The Most Famous
TENNIS PLAYERS from Ukraine
This page contains a list of the greatest Ukrainian Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,569 Tennis Players, 27 of which were born in Ukraine. This makes Ukraine the birth place of the 13th most number of Tennis Players behind Sweden, and Croatia.
Top 10
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Ukrainian Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Ukrainian Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Ukrainian Tennis Players.
1. Nikolay Davydenko (b. 1981)
With an HPI of 47.61, Nikolay Davydenko is the most famous Ukrainian Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 45 different languages on wikipedia.
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko (Russian: Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semi-finals, which he accomplished on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open, losing to Roger Federer in all but one of them. His biggest achievement was winning the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, and he also won three ATP Masters Series. In mid-October 2014 Davydenko retired from playing professionally.
2. Elina Svitolina (b. 1994)
With an HPI of 44.39, Elina Svitolina is the 2nd most famous Ukrainian Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 49 different languages.
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (Ukrainian: Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, pronounced [ɛˈlʲinɑ̝ s⁽ʲ⁾vʲiˈtɔlʲinɑ̝]; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles by the WTA. Svitolina has won 17 WTA Tour singles titles, including the 2018 WTA Finals, and has reached three major singles semifinals. Svitolina first broke into the world's top 50 in July 2013, reached the top 20 in June 2015, and then the top 10 in May 2017, making her the first Ukrainian woman to reach the top 10 in rankings after surpassing compatriot Alona Bondarenko. After winning her first WTA Tour title in 2013, she won five additional titles until 2017, during which she won five titles that same year to propel her into the top 10. Among her titles are the 2018 WTA Finals and three Premier 5-level tournaments: the Dubai Tennis Championships, the Italian Open, and the Canadian Open. She has also won two titles in doubles, both at the İstanbul Cup, in 2014 and 2015. Svitolina produced her best performances at the majors in 2019, reaching two semifinals at Wimbledon and the US Open. In 2021, Svitolina won the Olympic bronze medal in the women's singles tournament at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and became the first Olympian to win a medal in tennis for Ukraine. In 2022, Svitolina took a break from professional tennis to give birth to her first child. She made a strong comeback upon her return to competition in 2023, winning a WTA Tour title and reaching the French Open quarterfinals and the Wimbledon semifinals (beating world No. 1 Iga Świątek in the latter) in her first few tournaments back.
3. Andriy Medvedev (b. 1974)
With an HPI of 43.07, Andriy Medvedev is the 3rd most famous Ukrainian Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Andrei Medvedev (Ukrainian: Андрій Медведєв, romanized: Andriy Medvedyev; born 31 August 1974) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Medvedev reached the final of the 1999 French Open, the French Open semifinals in 1993, and won four Masters titles during his career, achieving a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in May 1994.
4. Larisa Neiland (b. 1966)
With an HPI of 42.31, Larisa Neiland is the 4th most famous Ukrainian Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (Ukrainian: Лариса Савченко-Нейланд, Latvian: Larisa Savčenko-Neilande; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a tennis coach and former professional player who represented the Soviet Union and Latvia. A former world No. 1 doubles player, Neiland won six Grand Slam titles: two in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles. She also won two singles titles and 63 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She is listed in fourth place for the most doubles match wins (766) in WTA history, after Lisa Raymond, Rennae Stubbs and Liezel Huber. Neiland has been the coach of Ukrainian tennis player Daria Snigur since 2017.
5. Elena Vesnina (b. 1986)
With an HPI of 40.25, Elena Vesnina is the 5th most famous Ukrainian Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 43 different languages.
Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles with compatriot Ekaterina Makarova, and the 2016 Australian Open in mixed doubles, partnering Bruno Soares. Vesnina also reached eight further major finals in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She became world No. 1 for the first time in June 2018, alongside Makarova, with the pair jointly holding the top ranking for the next five weeks. Vesnina won 19 doubles titles on WTA Tour, including the 2016 WTA Finals and eight at WTA 1000-level. She also achieved significant success in singles, reaching her career-high ranking of world No. 13 in March 2017. Vesnina won three WTA singles titles, including the 2017 Indian Wells Open, and achieved her best Grand Slam result at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the semifinals. She has represented Russia in the Billie Jean King Cup since 2006, winning the competition in 2007 and 2008, and competed at the Olympic Games on four occasions. Makarova and Vesnina won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and Vesnina also won mixed-doubles silver with Aslan Karatsev at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
6. Alexandr Dolgopolov (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 39.70, Alexandr Dolgopolov is the 6th most famous Ukrainian Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 31 different languages.
