Elina Svitolina: 2024 Net worth, stats, salary, husband and more

Who is Elina Svitolina? 

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina was born on 12 September 1994 in Odessa, Ukraine. She started playing at age five after she noticed that her brother was getting a lot of attention for playing tennis. She achieved career-best rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles, according to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Svitolina boasts 17 WTA Tour singles titles, clinching the 2018 WTA Finals among them. She has advanced to three major singles semifinals.

Elina Svitolina’s early life 

Elina Svitolina was born in Odesa to Ukrainian parents, Mikhaylo Svitolin, who is a former wrestler, and Olena Svitolina, a former competitive rower. Her parents named her after the renowned Soviet actress Elina Bystritskaya. She also has an older brother named Yulian. At a young age, Svitolina noticed that her brother was receiving considerable attention for his tennis pursuits. This motivated her to take up the sport at the age of five. At the age of 13, Svitolina and her family moved to Kharkiv, Ukraine. This was because of businessman Yuriy Sapronov, who became her sponsor after seeing her talent at one of his children's tournaments.

While Svitolina officially resides in Kharkiv, she trains abroad. She also maintains a residence in London.

Elina Svitolina’s husband and child

Svitolina is married to ATP tennis player Gaël Monfils. The duo made their relationship public during the 2019 Australian Open when Monfils supported Svitolina from her box during matches. Since then, they shared details of their romance on social media. They also created a joint Instagram account titled "g.e.m.s life," combining their initials.

Svitolina and Monfils announced their engagement on April 3, 2021, and they got married in three months, on July 16.

In October 2022, the couple announced the birth of their daughter, Skai.

Elina Svitolina’s net worth 2024

Elina Svitolina has an estimated net worth of $12 million. Tournament prize money has been Svitolina's primary source of income. In 2020, she ranked as the seventh highest-paid female athlete globally, accumulating a total of $6.4 million, with $1 million originating from endorsements.

Elina Svitolina’s career

Svitolina has established herself as an all-around decent player. She reached a career-high ranking of 3rd in September 2017. She has triumphed over the likes of the Williams sisters, Angelique Kerber, Garbine Muguruza, Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitova, and several others.

Although she has not won any Grand Slam yet, she does boast of 15 WTA titles. This includes the WTA Finals in Singapore 2018 where she defeated Sloane Stephens.

Svitolina has also clinched all four mandatory WTA championships. She has made it as far as the semi-finals at Wimbledon and US Open.

Most of her titles came in the 2017 season, including wins in Dubai, Rome, Istanbul, and Toronto.

In 2019, her semifinal-run to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon was her personal best record. Later she also made it to the last-four round at the US Open 2019.

In 2020, Svitolina added two more titles to her kitty, at Monterrey and Strasbourg. In a COVID-19-affected season, Svitolina also reached the French Open quarter-finals. She ended the season as the world number five.

At the start of 2021, she reached the quarter-finals in Abu Dhabi.

Elina Svitolina’s partnerships and endorsements

Currently, Elina is sponsored by Nike, Wilson, Superior Golf, and Resort. She also endorses clothing companies such as Poustovit for women, Jan Niche Concept, and Eafit.

Elina Svitolina’s records

Since her professional debut in 2010, Svitolina has won seventeen singles titles and two doubles titles on the WTA tour.

Elina Svitolina’s charity work

Svitolina has pledged her support to cancer-affected patients by donating to the Alcides & Rosaura Diniz Foundation (ARD). She is the president of the Elina Svitolina Foundation.

Elina Svitolina’s social media accounts

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