Elina was the only Ukrainian to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (No. 27 WTA) reached the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open-2025.
In the third round match of the main draw, The 30-year-old native of Odessa won a strong-willed victory over Italian Jasmine Paolini (No. 4 WTA). The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes and ended with a score of 2:6, 6:4, 6:0.
During the time spent on the court, Elina made 7 aces and made 5 double faults. This was the first face-to-face meeting of the tennis players.
In the 1/8 finals, Svitolina will play against neutral tennis player with Russian passport Veronika Kudermetova (No. 75 WTA), who beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (No. 17 WTA) from Brazil in the third round.
Elina is playing in the main draw of the Australian Open for the 12th time. Her personal best at this Grand Slam tournament is reaching the quarterfinals in 2018 and 2019.
Svitolina became the only Ukrainian woman to reach the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open 2025. Earlier, Marta Kostyuk and Dayana Yastremska failed to overcome the third round of the Australian major.
The main draw matches of the Australian Open 2025 will be held from January 12 to 26. The current champion of the tournament is Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, who is playing in a neutral status due to the full-scale war of Russian occupiers against Ukraine.