Alexandr Oleksandrovych Dolgopolov (born 7 November 1988), formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., is a Ukrainian retired professional tennis player. He changed his forename spelling to the current form in May 2010. Dolgopolov reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 Australian Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in January 2012.
7. Alona Bondarenko (b. 1984)
With an HPI of 39.26, Alona Bondarenko is the 7th most famous Ukrainian Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 33 different languages.
Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko Dyachok (Ukrainian: Альона Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 13 August 1984) is a Ukrainian former tennis player. Her sisters Valeria and Kateryna Bondarenko are also tennis players. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 19, achieved on 14 April 2008. Alona defeated former world No. 1, Jelena Janković, in the third round of the 2010 Australian Open, and won the 2008 Australian Open women's doubles title with her sister Kateryna, beating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er in the finals. She also formerly paired with her older sister Valeria in doubles.
8. Lesia Tsurenko (b. 1989)
With an HPI of 37.48, Lesia Tsurenko is the 8th most famous Ukrainian Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 29 different languages.
Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (Ukrainian: Леся Вікторівна Цуренко; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and eight doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 February 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 28 May 2018, she peaked at No. 115 in the WTA doubles rankings.
9. Kateryna Bondarenko (b. 1986)
With an HPI of 35.92, Kateryna Bondarenko is the 9th most famous Ukrainian Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 35 different languages.
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; Ukrainian: Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. Her career-high rankings are world No. 29 in singles and No. 9 in doubles. She was the doubles champion at the 2008 Australian Open, partnering her sister Alona Bondarenko. Her best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 US Open. Over her career, Bondarenko has defeated top ten players Elena Dementieva, Sara Errani, Ana Ivanovic, Garbiñe Muguruza, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwańska, Roberta Vinci, and Venus Williams.
10. Dayana Yastremska (b. 2000)
With an HPI of 35.88, Dayana Yastremska is the 10th most famous Ukrainian Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 29 different languages.
Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremska (Ukrainian: Даяна Олександрівна Ястремська; born 15 May 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 21 by the WTA, achieved in January 2020. Yastremska has won three WTA Tour titles. Her best major tournament performance is reaching the semifinals at the 2024 Australian Open. A junior Grand Slam tournament runner-up in both singles and doubles, Yastremska had a quick breakthrough onto the WTA Tour. She made her debut in the top 100 and won two titles when she was 18 years old, including her first at the Hong Kong Open in 2018. She had a successful 2019 that helped her rise from No. 58 at the start of the year up to No. 22 by the end of the season. Yastremska was suspended provisionally from competition at the start of 2021 after testing positive for mesterolone. On 22 June 2021, the International Tennis Federation ruled that Yastremska was not responsible for the positive result, and that she was eligible to return to competition immediately. She made her return to the tour at the Hamburg Open.
People
Pantheon has 29 people classified as Ukrainian tennis players born between 1966 and 2002. Of these 29, 28 (96.55%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Ukrainian tennis players include Nikolay Davydenko, Elina Svitolina, and Andriy Medvedev. The most famous deceased Ukrainian tennis players include Elena Baltacha. As of April 2024, 2 new Ukrainian tennis players have been added to Pantheon including Anhelina Kalinina, and Daria Snigur.
Living Ukrainian Tennis Players
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Nikolay Davydenko
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Elina Svitolina
1994 - Present
HPI: 44.39
Andriy Medvedev
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.07
Larisa Neiland
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Elena Vesnina
1986 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Alexandr Dolgopolov
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.70
Alona Bondarenko
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.26
Lesia Tsurenko
1989 - Present
HPI: 37.48
Kateryna Bondarenko
1986 - Present
HPI: 35.92
Dayana Yastremska
2000 - Present
HPI: 35.88
Irina Buryachok
1986 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Sergiy Stakhovsky
1986 - Present
HPI: 34.30
