Eva Lys (born 12 January 2002) is a German professional tennis player. Lys reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 105 on 23 September 2024. She has won three singles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.
Personal life
She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and moved to Germany at the age of 2.[2] Her father Vladimir is a former tennis player who was a member of the Ukraine Davis Cup team,[3] and currently is a coach in Hamburg.[4] Lys' older sister Lisa Matviyenko is also a tennis player.[5] She went to school at the Sportgymnasium Alter Teichweg in Hamburg, from where Marvin Möller and Carina Witthöft also graduated.[5] She still has family in Ukraine, and after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine she complained of some Russian players' "disrespectful" behaviour.[6]
Career
2020: Grand Slam qualifying
As a junior she participated in the Australian Open, winning in the qualifiers but losing in the first round.[citation needed]
Ranked No. 113, she also qualified for the main draw of the 2024 US Open for a second consecutive year, and lost in the first round in a close three-setter to Marie Bouzková.[23]
At the 2024 Jasmin Open, Lys reached her fourth career quarterfinal, defeating Lesia Tsurenko[24] and upsetting top seed and two-time defending champion Elise Mertens, her fourth career top 50 win, following a comeback from 1–6, 0–2 15–40 to win in three sets.[25][26] Next she defeated Zeynep Sönmez to reach her third WTA Tour semifinal,[27][28] which she lost to Sonay Kartal when she retired due to illness, while trailing in the first set.[29][30] As a result, she reached No. 105 in the singles rankings, on 23 September 2024.
Singles performance timeline
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slams) main-draw and Billie Jean King Cup results are considered in the career statistics.