US EditionWTA Rankings: Yuliia Starodubtseva +36 and Set to Double 2026 Prize Money with Run to Charleston Final
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Yuliia Starodubtseva reflects on GoFundMe support and her Charleston breakthrough - Tennis Tonic - News, Predictions, H2H, Live Scores, stats
Yuliia Starodubtseva’s journey to her first WTA final in Charleston has been anything but conventional. After finishing college, she moved to New York and worked part-time at a country club while coaching on green clay courts. To fund her early career, she launched a GoFundMe campaign. “I feel very lucky to be here… thank you everybody who was with me from the beginning when maybe I was not known,” she said, acknowledging the support that helped…
WTA Rankings: Yuliia Starodubtseva +36 and set to double 2026 prize money with run to Charleston final
Yuliia Starodubtseva started the 2026 WTA Tour season at No 113 in the rankings, but four months later she finds herself on the cusp of the top 50 following an incredible run at the Charleston Open.
Ukrainian tennis player Julia Starodubtsev, who recently entered the top 100 world ranking, entered the finals of the WTA 500 tournament in American Charleston. The 89th world racket in the semi-finals met with the 18th Madison Keyes world racket, which was considered to be an absolute favourite in her home walls. However, in 1 hour and 14 minutes, a Ukrainian woman was sure to deal with an American woman in two sets, 6:1, 6:4.
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