Ukraine’s Svitolina rockets to 3rd spot in WTA ranking, sets national record

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The best achievement among Ukrainian tennis players was Andriy Medvedev’s 4th spot in 1994.

This season, Svitolina won five tournaments (Taiwan, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, and Toronto), three of which were of Premier 5 category (Dubai, Rome, and Toronto).

In Grand Slam tournaments, Elina has for the first time made it to 1/8 finals at Wimbledon and U.S. Open, and also made it to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.

Read alsoUkraine's Svitolina beats Wozniacki for Rogers titleIt should be noted that at season-start, Svitolina ranked 14th.

Another Ukrainian, Katerina Kozlova, who won the tournament in China on Sunday, went up 35 positions, to 83rd spot, updating her personal record.

Lesia Tsurenko, on the contrary, dropped 9 spots, to 39th position.