Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current after the 2023 Merida Open.''

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Top 10 wins

Notes

References

Junior success

External links

* * American female tennis players 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Walnut Creek, California Tennis people from California American people of Ukrainian descent 21st-century American women {{US-tennis-bio-stub