Eva Lys

Eva Lys (born 12 January 2002) is a German professional tennis player.

Eva Lys
Country (sports) Germany
Born (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002[1]
Kyiv, Ukraine
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$34,345
Singles
Career record58–41 (58.6%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 283 (25 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 283 (25 April 2022)
Doubles
Career record4–8 (33.3%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 784 (18 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 786 (25 April 2022)
Last updated on: 25 April 2022.

She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her father is a former tennis player who represented Ukraine in the Davis Cup, and currently is a coach in Hamburg.[2] Lys' older sister Lisa Matviyenko is also a tennis player.[3] She went to school at the Sportgymnasium Alter Teichweg in Hamburg, from where Marvin Möller and Carina Witthöft also graduated.[3] She still has family in Ukraine, and after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine she complained of some Russian players' "disrespectful" behaviour.[4]

She has a career-high WTA rankings of world No. 286 in singles, achieved on 25 April 2022. As a junior she participated in the 2020 Australian Open, winning in the qualifiers but losing in the first round. She has won two singles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Lys made her WTA main draw debut at the 2021 Hamburg European Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles draw partnering Noma Noha Akugue. They lost to Mona Barthel and Mandy Minella in the first round.[5] She made her singles debut at the 2022 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, coming through the qualifiers and beating Viktorija Golubic in the first round.[6] She lost to world no. 1 Iga Świątek in the second round.[7]

ITF finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2020 ITF Altenkirchen, Germany 25,000 Carpet Bibiane Schoofs 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 2021 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard Indy de Vroome 6–3, 7–6 (7–4)

Record against top 10 players

Lys' record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface.[8]

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Iga Świątek 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2022 Stuttgart Open
Total 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Last updated on 20 April 2022

References
  1. "Eva Lys". www.tennisexplorer.com.
  2. "Eva Lys at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix: 'It's a dream come true'". Tennisnet. 15 April 2022.
  3. "Eva Lys vom Club an der Alster". themenwelten.abendblatt.de.
  4. Mesic, Dzevad (5 March 2022). "Eva Lys: Many Russian players laugh and make fun of the Ukraine war". Tennis World.
  5. "Lys/Noha Akugue vs. Barthel/Minella". www.wtatennis.com.
  6. "Jabeur overcomes Vondrousova in Stuttgart; Lys wins memorable debut". WTA. 19 April 2022.
  7. "Swiatek bests Lys in Stuttgart to notch 20th straight victory". WTA. 20 April 2022.
  8. "Head to Head". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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